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Thursday / March 28.
  • Savage, Jersey Standouts on Display at Big Time

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    Tomsavage4_22150Future Rutgers QB Tom Savage  of Philadelphia Cardinal O’Hara and Notre Dame-bound RB Theo Riddick of (Sommerville) Immaculata will be among the big-name stars on display Thursday night in the Big Time Football Showcase at Rutgers Stadium.

    Some 270 of the nation’s top prep football players, including Saddle Brook LB Steve Beauharnais, who holds an offer from Rutgers, and many other Passaic and Bergen stars, will compete in the event. It is open to the public (for a fee) and highlights will be simulcast on CBS College Sports TV (formerly CSTV).

    Among those coming with offers from Rutgers are Verona LB Carlo Calabrese and Union DE Michael Larrow, “whom Lemming calls the biggest sleeper in the state.”

    College coaches are not allowed to attend the event because of a new NCAA rule, but can watch the players run the 40-yard dash and participate in various positional drills on TV.

    sb”What’s unique is it will help the kids get recognition,” said recruiting expert Tom Lemming of CBS. “College coaches will be watching. It will be televised all over the country. It’s a real good collection of the top kids in the East, especially New York, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.”

    Chris Melvin, Chuck Mound and Nick Lubischer, who did such a great job putting the Elite College Combine together over the past few years, helped make this event after the NCAA rules changed.

    Check below for a list of the Passaic and Bergen kids invited. And come back on Thursday for my feature story on the Big time Showcase.Big_time 

    PASSAIC

    Brendan Murphy – Passaic Valley

    Dan Farley – DePaul

    James Jurowicz – DePaul

    TJ Kowal – DePaul

    Shakim Phillips – DePaul

    Danny Deighan – Lakeland

    Tyler Johnson – Lakeland

    Dante Burton – Paterson Catholic

    Maurice McDonald – Paterson Catholic

    Chris Fonti – Wayne Hills

    Bryan Ogden – Wayne Hills

    Sam Stallard – Wayne Valley

    BERGEN

    Rob Eckrote – Bergen Catholic

    Brett Knief  – Don Bosco

    Trace McDermott – Don Bosco

    Matt Strizak – Don Bosco

    Ryan Cobb – Don Bosco

    Pat Murray – Don Bosco

    Dillon Romain – Don Bosco

    Malcolm Bush – Hackensack

    Phillip Bigelow – Queen of Peace

    Ross Krautman – Ramapo

    Dylan Reid – Ramsey

    Steve Beauharnais – Saddle Brook

    Gabriel Hernandez – St. Joseph

    Leniel Brown – Teaneck

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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