'08 NJ DE Marquise Hamm (Rutgers Verbal)

GoRU · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2007, 07:32 PM

Strongside defensive end
New Brunswick (NJ) New Brunswick
Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 216 lbs
Forty: 4.7 secs
Bench max: 270 pounds
Class: 2008 (High School)

RP Discussion Links: Iowa, UConn

GoRU · #2 (**permalink**) 08-03-2007, 07:23 AM

Scout $

Aug 2

Contradicting earlier reports, he does not currently have a written offer from Rutgers. Grades are the main stumbling block in getting offers from Rutgers and Uconn.

osugrad21 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 09:15 AM

Scout $

Marquise gave his Colorado visit an eight, but Rutgers has now officially offered and seems to be his favorite.

RUCampioni · #4 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 05:37 PM

Marquise Hamm has committed to Rutgers this weekend according to ScarletNation.com

It's good to see the recruitment picking up again after a long period of not hearing anything from the recruiting aspect of the program.

GoRU · #5 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 06:52 PM

Good to see that his test scores were finally in order.

Will it affect Smith? I don't really believe in package deals, but it certainly can't hurt. Taking Warren could be a bad sign there though, especially if Smith missed his visit.

JCB-RU · #6 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 09:38 PM

Yeah, I don't know how I'm feeling about Smith missing his visit. Some say no big deal, others say major warning sign. Don't know what to believe.

wadc45 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-10-2007, 03:57 PM

Courier News Online - 2008 Rutgers football class grows with Hamm, Carter

Quote:

PISCATAWAY - Apparently, Greg Schiano's flirtation with Michigan had no ill effects on his recruiting efforts this weekend.

The Rutgers football coach received commitments from a pair of highly-touted athletes Sunday, bringing the total of high school seniors who have pledged to the 2008 incoming class to 10.

Marquis Hamm won't travel far for his future college destination, as the New Brunswick High School product chose Rutgers over scholarship offers from Colorado, Cincinnati, Iowa, Syracuse and Temple.

Hamm, a 6-foot-3, 215-pounder who's expected to play linebacker for Rutgers, turned in a solid senior campaign for the Zebras. The catalyst for one of Middlesex County's staunchest defenses this fall, Hamm also starred at wide receiver, hauling in 36 receptions for 605 yards and six touchdowns.

Morgan Carter, a 6-foot-3, 200-pounder from Woodbridge, Va., picked Rutgers over Michigan State, Duke, Connecticut, Temple and Towson. Virginia's 13th-ranked recruit, according to VirginiaPreps.com, Carter is a versatile athlete who has played six different positions for the C.D. Hylton football team during his four-year career.

Though he played quarterback this fall, Carter is projected as a tight end or outside linebacker at Rutgers. He's been timed as fast at 4.6 seconds in the 40-meter dash, and also excels in the classroom, holding a 4.0 grade-point-average in Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 1716 on his SAT.

Hamm and Carter are consensus three-star recruits, and both committed to Rutgers after making official campus visits this past weekend. Apparently, neither were scared off by the news that Schiano interviewed for the Michigan head coaching vacancy last week.

"I'm very open with our recruits so certainly I'm not going to have a 10,000-pound gorilla standing in the corner," Schiano said Saturday, a day after he withdrew his candidicy while reaffirming his Rutgers' commitment. "I addressed it immediately, and just like everything else, it's behind us."

Though the exact number of scholarships Rutgers will fill isn't known, Schiano recently said he expects this class to be smaller than recent years.