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Quarterback commits, visits & offers - April 12, 2024
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In Today’s Edition, you’ll get plenty of quarterback recruiting updates to send you into a busy weekend. Cutter Woods committed to Wake Forest, and Dereon Coleman is heading into a crucial Oklahoma visit with Michael Clayton II fitting an Alabama trip in between Ole Miss and Tennessee.
In Tomorrow’s Edition, you’ll get much of the same. This is an incredibly busy time, so there will be more than enough content to give paying subscribers a bonus Saturday morning edition.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: I will be going on vacation starting Wednesday through the following Friday. This isn’t a job where I can necessarily take 10 days off from so yes, I will be working on vacation. I envision a lot of in-the-car writing and WiFi battles, so bear with me.
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MY TOP THREE
Cutter Woods
2025 3⭐ Cutter Woods (SC) committed to Wake Forest this week with a trio of finalists that also included Virginia and Syracuse. He’s been told this will likely be a two-quarterback class for the Demon Deacons but would be OK if they add another QB.
“I really like the coaches, campus and the stability with their system in addition to academics. They’ve been recruiting me for a while, and I like their offense.” - Cutter Woods
Dereon Coleman
2026 4⭐ Dereon Coleman (FL) is visiting Oklahoma today and tomorrow with no additional trips planned beyond the Sooners. Oklahoma is one of 17 programs to offer at this point of his recruitment.
Michael Clayton II
2026 4⭐ Michael Clayton II (FL) added a visit to Alabama today between yesterday’s stop to Ole Miss and the Tennessee spring game on Saturday. He told me Auburn, Miami and Louisville remain at the top of his recruitment with upcoming visits to Illinois (April 18-19) and Michigan (April 20).
RECRUITING REPORT
Malik Washington
2025 4⭐ Malik Washington (MD) is starting official visits today with a weekend trip to Virginia Tech. He told me UCF recently joined his top list of schools along with Penn State, Oregon, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Maryland and Syracuse. Other OVs include UCF (May 31-June 1), Syracuse (June 7-9), Maryland (June 21-23) and Colorado (TBA) with a late June/early July commitment expected.
Jett Niu
2025 3⭐ Jett Niu (UT) is looking to add an official visit with Arizona coming off a last-minute trip to see the Wildcats on Thursday. He told me Arizona is showing a lot of interest and landed an offer on his trip. Niu’s next scheduled trip is an official visit with Oklahoma State (April 26-28) with unscheduled OVs to Washington State, Utah State and Appalachian State. He would like to commit toward the end of May.
Mason Holtzclaw
2027 QB Mason Holtzclaw (SC) is visiting Wake Forest today followed by North Carolina on Saturday. He has eight offers early in his recruitment with the latest coming from Virginia Tech following last weekend’s visit.
Jaystin Gwinn
2025 3⭐ Jaystin Gwinn (OH) is visiting Ohio State today and Miami (OH) on Saturday. He remains committed to playing quarterback despite some programs recruiting Gwinn as an athlete. He picked up a Miami (OH) offer this week leading up to the visit and will also see Eastern Kentucky on April 20. Syracuse would like to see him work out next month with increasing interest.
Chanston Crosby
2025 3⭐ Chanston Crosby (SC) will visit Georgia State today, followed by a trip to The Citadel on Saturday. He decommitted from Georgia State two months ago, though the Panthers remain in the mix. In addition to Georgia State, Crosby is in contact with Akron, Kent State, Ohio and Wofford the most.
Jaylen Johnson
2025 3⭐ Jaylen Johnson (CA) is visiting Stanford today and is in weekly contact with Nevada, Cornell, Montana, Idaho, North Dakota State, Yale, Army, Harvard and Grand Valley State. He’ll take a trip to Washington State in late April, followed by Sacramento State (June 2), Idaho (June 12), Nevada (June 16), Stanford (June 19) and Army (July TBA) with upcoming visits from Nevada, Cornell, Yale and Idaho. He’s being recruited as a QB but is willing to move to wide receiver or cornerback in the right situation.
Lawrence Wells II
2025 2⭐ Lawrence Wells II (MI) will visit Eastern Michigan today and Central Michigan on Saturday. He visited Michigan State last weekend and told me he’s in contact with the Spartans and Northern Illinois the most with Northern Illinois, Pitt and Eastern Michigan among the teams standing out. Wells will also see Northern Illinois on April 20 with April 27 visits to Kent State and Akron. Wells set an Aug. 1 commitment date with official visits to Michigan State (June 9-11), Northern Illinois (June 18-20), Pitt (TBA) and Ball State (TBA).
Travis Burgess
2026 QB Travis Burgess (GA) is visiting Michigan and Central Michigan today with a trip to Michigan State on Saturday. He’s in weekly contact with Boston College, Maryland, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest with occasional communication with Stanford. Burgess has offers from Pitt, Arizona State and Boston College.
Brogan McNab
2026 QB Brogan McNab (FL) is visiting Florida State today following Thursday’s trip to Florida. He has Marshall and UMass offers with recent visits to UCF and USF.
Jeremiah Calvin
2025 3⭐ QB Jeremiah Calvin (CA) is visiting Fresno State today and is in consistent contact with the Bulldogs, along with North Alabama and UC Davis. He’s coming off a Thursday visit to Cal Poly with an April 18 trip to North Alabama, which is the lone program to offer at this point.
La’Darius Simmons
2026 QB La’Darius Simmons (FL) is visiting UCF today following Thursday’s trip to USF. He has planned trips with Bethune-Cookman (April 20), Florida A&M (May 25), Gardner-Webb (July 10) and Florida (June 19). Simmons are working on additional visits with Boston College, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Mercer, Princeton, Albany State and Valdosta State during the summer.
Quinn Boyd
2024 2⭐ Quinn Boyd (CA) committed to Stony Brook earlier this week over Coastal Carolina and Bryant. He’ll join 3⭐ Malachi Marshall (SC) as quarterbacks in the class.
“Out of the schools I visited, they made sure it felt like home for me. They spent the entire day showing me the program and interacting with the guys already there and the area around the school. Coach Billy Cosh recruited me to Western Michigan before taking the job at Stony Brook, so I had already had that connection and then getting out there and seeing what they had to offer showed me that it was where I wanted to be.” - Quinn Boyd
Jacob Zamot
2025 QB Jacob Zamot (NJ) is visiting Army today and Penn on Saturday, coming off trips to Princeton and Columbia earlier this week. He’ll also see Lafayette (April 27) and Cornell (April 28). In addition to Cornell, Zamot has offers from Rhode Island, Maine, Merrimack, Sacred Heart and Delaware State with a commitment set for the end of May.
Gavin Marshalek
2026 QB Gavin Marshalek (PA) will visit Villanova today following Thursday’s Temple trip. He has offers from UNLV and Kennesaw State with another visit with Syracuse set for April 20.
Sebastian Martinez
2025 QB Sebastian Martinez (CA) is visiting TCU today with interest from a few FCS programs. He’s in consistent communication with San Diego, Northern Colorado, Cornell and Princeton with offers from Nicholls State, Long Island and St. Thomas. Martinez has visits with Yale (April 18), San Jose State (April 30), Colorado (June 19) and Northern Colorado (June 21), in addition to camps at USC (June 11), Fresno State (June 15) and St. Thomas (July 27).
Hoyt Gregory
2025 QB Hoyt Gregory (MO) is visiting Lindenwood today for its spring game with North Dakota State, Illinois State, Missouri State and Wofford in contact the most. He will see UT Martin (April 19), Southern Illinois (April 20) and Indiana State (April 26) with an offer list that consists of Lindenwood and Florida Atlantic.
Tillman Martin
2025 QB Tillman Martin (MO) is visiting South Dakota State today an is in contact with the Jackrabbits and Southeast Missouri State the most, looking for his first offer. Martin will attend camps at Oklahoma State, Florida Atlantic, Wyoming, South Dakota State and Southeast Missouri State.
Cason Carswell
2025 QB Cason Carswell (MI) is visiting Northern Illinois today and is in consistent communication with Penn and Western Illinois, which is his lone offer. He’ll visit Florida on April 19 with camps at Toledo (May 31), Bowling Green (June 2), Northern Illinois (June 7), Michigan State (June 10), Western Illinois (June 11 or 13), Eastern Michigan (June 14) and Penn (July 8).
Cade Young
2026 QB Cade Young (NC) is visiting Georgia State today for its spring game with another spring game visit to Gardner-Webb on April 19. He’s looking for his first offer with FCS interest from Gardner-Webb, NC Central and East Tennessee State.
2024
COMMITS
STON 🏈 Quinn Boyd
2025
COMMITS
WAKE 🏈 Cutter Woods
OFFERS
AFA 🏈 Jaylen Johnson
APP 🏈 Trevor Havill
NAVY 🏈 Niko Boyce
ORST 🏈 AJ Brand
VAN 🏈 Jack Elliott
DART 🏈 Eli Morcos
HOW 🏈 Khalel Wright
JKST 🏈 Austin Carlisle
MTST 🏈 Mason Drube
PRIN 🏈 Denzel Gardner
STON 🏈 Denzel Gardner
UTM 🏈 Conner Nelson
WIU 🏈 Cason Carswell
2026
OFFERS
ARST 🏈 Kelvin Perkins
COOK 🏈 Darnell Kelly
MONT 🏈 Jaylen Johnson
2027
OFFERS
COLO 🏈 Peyton Houston
TRANSFER REPORT
Eric Phoenix
Murray State QB Eric Phoenix entered the transfer portal for his final year of eligibility. Phoenix is looking for an opportunity to compete for a championship and is already in contact with a few FCS programs.
Bryce Robinson
Austin Peay QB Bryce Robinson entered the transfer portal with two years of eligibility remaining. He’s been offered by Bethel (D3) and declined to say who else he’s in contact with but is communicating with programs from all levels including FBS and FCS. Robinson is looking to make an impact right away with a program with a strong culture.
ENTRIES
NMSU 🏈 Eli Stowers
UNLV 🏈 Dylan Mehrotra
MURR 🏈 Eric Phoenix
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