Halloween Weekend Recruiting Report

Michael Huntley November 2, 2020 @ 10:30 AM

Lincoln (San Diego) athlete [player_tooltip player_id="25145" first="Herman" last="Smith"] was offered by Morgan State over the weekend. Smith, the <a href="https://prepredzone.com/california/rankings/2021-rankings/">No. 123 overall prospect in California’s class of 2021</a> according to Prep Redzone, previously committed to San Diego State on May 19, but decommitted on September 22. Since then, Smith has gotten offers from Lehigh, Jackson State and Morgan State. He played the last two seasons at Madison High (San Diego) before transferring to Lincoln, one of the top football programs in the San Diego Section. Smith rushed for 292 yards and three touchdowns, averaging nearly nine yards and a carry and caught 32 balls for 519 yards and six more scores as a junior last season. Most schools are recruiting Smith as a defensive back. He had two interceptions for Madison last season. Smith told Greg Biggins of 247Sports that Jackson State is standing out as his top choice at the moment. “That was amazing,” Smith said. “Talking to Deion Sanders and getting an offer from him was incredible and something I wasn’t expecting. I know they’re not recruiting that many kids out this way so to have a legend like him call and offer means a lot," Smith told Biggins. “Right now, I would say they’re my leader. I’ve had some family that have gone to school there and playing at a HBCU would be pretty special." "A big part of my decision is finding a school where I can grow not just as a player but a person as well and I think playing at Jackson State would definitely help me become a better man and leader.” https://twitter.com/hsmith994/status/1321122804390006784?s=20 Morgan State offers three more SoCal stars Morgan State didn’t stop at offering Smith, they also offered [player_tooltip player_id="25090" first="Zamajay" last="Duncan"] and [player_tooltip player_id="2472" first="Samuel" last="Cooper"] from Lincoln and [player_tooltip player_id="25094" first="Bryce" last="Phillips"] from Orange Lutheran (Orange). Duncan played at JSerra last season where he had 28 tackles, 5 pass deflections and a forced fumble. He transferred to Huntington Beach after the season along with [player_tooltip player_id="25124" first="Samuel" last="Green"], but transferred to Lincoln later in the offseason. He holds offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, Morgan State, Oklahoma and Utah. https://twitter.com/JSerra_Football/status/1195565822783000576?s=20 Cooper is one of the top quarterbacks in the class of 2023. He played in eight games for the Hornets last season and completed 13 of 22 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 343 yards on 73 attempts with 4 touchdowns. Phillips is a cornerback who played his high school career at La Habra before transferring to Orange Lutheran in the offseason. He had 25 tackles and 2 interceptions for the Highlanders last season. He also holds an offer from Florida Atlantic. State’s No. 2 uncommitted prospect lands HBCU offer [player_tooltip player_id="25031" first="Ceyair" last="Wright"] of Loyola (Los Angeles) was offered by Jackson State over the weekend. Wright is the No. 1 defensive back in California’s class of 2021 and the No. 2 uncommitted player in the class behind [player_tooltip player_id="25023" first="Korey" last="Foreman"]. Off the field, Wright is playing the son of LeBron James in the upcoming Space Jam 2 film. On the field, he is an elite defensive back who helped lead the defense of Loyola last season, a CIF championship runner-up. He has 37 offers and according to recruiting experts, Arizona, Michigan, Oregon and Stanford are the frontrunners to land Wright. https://twitter.com/RAanalytics/status/1280232974890553345?s=20