Boise State's 2012 recruiting class: Chaz Anderson and family ties
by Kevan Lee on Jan 24, 2012 8:00 AM PST
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Boise State's 2012 recruiting class got off to a banging start with the commitments of four-star corner Marcus Rios and three-star corner Chaz Anderson last summer. Only problem was that Rios had too much time to think and ultimately thought his way out of a Boise State scholarship and into a UCLA one.
Anderson's commitment was never in jeopardy, due to his having family and friends on the current Bronco roster. Boise State corner Bryan Douglas is Anderson's cousin. Boise State safety Lee Hightower is Anderson's best friend. Anderson and Hightower went to Loyola HS in Los Angeles together.
Nepotism? Hardly. Anderson finished as a first-team all-league pick at wide receiver, despite missing time with a knee injury. Rivals has him as a Top 50 corner, and Scout has him in the Top 60. Marcus Rios? So over him.
More details on Chaz Anderson after the jump ...
Signing Day arrives February 1. Until then, we're running down the full list of verbal commitments so you can impress your friends with your Bronco know-how. More know-how here.
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Other offers: San Diego State
Other Boise State players from the area: Bryan Douglas, Nick Alexander, Lee Hightower
Boise State player most likely to be mistaken for: Bryan Douglas (or, in the words of Mark Johnson, Bryan Gumbel)
Future nickname: Charles, I Can Chaz Cheeseburger, L.A. Confidential
Where he fits on the depth chart: CB
Boise State is famous for burning redshirts on corners and safeties, so Anderson better not be hoping to take things easy, catch some rays, float some rivers, and hang out this season. The Broncos were paper mache thin at corner last year, so expect all warm bodies - true freshmen included - to be in the mix this fall.
Anderson will likely compete with highly-touted incoming CB recruit Donte Deayon to be the first freshman in the mix. Don't be surprised if both players see time this year, first on special teams and then in emergency double-move scenarios.
Dustin Lapray scouting report:
Has superb ball skills, could catch a rainbow with a wish ... As Maya Angelou is to poetry, Anderson is to zone-man concepts ... Sees the value in family, as did the Von Trapps ...Magnificient, magnanimous, magnets ... Impressive backpedal - reminds me of my days as a fourth-grade backward-race champion. I was dogged in my insuperableness ...
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I said when he committed...
That I liked Anderson better than Rios. I evaluate high school players on film regularly as part of my job, and while Rios looked a bit more polished, I felt Anderson had better raw talent and better instincts.
I feel that we will be in good shape in our secondary with the likes of Anderson, Hightower, Douglas, and Deayon. I have never been completely sold on QEB and Ebo Makinde as starters, and nothing they did last year changed that… But the younger guys I feel good about.
Thanks to Ohio State's president, I will never root for a Big Ten football program again (except in extenuating circumstances that aid my primary rooting interest).
by NighthawkWatch on Jan 24, 2012 8:45 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Von Trapp?
Man, Kevan, you know how to make words sing. I always pictured myself as one of the naughty nuns. I can dismantle a distributor faster than Chaz can break the L.O.S. lol.
Next year is looking really exciting! Can’t wait for the Spring Game to get here.
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
It really helps...
that Chaz already has brothers (cousin, best friend) in the Band of Brothers. All these great kids want a chance to be the next Kyle Wilson. With Taylor and Gavins to mentor these guys, the future is so bright I am reaching for my shades.
Could catch a rainbow with a wish...
This made soda come out my nose at work. So funny! Rec’d!
NEXT SEASON
I have been saying sine the end of the season that we were in very good shape. The five guys we got on defense, mid-term, plus Nick Patti, does several things. First, it gives us a starting QB who MIGHT be able to break Kellen’s record. (he will start next year. He already has his own record of 35 – 4 in three years, so he is capable. just picture Kellen with 4.4 speed, and think how things might hve turned out differently the last four years. Second, the five defensive players all fill holes that have been left empty from graduation. IF they are capable, BSU just reloads on defense and comes out blasting. Third, Chaz Anderson added to the offense is scary. I believe it is going to reseble something out of Star Wars, where those little hedge hopper machines fly around the forest at Mach + 5 speed. The offense is going to be double scary, with all the speed.
now I am an OLD SCHOOLCOACH, that wtached the greats like Van Brocklin and Y A tittle play, I started playing the game in 1950, using STORE BOUGHT cardboard helmets and shoulder pads. We didn’t have any other pads, they felt we didn’t need them. Now that is old school football. I have watched the BSU program since then, and I can say, with authenticity and athority, that WE are getting ready to see the GREATEST BSU TEAM EVER TO STEP ON THE FIELD. The recruiting class is THE BEST EVER, and with what the team already had, I am really excited about next season.
NICK PATTI will be the starting QB, and he will have thoroughbreds running routes. The back field is going to be solid, and with the addition of FIELDS, FROM EL PASO , who is a DOUG MARTIN LOOK ALIKE AND RUN ALIKE, JUST A LITTLE BIGGER, the running game is going to be great as well.
The only thing I wass even worried about was the defense, but NOW, even the DEFENSE is looking like a two foot thick concrete wall. I can’t wait for that first whistle in East Lansing, on Aug 31.
GO BRONCOS—GO BIG BLUE!!!
COACH GRIZ
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2012 Boise State Football Schedule
@ Michigan State  |
Fri 08/31 | 6:00 p.m. MT |
| Miami (OH) | Sat 09/15 | 2:00 p.m. MT |
| BYU |
Thu 09/20 | TBA |
| @ New Mexico | Sat 09/29 | TBA |
| @ Southern Miss | Sat 10/06 | TBA |
| Fresno State | Sat 10/13 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| UNLV | Sat 10/20 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Wyoming |
Sat 10/27 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| San Diego State | Sat 11/03 | 8:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Hawaii | Sat 11/10 | 5:00 p.m. MT |
| Colorado St. | Sat 11/17 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Nevada | Sat 12/1 | TBA |
