Josh Barr 's Recruiting Insider

Damascus senior running back-linebacker Brian Lucas, who tried a little bit of everything to garner some recruiting attention, finally found a place for next year. He will play at Army.

After recovering from off-season shoulder surgery, Lucas rushed for 1,097 yards and 17 touchdowns to lead Damascus to the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season. As a junior his totals were 1,089 yards and 14 scores. He played his first two varsity seasons at Sherwood.

At 6-feet, 210-pounds, Lucas was a tad smaller than the prototype for most Division I programs, but he made up for it with a terrific work ethic and knack for hustling that showcased itself in several facets of the game. He always seemed to be around the ball, whenever a tackle was made, and he had several highlight clips where he carried defenders on his back for extra yardage, or on this one from the Crab Bowl, where he bulled over anyone in his way for a 65-yard touchdown.

On this all new episode of Verbally Committed -- A DMV Prepcast with B.J. Koubaroulis and Stephen Ball on CBS radio's 106.7 The Fan, DeMatha football coach Bill McGregor discusses Alabama recruit Arie Kouandjio and more.

McGregor joined Koubaroulis and Ball to talk about his 28 years at the helm of one of the nation's most well-known Div. I football recruit factories.

Listen to the interview. Click Here.

Other guests included:

The Washington Post's Terps insider Steve Yanda to detail the ongoing saga with Terrence Ross, a former Montrose Christian player who left Rockville this past week to go to a prep school in Arizona. Click Here.

Footballoutsiders.com staff writer Bill Connelly breaks down the mathematical correlation between recruiting and winning in college football. Click Here.

Scouts Inc. (ESPN) Recruiting coordinator Craig Haubert breaks down National Signing Day. Click Here.

I recently spoke with CBS College Sports analyst Tom Lemming, here's how he assessed the recruiting classes put together by Maryland, Virginia and Virginia Tech:

"Virginia Tech obviously has the best class of the three. Maryland is doing okay. Virginia, considering the circumstances [of a coaching change] is doing okay too. Virginia Tech is top 20 and the other two would be somewhere 40-50.

"I think [Mike] London is going to be a very good recruiter, I look for real good things out of Virginia real soon, particularly next year. And Virginia Tech keeps going on their way."

As for Maryland, "not bad, not great. It's not a bad year in the state and a lot of the guys went elsewhere. I think Maryland's class is better than what a lot of people think. I think they did a very good job along the Atlantic Coast region. They have a very good evaluating staff at Maryland. They find the guys and then other guys move in."

Finally caught up to the elusive Louis Young and the All-Met cornerback from Good Counsel explained the last minute switcheroo that has him prepared to sign a National Letter-of-Intent to play for Georgia Tech on Wednesday.

"Well, I was waiting for the admissions at Stanford and they pretty much were saying one thing or another thing," Young said. "Then they wanted me to wait to sign until April. I just felt I worked hard for these offers and schools' interest and didn't want to pass up another opportunity."

At the same time Young said he was waiting on Stanford, he found a new suitor, one that had not been involved in recruiting him until last week.

DeMatha All-Met offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio, the top remaining uncommitted player locally, on Tuesday afternoon committed to play for Alabama.

Updating with the news: All-Met wide receiver Brandon Coleman of Bishop McNamara, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound senior, on Tuesday picked Rutgers over Maryland.

"I [decided] over the weekend and talked it over with my family the last couple days and i just knew Rutgers was the place," Coleman said. "I just went with my gut feeling. We did all the pros and cons and everything was pretty much even. I went where I felt more comfortable."

In addition to his ability on the field and basketball court, Coleman stands out in at least one other way: He is in his second year of taking tap dancing class as an elective -- and on his second set of custom-made size 16 tap shoes.

"A lot of basketball players and football players are better than me, I'm not the first one to do this," Coleman said. "It's good to step outside my box and do something that's not the norm. It's no joke. You can break a sweat in tap class. Some of my teammates do ballet, too."

Some college coaches visited the Forestville school while Coleman was in tap class and Coleman reported they got a kick out of watching him.

"I take it as a competitive challenge," he said. "If the teacher teaches me a new move, I'm going to take it seriously and get it down."

Stunning news from Coolidge. A football recruit (or two or three) might be changing his mind about his college choice.

Colts assistant coach Deric Davis called to say Avery Williams, who earlier this month committed to Utah and planned to enroll this spring, isn't so sure about that now. Davis said Utah had a couple of questions about Williams's transcript, and it probably didn't ease the Utes' concerns when Williams took an official visit to West Virginia two weeks ago.

"His letter of intent from both schools is here [at Coolidge], so it's a toss-up as to where he'll go," Davis said.

Next on the list is wide receiver Josh Ford, who told New Mexico that he would sign with the Lobos, now appears to be headed toward Temple, according to Davis, who said New Mexico was likely going to put Ford in a junior college. What Temple plans to do with Ford is not clear, according to Davis.

Then, there's defensive back Eriq Lewis, who was set to sign with Old Dominion. He was about to buy a Monarchs' team hat to wear when he signs on Wednesday. But Massachusetts has been making a late push and could get Lewis.

Finally, there's wide receiver Martize Barr who's....not changing his mind and will go to New Mexico.

Chalk up one more for Temple Coach Al Golden, who picked up a commitment from Forestville second-team All-Met wide receiver Antonio Belt. The 6-foot, 171-pound senior visited Temple this past weekend and Wednesday will sign a letter-of-intent to play for the Owls, Knights Coach Charles Harley said.

Forestville linebacker Brandon Miller will sign Bowie State.

On this week's episode of Verbally Committed -- A DMV Prepcast with B.J. Koubaroulis and Stephen Ball on CBS radio's 106.7 The Fan, former Redskin LaVar Arrington talks with Koubaroulis and Ball about what it was like to be the No. 1 recruit in the country back in 1996.

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Washington Post recruiting insider Josh Barr talked Hokies, Cavaliers and Terps football and Mark Viera, The Post's Virginia Tech beat writer, talked about who's coming to Blacksburg in the class of 2010. A total of six recruiting experts joined the show to talk about next week's national signing day.

Who do the experts believe had the best recruiting class between UVA, Tech and Maryland? Who are the top recruits still waiting to decide on their futures before next week's national signing day?

Hear the interviews below:

Quince Orchard football coach Dave Mencarini emails to say two of his seniors, running back Ben Sasu and wide receiver Karim Jones, have made their college decisions.

Sasu will play for Indiana (Pa.), a Division II program, while Jones will head to Delaware. Both players will sign letters-of-intent on Wednesday, the first day members of the Class of 2010 are allowed to do so.

Last season, Sasu rushed for 1,613 and 25 touchdowns, both tops in Montgomery County. The 6-4, 205-pound Jones, who transferred from Magruder prior to the season, caught 28 passes for 335 yards.