Lakeland's James Robinson receives offer from Alabama

Lakeland junior wide receiver James Robinson continues to add to his impressive list of college verbal offers. After his performance last Friday night against cross-town rival Kathleen (4 receptions, 132 yards, 2 TDs), Robinson received a verbal offer from the Alabama Crimson Tide the next day.

I'm blessed to receive an offer from Alabama Crimson Tide , Making momma Proud 💯💪✊🏈🏈⚓⚓⚓ pic.twitter.com/kzC3kAmQZc

— RELENTLESS ⚓️✊ (@_StunnaJayy_) October 31, 2015

Baveon Johnson to play in 2016 Under Armour All-American Game

 

Link: USA TODAY High School Sports

Link: Polk Preps

Link: ESPN

Lake Gibson senior offensive lineman Baveon Johnson is officially an Under Armour All-American Game participant. The game will be held on Jan. 2 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. Johnson, a Florida State commit, was surrounded by family, friends, faculty, coaches and teammates during his jersey ceremony on Tuesday at the Lake Gibson High School cafeteria.

Johnson, rated the No. 1 center and 38th-ranked player overall in the ESPN 300, was also chosen to play in the U.S. Army All-American game, but ultimately decided to commit to the Under Armour game.

Johnson joins a growing list of Polk County players to participate in the national all-star game sponsored by Under Armour. The rest of the list includes the following players:

2008 - Carlton Thomas (Frostproof) - RB

2008 - Ricky Barnum (Lake Gibson) - OL

2008 - T.J. Lawrence (Kathleen) - WR

2011 - Brandon Fulse (Fort Meade) - TE

2011 - Karlos Williams (Ridge Community) - DB

2015 - Derwin James Jr. (Haines City) - DB

Artavis Pierce featured in Oregon State 'Star Wars' poster

 

Taking pictures of recruits and editing them in Photoshop to showcase on social media as a recruiting pitch is nothing new today in social media, but the football recruiting department at Oregon State decided to kick it up a notch with this 'Star Wars' themed edit.

The photo features Auburndale's own Artavis Pierce, an Oregon State commit, and several other 2016 Beavers commits from around the country. The Oregon State football staff published this edit on Monday, the same day as the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" trailer that was shown during the recent Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants.

While the movie is set to hit theaters Dec. 18, Beavers fans will have to wait until Feb 3, 2016 to see if the recruiting force of the Oregon State football staff really is strong enough to pull in all of those verbal commits on National Signing Day.

Kathleen's Ventrell Miller receives FAU verbal

First offer #FAU

— Ventrell Miller (@ventrell_miller) October 16, 2015

FAU became the first Division I program to verbally offer Kathleen Red Devils junior outside linebacker Ventrell Miller on Thursday.

Mike Smith Jr. de-commits from Georgia Southern

I have decommited from Georgia southern 🙏🏾

— MIKE MIKE (@Iam_smithjr) October 2, 2015

Frostproof offensive lineman Mike Smith Jr. has opened back up his college recruiting process today after de-committing from Georgia Southern University, a school he was committed to since the beginning of August.

The senior held verbal offers from Alcorn State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, FAMU, FIU, Iowa State, Lousiana Tech, Marshall, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Samford, South Alabama, Tennessee State, Troy, and Western Kentucky.

Blue-Grey Jersey Presentation Tour: Artavis Pierce

#BlueGreyFootball Jersey Presentation Tour: #Beavers commit Artavis Pierce (@Ap_Juice2) was recognized this week. pic.twitter.com/DdnUqBcxyr

— Blue-Grey Football (@BlueGreyFB) September 28, 2015

The Blue-Grey All-American Jersey Presentation Tour rolled into Auburndale, FL on Monday, Oct. 28 to present Bloodhounds running back Artavis Pierce with his jersey. Pierce will play in the North vs. South game that will take place on Jan. 9, 2016 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.