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Monthly Recruiting Report: April

Monthly Recruiting Report: April
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Scott Hood
Scott Hood April 30, 2024 @ 08:15 PM
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Jacob Lesperance
Jacob Lesperance 5'11" | 170 lbs | LB | 2025
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Aidan Rutley
Aidan Rutley 6'5" | 230 lbs | DL | 2025
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Estevan Baca
Estevan Baca 6'2" | 280 lbs | OL | 2025
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Samuel McCargish
Samuel McCargish 6'5" | 270 lbs | OL | 2025
NM
Bode Victor
Bode Victor 6'1" | 185 lbs | WR | 2025
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Matthew Van Why
Matthew Van Why 6'2" | 175 lbs | WR | 2025
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Sajon Thompson
Sajon Thompson 6'2" | 165 lbs | DB | 2025
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Ryan Garcia
Ryan Garcia 6'4" | 260 lbs | OL | 2025
NM
Giovanni Evans
Giovanni Evans 6'0" | 175 lbs | QB | 2026
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Dominic Lucero
Dominic Lucero 5'7" | 140 lbs | QB | 2025
NM
Ismael Mendez
Ismael Mendez 5'7" | 155 lbs | WR | 2026
NM
Elijah Richards
Elijah Richards 6'5" | 215 lbs | DL | 2026
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Noah Moffett
Noah Moffett 6'0" | 245 lbs | OL | 2024
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Ricky Scroggins
Ricky Scroggins 6'1" | 285 lbs | DL | 2025
NM
Noah Escudero
Noah Escudero 6'4" | 215 lbs | TE | 2026
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Brandon Wheeler
Brandon Wheeler 5'9" | LB | 2026
NM
Javier Filerio
Javier Filerio 6'3" | 295 lbs | OL | 2025
NM
Mark Handy
Mark Handy 6'6" | 295 lbs | OL | 2025
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AJ Manning
AJ Manning 6'1" | 195 lbs | DB/ATH | 2025
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Mason Greathouse
Mason Greathouse 6'3" | 245 lbs | DL/WR | 2025
NM
Kylar Pickering
Kylar Pickering 6'4" | 295 lbs | OL | 2025
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Hayes Baum
Hayes Baum 6'0" | 210 lbs | LB | 2026
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Hector Jasiah Estrada
Hector Jasiah Estrada 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB | 2025
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Jon Baca
Jon Baca 6'2" | 210 lbs | TE | 2025
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Owen Callaway
Owen Callaway 6'1" | 160 lbs | QB | 2024
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Jose Castillo
Jose Castillo 5'9" | 250 lbs | DL | 2024
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Kelly Stevens
Kelly Stevens 6'3" | 210 lbs | QB | 2025
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Noah Lynn
Noah Lynn 6'3" | 255 lbs | DL | 2025
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JJ Arellano
JJ Arellano 6'0" | 165 lbs | QB | 2025
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Zaiden Davis
Zaiden Davis 6'2" | 195 lbs | QB | 2025
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Valente Herrera
Valente Herrera 6'3" | 290 lbs | OL | 2025
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Cameron Dyer
Cameron Dyer 6'3" | 185 lbs | QB | 2025
NM
Mason Posa
Mason Posa 6'3" | 210 lbs | LB | 2025
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Psalmon Kegler
Psalmon Kegler 6'2" | 240 lbs | DL | 2025
NM
Ezra Hensley
Ezra Hensley 6'3" | 275 lbs | OL | 2025
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Ryan Ramirez
Ryan Ramirez 6'3" | 270 lbs | OL | 2025
NM
Matthew Lashley
Matthew Lashley 6'1" | 170 lbs | QB | 2024
NM
Matthias Duran
Matthias Duran 5'10" | 195 lbs | RB | 2024
NM
Trel Griego
Trel Griego 6'3" | 225 lbs | QB | 2024
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Mateo Contreras
Mateo Contreras 6'3" | 160 lbs | WR | 2024
NM
Dalton Lee
Dalton Lee 6'1" | 180 lbs | LB | 2024
NM
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2024-25 recruiting cycle began in earnest in April. As 2024 prospects finalize their decisions, numerous younger prospects, mostly from the 2025 and 2026 classes, took visits to schools. Some were blessed with offers. April is full of Junior Days and Spring Games, and college coaches love to see deserving prospects on their campus. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the signings, commitments, offers and visits for a very busy April:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SIGNINGS</strong>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='817229' first='Jose' last='Castillo'], Espanola Valley: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='275066' first='Matthias' last='Duran'], St. Micheal's: Ave Maria University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='274791' first='Trel' last='Griego'], Farmington: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='334468' first='Matthew' last='Lashley'], Las Cruces: New Mexico (PWO)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1230366' first='Noah' last='Moffett'], Farmington: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Quintin Moya, Chesterton Academy: Ave Maria University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>COMMITMENTS</strong>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='817391' first='Owen' last='Callaway'], Hobbs: John Melvin University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='274724' first='Mateo' last='Contreras'], Robertson: New Mexico (PWO)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Marcus Herrera, Centennial: Waldorf University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='238625' first='Dalton' last='Lee'], Albuquerque Academy: Wabash College</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Javier Samuel Marquez, West Mesa: New Mexico (PWO)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OFFERS</strong>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1258924' first='Estevan' last='Baca'], Albuquerque High: New Mexico Highlands </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='613746' first='Zaiden' last='Davis'], Centennial: New Mexico, New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1119551' first='Javier' last='Filerio'], Gadsden: Peru State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1257299' first='Ryan' last='Garcia'], Capital: Peru State, Minnesota West (JUCO)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1118051' first='Mason' last='Greathouse'], Roswell: West Texas A&amp;M</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1118241' first='Mark' last='Handy'], La Cueva: Arkansas, Cal, Duke</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='613058' first='Valente' last='Herrera'], Lovington: Minnesota West (JUCO)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='613759' first='Noah' last='Lynn'], Roswell: West Texas A&amp;M</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1258904' first='Samuel' last='McCargish'], NMMI: Bowling Green, New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='416093' first='Ryan' last='Ramirez'], Albuquerque Academy: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1194194' first='Ricky' last='Scroggins'], Manzano: Salt River Scorpions (JUCO)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>VISITS</strong>:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='613752' first='JJ' last='Arellano'], Rio Rancho: New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='836902' first='Jon' last='Baca'], Cleveland: Western Colorado, New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='854199' first='Hayes' last='Baum'], Cibola: New Mexico</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mikey Beck, Farmington: New Mexico, New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='611098' first='Cameron' last='Dyer'], La Cueva: Arizona State, UTEP</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1142637' first='Noah' last='Escudero'], Cleveland: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='837118' first='Hector' last='Jasiah Estrada'], Rio Rancho: New Mexico, New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1248671' first='Giovanni' last='Evans'], Eldorado: Fort Lewis College</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1118051' first='Mason' last='Greathouse'], Roswell: New Mexico, New Mexico State &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1118241' first='Mark' last='Handy'], La Cueva: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Duke, Baylor (OV)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='510673' first='Ezra' last='Hensley'], Deming: UTEP, New Mexico, Cornell</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='611047' first='Psalmon' last='Kegler'], Cleveland: New Mexico</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1259046' first='Jacob' last='Lesperance'], Rio Rancho: New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1248667' first='Dominic' last='Lucero'], West Mesa: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='613759' first='Noah' last='Lynn'], Roswell: New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1118057' first='AJ' last='Manning'], Cleveland: UTEP, New Mexico</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='853576' first='Tayvon' last='McCoy'], Cleveland: Fort Lewis College</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1245701' first='Ismael' last='Mendez'], Volcano Vista: New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1057304' first='Kylar' last='Pickering'], Hobbs: UTEP</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='611083' first='Mason' last='Posa'], La Cueva: Oklahoma State (OV), Texas Tech, Arizona (OV)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='416093' first='Ryan' last='Ramirez'], Albuquerque Academy: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1230420' first='Elijah' last='Richards'], Cleveland: New Mexico</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1259013' first='Aidan' last='Rutley'], Roswell: UTEP, New Mexico, New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1194194' first='Ricky' last='Scroggins'], Manzano: Texas A&amp;M-Commerce, Central Oklahoma, New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1272752' first='J'ven' last='Smith'], Atrisco Heritage: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='615513' first='Kelly' last='Stevens'], Las Cruces: New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1257343' first='Sajon' last='Thompson'], West Mesa: New Mexico</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1258848' first='Matthew' last='Van Why'], Del Norte: Western New Mexico</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1258861' first='Bode' last='Victor'], Rio Rancho: New Mexico Highlands</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1137886' first='Brandon' last='Wheeler'], Grants: New Mexico State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/1mateocontreras/status/1784419651193069775","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/1mateocontreras/status/1784419651193069775 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/Sam72McCargish/status/1785314580861997080","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Sam72McCargish/status/1785314580861997080 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/jbaca2025/status/1784584709693174072","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/jbaca2025/status/1784584709693174072 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/The__Baum/status/1784414096785375470","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <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__Baum/status/1784414096785375470 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/LCHSFOOTBALL/status/1783942375515050480","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/LCHSFOOTBALL/status/1783942375515050480 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/MasonPosa/status/1782572075473109490","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <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/1782572075473109490 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/Ryan70Ramirez/status/1782199820897198153","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Ryan70Ramirez/status/1782199820897198153 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/aj_manning31/status/1782141263690797500","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <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/1782141263690797500 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/RGSunSports/status/1781093241560993899","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/RGSunSports/status/1781093241560993899 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->

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