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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
a pledge from three-star LB Kane Bowen, who becomes the highest-rated member of the Miners’ class — and the program’s highest-rated commit since the 2019 cycle. 💥
“It’s time to build it up and put UTEP on the map.”
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
a commitment from three-star DB Grant Stewart, who’s ready to recruit his peers to join him in the 915.
“I’m gonna go help, do what I can, put the word in… We want you here at UTEP.”
EXCLUSIVE ➡️
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
its highest-rated offensive commit of the cycle thus far in three-star RB Elijah McCoy. 💥
“I want to be one of those people to take a chance.”
STORY ➡️
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Look who’s back in the Sun Bowl today for another UTEP camp and visit. 👀
That’s highly coveted 2026 QB Jake Fette, an El Paso native that’s a top priority for Scotty Walden and the
#PicksUp
staff. Fette holds numerous P4 offers.
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
a commitment from 6-foot-4, 315-pound offensive lineman Diego De La Cruz.
De La Cruz is the sixteenth total commit of the 2025 class for
@CoachSWUTEP
and his staff. All sixteen commits hail from the state of Texas.
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
its fourth linebacker commit of the 2025 cycle in Vashon Brunswick, who chose the Miners over offers from Colorado, Texas State and Toledo. 💥
“This coaching staff and the 2025 class have dawg mindsets, dawg mentalities.”
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
a verbal from gifted Denton Ryan WR Lorenzo Hill. 💥
“I love what they’re building up there.”
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING:
@CoachSWUTEP
and his staff are on fire.
UTEP
#PicksUp
ANOTHER pledge, this time from talented and athletic CB Erion Wilkins. He’s one of the Houston area’s most intriguing sleeper prospects. 💥
“We’ll win out here.”
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: Scotty Walden’s staff
#PicksUp
yet another commitment, this time from two-star CB Darien Fantroy of Fort Worth. 💥
“It was only right… We’re gonna have some dawgs. There’s so much untapped potential that UTEP has.”
STORY ➡️
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The
#PicksUp
recruiting bonanza continued today with mammoth OL Maddox Huber's pledge to UTEP.
"What [Coach Walden's] doing at UTEP, I think it’s gonna be big. And I’m glad I’ve had the chance to get on early and ride that train to glory.”
EXCLUSIVE ➡️
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BREAKING: After hosting former Texas Tech safety Landon Hullaby on an official visit two weeks ago, UTEP
#PicksUp
his commitment.
STORY ➡️
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New
#PicksUp
linebacker commit Copelin Windfont discusses his pledge to UTEP, relationship with
@CoachjjClark
and the virtual visit that sold him on a future in the Sun City.
"They’re doing something out there that’s gonna be great."
➡️
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UTEP
#PicksUp
its fifth public commitment in the past 24 hours, this one from Round Rock LB Justin Lee.
He chose UTEP over offers from New Mexico State, North Texas and Incarnate Word.
1000% COMMITTED
#2TRIKE5OLD
#WinTheWest
#PicksUp
@UTEPFB
@CoachSWUTEP
@CoachjjClark
@RoundRockFB
@RRFBBooster
@cmoorefrog
@coachcarr1118
@9ine0Elite
@DLew87dabeast
@BamPerformance
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It's a bonanza in the Sun City for
@CoachSWUTEP
and the
#PicksUp
staff.
UTEP recruiting is about to take off, as the Miners are racking up silent commitments hand over fist at the Sun City Showcase. 💥⤵️
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BREAKING: The portal raid continues for the Miners, as UTEP
#PicksUp
a commitment from Georgia Southern transfer OL Chris Carter. He’ll have two years of eligibility remaining.
“We coming to change the whole program around.”
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
a commitment from Colorado transfer and former Under Armour All-American LB Kofi Taylor-Barrocks. ⛏️
@CoachjjClark
had been quietly working this one for some time. Taylor-Barrocks will have all four years of eligibility remaining.
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@Rivals
network, MinerInsider brings unparalleled access to UTEP sports and recruiting, and will serve as an online water cooler for
#PicksUp
fans.
Here’s a message from publisher
@ParkerThune
. ⤵️
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Three early commits for UTEP in the 2025 cycle, all of them coming from the Houston metro.
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BREAKING: The Miners have landed a huge transfer addition in LB Dorian Jones, a former Power 4 starter at Louisville and Cincinnati.
A sixth-year senior, Jones made eight starts and had 56 total tackles for the Bearcats in 2023.
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: After hosting him on an official visit earlier this month, UTEP officially
#PicksUp
a commitment from former UAB and Middle Tennessee linebacker Jalen Rayam (
@JalenRayam
).
Rayam will have one year of eligibility remaining.
STORY ➡️
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BREAKING: UTEP
#PicksUp
a commitment for the second consecutive day, as Houston-area LB Copelin Windfont has pledged to the Miners.
Strong work by
@CoachjjClark
. Full story coming as soon as the staff gets off an airplane 😅
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BOOM! UTEP lands its QB in Cibolo Steele signal-caller Chad Warner.
@CoachSWUTEP
was the first FBS coach to offer Warner back in the spring.
Coach
@CoachSWUTEP
is building something special out west, Im excited to be a part of it. I’m Committed to
@UTEPFB
#PicksUp
#2trike5old
@Football_Steele
@ParkerThune
@dctf
@TFloss32
@BHoward_11
@coach9cg
@satxhsfb
@QBHitList
@DEFCONTX7v7
@TomLoy247
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8️⃣ Sun City Showcase commits now public.
2️⃣ are still hush-hush. 👀
BREAKING:
@CoachSWUTEP
and his staff are on fire.
UTEP
#PicksUp
ANOTHER pledge, this time from talented and athletic CB Erion Wilkins. He’s one of the Houston area’s most intriguing sleeper prospects. 💥
“We’ll win out here.”
STORY ➡️
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The
#PicksUp
staff landed their quarterback of the future in Chad Warner, who committed to UTEP last night. He discusses the decision...
"They were my first [FBS] offer, and they've always stayed in touch with me."
EXCLUSIVE ➡️
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BREAKING: All ten of the Miners’ silent commits from the Sun City Showcase have now gone public, as UTEP
#PicksUp
a pledge from speedy two-star WR Nik Henry. 💥
“It’s about to skyrocket [at UTEP]. Just know that. It’s about to skyrocket.”
STORY ⤵️
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Coming soon to the 915 👀‼️
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MinerInsider had reported to subscribers Saturday afternoon that UTEP was trending strong in Justin Lee's recruitment, and scarcely 24 hours later, he's locked in with the Orange Swarm. 💥
The story as UTEP
#PicksUp
its fourth public commit of the day...
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Skyler Locklear warming up for his first collegiate start.
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Numerous top recruits flocked to the Sun City this morning to visit UTEP, and the
#PicksUp
staff is on the verge of closing the deal with a few of their most coveted targets.
The latest on one high-priority defender who may be nearing a decision...
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"They rolled out the red carpet for me... They see value in everything I do."
Three-star ATH
@camdyer7
is a major target at quarterback for
@CoachSWUTEP
and the Miners. And after an unofficial visit Wednesday, Dyer has plans to return soon for an OV. ⤵️
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It’s a fourth straight day with a commitment for UTEP, as
@CoachSWUTEP
’s staff
#PicksUp
a pledge from OL Maddox Huber.
COMMITTED!!! 409 → 915
@UTEPFB
⛏️🆙
@CoachSWUTEP
@CoachStanchek
@247Hudson
@MikeRoach247
@GPowersScout
@MarshallRivals
@MohrRecruiting
@dctf
@Tyler_H76
@HFISD_Longhorns
@JGonzalesJr10
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"They already treated me like family."
The first commitment of the 2025 class for UTEP came this morning, courtesy of standout linebacker
@Royce_Wilson10
. Here's why he was so eager to be a part of the
#PicksUp
football family. ⤵️
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UTEP adds a pledge from New Mexico transfer DL Hunter Rapolla.
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UTEP hosted former Cal offensive lineman Martin Tine for an official visit last week, and the Miners are one of three schools battling for his pledge.
“The new coaching staff they got up there, they got a lot of energy."
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First
#PicksUp
commit of the weekend is public. It’s two-star Miner Back recruit Ryland Bradford out of Abilene.
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With five 2025 commits now on board for
@CoachSWUTEP
and the Miners, their focus turns to a slew of unofficial visitors at the end of July.
Here's the latest on several key targets, and a pair of new
@Rivals
FutureCast predictions in UTEP's favor. ⤵️
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🔥🔥🔥
A party in the desert.
UTEP players receive first look at new locker rooms on report day.
#WinTheWest
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Three-star DB Grant Stewart puts UTEP in his top three. He’s been a priority
#PicksUp
target since the very beginning of the Scotty Walden era.
#AGTG
BLESSED to be in this position and there is more work to be done!
TOP THREE 3️⃣
@ParkerThune
@MarshallRivals
@_colepatterson
@BenjaminGolan
@JGonzalesJr10
@WillTurboff
@EarlGill10
@Jalil_Johnson21
@SRoutt26
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BOOM!
@CoachSWUTEP
and the
#PicksUp
staff land a commitment from speedy TCU transfer Corey Wren, who projects to UTEP’s Miner Back position.
Wren committed while on his weekend official visit at the Miners’ spring game.
Story ⤵️
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UTEP
#PicksUp
a pledge from Tulane transfer RJ Whitehead, who will add depth in the offensive trenches. ⤵️
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UTEP adds a walk-on commitment from Katy Paetow linebacker Victor Thomas.
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It’s Game 1 of the Scotty Walden era.
is on the scene in Lincoln. Stay tuned for updates.
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After today's announcement from new WR pledge Nik Henry,
@CoachSWUTEP
and the Miners hold fifteen commits in the 2025 class.
They're trending the right way for a potential sixteenth addition. The latest...
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UTEP, which was one of Tre'Shon Devones' first portal offers, remains in the thick of the battle for the elite CB transfer after hosting him on a weekend OV.
"If you’re feeling down, you ain’t gonna be feeling down too long with Coach Walden around you."
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TOUCHDOWN MINERS!!!
Kam Thomas hauls in a bomb from Skyler Locklear for the first
#PicksUp
TD of the season. UTEP has pulled even with Nebraska.
7-7 ballgame in Lincoln.
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The
#PicksUp
staff hosted three-star QB Eli Morcos on a midweek official visit. Morcos is a major target for Scotty Walden.
Had an amazing time on my official visit to UTEP! Thank you to the staff for all of the great hospitality and support!
#PicksUp
#GoMiners
@CoachSWUTEP
@Coach_Avina
@CoachBrown_UTEP
@CoachPappalardo
@Cannan_25
@CoachStanchek
@CoachKeith11
@QBHitList
@TheQBTech
@CoachDanny10
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"You gotta execute. And we did not execute. But I think you saw glimpses of some of the playmakers we have."
Scotty Walden maintains an optimistic outlook after UTEP's 40-7 loss to Nebraska on Saturday. ⤵️
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Is it possible that UTEP
#PicksUp
its first offensive commit of the 2025 cycle this week?
In addition to three-star QB Eli Morcos, has learned that UTEP is also set to host an in-state offensive lineman for an OV. 👀
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The
#PicksUp
staff offered three-star DB Grant Stewart (
@Grxntoo
) just ten days into the
@CoachSWUTEP
era. And after hosting Stewart for a visit in April, the Miners are in an outstanding spot with the Houston-area stud.
"I could see myself being there.”
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What’s next for UTEP as they look to add to an already strong 2025 recruiting class?
The latest on a number of
#PicksUp
targets… including several flip candidates. 👀
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The HBC has 🖐️ public commits in the last 24 hours.
And there are several more commits that are still silent for the time being. The fireworks are far from over. 🤫
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Is it possible that UTEP
#PicksUp
a commitment from an in-state secondary prospect this weekend? 👀
"It’s been on my mind. We’ll see after this visit.”
The latest on one of
@CoachFoster23
's top targets...
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A school in mind for 2026 WR/TE Benny Okwura 🤔
Truly a blessing to be where I am. Where’s Home 🏠? I got a school in mind…
#2026
👀
🇳🇬 6’5 215 12in ✋🏾 ✅
@JHSWarriors_FB
@ParkerThune
@GPowersScout
@MarshallRivals
@Marchen44
@WillTurboff
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The Miners make the top five for towering WR Brodrick Malone.
⭕️ just got smaller! Thank you to everyone that recruited me. I thank God for every opportunity. After OV’s I’ll post top 3.
@vypehouston
@MarshallRivals
@tdrecruits
@247Sports
@On3sports
@jarrettbailey12
@ihss_houston
@TXTopTalent
@Coach_Donelson
@craig_stump
@overtime
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2025 DB Juan-Milleon Aguilar will be back in El Paso on Wednesday. He most recently visited UTEP for the
#PicksUp
junior day in early February.
He led the state of Texas with 10 interceptions as a junior in 2023.
Appreciate
@UTEPFB
for a good Junior Day visit . Enjoyed seeing what y’all are building. Thank you
@CoachSWUTEP
@CoachKSigler
@CoachjjClark
and the coaching staff for the hospitality.
#PicksUp
#2TRIKE5OLD
⛏️ ➕🏈🦅🟰🔥
@UTEPRecruiting
@StillKimball
@CoachBam16
@Marchen44
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The
#PicksUp
staff will host several targets for return visits this weekend, and hope to secure a few commitments.
But UTEP also welcomes several prospects to campus for the very first time this weekend. More ⤵️
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No announcement from Scotty Walden yet as to whether McConnell or Locklear will earn the start this Saturday.
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The
#PicksUp
staff will get their shot at Dyer in less than two weeks. For the moment, he and fellow 2025 QB Eli Morcos are the only signal-callers with official visits booked to UTEP.
Three-star Albuquerque (N.M.) La Cueva star Cam Dyer tells
@Rivals
that he has finalized his official visits.
He’ll see Arizona State, where he’s being recruited as an athlete, this weekend. UTEP and UTSA want him at QB. Utah likes him at safety.
MORE ➡️
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The Miners will host Memphis transfer CJ Johnson on an official visit beginning today.
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As members knew beforehand, former Texas Tech safety Landon Hullaby was in the Sun City for an official visit earlier this week.
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That’s
#PicksUp
RB commit Josh Bell.
Posting one play from 2023 every day until Texas High School Football is back.
20 days left.
@IAR2_Football
@joshb2x
#txhsfb
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2025 WR Dilon Tallie holds almost 20 scholarship offers, but the
#PicksUp
staff has helped UTEP become one of his top considerations. He'll visit El Paso in July.
“They got on the good side with my mom... UTEP, they definitely want me, and you can tell.”
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NEW: A major 2025 quarterback target for the
#PicksUp
staff has locked in his official visit to UTEP. 👀⤵️
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The Miners will play seven nationally televised games in 2024. 👀
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Behind
@CoachFoster23
and
@CoachSWUTEP
, the Miners are in good shape with a major in-state sleeper at cornerback. He'll take his third visit to UTEP this weekend.
"I feel like it’s somewhere I could see myself playing. The coaches, they really love me."
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Make it TWO selections in the 2024 NFL Draft for UTEP, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers grabbed former
#PicksUp
offensive lineman Elijah Klein with the final pick of the sixth round (No. 220 overall)! ⤵️
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The
#PicksUp
staff's emphasis on relationships — and building from within the state of Texas — could be on the verge of paying dividends.
The rationale behind two new
@Rivals
FutureCast predictions for
@CoachSWUTEP
and the Miners...
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2025 Edmond (Okla.) Deer Creek WR Mason Smith
#PicksUp
an offer.
I’m blessed to receive another D1 offer and my first FBS offer to UTEP! Thank you
@CoachjjClark
@CoachSWUTEP
for the opportunity!!
@Creek_Football
@CreekFBRecruits
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The list of visitors is beginning to pile up for
@CoachSWUTEP
and the
#PicksUp
staff as they prepare for a huge recruiting day on July 27. The latest…
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👀
📰 • UTEP Football Team “Mine Shaft” Entrance Returning in 2024; “Miner Walk” Set to Run Through Paydirt’s Pregame Party Zone
#WinTheWest
|
#PicksUp
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And now UTEP forces another quick Nebraska punt. 👀
1:17 left in the first quarter and the Miners will take over on offense.
Watch out…
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Scotty Walden is heated and just called a timeout to continue his spirited discussion with the officials. He took issue with that last pass interference call.
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2025 Klein Oak OL Sean Terrell
#PicksUp
an offer.
#AGTG
Blessed and honored to receive an offer from
@UTEPFB
thank you
@Coach_TPreston
and the UTEP staff for the opportunity to play football at the next level ‼️
@KLEINOAKFB
@recruiting
@Coach_BCarp
@jaycob_freeman
@zkelley1985
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It hasn’t taken long for some of the best prospects in Texas to take note of what
@CoachSWUTEP
is building in El Paso.
In fact, a national top-20 wideout (yes, you read that correctly) plans to be in the Sun City for the Miners’ spring game.
Details ⤵️
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The 2025 OL, who visited El Paso last month,
#PicksUp
an offer from UTEP.
#AG2G
after an amazing conversation with
@CoachStanchek
I’m blessed to say I have received my 4th D1 offer to the University of Texas at El Paso. All glory to the man above for blessing me with this opportunity.
@IAR2_Football
@RecruitTrinity
@UTEPFB
#PicksUp
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Could
@CoachSWUTEP
and the Miners be on the verge of landing their 2025 quarterback?
They're in good shape, but they'll have to fight off a pair of G5 foes to do so, and there's a P4 school looming in the periphery. The latest...
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MinerInsider has learned that the
#PicksUp
staff will host an in-state QB for an official visit next month. 👀
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As previous reported to members, Georgia Southern transfer OL Chris “CK” Carter will take an official visit to the 915 this weekend.
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2025 WR Brodrick Malone — all 6-foot-6 of him — will camp with the Miners today. He already holds a
#PicksUp
offer.
Landed in Elpaso about 10 last night. Woke up looking at mountains ready to get this work. Food Good. And the coaches A-1 . I’m ready to touch this field now!!!
@CoachJDulaney
@CoachBrown_UTEP
@CoachSWUTEP
@RivalsLandyn
@MarshallRivals
@MinerInsider
@On3Recruits
@PrepRedzoneTX
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Former Louisville and Cincinnati LB Dorian Jones touches down in the 915 tomorrow for a
#PicksUp
official visit. Thus far, the experienced transfer defender is a big fan of
@CoachjjClark
.
"He has really good energy about him, and it’s contagious."
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The
#PicksUp
staff is still actively looking to add more talent via the transfer portal. Here's a glimpse at some of their more notable portal offers, as well as some intel on where things stand with a few top targets. 👀⤵️
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2025 WR
@brodrick_malone
camped with the
#PicksUp
staff last week in the Sun City. And as his recruitment swings into the final stretch, UTEP is heavy in the mix.
"They’ve been the most consistent... After the visit, I can see myself playing there." ⤵️
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As MinerInsider members were already aware, former Kent State and Ball State RB Marquez Cooper has a
#PicksUp
official visit starting today.
He’s rushed for at least 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons. Would be a massive addition for Scotty Walden and UTEP.
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Is is possible that the UTEP staff
#PicksUp
their 2025 quarterback commit in the coming weeks?
In advance of his official visit, there's adequate reason to believe that one in-state gunslinger will wind up choosing the Miners. ⤵️
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After watching 2026 WR Benny Okwura tonight at SMU's mega-camp,
@CoachSWUTEP
himself extended an offer.
#AGTG
After a great convo with
@CoachSWUTEP
I’m blessed to receive an offer from UTEP!!!
@CoachPappalardo
@MarshallRivals
@AndrewHatts
@STHFootball
@Marchen44
@WillTurboff
@JScruggs247
#GoMiners
⛏️
#EFND
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2025 Cibolo (Texas) Steele QB Chad Warner
#PicksUp
an offer from UTEP. It's his first FBS offer.
AGTG! After a great conversation with
@Coach_Avina
@CoachSWUTEP
im blessed to receive an offer from
@UTEPFB
.
@Football_Steele
@TomLoy247
@samspiegs
@coach9cg
@MikeRoach247
@DEFCONTX7v7
@GPowersScout
@BDammone
@adamgorney
@AWilliamsUSA
@GHamiltonOTF
@2MGE_
@satxhsfb
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Miners pick up their first commitment of the 2025 cycle in Royce Wilson.
Hey Sun City
#2RIKE5OLD
@bigpen56
@CoachSWUTEP
@WHSEaglesFB
@UTEPFB
@Coach_Mac51
@Jagcount
@coachcurtis42
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Reaction from spring-game visitors has begun to pour in. Here’s what several recruits had to say about their experience in the Sun City.
#PicksUp
⤵️
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The Miners have their first NFL draft pick since 2018, as linebacker Tyrice Knight became a fourth-round selection of the Seahawks on Saturday afternoon.
#PicksUp
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"I feel like they’re gonna turn the program around."
As the
#PicksUp
staff rolls through the state of Texas, a myriad of prospects in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 classes have picked up UTEP offers. Several of them chimed in with thoughts on the Miners. ⤵️
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UTEP has been gunning for one more portal addition over the last couple of weeks. And the Miners are close to securing the last piece of the puzzle heading into Year 1 of the Scotty Walden era. 👀
The latest ➡️
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UTEP is looking to flip a transfer defensive lineman that's currently committed to another program, and the Miners have him on campus this weekend.
The details here... 👀⤵️
#PicksUp
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