Jackson State clearly the No. 1 class in the BOXTOROW rankings for the first time ever

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com For 15 years, BOXTOROW has ranked the top 10 HBCU FCS recruiting classes. Due to the pandemic, there weren’t as many large classes this year as there have seen in year’s past. The rankings are based on research and information received from school releases, from information in local newspaper articles, and

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For this to work, Maker must actually play for Howard

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com When five-star recruit Makur Maker announced his commitment to Howard University on Twitter around 4 a.m. ET on Friday, picking the Bison over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis and others, the HBCU world was on fire and the term HBCU – Historically Black Colleges and Universities – was as hot as it’s been.

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A deeper thought into the COMMITTMENT of 5-star recruit Makur Maker

Five-star basketball recruit Makur Maker has committed to Howard University. Really. Maker chose Howard over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis, and others. At around 4 a.m. this morning, Maker Tweeted: “I was the 1st to announce my visit to Howard & other started to dream ‘what if.’ I need to make the HBCU movement real so that

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