Recruitin': BYU and Utah

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There is not much on Hau'oli Jamora who is a defensive end committed to BYU. He is from Hawai'i and his measurements come in at 6-2 and 230 pounds. More info will come out once he is evaluated by Rivals, Scout, ESPN Recruiting, and others, and the only over school to be on his radar is the University of Hawai'i.

The newest verbal commit is Jordan Johnson who is listed as an athlete, but will most likely play defensive back. Johnson has yet to be fully evaluated, but has speed with a reported 40 time of 4.5. If that is accurate he will bring much needed speed to the BYU defense, and especially the secondary which has been suspect the past few years. Their is an odd twist to how Johnson came to verbally commit to BYU. Johnson is from Massachusetts and was first introduced to BYU from current Boston Celtic general manager Danny Ainge who also was a former hoops standout at BYU.

Johnson made his decision after attending BYU's camp last week, and verbally committed shortly after. A side note that may or may not mean anything is that Johnson is nor a member of the LDS church. Now of to the Utah 2010 verbal class who have two commits over the past week and a half. The first is dual threat quarterback, Brian Blechen.

Blechen seems to be a good fit to eventually run the Utah spread offense. He all ready has good size at 6'3" and 205 pounds, and a quite speedy 4.6 forty time. Again he has yet to be fully evaluated by Rivals, but ESPN Recruiting has a nice review of him:

"Blechen has great size, plenty or frame development left and he is a really good athlete. Good enough to be a factor with his legs even though we would not term him a dual-threat--more of a passer that possesses another dimension.

He reminds us of former Utah QB Alex Smith with the same type of late-bloomer upside. He has a tough, gritty, gun-slinging demeanor in his style of play."

Not bad being compared to Alex Smith, but here is some more evaluation:

"As a thrower, Blechen can be a bit green, but he has a smooth delivery and more than sufficient arm strength. Has shown flashes of being able to make any throw on the field with zip and power when he is consistent with his footwork and not throwing off balance."

The current thing against Blechen is that last year he missed six games with a hand injury, and has flown under the radar because of that.

The last recruit to be featured is Joseph Smith who has verbally committed to Utah. Smith is a three star athlete from Rivals. Smith is listed as athlete, but will be playing corner back in Salt Lake. He keeps the tradition of Utah having tall corners and Smith is 5-11 but slightly small at 185 pounds.

At the recent Los Angeles Nike combine Smith ran an electronically time 4.47 forty time, so Smith does have legitimate speed.

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