Prior to their official presentation and announcement of the 2011 Nevada recruiting class, Silver and Blue Sports spoke with Wolf Pack recruiting coordinator Jim Mastro for a special edition of the Signing Day Howl about Nevada’s recruiting efforts this year as they reloaded their top-ranked program. With a number of future pro’s bursting through this [...]

You can make a case that no prep player in the Golden State played the game harder than Folsom (Calif.) linebacker prospect Burton De Koning.  A relentless, full-steam ahead difference maker for the Bulldogs, De Koning put together a brilliant, state championship season making tough, hustle plays all with the anchor of a broken hand.  [...]

Tyler Houk, a 6-foot-4, 251-pound defensive lineman who played this past season at College of Sequoias in Visalia (Calif.) is an impressive prospect that emerged very late on to the recruiting scene this year.  However, better late than never.  Houk plays with some Brett Roy-like passion, mixing in steady sticks with some bone-crushing hits.  It [...]

He’s one of the most versatile players in Nevada’s 2011 recruiting class, playing numerous positions for his Venice high school team.  Teondray Caldwell, a 5-foot-9, 196-pound athlete from Southern California, is a guy who brings a ton to the table, and will undoubtedly be used all over the field, especially on special teams and in [...]

When Nevada picked up a verbal commitment from Crespi high school defensive prospect Reggie Coates, perhaps the most surprised person was Coates himself.  With offers from the Pac-10 and Big Ten, Coates tripped to Nevada with visions of playing in a BCS conference.  However, for Coates, the official trip to Nevada changed his life.  He [...]

Silver and Blue Sports sat down with Sacramento (Calif.) native Bryan Lane, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound linebacker in the 2011 class, prior to National Signing Day at his hometown Christian Brothers high school to ask him ten burning questions about his past, present and future with [...]

If you live in California’s central valley, play prep or JC football and have D-1 talent, there’s no question that Nevada’s ace recruiter Barry Sacks is going to find you.  He’s proven that over and over again throughout the course of his career, scouring Sacramento and the central sections to find guys like Colin Kaepernick, [...]

Shortly after we ran Teondray Caldwell’s initial senior highlight reel about a week before National Signing Day, we got one text from a colleague who simply described the Venice high school standout as a “Beastmaster”.  That’s not a bad way to look at the dynamite 5-foot-9, 196-pound athlete from one of Southern California’s most popular [...]

We’ve been impressed with Anthony Knight from the first minute we popped in his highlight video on a DVD player in our Sacramento office.  Knight reminds us in so many ways of former Nevada back and recently departed senior rusher Vai Taua, one of the greatest rushers in NCAA history, with his power rushing and [...]

Andrew Main, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound center prospect was the 2010 Sunset League Offensive Lineman of the Year, which is no slouch considering that there’s prep linemen headed to UCLA and USC in his conference.  To say that Nevada may have found a gem is an understatement, as Main shows outstanding ability on film.  Silver [...]