Out From The Smoke
Trio of top recruits sign with Blue Mountain State despite the school's recent legal issues
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Blue Mountain State has been in a lot of trouble lately, and that's no breaking news at this point, as the entire country has heard about the BMS drug bust by now. However, things just got a little better for the University and it's troubled football team. Coach Massey and the Mountain Goats secured hard commitments from three prospects last night, just days after the team was affected with a devastating black eye to the program.
Here's a look at your brand new Blue Mountain State commits:
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Down to his final two choices, strong safety Thomas Harris of La Mirada, Calif., chose Blue Mountain State over California and fellow NEW C-USA opponent, UCSF. The 6-foot tall, 215-pound Harris is a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, a national Internet recruiting service. He will bring a hard hitting attitude to the secondary, that will be needing as much attitude as possible heading in to next season. The secondary has been a focus point of Head Coach C. Massey during the year when recruiting. Harris will team up with 2 incoming CB's to provide youth to the team's biggest question mark going in to 2014.
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Marvin Ross of Lombard, Ill., chose the Mountain Goats over UCSF, Alabama and Syracuse, among others. The 6-4, 270-pound four-star guard visited over the weekend and committed soon after. We hope that the tragic party at The Goat House had no influence in his decision to come to Blue Mountain State, but at this point, it is a realistic possibility. Ross joins an already loaded stack of guards coming in with Massey's 2014 recruiting class.
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The real true prize of the weekend for Massey's Mountain Goats came in the form of Jason Harris, the nation's #2 rated ATH prospect. Coach C. Massey has only recruited two 5-star prospects since 2009, and now both of them will be on next year's Blue Mountain State squad. Massey's first 5-star recruit that he ever brought in on his own was Anthony Williams, who was originally recruited while coach Massey was the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. Williams is currently a starting linebacker for the Mountain Goats. Now, late in 2013, Massey has brought in his first 5-star prospect as coach at Blue Mountain State University. Harris, who stands 6-foot tall is projected as a corner as of right now. That would be absolutely huge news for the Massey and his Mountain Goats as corner has been the #1 concern for recruiting during this current season. He also has played safety, linebacker and wide-receiver in high school.
The signing of Jason Harris, along with Thomas Harris and Marvin Ross numb the pain a little of the Blue Mountain State faithful coming off such a terrible scene as the campus party just nights ago.
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