John McCartan, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end from Santa Margarita High, made a verbal commitment this week to Fresno State, the Bulldogs scooping him up just as he was starting to draw more interest from a few Power 5 conference programs.
“I just thought, ‘Nothing to wait for. I want to focus on my high school season,’ ” McCartan said. “I loved everything – the coaching staff, everything about it. I had a couple of other offers, but in the end I just really loved the Bulldogs.
“They definitely were the most consistent – (tight ends coach Scott Thompson) is really the first coach I actually talked to.