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ESPN Scouts Inc. has updated its player rankings in its football recruiting database, and there is a new No. 1 at the top. Catholic Memorial athlete Armani Reeves, a Penn State commit, has been named the state's new top prospect for the Class of 2012, and it's a well-deserved spot based on the returns this year so far. Reeves -- who, along with CM teammates Cam Williams and A.J. Doyle were named to the ESPNU 150 Watch List earlier this year -- has 11 touchdowns in four different ways thus far for the 5-1 Knights, who are ranked No. 9 this week in our statewide MIAA Top 25 poll.

You can view the full database rankings by clicking here.

Here's how the new Top 10 looks, with college commitment in parentheses:

1. Armani Reeves, ATH, Catholic Memorial (Penn State)
2. Cam Williams, LB, Catholic Memorial (Penn State)
3. Abner Logan Jr., ATH, Dexter
4. Canaan Severin, ATH, Worcester Academy (Virginia)
5. Eric Olson, OT, BB&N (Northwestern)
6. Jameson McShea, TE, BC High (Temple)
7. Vondell Langston, RB/LB, Everett
8. Tim Joy, LB, Chelmsford (Boston College)
9. Jason Sylva, LB, Tabor Academy (UConn)
10. Preston Cooper, RB, BC High

Tabor Academy linebacker Jason Sylva has usually been pretty honest when discussing his recruitment, and today he pulls no punches with ESPN's Roger Brown in talking about his verbal commitment to UConn yesterday.

Brown writes:

“BC offered on June 15, the day I attended camp there,” Sylva said. “That’s where I was thinking I wanted to go. Then I went to a Connecticut camp on Sunday and was so impressed. There was something about that place. Everybody just raves about [head coach] Paul Pasqualoni and [defensive coordinator] Don Brown.

“I have a feeling they didn’t expect to get me to be honest. I’m just really dead-set on UConn.”

Sylva, who repeated his sophomore year at Tabor after he transferred from Plymouth South High School, will be a senior this fall. He’s the No. 10 prospect in Massachusetts.

UConn extended a scholarship offer Tuesday morning and he committed about two hours later. In addition to the BC offer, he also had an offer from Buffalo.

Sylva, who also plays running back, said Connecticut told him he’s a scholarship player on each side of the ball. Connecticut is bringing him in to play linebacker.

“I told them I have a sincere interest in playing linebacker,” he said. “Don Brown told me they’re very thin at my position and there’s a chance I can play early. I have my mind set on going there and being an impact player and I’m gonna hold myself to that.”

Sylva said he felt a strong connection with Brown, who played college football with one of Sylva’s uncles at Norwich University In Northfield, Vt.

“The recruiting process is a grind, so I wanted to get this done,” Sylva said. “I wanted to stay close to home. It’s a good fit. I’m a happy guy.”

For more recruiting updates on New England's top high school football talent, be sure to check out Brown's blog.

ESPN's Roger Brown has confirmed that Tabor Academy linebacker Jason Sylva has committed to UConn for the fall of 2012.

Sylva, a Plymouth native, attended the Huskies' camp this weekend, and upon his departure from Storrs on Sunday he was told he'd have some good news today. The coaching staff called up with an offer today, and several hours later he issued his commitment over offers from Boston College and the University of Buffalo.

More details to come later.

ESPN's Roger Brown checks in today with Tabor Academy junior linebacker Jason Sylva, who will end up staying at the Marion prep school after all.

A month and a half ago, the Plymouth native told Brown he was transferring and considering New Hampton (N.H.), Tilton (N.H.), Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.) and Cheshire Academy (Conn.).

"I do my school work, it's just really tough academically [at Tabor]," Sylva told Brown at the time. "I had a good season here, but I still don't have any offers. Some of those places have produced quite a few [FBS] players."

Now, he seems set on staying.

“I really considered leaving,” he told Brown. “I thought I would be someplace different next fall, but the coaches here helped me out with a few things. I’m commuting to school instead of living on campus, so I get to go home every night. Things are a lot better now. I’m hoping the next step is that first offer.”

The 6-foot-2, 224-pound Sylva plans on attending camps at UConn, Temple and Maryland this spring, and is still holding out hope for a scholarship offer from Boston College. In the meantime, the University of Utah has begun to reach out for his services.

“Utah is beginning to show a lot of interest and I’m going out there for a visit on June 18,” Sylva told Brown. “Their linebackers coach wants to work me out during a one-day and I got the impression they’re interested in offering. They told me coming out for a visit would be worth it. It’s a nice area and it might be something different. It might be something I’m interested in. That would be a huge offer.”

For more recruiting updates on New England's top high school football talent, be sure to check out Brown's blog.

ESPN's Roger Brown reports on his blog today that Plymouth native Jason Sylva, a Class of 2012 linebacker prospect, will transfer out of Tabor Academy.

Sylva, who repeated his sophomore year at the Marion, Mass. campus after transferring from Plymouth South, said he is considering New Hampton (N.H.), Tilton (N.H.), Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.) and Cheshire Academy (Conn.).

"I do my school work, it's just really tough academically [at Tabor]," Sylva told Brown. "I had a good season here, but I still don't have any offers. Some of those places have produced quite a few [FBS] players."

UConn, Rutgers, Monmouth and Temple are among the Division 1 schools showing the most interest in Sylva. Boston College has shown interest, but Silva told Brown "academically they're not sure" about him.

For more recruiting updates on New England's top high school football talent, be sure to check out Brown's blog.