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CSUN football signing class

Da’Sean Jameson, one of CSUN's 23 recruit signees, takes a reception for extra yards for Crenshaw.

JIM ROGERS | TIMES STAFF WRITER



February 5, 2014


CSUN's signing class

Spring early enrollees

Jared Weaver; FB; 6-1; 233; Los Angeles, Calif; Loyola HS; 62 (-2) OVR

Jelani Gilchrist; QB; 6-2; 189; Concord, Calif; Arizona Western College; 67 (+5) OVR

Randall Carey; DE; 6-2; 233; Thousand Oaks, Calif; La Reina HS; 50 (+1) OVR

Matt Stribling; T; 6-6; 274; Baldwin Park, Calif; Sierra Vista HS; 53 (-5) OVR

Antonio Thomas; CB; 6-1; 164; Carson, Calif; Los Angeles Valley College; 61 (+2) OVR

Spencer Lorusso; OLB; 6-6; 219; La Mesa, Calif; San Bernardino Valley College ; 57 (+1) OVR

Tristan Malone; HB; 6-1; 190; Palm Springs; Arizona Western College; 48 (-2) OVR

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Fall enrollees

Da’Sean Jameson; WR; 6-0; 175; Los Angeles, Calif; Crenshaw HS; 65 (+4) OVR

Jacque Hazzard; RB; 5-11; 185; Glendale, Calif; Glendale HS; 61 (+2) OVR

Marcus Horton; WR; 6-2, 177; Long Beach, Cali; Long Beach City College; 67 (+2) OVR

Jamaal Whitney; G; 6-5; 279; Huntington Park, Calif; Huntington Park HS; 68 (+7) OVR

Beno Hoffman; CB; 6-1; 188; El Centro, Calif; Central Union HS; 61 (+4) OVR

Ken Blackwell; T; 6-4; 285; San Diego, Calif; St. Augustine HS; 61 (+3) OVR

Leslie Bennett; G; 6-5; 273; Ontario, Calif; San Bernardino Valley College; 67 (+2) OVR

Jason Stafford; OLB; 6-3; 212; La Mesa, Calif; Helix Charter HS; 51 (-4) OVR

Norman Williams; T; 6-4; 273; Moreno Valley, Calif; Canyon Springs HS; 60 (+5) OVR

Devin Flowers; OLB; 6-1; 217; South Gate, Calif; South Gate HS; 51 (+1) OVR

T.J. Johnson; G; 6-2; 286; Riverside, Calif; Martin Luther King HS; 53 (+2) OVR

Greg Rucker; T; 6-5; 328; Lynwood, Calif; Lynwood HS; 57 (+6) OVR

Dominique Young; CB; 5-11; 175; Oceanside, Calif; Oceanside HS; 54 (+5) OVR

Tre Robinson; T; 6-5; 286; Norwalk, Calif; Norwalk HS; 55 (+6) OVR

Braxton Dawkins; DE; 6-4; 240; Long Beach, Calif; Long Beach City College ; 60 (+7) OVR

Cardell Pondexter; QB; 6-0; 234; Hemet, Calif; Los Angeles Pierce College ; 52 (+6) OVR

Transfers

Jake Brito; TE; 6-1; 229; Rowland Heights, Calif; Cal Poly; 65 OVR

Colin Dzubnar; DE; 6-3; 235; Newport Beach; Calif; Cal Poly; 67 OVR


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Dumont Moran, CSUN announces 2014 recruiting class

Dumont Moran announces the signings of 23 recruits on national signing day.

JIM ROGERS | TIMES STAFF WRITER

February 5, 2014


In the midst of USC and UCLA’s signing day success, the fellow Los Angeles based university Cal State Northridge inked its first recruiting class in over a decade.

Under the guidance of coach Dumont Moran, the Matadors will field its reinstated football team next season in the Big Sky Conference with the addition of 25-scholarship athletes, including two transfers.

“As a coach, I’m very pleased with our efforts on the recruiting trail,” Dumont said. “My assistants were relentless, and in many cases lured players away from larger, more established programs.”

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Northridge signed all but one of its recruits from the southern and nearby desert region of California with an exception to nine JUCO’s who, however, attended high school in the area. The class shapes up with one three-star recruit, five two-stars, and 17 players listed as unranked, according to Scout.com.

In addition, Moran received word of a transfer from Cal Poly sophomore duo; defensive end Colin Dzubnar and tight end Jake Brito. Dzubnar redshirted his first year on campus and received only limited playing time last season while Brito wrapped up his freshman campaign on the depth chart at both tight end and fullback.

“While other teams practiced and played, we had a full staff out focusing entirely on bringing in talent, and I feel confident we did just that,” said Moran, who lost only two of 25 commitments on signing day.

Among CSUN’s decommitments were two-star center Brian Underwood who joined three-star defensive tackle Matt Davis with a decision to take the FBS route as the two committed to San Jose State and UNLV respectively.

Fellow defensive linemen Gabe Jackson flipped his verbal to UC Davis mid-season.

Moran mentioned Davis and Jackson’s decommitments specifically, citing their significance as the team was only able to add two members to the line with both being unranked ends.

On the flip side of the ball, the offensive line wound up being the team’s strongest suit with a total of eight players signed. Jamaal Whitney, a two-star guard, is the highest rated member of the unit, choosing the Matadors over Sacramento State and UC Davis.

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“Almost everything revolves around what’s up front,” Moran said. “Obviously, we underachieved on the defensive side, but our offensive line is set and could develop into a solid personnel group.”

Northridge inked its first and only three-star signing of the 2014 class with wide receiver Da’Seaon Jameson. Jameson, ranked nationally at No. 1293, is listed 303 spots higher than CSUN’s next recruit, Jacque Hazzard, who places at No. 1596 and the nation’s No. 125th ranked running back.

Both players clocked official forty times of 4.48, good for second in the class behind only cornerback Beno Hoffman and wide receiver Marcus Horton’s tie at 4.46.

Notably, Horton joins defensive end Braxton Dawkins as the two CSUN signees that previously played under Coach Moran during his coaching tenure at Long Beach Poly. Both players signed with Mesa College following their three-year letter-winning careers at Poly.

Quarterback Jelani Gilchrist, defensive end Randall Carey, fullback Jared Weaver, halfback Tristan Malone, cornerback Antonio Thomas, offensive lineman Marcus Stribling and linebacker Spencer Lorusso are among recruits already enrolled on campus.

Asked about projected playing time, Moran said its fair game. "It’s going to be all about who comes out and puts forth the most effort,” he said. “We recruited multiple guys at positions so the battles are already set.”

There won’t be much, if any, grace period for this class to adjust to the college game.

CSUN opens the 2014 season against back-to-back and nearly-to back Pioneer League champions, San Diego. Just a week later the Matadors will meet with UCLA at the Rose Bowl. When conference play rolls around, first-year Northridge will be pitted against the strong Big Sky Conference, which sent three teams to the playoffs in 2012.


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Derrick Sims, a class of 2015 recruit, commits to CSUN

Westmount High School quarterback Derrick Sims commits to CSUN, makin him the school's first recruit of the 2015 reruiting class.

JIM ROGERS | TIMES STAFF WRITER

February 8, 2014


Just three days removed from national signing day, CSUN’s 2015 recruiting push has entered full swing as the Matadors picked up its first verbal commitment Wednesday from quarterback Derrick Sims.

The Westmount High School product stated his intentions through Twitter, saying: “Proud to announce my commitment to California State Northridge,” he wrote. “Senior year is coming up and I want the season to be my one and only focus.”

Sims, 6-foot-4 and 193 pounds, visited CSUN’s inaugural junior day event last week and the coaches -- who offered him a scholarship last October -- were again impressed.

Eligible of signing his LOI in 2015, Sims will join a Northridge team that previously inked two quarterbacks on signing day. However, with both the signees being incoming juniors, the quarterback could redshirt his freshmen season and potentially start the next four years with the Matadors.

As a junior, Sims passed for 1,147 yards and 10 touchdowns, with seven interceptions, in 11 games last season, according to MaxPreps.com. More significantly, he rushed for 918 yards and eleven touchdowns.

Sims reportedly clocked a 4.60 forty time at CSUN’s junior day which is higher than all class of 2015 California quarterbacks, according to Scout.com, who currently ranks Sims as a two-star prospect.

Derrick's twin brother, Daniel, quarterbacks for Downey High School, located just 20 minutes from Westmount. Daniel, a polar opposite pocket passer, has received early looks from Pac-12 schools Washington State and UCLA along with UC Davis.

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Most of the players on the spring roster are walk-on's I actually created when making the TeamBuilder. I simply took the ones from the game and copied their stats onto my existing players.

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2014 SPRING FOOTBALL ROSTER

Name				Pos (Prev.)	OVR.	HT.	WT.	EXP.

Colin Dzubnar†			RE		67	6-3	237	So.
Jelani Gilchrist*		QB		67	6-2	200	Jr.
Jake Brito†			TE		65	6-1	229	So.
Jarred Weaver*			FB		62	6-1	245	Fr.
Antonio Thomas*			CB		61	6-1	176	Jr.
Spencer Lorusso*		DE (OLB)	57	6-6	230	Jr.
Philip McCoy			SS		56	5-11	193	Jr.
Kyler Manning			MLB		55	6-4	205	So.
Matt Stribling*			T		54	6-6	285	So.
Rashard Malloy			SS (OLB)	53	6-4	163	Jr.
Michael York II			HB		53	5-11	234	Sr.
Jalen Walton-Curry		QB		53	6-3	225	So.
Ernest Ingraham			LE		52	6-5	261	So.
Antawn Crawford			SS (WR)		52	6-2	206	Jr.
Marshon Booker			C		52	6-2	305	So.
Jarvis Fostee			DT		52	6-6	290	So.
Tajuan Mister			CB		52	5-11	188	Jr.
Kendall Flowers			HB		52	5-11	220	Jr.
Mark Browning			FS		51	5-11	215	So.
Fabian Rosario			ROLB		51	5-11	217	Jr.
Dwayne Forbes			FS		50	6-4	196	Fr.
Kellen Maxwell			LG		50	6-2	295	So. 
Tate Maxwell			WR		50	6-2	199	So.
Randall Carey*			DE		50	6-2	241	Fr.
Shaq Flynn			HB		50	5-11	239	So.
John Blanchard			LOLB		49	6-5	207	Fr.
Manuel Santiago			FB		49	6-2	242	Fr.
Izzet Ratliff			WR		49	6-3	216	So.
Jahlil Pruitt			LE		49	6-3	252	Jr.
Cody Davis			MLB		48	6-2	240	So.
Case Sanders			SS		48	5-11	188	So.
Tyler Brewer			QB		48	6-2	181	So.
Sidney Caldwell			LT		48	6-5	320	Fr.
Tristan Malone*			HB		48	6-1	205	Jr.
Zach Ashley			RT		47	6-5	317	So.
Xavier Holly			DT		46	6-5	304	So.
Sammy Knight			WR		46	6-0	189	So.
Gabriel Thompson		RT		45	6-2	311	Jr.
Derrick Robbins			CB		45	6-2	221	So.
Leonard Ruiz			RG		45	6-2	342	So.
Tamarius Cook			TE		44	6-5	259	So.
Garrett Butler			MLB		44	6-1	236	Jr.
Cameron Caffey			QB		44	6-4	198	So.

* - Denotes early enrollee
† - Denotes incoming transfer

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