Sharieff Rhaheed just chose to sign with Louisville over Arkansas, Missouri, and Michigan State. This is a huge pickup for Bobby Petrino to begin National Signing Day. Rhaheed is a former LSU commit who has liked the Cards for quite a while. He really liked them when Charlie Strong was head coach, and that kind…
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Danny Burns- Offensive Tackle 6’7 318 lbs Fairfield, Ohio Rivals- 3* Scout- 3* 247- 3* ESPN- 3* Burns has been committed since June 27, 2013 and brings a lot of size to the offensive line. After a couple of seasons with the program and getting in college football shape, look for Burns to find…
Michael Johnson- Safety 6’3 185 lbs Hialeah, Florida Rivals- 3* Scout- 3* 247- 3* ESPN- 4* At 6’3, that is very tall for a safety. Johnson also had offers from LSU and Nebraska along with others. Here are highlights from his junior season.
De’Eric Culver- Cornerback 6’0 180 lbs Tallahassee, Florida Rivals- 3* Scout- 3* 247- 3* ESPN- 3* Here are his senior season highlights.
Micky Crum- Tight End/Linebacker 6’4 220 lbs Columbus, Ohio Rivals- 3* Scout- 3* 247- 3* ESPN- 3* Here are some of his senior year highlights. Photo courtesy of themblock.com
Javonte Bagley- Wide Receiver 6’3 180 lbs Vero Beach, Florida Rivals- 2* Scout- 2* 247- 2* ESPN- 2* Bagley has only been playing football for 2 years, and at 6’3 he brings great size to the wide receiver position. If you watch his highlight video on the link below, I think you will see…
We will be updating this post throughout the day as the National Letters of Intent roll in to the University of Louisville. That turns “recruits” into “signees”, making them official Louisville Cardinals. Lukayus McNeil- Offensive Tackle 6’7 270 lbs Indianapolis, Indiana Rivals- 3* Scout- 3* 247- 4* ESPN- 3* Tyler Ferguson- Quarterback 6’4 …
With this Wednesday being National Signing Day for college football, I thought I’d try to clear up some questions that will surely come up. During that day and the next few days, you will hear terms like “red-shirt” and “grey-shirt”. But what exactly do they mean? *Red-shirt: If you hear that one of our incoming freshman players are going to…
Bobby Petrino is certainly making it known that offensive line is a need for this class. Jimmy Terry of Madison, Mississippi will become the 5th offensive lineman to commit to the Cards. Terry plays guard and is listed at 6’4 and 350 pounds! Scout.com shows that he was being shown interest from (but no offers…
Photo courtesy of zimbio.com Rick Pitino said today that junior Wayne Blackshear suffered a concussion in practice on Monday and will not travel with the team to their game at Houston on Wednesday. He suffered the concussion when he was elbowed in the head by Akoy Agau. Blackshear started last game against UCF and played…
Joe Namath because…well why not? There has been a lot going on in Louisville sports lately, highlighted by football commitments every 5 minutes (seems like it). So I figured I would get you all caught up here on what has been going on. Consider this your one-stop shop for recent Louisville news. But come back…
Javonte Bagley announced via twitter that he has officially committed to the Louisville Cardinals. Bagley is a wide receiver from Vero Beach, Florida and was committed to Bowling Green. He is listed at 6’3 and 180 lbs, so he brings good size to the position. He also holds offers from Kentucky, South Florida, Wake Forest,…
Here is the latest USA Today Coaches Poll. RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK CHANGE HI/LOW* 1 Syracuse Orange 21-0 800 32 2 1 1/7 2 Wichita State Shockers 23-0 745 0 3 1 2/16 3 Arizona Wildcats 21-1 725 0 1 2 1/5 4 Florida Gators 19-2 720 0 4 4/19…
If you have followed the George Rushing recruitment, you probably have a headache. Rushing was committed to Louisville when Charlie Strong was here. When Bobby Petrino was hired, Rushing decommitted. Petrino and his staff kept recruiting Rushing and he started to favor the Cards again. In fact, it seemed solid a couple weeks ago that…
Photo courtesy of WDRB.com Bobby Petrino was in the WDRB studio on Monday morning and talked with Candyce Clift. The following is the full transcript of the interview posted on WDRB.com. Click here to watch the video of the interview. The video doesn’t show all of the interview, so be sure to read the transcript…
(###) Number of first place votes 1 Syracuse (65) ACC Record: 21-0 PV Rank 2 Points 1,625 2 Arizona Pac-12 Record: 21-1 1 1,517 3 Florida SEC Record: 19-2 3 1,482 4 Wichita State Missouri Valley Record: 23-0 4 1,447 5 San Diego State Mountain West Record: 19-1 5 1,370 6 Villanova Big East Record:…
I will start this one out by saying this does not worry me AT ALL, but just relaying the information. It looks as if recent UofL commit Shaq Jones will be flipping to Georgia. This does not come as a surprise or as bad news really. Jones is a former South Alabama commit. When he…
It is always good to see former Cards go on to have success in the NFL, and on Sunday night, two more got themselves a Super Bowl title! Breno Giacomini and Greg Scruggs are both members of the Seattle Seahawks. Giacomini is the starting right tackle, and Scruggs is a defensive lineman, although he has…
Bobby Petrino and his staff are finishing off this recruiting season in great fashion. According to Ryan Bartow and Mike Hughes of InsideTheVille.com, the latest commitment comes from 3-star JUCO offensive tackle Quincy McKinney, who is listed at 6’4 and 310 lbs. He currently attends Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas. He is originally from…
The good news keeps rolling in this weekend for Bobby Petrino and the Louisville football team as they got another commit, making that 3 since Friday evening. This time it was Charles Standberry, who was an Ole Miss commit. He was visiting the Cards this weekend and flipped his commitment to Louisville. He joins Lukayus…