The biggest news of the weekend actually happened late Friday afternoon when Orlando-Freedom lineman Josue Joseph became the first player to commit to FAU’s 2011 recruiting class.

The first reason for significance is obvious: Joseph seems like a pretty good player. The Orlando Sentinel named him one of the 60 best players in Central Florida for the upcoming season and he’s a lineman – a position which the Owls always seem to need to fill.

Joseph’s commitment also marks the second-consecutive year FAU has received a commitment in June. Last year at this time the buzz was about Alex DeLeon (photo). That may not seem like a big deal when other programs seemingly have eighth graders committing all the time, but it is an important step. In the past, an early commitment came before Christmas, not the Fourth of July.

(Little known fact: on Paul Revere’s original ride he was actually screaming “the British are coming, and they are going to play wide receiver for Yale!” The chant so riled up the Harvard crowd that it started a revolution. Wikipedia might have that info.)

Part of the reason for earlier commits could derive from the numbers game. FAU has given out more offers this year than ever before. But it’s not as though the Owls didn’t give out early offers in past seasons. Just because they weren’t reported doesn’t mean they didn’t happen.

Instead of chalking it up to probabilities, I’d prefer to look at Joseph’s commitment as another sign that the Owls’ program is gaining respect. I think it’s telling that both DeLeon (Belleview) and Joseph (Orlando) are Floridians, yet are not South Floridians. They chose FAU without having grown up with the university in their back yard.

Joseph received his offer in the spring, then took a couple months to get to know the program. He liked what he learned.

Sure, the sample size is small, but a string of two years in a row with early commits certainly feels like it could be a trend. 

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South Florida recruiting guru Larry Bluestein of the Miami Herald discussed FAU’s summer camps as part of this recruiting story.

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