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Boise State likely landed its best offensive recruit in program history on Monday evening when Little Rock, Arkansas running back, Damarea Crockett announced his pledge to bring his talents all the way across the country to Boise, Idaho.

Crockett posted the following to his twitter profile a little before 7pm Boise time.

I'm truly blessed to say that I am committed to a school that truly wants me! Boise State University! #ATF #BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/9nk2OztwGG — Damarea Crockett #16 (@DamareaCrockett) July 14, 2015

Crockett has been playing football since the first grade, weighs in at around 217 pounds and can run a 4.42 40-yard dash on a hand-held timer.

He is rated as the No.228 overall recruit in the country on the Rivals250, and given a 4* grade.

Crockett turned down offers from a number of schools including Arizona State and Vanderbilt.









I got in touch with “The Rocket” Crockett shortly after his announcement. He called me to say that he feels comfortable with the decision he made. “I feel like a made a quality decision,” he said.

Damarea told me that moving “will be a challenge,” but he feels like he will be accepted at Boise State. “It’s time for me to grow up and be a man.”

The Arkansas product was originally planning on releasing a top 5 this month, but told me he didn’t feel a top 5 was necessary once he arrived for his visit. Boise’s “a great place!” he said.

Crockett said that the Gene Bleymaier Football Center and the Bronco’s indoor practice facility are “truly some of the best facilities in the nation… some of the best facilities I’ve ever seen!”

I asked him how he felt about not getting to see the famous blue turf, as this was his first visit to Boise: “Oh man! I was hurt, I just really wanted to the see the blue turf!”

I asked Crockett for his thoughts on Bryan Harsin and his staff:

“Coach Harsin is a good guy, I can tell he has good intentions for his players, on and off the field, and I can tell he’s going to keep us in a winning tradition.”

The back is highly-talented but doesn’t let that get to his head, saying: “It’s good being a 4-star recruit but there have been walk-ons that have been drafted and 5-stars that haven’t done anything, so I try not to let it get to my head and keep working hard.” Crocket said the 4-star ranking was well deserved, adding, “I worked hard for it, that 4* was on my mind everyday.”









Damarea contacted fellow 2016 Boise State RB commitment Robert Mahone this evening and said the Texas recruit congratulated him, adding: “He’s a great kid, and I feel like we’re going to run the Mountain West!”

Crockett is big, powerful, quick, and fast. He gets in and out of his cuts in space incredible smoothly, and is still light on his feet and shifty in traffic.

His power allows him to stiff-arm defenders to the turf while his break-away speed carries him to the end zone when he does.

He breaks arm-tackles and can bull-over almost any size linebacker. He doesn’t go down easily and runs through a lot of hits. He is a seasoned receiver and has nimble feet near the sideline.









Damarea is sure to carry the ball high and tight but could benefit from learning to carry the ball in his left hand when running with the left sideline as protection.

His goals as a Bronco: “I just want to come in and work hard, and keep the tradition going at Boise State.”

He has one message for Bronco Nation and the media: “Go Broncos!”

Head Coach Bryan Harsin tweeted out his customary “Go Broncos!” commitment-confirmation a short while after the original posting of this article.

You can check out Damarea’s Hudl highlights below and follow him on Twitter @DamareaCrockett.









Damarea Crockett’s Hudl Higlights

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