New Mexico 2012 Recruiting

2012 New Mexico Lobos ... Head Coach: Bob Davie

New Mexico Lobos

2011 Record: 0-8

Sep. 3 Colorado State L 14-10
Sep. 10 at Arkansas L 52-3
Sep. 17 Texas Tech L 59-13
Sep. 24 SHSU L 48-45 OT
Oct. 1 New Mexico St L 42-28
Oct. 8 OPEN DATE
Oct. 15 at Nevada L 49-7
Oct. 22 at TCU L 69-0
Oct. 29 Air Force L 42-0
Nov. 5 at San Diego State
Nov. 12 UNLV
Nov. 19 at Wyoming
Nov. 26 OPEN DATE
Dec. 3 at Boise State

2010 CFN Prediction: 4-8
2010 Record: 1-11

Sept. 4 at Oregon L 72-0
Sept. 11 Texas Tech L 52-17
Sept. 18 Utah L 56-14
Sept. 25 at UNLV L 44-10
Oct. 2 UTEP L 38-20
Oct. 9 at NMSU L 16-14
Oct. 16 OPEN DATE
Oct. 23 San Diego State L 30-20
Oct. 30 at Colorado St L 38-14
Nov. 6 Wyoming W 34-31
Nov. 13 at Air Force L 48-23
Nov. 20 at BYU L 40-7
Nov. 27 TCU L 66-17
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The Entire 2012 Recruiting Class

Top 5 New Mexico Recruits To Care About
Player writeups by Scout.com

1. DT Dominic Twitty
6-2, 260, Scout.com 109th ranked, two-star defensive tackle.

2. OT Bryan Oldenkamp
6-4, 280, Scout.com two-star JUCO transfer

3. LB David Orvick
6-3, 225, Scout.com two-star inside linebacker.

4. QB Cole Gautsche
6-4, 220, Scout.com 132nd ranked, two-star quarterback

5. OT Ron Scoggins
6-4, 315, Scout.com 114th ranked, two-star tackle.

The 2012 Class Was Heavy On... < Former head man Mike Locksley was supposed to be a big-time recruiter, and while he came up with a nice player here and there, he didn’t get the job done and the shelves are hardly stocked. Bob Davie believes in tough defense, but he also wants to come up with the building blocks up front to give an even bigger boost to a line that got plenty of prospects last year.

Team Concerns For 2012: Defensive line. Davie will spend most of his time reworking and rebuilding a line that was among the nation’s most miserable under Locksley. Two starters are gone, but it’ll be a veteran front that has to be night-and-day better for any sort of instant turnaround. Solidifying the guard situation is also a must losing both starters.

Looking Ahead To The 2012 Season: Bob Davie has a ton of work to do trying to erase the disaster that was the Mike Locksley experience. Any improvement has to start with the lines that get three starters back on the offensive side and has some rebuilding to do on the defensive front. Tackling-machine linebacker Carmen Messina is gone as are both corners. QB B.R. Holbrook has to establish himself as the leader from the start, and he has decent receivers to work with including TE Lucas Reed. The rushing combination of Demarcus Rogers and Crusoe Gongbay will be featured from the start.

The 2011 Class Was Heavy On … Offensive linemen. Mike Locksley was supposed to be a great recruiter after rocking at Illinois, and while he has maintained his pipeline to Maryland/Washington D.C., he hasn’t gotten a slew of difference makers. This year, his class is trying to do more up front on offense with Korian Chambers, a 6-6, 350-pound JUCO transfer, needing to shine right away at tackle. 6-7, 345-pound Jamal Price will blot out the sun at one tackle spot.

2010 CFN Recruiting Ranking: 85. That Class Was Heavy On ... Wide receivers. After bringing aboard a slew of quarterbacks last year, the Lobos needed an upgrade in receiving talent for the near future. Head coach Mike Locksley, even after a bizarre and disastrous 2009, was able to use his talents as a recruiter, which was considered his strength when hired, to sign on four receivers led by Joshua Ford from Washington D.C., Locksley's pipeline that brought in so much talent to Illinois, and Detchauz Wray. Even with all the quarterbacks in last year's class, Locksley was still able to get Tarean Austin out of Florida.

2009 CFN Recruiting Ranking: 88. That Class Was Heavy On ... Quarterbacks. They might not be needed right away, and there are a few young options in Brad Gruner and Tate Smith already in place to push Donovan Porterie, who’s returning from injury, but the two new quarterbacks will be in the hunt for time by 2010. Darren Jones and Emmanuel Yeager are tall, athletic players who can do a little of everything.

Oct. 29 Air Force 42 … at New Mexico 0

(AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When Air Force quarterback Tim Jefferson went out in the first quarter with an injury against New Mexico, there was no reason for the Falcons to panic.

Backup Connor Dietz took over and led the Falcons to a 42-0 victory against the winless Lobos on Saturday.

"It was one of those times where Tim went down and I had to step up for my team," Dietz said. "They all made it really easy for me to come in. They all did their part, which just makes my job that much easier."

Dietz led the Falcons (4-4, 1/3 Mountain West) to 335 rushing yards, running for 87 on six carries, including a 39-yard burst up the middle with a minute remaining in the first half that put them up 35-0.

"It was just a draw," he said of the long score. "The defense was playing back and our offensive line had some great blocks and our fullback led up on the linebacker. It made my running lane pretty easy so all I had to do was run forward.

"As a ball carrier, that's the best feeling you can have, because you see daylight and green and all you have to do is not get touched."

Fullback Mike DeWitt had four touchdown runs for Air Force.

"We're fortunate to have an awesome backup quarterback," he said. "He does a great job. He's always ready and getting warm on the sideline and he did a great job today. It's not good to lose your starting quarterback but it's nothing big so I'm sure he'll be back in there. It was just business as usual."

Air Force coach Troy Calhoun also had no qualms about putting Dietz out there.

"To be able to have Connor Dietz available and to be able to help us as a football team is a real plus," he said.

New Mexico (0-8, 0-3) had 63 yards from Crusoe Gongbay on 10 carries.The Lobos totaled 223 yards in getting shut out for a second straight week.

"Everyone is mad," Gongbay said. "Mad after every game."

The Falcons scored their first touchdown when Austin Briehl recovered a teammates' fumble in the end zone. DeWitt scored three straight touchdowns, going in from 4, 12 and 3.

Oct. 22 at TCU 69 … New Mexico 0
CFN Analysis: To start from scratch, what works? After getting obliterated 118-7 over the last two weeks, the offense is having major problems moving the ball and wasn’t even close against TCU, converting on just 1-of-13 third down chances even though quarterbacks B.R. Holbrook and Tarean Austin combined to complete 8-opf-11 passes for 21 yards. Demarcus Rogers ran well, gaining 51 yards on 17 carries, and Carmen Messina continues to be a one-man gang on defense making 12 tackles with a sack, but those are the little things. New Mexico is last in the nation in run defense with Air Force up next followed up by Ronnie Hillman and San Diego State. Uh oh. 

Oct. 15 at Nevada 49 … New Mexico 7
CFN Analysis: It’s fair to say that the cupboard is a bit bare after the coaching issues. Nothing worked against Nevada with B.R. Holbrook and Tarean Austin combining to completed 11-of-29 passes for 89 yards with a pick. Austin is at least getting things moving a bit on the ground, and for an offense that needs playmakers, he’s worth developing. Right now the team needs to find something positive. The defense isn’t even close against the run and the secondary isn’t getting any help from the pass rush. Things are going from bad to worse when TCU, Air Force, and San Diego State up next. If the Lobos an stay within 20 of any of them, it’ll be a positive. 

Oct. 1 New Mexico State 42 ... at New Mexico 28
CFN Analysis: The Lobos are a mess, and it can be understandable that the offense wasn’t prepared to do anything big out of the gate, while the defense didn’t have any answers in the first quarter. The secondary is a disaster and didn’t come up with any meaningful stops early, and then the defensive front couldn’t stop the Aggie running game. Basically, the D couldn’t get off the field. With two weeks off before Nevada, there’s time to take a deep breath after all the coaching drama, and George Barlow has to figure out how to get some sort of production out of a defense that’s playing worse than any in America. 

Sept. 24 Sam Houston State 48 … New Mexico 45 OT
CFN Analysis: It was a fun game with wild swings and a ton of offense in the double-overtime thriller, but New Mexico still lost to an FCS team. B.R. Holbrook and Tarean Austin combined to throw for 434 yards and four touchdowns, and Deon Long was amazing with nine catches for 209 yards and three touchdowns, to go along for a kickoff return for a score and his touchdown grab to force overtime, but the Lobo run defense was miserable, allowing SHSU’s Tim Flanders to run for five scores. The O line continues to be awful and the run defense is non-existent, but New Mexico State comes into town next week. If the Lobos can’t win, they won’t come within ten of anyone else but UNLV in mid-November. 

Sept. 17 Texas Tech 59 ... at New Mexico 13
CFN Analysis: What happened to the defensive line that was supposed to come up with a big season to help turn things around? The D did absolutely nothing against the Texas Tech offense that moved the ball however it wanted to, while the Lobo attack didn’t help the cause with a horrendous day from the line. The UNM quarterbacks combined to complete 10-of-29 passes, but they went for 228 yards helped by a 69-yard play from Deon Long. With Sam Houston State and New Mexico State up next, finally the D will get a break after dealing with Arkansas and Texas Tech, but unless the O line starts to give the quarterbacks more time, nothing will work. 

Sept. 10 at Arkansas 52 … New Mexico 3
CFN Analysis: New Mexico wasn’t even close, and the miserable start to the season is mostly due to the problems on the offensive line. There’s no push for the running game and the pass protection has yet to show up; no one’s getting any time to work. Tarean Austin is doing what he can, but he’s not getting anything from his running backs. B.R. Holbrook completed 7-of-10 passes, and he might get more of a look to do something, anything, to get the passing attack moving. Up next is Texas Tech, and considering the Lobos have come up with 13 points in the first two weeks, that could be over after ten minutes unless the line can help carve out a few long drives.
 
Sept. 3 Colorado State 14 ... at New Mexico 10
CFN Analysis: The Lobo defense did a nice job. Carmen Messina was Carmen Messina with eight tackles and two tackles for loss, and there were enough defensive stops to keep the team in the game, but the offense sputtered and coughed against the CSU pass rush. Tarean Austin didn’t have time to breathe, and while he ran well and tried to make things happen, he took way too many sacks. Unfortunately, Arkansas and Texas Tech are up next, and if New Mexico can’t come up with any firepower, and a better blocking scheme, each of those could be 50 point blowouts. 

Five New Mexico Recruits You Should Care About
Player writeups by Scout.com

1. OT Korian Chambers
6-6, 350, Three-star JUCO transfer

2. QB Dustin Walton
6-0, 195, Scout.com’s 121st ranked quarterback

3. WR Daniel Adams
6-3, 195, Scout.com’s 206th ranked receiver

4. OT Jamal Price
6-7, 345, Scout.com’s 124th ranked offensive tackle

5. S Deshon Marman
6-0, 200, Two-star JUCO transfer

2011 Entire Recruiting Class

Daniel Adams WR 6-2 207 Washington, D.C./Northwestern HS
Destry Berry DB 5-9 177 Suwanee, Ga./Erie CC
Zach Boerboom TE 6-4 235 Cape Girardeau, Mo./Central Senior HS
Harvellio Buie LB 6-3 190 Seffner, Fla./Armwood HS
Korian Chambers OL 6-6 322 Memphis, Tenn./Arizona Western JC
Zach Dancel ATH 6-0 186 Ellicott City, Md./Good Counsel HS
Donnie Duncan WR 5-11 183 Cerritos, Calif./Alexander Hamilton HS
Crusoe Gongbay RB 6-0 196 Rockville, Md./Rockville HS
Desmond Hollin DL 6-3 235 Miami, Fla./Southridge HS
Anthony Kennedy OL 6-5 274 Albuquerque, N.M./Volcano Vista HS
Deshon Marman DB 5-11 195 San Francisco, Calif./City College of San Francisco
Jamal Merritt DB 6-0 175 Silver Springs, Md./Sherwood HS
Tevin Newman LB 6-1 190 Tampa, Fla./Robinson HS
Jamal Price OL 6-6 338 Pomfret, Md./McDonough HS
Dillon Romine OL 6-7 268 Bradenton, Fla./Braden River HS
Devonta Tabannah DB 5-10 161 Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac HS
Fatu Ulale DL 6-3 275 Torrance, Calif./Cerritos College
Dustin Walton QB 6-3 216 Raton, N.M./Raton HS
Austin Weatherford OL 6-3 295 Maypearl, Texas/Maypearl HS
Zoey Williams DB 5-10 190 Sugar Land, Texas/Dulles HS