New USF verbal OLB Antoine Pozniak

[CD]

I'm not that worried about it any longer. These days information spreads so rapidly, it's hard to keep secret.

[Brad]

Welcome CD.

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[Reliable Source]

I, for one am sick of listening to Subscription sites whining because they think they are the only source of information with respect to these kids. Right now if I was counseling a young player, I would advise him not to talk to these sites altogether. Most of the sites are just opportunists trying to make money on the backs of these kids anyway. And it's really disturbing to me that we can't have a civil conversation about a new prospect without accusation that we are breaking a "code of silence" imposed by the sites, when most of us DON'T EVEN BELONG TO THE SITES!!!!! I wouldn't pay for them simply because I think they're unethical as a premise.

[Mama_Bull]

Free story from Scout:

Oak Ridge Military LB Commits to USF 

By Larry Weisbaum

USFNation.com

Posted Aug 29, 2010 

Skip Holtz and the USF staff received it’s twelth committ of the 2011 class when Antoine Pozniak, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound outside linebacker at Oak Ridge Military, NC chose to play for the Bulls.

This weekend the USF staff received it’s twelth committ of the 2011 class when Antoine Pozniak, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound outside linebacker of Oak Ridge Military, NC chose to play for the Bulls

“Yes sir, I did commit to USF," Pozniak confirmed via text.

The New Jersey native played at Bishop Grimes High in Syracuse, N.Y. last season, and recorded 154 tackles, four forced fumbles and two interceptions while playing outside linebacker.

Pozniak headed to Oak Ridge Military Academy in North Carolina this fall in order to graduate early and enroll in a college by January.

http://southflorida.scout.com/2/996809.html

[Mama_Bull]

I'm not that worried about it any longer. These days information spreads so rapidly, it's hard to keep secret.

Correct.

Sometimes you break a story and your Rival then runs with it and visa versa. At othertimes, a local player has it first and you both chase the story.

In this case, I sent your link to the guy who covers HS sports in NC. He, in turn, provided your link on his twitter page. This way he knows to focus more on Pozniak when he does his stories.

JasonChadWolf

Oak Ridge Military Academy linebacker Antoine Pozniak gives a verbal commitment to South Florida. ... http://bit.ly/bhB68c

about 1 hour ago via bitly

http://twitter.com/JasonChadWolf

[Mama_Bull]

Pozniak is perhaps the first sign of Holtz turning to one of his old East Carolina pipelines, as Pozniak, who will enroll at USF in January, is playing this fall at Oak Ridge Military Academy near Greensboro, N.C., a program where coach Otis Yelverton has two former players on the current ECU roster.

"Antoine has a great work ethic -- you don't have anyone down there who will work harder," Yelverton said. "He lives in the weight room. The guy is built like Tarzan, real cut up. He knows he has the opportunity of a lifetime to play for Skip Holtz at South Florida."

Pozniak, 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, is playing defensive end at Oak Ridge, but Yelverton said he expects USF to use him at linebacker, saying that assistants Rick Smith and Vernon Hargreaves cited a "dire need" at linebacker, with seniors Sabbath Joseph, Jacquian Williams and Donte Spires all graduating after this season. He comes from not one but two Big East backyards -- he lived in Hamburg, N.J. before moving to East Syracuse last year. Yelverton said he had offers from Illinois and N.C. State coming out of high school, visited Michigan and LSU this summer and was looking at Oregon, Oregon State, California and East Carolina before choosing USF.

Yelverton said Holtz might not be done at Oak Ridge -- the Bulls are after 6-5, 320-pound lineman Brandon King, who Yelverton said might be headed to Syracuse, and there's interest in 340-pound defensive tackle Eric Young, who had an FSU offer last year.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/two-commits-lb-pozniak-ol-gudmundsson#comments

[Mama_Bull]

Yelverton said Holtz might not be done at Oak Ridge -- the Bulls are after 6-5, 320-pound lineman Brandon King, who Yelverton said might be headed to Syracuse, and there's interest in 340-pound defensive tackle Eric Young, who had an FSU offer last year.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/two-commits-lb-pozniak-ol-gudmundsson#comments

2011 Rivals profile for Brandon King

http://rivals.yahoo.com/usf/football/recruiting/player-Brandon-King-115179

2010 profile for Eric Young

http://rivals.yahoo.com/usf/football/recruiting/player-Eric-Young-93572

Neither Rivals nor Scout shows Eric Young as being on the Oak Ridge roster this year. I suppose they still think he enrolled at North Carolina A&T.