Recruiting: Weekend Recap

<p>National Signing Day for non-Division I programs is Wednesday, so as you might expect the final weekend before the big day was extremely busy for New Mexico prospects.</p>   <p><strong>West Mesa Duo Announce Commitments</strong>: West Mesa was more than QB [player_tooltip player_id='275488' first='Elijah' last='Brody'] this past season. Two Mustangs announced their college commitments on Sunday: RB/DE <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='817244' first='Marcus' last='Sharp']</strong> pledged to Fort Lewis College in Durango, Co while DB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='274992' first='Tavon' last='Archibald']</strong> committed to Arizona Christian University in Phoenix. </p>   <p><strong>Silver OL commits to Western New Mexico</strong>: For a Class 4A program located in a geographically isolated portion of southwestern New Mexico, Silver produces a lot of next level talent. The latest Colt to commit is 2024 OL <strong>Lochlan Stern</strong>, who followed in the footsteps of QB [player_tooltip player_id='815932' first='Adan' last='Jacquez'] and decided to stay home to play his college football. </p>   <p><strong>New Offers: </strong> 2025 La Cueva OLB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='611083' first='Mason' last='Posa']</strong> picked up an additional offer this weekend when Illinois of the Big Ten offered on Saturday. 2024 Farmington LB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='592400' first='Ian' last='Fishburn']</strong> was offered by Eastern New Mexico following a visit to Portales on Saturday.</p>   <p><strong>Visits</strong>: Portales LB [player_tooltip player_id='275478' first='Devin' last='Diaz'] visited New Mexico Highlands on Friday. Diaz was recently offered by Kansas Wesleyan.</p>   <p><strong>Eldorado OL Takes Midwest Trip</strong>: 2024 Eldorado OL <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1107065' first='Deejdrick' last='Holloway-Herndon']</strong> and his parents traveled to the Midwest for several days late last week to check out several schools, including Kansas Wesleyan, Bethany College, Ottawa University Kansas and Culver-Stockton College. Previously, he visited Eastern New Mexico, NMMI and Ottawa University Arizona.  </p>   <p><strong>UTEP Junior Day</strong>: Several 2025 NM Prospects attended UTEP's Junior Day in El Paso on Sunday, including La Cueva QB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='611098' first='Cameron' last='Dyer']</strong>, Cleveland DB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1118057' first='AJ' last='Manning'], </strong>Hobbs OL <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1057304' first='Kylar' last='Pickering'], </strong>Cleveland DL <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='611047' first='Psalmon' last='Kegler'] </strong>and Roswell <strong>DE Mason Greathhouse</strong>. In addition, 2026 Cleveland OL <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='851862' first='Moses' last='Sparks']</strong> attended as well. <strong> </strong>   </p>   <p>Dyer, who is being recruited by the Miners as a QB, raved about the Sun Bowl to Prep Redzone New Mexico after he and his family met with new UTEP head coach Scotty Walden.</p>   <p>“I thought the Sun Bowl was very cool,” Dyer said. “I can definitely see myself playing in that stadium. The conversations with the coaches were great and I'm glad Coach Walden took some time to sit down with me and my family and talk about my future.”</p>   <p>Manning confirmed to Prep Redzone New Mexico that UTEP has started to recruit him. He has spoken with the UTEP defensive coordinator and safeties coach before and during his visit to El Paso.</p>   <p>“I have both of their cell numbers and they have mine,” Manning said. “The conversations have gone extremely well. We have talked about grades and just overall about myself and my character. The campus is great and the stadium is iconic.”</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/CoachOrtizCOLTS/status/1753962950472114448?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/camdyer7/status/1754333232873558366?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/KylarPickering/status/1754178059903570418?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/aj_manning31/status/1754337278179029091?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/KylarPickering/status/1754329732722667584?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/The_IanFishburn/status/1753792105477222602?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/MasonPosa/status/1753864887799837069?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/D3v_03/status/1753632725083250914?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/mosessparks77/status/1754386461921792431?s=20 </div></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/DeejdrickHH_73/status/1753895604483236112?s=20 </div></figure>

National Signing Day for non-Division I programs is Wednesday, so as you might expect the final weekend before the big day was extremely busy for New Mexico prospects.