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Arizona High School Football Player of the Year nominees: What do they know? | 3:51
azcentral sports’ Chris Cole asks our High School Football Player of the Year nominees a series of random questions earlier this week. Carly Henry/azcentral sports
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Arizona high school football players answer: Who is Herm Edwards? | 1:48
azcentral sports’ Chris Cole asks Arizona high school football players how much they know about new Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards on Tuesday. Carly Henry/azcentral sports
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Chandler celebrates 6A state championship win over Perry | 0:09
Chandler football celebrates its 6A state championship win over Perry in Tucson on Saturday.
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Centennial’s Ruben Beltran on winning state title | 1:00
Centennial QB Ruben Beltran speaks after winning the 5A state title on Saturday.
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Saguaro, Salpointe players discuss state championship game | 1:26
Max Massingale, Bijou Robinson comment on Saguaro’s 5th straight championship
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Saguaro celebrates receiving 4A championship trophy | 0:12
Saguaro set a state record with their 5th straight state championship
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Chandler QB Jacob Conover on team depth, state’s depth at QB | 1:07
Conover: “it’s great that a bunch of us are close and tight — a tight-knight group of quarterbacks that are happy for each other wherever we go.”
Richard Obert/azcentral sports
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High school football title game breakdown | 20:55
Cover 2 with Richard Obert and Richard Morin: Breaking down the 4A, 5A and 6A state championship games.
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Brock Purdy talks about the Chandler challenge | 1:50
Purdy and Gilbert Perry play for the state title on Saturday.
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Notre Dame Prep’s Jake Smith on recruiting | 1:28
Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep junior Jake Smith picked up two more Big Ten offers in October, bringing his list of total Division I offers to 14. He announced his latest offers from Wisconsin and Northwestern via Twitter.
Richard Obert/ azcentral sports
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Centennial QB Ruben Beltran talks about finishing strong | 1:05
Centennial plays for the state title on Saturday.
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Salpointe follows Matteo Mele’s blocks into 4A final | 1:28
2A championship game: No. 2 Scottsdale Saguaro (11-2) vs. No. 4 Tucson Salpointe Catholic (12-1), noon, Arizona Stadium.
Richard Obert/azcentral sports
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Arizona high school football preview: Scottsdale Saguaro vs. Salpointe | 0:50
Scottsdale Saguaro looking to be the first in Arizona to win five straight state titles when they take on Tucson Salpointe Catholic on Saturday at Arizona Stadium.
Richard Obert/ azcentral sports
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QB Gunner Cruz talks after Casteel’s 3A State Title victory | 1:36
Casteel beat Pusch Ridge, 35-28
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Thatcher’s Tyler Roebuck on winning the 2A state championship | 1:08
Tyler Roebuck talks coming back in the fourth quarter and Thatcher’s victory over Santa Cruz in the 2A title game
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Casteel QB Gunner Cruz talks after his team’s win over ALA. | 0:50
Casteel advances to the 3A Arizona football state championship game.
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Santa Cruz RB/LB Alec Wyble-Meza on win over Round Valley | 1:07
Santa Cruz advaces to the 2A Arizona football state championship against Thatcher.
Marc David/Special to azcentral sports
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Thatcher coach Sean Hinton on playoff win | 0:55
Hinton: “We just wanted to make it a grudge match and see if they wanted to get down and dirty with us.”
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Brock Purdy on Perry’s win over Mountain Pointe | 0:51
Perry quarterback Brock Purdy discusses his team’s win over Mountain Pointe in the playoffs on Friday.
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Centennial RB Zidane Thomas talks about making up for fumble in only loss | 0:36
Centennial moves on to the state title game after defeating Liberty.
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Gunner Romney talks about his 5 TDs in semi-final playoffs | 1:09
Chandler High defeated Red Mountain 51-10 behind Romney’s offense, four scores coming in the first half.
Logan Newman/azcentral sports
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Josiah Bradley on Saguaro’s semi-final playoff win | 0:53
Josiah Bradley talks winning in overtime and going to his fourth straight title game
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Salpointe coach Dennis Bene on their win over Sunrise Mountain | 1:03
Bene on running the ball: “I’m really thrilled and really surprised.”
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Arizona High School Football Player of the Year nominees: What do they know?
Arizona high school football players answer: Who is Herm Edwards?
Chandler celebrates 6A state championship win over Perry
Centennial’s Ruben Beltran on winning state title
Saguaro, Salpointe players discuss state championship game
Saguaro celebrates receiving 4A championship trophy
Chandler QB Jacob Conover on team depth, state’s depth at QB
High school football title game breakdown
Brock Purdy talks about the Chandler challenge
Notre Dame Prep’s Jake Smith on recruiting
Centennial QB Ruben Beltran talks about finishing strong
Salpointe follows Matteo Mele’s blocks into 4A final
Arizona high school football preview: Scottsdale Saguaro vs. Salpointe
QB Gunner Cruz talks after Casteel’s 3A State Title victory
Thatcher’s Tyler Roebuck on winning the 2A state championship
Casteel QB Gunner Cruz talks after his team’s win over ALA.
Santa Cruz RB/LB Alec Wyble-Meza on win over Round Valley
Thatcher coach Sean Hinton on playoff win
Brock Purdy on Perry’s win over Mountain Pointe
Centennial RB Zidane Thomas talks about making up for fumble in only loss
Gunner Romney talks about his 5 TDs in semi-final playoffs
Josiah Bradley on Saguaro’s semi-final playoff win
Salpointe coach Dennis Bene on their win over Sunrise Mountain
Jan. 12, 2018
Blink and you might miss another Power Five football offer for Jake Smith
A dizzying junior season of football offers has escalated to even more for the Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep running back/receiver.
Smith is at 25 now, two coming on Thursday from Georgia and Clemson of the SEC. National champion Alabama had offered him the week of the 5A state championship game.
Georgia and Clemson came a day after Ohio State offered. The University of Notre Dame offered last week. Smith is planning to attend Notre Dame’s Junior Day on Jan. 27.
His first offer came in September and blew up from there.
“I’ve been talking to a Georgia assistant coach for about a month and (Thursday) he said, ‘Let’s talk on the phone,’ ” Smith said. “He put me on the phone with the running backs coach and he offered me.
“Clemson was pretty much out of the blue. The wide receivers coach followed me (on Twitter) and said, ‘Call me right now,’ and he offered me right away.”
Notre Dame Prep coach George Prelock, whose team went 13-1, said that Smith’s speed and versatility makes him attractive to colleges.
“He is also an excellent student,” Prelock said. “He has a 3.5 GPA, which has also made it easy for colleges to recruit him.”
Smith, who is among azcentral sports’ eight candidates for Football Player of the Year after leading Notre Dame to the state final, would like to narrow his list before the start of his senior season.
Among his other offers: Arizona State, California, Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Liberty, Nevada, Northwestern, Penn State, Syracuse, Texas, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Washington State and Wisconsin.
Texas offers NDP standout
Dec, 14, 2017
Notre Dame Prep junior receiver/running back Jake Smith picked up an offer from Texas on Thursday while on an unofficial visit.
Smith announced the offer on Twitter. It is his 19th offer since the summer.
He will visit Alabama on Saturday. Alabama offered Smith two weeks ago.
Smith helped Notre Dame Prep reach the 5A final with more than 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards.
He said Texas likes him all over the field, playing running back, receiver and returning kicks.
Dec. 1, 2017
Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep junior running back/receiver Jake Smith called the Alabama offer he picked up on Friday “surreal.” It was his 18th offer, and fourth since Oct. 24.
“I didn’t even know what to say,” Smith said about the phone conversation he had with one of coach Nick Saban’s assistants. “The coach I talked to said that Saban is fired up about about me and wants to meet me.”
This was Smith’s second SEC offer. His other one came from Vanderbilt.
Smith will help lead unbeaten Notre Dame into the 5A championship game Saturday afternoon at 3:30 against Peoria Centennial.
He also reportedly has offers from Arizona State, California, Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Liberty, Nevada, Northwestern, Penn State, Syracuse, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Washington State and Wisconsin.
Oct. 24, 2017
Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep junior athlete Jake Smith has picked up two more Big Ten offers over the last week, bringing his list of total Division I offers to 14. He announced his latest offers from Wisconsin and Northwestern via Twitter.
Smith, a running back/wide receiver for the 9-0 Saints, has scored 21 total touchdowns in his junior season and had no Division I offers before Week 4 of this season.
Now, he also has offers from Arizona State, Penn State, Nevada, UCLA, California, Duke, Syracuse, Liberty, Illinois, Indiana, Vanderbilt and Washington State.
Oct. 12, 2017
The rise of Jake Smith’s recruiting has been a spectacle this fall, and the highly touted junior announced offers from Arizona State Penn State via Twitter on Thursday.
Smith, a running back/wide receiver for Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, also received an offer from Nevada on Oct. 5.
As Arizona Varsity pointed out on Twitter, Smith is now averaging a Division I offer every three days over the past month.
Oct. 4, 2017
Jake Smith finished his Week 3 game for Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep with no Division I offers. Now, less than a month later, he has nine — and three from the Pac-12.
The junior running back/wide receiver announced his latest offer from UCLA via Twitter.
In the last two weeks, Smith has also received offers from California — which already has a commitment from NDP’s Slater Zellers — and Duke. He also has offers from Syracuse, Liberty, Illinois, Indiana, Vanderbilt and Washington State.
By conference, he now has offers to play college football in the Pac-12 (3), Big Ten (2), ACC (2), SEC (1) and the FCS’ Big South (1).
Smith has 15 total touchdowns this season for the Saints (6-0).
Sept. 26, 2017
The offers just keep piling up for Jake Smith.
The junior running back/wide receiver announced his sixth offer from Syracuse, joining a list that already includes Liberty, Illinois, Indiana, Vanderbilt and Washington State.
Smith entered his junior season at Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep with no Division I offers. In less than three weeks, he now has offers from the Big Ten (2), SEC (1), ACC (1) and Pac-12 (1). He has 13 all-purpose touchdowns for the 5-0 Saints.
Syracuse already has a commitment from running back Jawhar Jordan, a senior at Chandler Hamilton.
Smith picks up Illinois offer
Sept. 11
Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep’s Jake Smith received his second Division I offer, this one from Illinois. The junior announced the news via Twitter on Monday.
Smith, who plays running back and wide receiver for the Saints, got his first D-I offer from Vanderbilt of the SEC and just hours later scored four touchdowns in NDP’s 54-28 win over Phoenix St. Mary’s on Friday.
The talented offensive playmaker has truly enjoyed a breakout season in 2017, having tallied four touchdowns in two straight contests. The Saints are 4-0 and ranked third in azcentral’s latest 5A football rankings.
Smith scores four TDs after Vanderbilt offer
Sept. 8
How did Jake Smith celebrate his first Division 1 offer? All he did was score four touchdowns for the second straight week.
Smith, a junior at Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, has received his first offer to play Division I football by Vanderbilt University, Smith announced via Twitter on Friday.
The 6-1, 185-pound Smith plays primarily running back and wide receiver for the Saints (4-0), who routed Phoenix St. Mary’s by a score of 54-28 on Friday. Just hours after Smith announced his offer from the SEC school, he hauled in four touchdown passes from quarterback Kylan Weisser.
The talented playmaker also had a career highlight game on Sept. 1 vs. Desert Mountain, where the junior went off for 326 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns.
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