Football Recruting Northwest: Part 2

In the Southern part of Oregon is powerhouse football program North Medford. Better known as the Black Tornado. The program has been a Championship program for some time. This year the team was led by Linemen Jason Slowey and QB Darren Bruhns. Both very fine athletes. Slowey is a 6'5" lean 265 pound Linemen with 5.0 quickness and the potential to really develop. Bruhn's is a 6'2" 205 pound Dual threat QB that had a great year his Junior Season with 1800 yards passing and 850 yards running. Both came into their Senior year as top ranked athletes. Slowey was highly praised at Summer camp at Oregon State and Bruhn's trained hard and was expected to be one of the top performers in 2006 for Oregon. By the way...both athletes carry a 3.7ish overall GPA and scored very high on the SAT. Both fit the Blue Chip mold. Letters come to both boys homes. Both plan to play college at the next level.

The season ended with the Black Tornado having a down year and they missed the playoffs. The press died off and recruiters do not travel to Medford, Oregon very often. Coaches began to look at kids on the playoff bound teams and these two moved on to basketball and school. Time to be a kid. Interest continued to come in and I recommended that Jason get up to Western Oregon University where they play a tough brand of D2 football and have a great campus and coaching. Jason as of now had received an offer to play there but D2 programs rarely offer big time scholarships. He can get a good piece of his schooling paid for at this point. This is a good option for him.

I have sent film to Coach Derby who has forwarded it to Weber State but it is happening pretty late in the game. He has also talked about walking on at Hawaii and can walk on here in state but let's remember that a walk on is a long shot to play let alone to get a scholarship. I spoke to Foothills JC, Mt. San Antonio College, Saddleback, College of the Sequoia's, Snow College, and College of the Siskyou's. He may get an offer to play at these fine JC programs. I am pulling for him and keeping my fingers crossed for him as he is a capable and able athlete that as he matures will have the weight and size the big boys want. His quickness and attitude are what impress me. He is headed for Humboldt State today and I will keep everybody updated on his status.

The last I heard from Darren he was committing to Western Arizona JC. Not a powerhouse program but the only JC I am aware of that has room and board and tuition. It is however in Yuma!! Yikes. But Darren I am sure can contribute. The point is if these guys want to keep playing they can and I hope for both of them that it will lead to a great education and good experience. Both were under-rated in my Book and I saw talent all over our fine State this year. Best of luck guys!