UTEP Football Continues to Invite Local Prospects to Home Games

If you’ve been to UTEP football games before the actual kickoff, you might notice groups that walk down on the field and soak in the scene of college football.

Turns out, those groups are filled with the best local prospects in high school football, along with parents that get a chance to visit the Sun Bowl. It’s been a reoccurring theme at UTEP home games and head coach Dana Dimel says that the staff plans to extend more invites for the remaining home games.

“It’s great,” said Dimel regarding the visits. “That’s where our big [focus] is going to be—we’re going to hit recruiting hard and get guys down the stretch and get them here at games.”

Here’s a list of local prospects seen at UTEP football games over the past few weeks. Feel free to reach out to Adrian.broaddus@townsquaremedia.com if I missed any names.

Canutillo RB LJ Martin
Eastlake LB Hector Hinojos
Americas WR Chris Davis
Americas QB Mark Moore
Franklin QB Cameron Byrd
Franklin ATH Shay Smith
Eastwood OL Noah Medina
Parkland RB Isaiah Beasley
Parkland OL Tyrone McDuffie
Eastwood QB Andrew Martinez
Pebble Hills QB Gael Ochoa
Eastlake K/P Derek Porras
Bel Air K/P Bobby Ramirez
Franklin WR Beau Sparks
Franklin RB Miles McWhorter
Franklin OL Benn Ilan
Americas RB Ce’sar Drennan
Americas OT Ralph Castro
Americas RB Brian Promesse
Chapin WR/CB Brent Hallman Jr.
Pebble Hills WR Marcus Torres
El Paso High WR Christian Carr
Riverside RB Jose Guardado
Eastlake DB Jaime Guerrero Jr.
Eastlake OL Damien Portillo

El Paso has some great local talent and UTEP did a nice job of getting a mix of sophomores, juniors and seniors playing in the Sun City. The Miners have several local products that are key contributors to their squad, including OL Bobby DeHaro (Montwood), RB Deion Hankins (Parkland), RB/WR Rey Flores (Ysleta), PK Mark Ramos (Andress), and Josh Ortega (Montwood).

Check out the latest photo gallery from UTEP’s 19-3 win vs. LA Tech by Jorge Salgado below: