Nope, not tackle Arie Kouandjio, who told me earlier this week he had yet to narrow down his college choices, though I suspect Cal and Alabama are near the top of his list. Not guard Shane Johnson or Kouandjio's younger brother Cyrus, a junior who starts at the other tackle and holds 15 scholarship offers.

Center Jake Geiser, who is 6 feet 3 and 270 pounds, has committed to play for Delaware.

I'm thinking there will be plenty of developments in the recruiting of DeMatha seniors after Saturday's WCAC title game against Good Counsel

Proving that who you know is as important as what you know, Friendship Collegiate's senior class has received plenty of interest from, of all places, Eastern Michigan, which isn't exactly a household name to D.C. recruits.

Knights Coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim reports that lineman Earl Johnson has an offer from Eastern Michigan, as well as New Mexico and Hampton. Linebacker Tyrone Armstrong also has an offer from Eastern Michigan, in addition to Maine and New Hampshire (with Central Michigan, Connecticut, New Mexico, Villanova and Richmond also in pursuit). Eastern Michigan (along with Hampton) has also offered linebacker Kennedy Ogbonna. In addition, defensive back Jaron Gillespie, who graduated from Friendship last June, is a freshman at Eastern Michigan.

So what's the deal? Well, Abdul-Rahim played defensive back at San Diego State in the late-1990's. His position coach during his junior year there was Ron English - who is in his first season as head coach at Eastern Michigan.

Abdul-Rahim said the two have stayed in touch as he began his coaching career and English's began to take off.

"It's all who you know," Abdul-Rahim said.

Abdul-Rahim said Johnson is taking an official visit to New Mexico. When asked if the problems encountered this year for Lobos Coach Mike Locksley - an excellent recruiter of the Washington area - was discouraging for any of his recruits, Abdul-Rahim said, "Kids are drawn to him."

Stopped by Montrose Christian on Monday afternoon and saw All-Met forward Josh Hairston sign his National Letter-of-Intent and scholarship papers with Duke. No surprise there.

Of more interest, however, All-Met guard Terrence Ross, who committed to Maryland over the summer, will not sign during the early period that ends Wednesday.

"He's going to wait until the spring," Montrose Christian Coach Stu Vetter said, adding that Ross remains committed to Maryland and that academically he could have signed this week had he chosen.

It begs the question, why did Ross not join the rest of the senior class who had accepted basketball scholarship offers and finalize his college plans? Surely, Maryland would have preferred that Ross sign, thereby reducing the possibility that he could change his mind.

H.D. Woodson senior wide receiver Alonzo Russell is getting set to book his official visits, according to Warriors assistant coach Wayne Johnson. Russell will take visits to West Virginia, Illinois and Connecticut after the Warriors complete their season in the Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving.

The 6-foot-4 Russell really came on this season, working wonderfully with Woodson quarterback Ricardo Young, who plans to sign with Virginia Tech. Russell has 55 catches for 1,047 yards and nine touchdowns. He was nearly unstoppable in the Warriors' 26-7 victory over Dunbar last Saturday in the DCIAA semifinals. Not only did Russell catch seven passes for 146 yards, including touchdowns of 82 and 19 yards, but he also used his height well to get what seemed to be everything thrown his way. He'll have a good test in the Turkey Bowl against Ballou's strong secondary of Larry Pinkard, Daray Crawford and Cory Queen.

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The whispers circled the Beltway and then some last winter as opposing coaches wondered just how old was Mouphtaou Yarou, then a senior at Montrose Christian.

Apparently, they aren't the only ones.

Seems that a Web site for a tournament run by basketball's international sanctioning body once listed Yarou with a 1984 birthdate, which would make him 25 now. Villanova's compliance department tells The Sporting News it isn't concerned, but I'll bet that might change now that this is in a public forum.

If the Washington Nationals and other major league teams can get duped by foreign players "adjusting" their birth dates, I don't think high schools stand much of a chance against those who try to deceive.

Charles Brown had a career day Saturday, rushing for 343 yards and four touchdowns in St. John's 35-34 loss to Gonzaga. Making the performance more impressive was that even though Gonzaga knew Brown would be getting the ball most of the time, the Eagles still couldn't stop the 5-foot-11, 195-pound senior.

Brown currently holds scholarship offers from New Mexico, Akron and Miami of Ohio. But Cadets Coach Joe Patterson hopes that things will pick up for Brown now that the season is over; one rival coach in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference said that he sees Brown ending up somewhere in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

"People are concerned about his top-end speed, but he's a playmaker," Patterson said, noting that Brown's best 40-yard dash times last summer were in the 4.5 second range.

Colleague Mark Giannotto has this report:

Just got a call from Mount Vernon boys' basketball coach Alfonso Smith concerning star player Skylar Jones. A first-team all-region selection as a junior last year, Jones will officially sign with Niagara University this Wednesday. He picked the Buffalo school over Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris, Quinnipiac, and UNC-Greensboro. Jones is a 6-foot-3 forward who averaged 19 points and nine rebounds last season as Mount Vernon made it all the way to the Northern Region semifinals.

Walkersville hoops coach Ryan Burkey reports that shooting guard Scott Morris has committed to play for New Hampshire. The 6-foot-2 senior is entering his fourth seasons on the Lions' varsity squad and averaged 18.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and two steals per game last season.

New Hampshire Coach Bill Herrion offered Morris a scholarship last month and Morris committed while on his official visit this past weekend.

Burkey noted that Morris is a straight A student and ranks No. 1 in his class academically.

Coolidge senior point guard Jeremy Underwood is joining the Washington contingent heading down to North Carolina A&T. Underwood committed to the Aggies after taking his official visit over the weekend, according to Coolidge Coach Vaughn Jones.

Underwood averaged 10.6 points per game last season, after transferring from Paul VI, and made a team-high 42 three-pointers for the 18-8 Colts. Jones said Underwood carries a 3.75 grade-point average, has qualified academically, and also held offers from Vermont, Cornell and Lafayette.

"They love that Jeremy can shoot and handle the ball," Jones said. "It's really going to work out for him there."

Underwood will be accompanied in the Aggies' 2010 recruiting class by DeMatha shooting guard Justin Black. Last year, they brought in two other D.C. products - McNamara forward Lawrence Smith and St. Mary's Ryken guard R.J. Buck. Sophomore guard Marc Hill is a McNamara product, as well.

Jones said he expects to see North Carolina A&T more active in the Washington area. First-year Aggies assistant and alumnus Walter Booth played for The Heights before graduating in 2003. Jones said he was instrumental in Underwood's recruitment.