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<p>Eastern New Mexico head football coach Kelley Lee, widely known as a strong advocate for recruiting in-state players, hit the jackpot on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>Four of the state's top 2024 prospects verbally committed to ENMU: Rio Rancho LB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1103708' first='Ryan' last='Brown']</strong>, Deming DB <strong>A.J. Flores</strong>, Rio Rancho OLB/DB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='817417' first='Andrew' last='Gustafson']</strong> and Cleveland LB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='275565' first='Isaac' last='Medrano']</strong>. </p>
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<p>A total of five New Mexico prospects in the 2024 signing class have committed to the Greyhounds since the beginning of the year. Centennial QB [player_tooltip player_id='340297' first='Daniel' last='Hernandez'] committed to ENMU earlier this month.</p>
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<p>All four of the newest commitments play on the defensive side of the ball. Brown, one of the state's top linebackers, had 83 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 8 QB hurries, 9 passes defended and 1 INT for the Rams this past season. He possesses good speed, mobility and toughness. Flores made 76 tackles and 3 INT for the Wildcats defense. </p>
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<p>Gustafson was a tackling machine for the Rams in 2023 as he finished with 114 tackles, 5.0 TFL , 8.0 QB hurries and 9 passes defended. Medrano helped lead Cleveland tot he Class 6A state championship game with 71 tackles, 9.0 TFL and 2 sacks in 11 games.</p>
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