'08 NJ RB Matt Dortch (Central Connecticut Verbal)

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Wayne (NJ) Valley

Ht: 6-foot-0
Wt: 172 lbs
Forty: 4.43 secs
Bench max: 225 pounds
Squat max: 405 pounds

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Dortch earned all-conference and all-area as a junior. He is also the country champion in the 300 meter for track.

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8/21

By Farrell...has an offer from Wisconsin and is hearing from Iowa and Cincinnati. Also interested in BC and Syracuse.

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Dortch sets tone in Wayne Valley win

Stefan Bondy
Herald News

9/16

When Matt Dortch breaks free and gets those speedy legs going, it's six points in the bank for Wayne Valley.
Passaic Tech caught wind of that right away Saturday. Dortch caught the opening kickoff inside his own 10-yard line, broke a couple tackles, and ran down the open space until there was nothing left but end zone

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9/26

By Farrell...still has the offer from the Badgers and is hearing from Cincinnati, Iowa, North Carolina, Syracuse and Boston College. Favoring and considering visits to Wisconsin, Cincinnati and BC.

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10/10

By M. Alkire. Dortch still only has an offer from Wisconsin (where he is being recruited as a RB/WR combo) and is hearing from Syracuse, Cincinnati, Boston College, Iowa, and NC State. He plans to take officials after his season.

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Male Athlete of the Week

By MARK J. CZERWINSKI
STAFF WRITER

October 9th

But the real jolt came in February when Wisconsin offered Dortch a scholarship.
"That was amazing," Dortch said with a smile. "The first thing I did was call my dad. He didn't believe me. He thought I was joking around.".............

It sounds like he would commit to the Badgers, however, he probably has an offer that's no longer outstanding or conditional. Offers after our early massive flurry are more indicative of current interest it would seem.

By the way.....very cool drawing of Dortch attached to the article.

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Early start to award season

Monday, October 22, 2007

By ADAM ZAGORIA
HERALD NEWS

Offensive player of the year
Matt Dortch, Wayne Valley. What the 5-foot-11, 175-pound Dortch has done so far this season is nothing short of amazing. The Valley tailback leads the state in scoring with 126 points, 12 more than A.J. Scopppa of New Milford, according to MaxPreps.com. In leading the Herald News No. 3 Indians to a 7-0 record, he has scored at least two touchdowns in every game, piling up four against both Pequannock and Passaic Tech. Against Passaic Valley, Dortch rushed 22 times for 304 yards, while adding 115 yards receiving. He holds scholarship offers from Wisconsin and Temple, and more could be on the way.
"He's the best player in the county, as far as I saw," Tech coach John Iurato said. "I haven't seen any anybody better."

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10/31

By Farrell...talks about his senior season (leads the state in TDs) and says recruiting is taking a back seat.

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11/23

UW leads and is his only offer. Visiting Syracuse this weekend.

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12/4

From the Iowa site...likely to set-up an official to Iowa soon and also likely Syracuse (neither have offered). Will likely also visit Wisconsin and Cincinnati (both offered).

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1/8

By Farrell...Iowa, Villanova and Delaware are still in contact.

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ZAGSBLOG: Dortch to Central Connecticut

Dortch was initially given a written scholarship offer from Wisconsin last spring after the Elite College Combine, but Wayne Valley coach Brian O’Connor said he was disappointed that Wisconsin coaches never called him to follow up and gauge Dortch’s interest.

“They get a kid’s hopes up,” O’Connor said. “I would think a school would get back to us and say, ‘Brian, what’s he thinking?’ ” Iowa also expressed interest, but in the end, not a single Division I-A school offered a scholarship.