In his final act as Recruiting Insider before an extended hiatus (there are now little Recruiting Insiders running around the Barr household), Barr reports that Dunbar football coach Craig Jefferies has confirmed that Crimson Tide defensive end Javarie Johnson has committed to the University of Miami.

The Hurricanes' gain is Maryland's loss, among others. Johnson was reportedly considering the Terps, Michigan and Michigan State.

ESPN first reported the story but Jefferies sent word to Barr this afternoon that Johnson had, in fact, given the Canes his word.

Johnson is listed at 6-3, 210 pounds -- kind of light for a defensive end in ACC. Expect him to add a few pounds of bulk under Jefferies's watchful eye.

Meantime, expect more posts from myself and Barr co-hort Alan Goldenbach while Barr is busy on Daddy Duty.

Colleague Alan Goldenbach -- who, contrary to rumors is not in line to become the next head of DCIAA athletics -- filed this report from Dunbar Coach Craig Jefferies:

Jefferies reports that he and outside linebacker-defensive end Javarie Johnson just returned from a one-day camp at Miami, which then offered Johnson a scholarship.

The visit must've left a big impression on the 6--3, 210-pound Johnson. Jefferies said Johnson has pared his list of nearly two dozen offers to four schools with a common thread: Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State and Miami. If that's any hint, then maybe Jefferies ought to worry about Johnson considering transferring to McKinley prior to next season.

With linebacker Titus Till already committed to Maryland, Wise Coach DaLawn Parrish is working on landing his other players college scholarships. He reports that tight end-defensive end Rahsaan Moore (6-2, 235) recevied his first offer yesterday from Liberty. With many key players returning from last season's Maryland 4A South Region championship team, expect the Pumas to have several players getting college interest and leading the charge to another postseason appearance.

Just spoke with DeMatha Coach Bill McGregor about his two players that committed over the weekend, with wide receiver-defensive backs Kyrrel Latimer and Jeff Knox accepting scholarship offers from Virginia and Pittsburgh, respectively.

"Kyrrel is going to be a combination-type kid, I think. He can play corner and he can play safety. For us, he looked great Saturday [in a 7-on-7 tournament] on the offensive side of the ball. I think they want him as a d-back kid. He's got some wiggle and he's fast, though - his mom is the track coach at Bowie State.

"I think it was one of those things where he knew where he wanted to go to school. You know how I do those gym workouts in April and May? Coach [Anthony] Poindexter and Coach [Bob] Price came up and watched him and wanted to make sure he could play corner too. After seeing him work out, they had no doubt and offered him. Coach [Al] Groh likes to see people in person, so Sunday was his big day. Everything went well and he committed to them."

As for Knox, McGregor said it was "like a dream" for the Pittsburgh native to go to his hometown school.

"He's known the coaching staff at Pitt and I think that played a major role in where he wants to go to school," McGregor said. "From Day One, that was his number one choice."

Don't be surprised if more Stags make their college choices soon.

Things have been relatively quiet on the recruiting front in recent weeks, but I expect the action will pick up quickly as players take unofficial campus visits and participate in camps and clinics in the next few weeks.

There was some big news yesterday, with a pair of DeMatha players committing to ACC and Big East programs, respectively.

Wide receiver-defensive back Kyrrel Latimer (5-10, 195) committed to Virginia.

Pittsburgh native Jeff Knox, another wide receiver-defensive back has committed to the hometown Pitt Panthers.

More on both of these later today...

Colleague Jeff Nelson shares this report from Linganore Coach Rick Conner:

Wide receiver Ryan Dixon has scholarship offers from James Madison, New Hampshire, Fordham and Monmouth. Richmond, Temple and Delaware also are very interested and Dixon is heading to Delaware's camp this weekend.

Jeff also has this week's Recruiting Spotlight on Linganore lineman Rob Havenstein:

You have to wonder why Tim Floyd picked yesterday to resign as USC's coach. With the start of the summer recruiting period coming up and the recruiting class of 2009 pretty much set on where they're heading, all of a sudden things are in limbo. It will be interesting to see where the Trojans' current recruits - including one-time Virginia Tech commitment Lamont "MoMo" Jones of Oak Hill Academy - wind up.

DeMatha guard Quinn Cook, a rising junior, and Montrose Christian forward Justin Anderson, a rising sophomore, were selected for the under-16 national team that will participate in the FIBA Americas under-16 championship in Argentina later this month. Former Montrose Christian coach Kevin Sutton is one of the assistant coaches for the team.

It looks like there are three top quarterback prospects in the Washington area's rising senior class.

H.D. Woodson's Ricardo Young already pledged to Virginia Tech. Battlefield's Bo Revell has yet to receive a scholarship offer but interest is picking up and the 6-6, 230-pounder will have some options.

The third in the group is Arundel second-team All-Met Billy Cosh, who is staying in the Washington area for his senior season even after his dad, Chris Cosh, left Maryland's coaching staff to become the defensive coordinator at Kansas State. Billy Cosh has scholarship offers from Kansas State (go figure), East Carolina and Towson, with plenty of other interest. Chris Cosh reports that Billy is in the process of making up a schedule of camps to attend (including a trip to the Little Apple - Manhattan, Kan.) and will then try to sort things out. Chief among the questions for Billy will be whether he wants to play for his father's new team.

"That's going to have to be a decision for him," Chris Cosh said. "He's lived here before. He knows what's out here. I'm sure it's in the possibilities for him."

So you're one of the nation's top-rated rising senior quarterbacks. You're from Sammamish, Wash., just east of Seattle. And you decide that you want to choose a scholarship offer from Brigham Young over all the other schools wooing you. Some think that maybe Utah's success this season in the Bowl Championship Series actually helped it's rival.

Okay. So on the day before Brigham Young's annual junior recruiting day, you tell Cougars Coach Bronco Mendenhall and he pumps his fist. Then you hire a public relations firm to spread word of your pending announcement and, presumably, arrange a news conference at a downtown sports bar in Salt Lake City. (Yeah, who knew there was such a think. I know.) And, of course, make sure that your highlight reel is playing on every television in Iggy's Sports Grill, which apparently has 12 locations in Utah, plays really bad music on its Web site and, apparently, has some sort of ties that make it the preferred place for out-of-towners to tell the world they want to play for Brigham Young. And (yes, there is more) it just so happens that a wide receiver from Texas and a linebacker from California also want to pledge to Brigham Young and they're in attendance for you to introduce them. No, I'm not making any of this up. Gotta love recruiting.