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https://bostoncollege.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1814031While the BC coaches are working on their board for Class of 2017 prospects the Class of 2016 is still the immediate priority.
It appears the Eagles will ultimately have room for several more players than we originally had heard would be likely. We still don't have a set number but we wouldn't be surprised if more than two players are added between now and Signing Day.
Anchrum has stated that he's open to a BC trip. The Eagles hope he follows through.
Midseason senior film is being evaluated and the staff is still open, we're hearing, to adding new names to their pool of targets. But they've already got some top priorities at the positions they most want to address.
We've profiled Myles Hartsfield today. He'd be a mid-year enrollee at BC, UCLA, Temple or somewhere else. You can check out all the latest on that situation at the premium forum and join the discussion there. It's obviously a unique situation.
He's a defensive back target for the Eagles and the secondary is one of three areas that we're hearing BC would most like to address.
But Hartsfield isn't the only defensive back BC likes. There are still a couple of targets the staff is working on "behind the scenes" and there's enough of an interest in keeping them off the radar that we're not at liberty to release any names. But we can confirm that Hartsfield's a target and we can also say that four-star Owings Mills (Md.) McDonogh safety Eric Burrell is someone BC will continue to try to communicate with in spite of his commitment to Wisconsin earlier this month.
It's our understanding, here at EagleAction.com, that BC probably wants one defensive back and they have four -- according to sources -- that are on the board. Based on what we know of the two off the radar names we can tell you that at least one of them is from the Northeast.
Not long ago we also reported that three-star offensive lineman Tremayne Anchrum from Georgia is one of the Eagles' top targets in the trenches. We're hearing that he would definitely be a take, but right now there are some mixed signals as it relates to his interest in BC. Our best guess is the Eagles are still on his mind but they probably still have some ground to make up. They're not in a position to file him away as a "likely" get at this point. There has been talk that he visited Clemson recently and that was a meaningful trip, we're told.
Anchrum has, we've heard, always said that he wants to visit Boston College. When you're talking about a kid that's a long way from the Heights you probably don't view those pledges with as much skepticism as when a more local kid is delaying. But at some point Anchrum has to visit in order for him to remain a top target. The Eagles do like him, though.
What's really attractive about Anchrum, besides his talent, is that he's likely to enroll early wherever he goes. That's a big bonus for the staff. All things being equal you probably don't have to twist Steve Addazio's arm too hard to convince him to fit in another quality offensive lineman he likes.
Lucas Niang doesn't appear to be so much of an option now, or so we've heard. That news was passed along to us by a source who shrugged it off and made it clear that he's a solid player but had a higher place a preference because he's local. Connecticut kids are easier to recruit, but it's not as though he's substantially better than the other possibilities still available. That's the word from sources.
We're not 100-percent sure about this but we've heard that four-star offensive guard Michael Alves could be, along with Anchrum, one of the few offensive linemen the staff considers a take at this point. We know they'd take him. We just aren't sure how they feel about their chances.
One source also informed EagleAction.com that the coaching staff does not seem to have a preference between guards or tackles. Just offensive linemen, apparently.
Finally, the staff is absolutely on the lookout for a running back and apparently one that runs with power. They've been scanning backs in several states, including North Carolina and elsewhere, and they're mostly on the lookout at this point. They don't have a firmly fixed pool of targets they've narrowed their focus to, but they're actively looking.
One thing working in their favor: The recent coaching shakeups and the inevitable chain reaction that will follow and go on through the postseason.
With a couple of coaching vacancies this early in the season it could be that there might be some committed players more likely to look around or even open things up earlier than they otherwise would. For some coaches out there the writing is on the wall and time's probably up.
In summary, BC's actively hunting a running back, an offensive lineman and a defensive back.
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:41 am