Finley Earner | CCHS #74 | co28 | OL

Junior Film Highlights. Includes OL film from: - Week 5: vs. Metheun High School - Week 4: @ Xaverian Brothers - Week 3: @ Bishop Hendrickson - Week 2: vs. St. John’s Prep - Week 1: vs. Boston College HS - Preseason: @ Catholic Memorial

Ready to celebrate senior night with a W! This senior class is full of leaders and playmakers. I appreciate the lessons they provide and am honored to be able to take the field with them tonight. Let's goooo...

Great virtual visit with @HoyasFB. They are definitely looking to continue the tradition of building a dominant team full of high academic achievers. Thank you to @coachsgarlata, @CoachRamey_ and Coach Elliott for staying late and taking time tonight. Looking forward to keeping in touch about spring ball activities. For any players with high skill level, a ~1200+ SAT and an 3.2+ unweighted GPA, definitely take a look at Georgetown and see if there is a mutual fit with what they are building. Here is the best resource page for info about the program: flow.page/gufb #HoyaSaxa

Thanks to @CourtneyLuquet and @CoachDomino_1 for the game day invite to see @Tulane @Wave_Football take on @TulsaFootball in New Orleans. Unfortunately, I don't believe I can make an 11AM game after our playoff game in Mass the night before. I'm disappointed - was hoping for a PM kickoff. I am 100% looking forward to learning more about the @Wave_Football family and @Coach_Hall7, Coach @russcallaway, and @CoachCKennedy through the Spring. Thank you for the invite! I hope you light Tulsa up! Roll Wave! #rollwave #hullabaloo

#facts from our Head Coach. Bates just got a winning lottery ticket with this roster slot. I'm calling it now, he's leaving with 1) a great education, and 2) a school football record of some kind. Congratulations to both @amari_mills and @Bates_Football on this commitment. Can't wait to see @amari_mills continue to crush it next year in college!

I appreciated the DM’s after my roster/scholarship post last week. A couple people asked me how they can tell where they are in the recruiting process. Short answer - it is mostly based on where you are in your high school career. Here’s the allowable process and timelines for recruiting milestones under the current lo NCAA rules: - June 15 (Summer before Junior Season): D1 direct communication opens (calls, texts, DMs). Programs distribute large volumes of early verbal offers; nearly all are non-committable placeholders used to gauge interest. - January 1 (after Junior Season): Permissible off-campus in-person contact opens during designated contact periods. This is when you see coaches visit high school programs. You will see a lot of “thank you coach for coming out.” - April 1 – Late June (Junior Year): Spring/Summer Official Visits (OVs) begin. An extended OV invitation generally signals a path to an active, committable offer, frequently paired with short-fuse decision deadlines. - June (Summer before Senior season): invites to on-campus camp circuits. Teams usually require in-person camp attendance to test verified athletic metrics before converting non-committable offers into green-light commitments. - September 1 (Senior Year): Fall game-day evaluations and senior-season OVs open. Live senior film determines whether you are borderline or back-up. As people signal commitments to programs, spots for backups often convert to committable. >>>MOST IMPORTANT DATE IN THE PROCESS! <<< - November 15 (Senior Year): This is the permissible date for NCAA D1 programs to issue formal written offers of athletic aid (Bylaw 13.9.3). Any verbal "offer" not accompanied by written paperwork on or after this date is still 100% non-committable. - Early December (Senior Year): Early Signing Period opens (Wednesday before the first Saturday in December). Unclaimed non-committable offers fade away completely as 105-man roster caps are finalized ahead of the transfer portal window. - Early February (Senior Year): Regular National Signing Day. This is the final mop-up period for remaining roster slots that were not filled during the December window or portal cycle. This is the last shot to be offered a spot on a roster before hanging up cleats (or attending a target and trying to “walk-on”).

Highlights from our Week 7 win @ Andover (With a few D-Line plays at end)

I am grateful to be invited down to enter The Forest on 10/31 with @WakeFB. I'm excited to see the Demon Deacons dominate in some ACC action against @UVAFootball. Thank you @CoachDickert @tygatson @kuykendall_kyle @adrian_sienko @RobEzell @MaggieJMullen20 #GoDeacs #𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤

Visits can be just as important to learn what doesn’t work. Even if the football could be compatible, I still have to spend time on the campus, in the classrooms, and with the students and faculty. I’m learning that sometimes those other things may not always be a good fit and that crossing schools off is just as important as adding them….next rep.

I’m definitely an O-Line guy at my core, but defense is fun when you get to make plays like this. Two pulling guards, a wing/slot crashing inside, I know what that means…