Okay, so I've been very nervous on the recruiting front (have said so before), so I decided to look at the class so far, and included what we realistically think we have a better than 50% shot at. I took this from HOL staff comments, TOS, some info I have from local friends, Twitter... and the class looks pretty good at this point assuming all holds.
(I may have missed one or two... I'll add if I've missed anyone who should be mentioned... obviously the list is fluid this time of the year)
SO FAR N WITH STARS & POSITION(15):
Smothers (4) - QB
Betts (4) - WR
Corcoran (4) - OL
Gray (4) - DB
Morrison (4) - RB
Nixon (3) - WR
Lynum (3) - DB
Conn (3) - OL
Hutmacher (3) - DT
Gunnerson (3) - DE
Scott III (3) - RB
Delancy (3) - DB
Black (3) - DT
Hodge (3) - OLB/ILB
Aho (2) - DE
GOOD SHOT AT N WITH STARS (10):
Johnson (4) - OLB
Green-Warren (4) - DB
Manning (4) - WR
Fleming (4) - WR
Francois (4) - DB
Coates (3) - DE
Riley (3-HS) - DE - Visiting Dec 7, hearing DE not DT
Dennis (3) - DB
Malani (3) - DE
Ivey (3) - DE
OTHERS WITH STARS IN PLAY:
Hester (4) - WR
J. Robinson (4) - WR
Jo Marks (4) - RB
Slusher (4) - DB
Joyner (3) - DE/OLB
Butler (3) - DE
Harrison (3) - OL
Brown (3) - WR
Wren (3) - LB
Bell VI (3) - DB
Levelston (?) - DE
Yant (?) - RB
Cooper (?) - DE
Mauga (?) - ILB
If all goes well, not even perfect, we could still crack the top 20 in recruiting... And that would need to be credited to this staff holding things together. I have been very critical of personnel decisions and in-game play calling, but credit needs to be given if they salvage a top 20 class. Hopefully they'll learn on the coaching front!
Main areas of concern for me on recruiting:
Still need more at OLB / DE as long as they are early contributors and pass rushers.
Then ILB... this may be a sneaky BIG need, not just a need.
I'm NOT concerned at DT. I like what we have there coming up.
DB's look good.
Offense I really like what is developing and coming in... so long as we hang on to the WR's and RB's and get one more of those big uns at WR.
#GBR
(I may have missed one or two... I'll add if I've missed anyone who should be mentioned... obviously the list is fluid this time of the year)
SO FAR N WITH STARS & POSITION(15):
Smothers (4) - QB
Betts (4) - WR
Corcoran (4) - OL
Gray (4) - DB
Morrison (4) - RB
Nixon (3) - WR
Lynum (3) - DB
Conn (3) - OL
Hutmacher (3) - DT
Gunnerson (3) - DE
Scott III (3) - RB
Delancy (3) - DB
Black (3) - DT
Hodge (3) - OLB/ILB
Aho (2) - DE
GOOD SHOT AT N WITH STARS (10):
Johnson (4) - OLB
Green-Warren (4) - DB
Manning (4) - WR
Fleming (4) - WR
Francois (4) - DB
Coates (3) - DE
Riley (3-HS) - DE - Visiting Dec 7, hearing DE not DT
Dennis (3) - DB
Malani (3) - DE
Ivey (3) - DE
OTHERS WITH STARS IN PLAY:
Hester (4) - WR
J. Robinson (4) - WR
Jo Marks (4) - RB
Slusher (4) - DB
Joyner (3) - DE/OLB
Butler (3) - DE
Harrison (3) - OL
Brown (3) - WR
Wren (3) - LB
Bell VI (3) - DB
Levelston (?) - DE
Yant (?) - RB
Cooper (?) - DE
Mauga (?) - ILB
If all goes well, not even perfect, we could still crack the top 20 in recruiting... And that would need to be credited to this staff holding things together. I have been very critical of personnel decisions and in-game play calling, but credit needs to be given if they salvage a top 20 class. Hopefully they'll learn on the coaching front!
Main areas of concern for me on recruiting:
Still need more at OLB / DE as long as they are early contributors and pass rushers.
Then ILB... this may be a sneaky BIG need, not just a need.
I'm NOT concerned at DT. I like what we have there coming up.
DB's look good.
Offense I really like what is developing and coming in... so long as we hang on to the WR's and RB's and get one more of those big uns at WR.
#GBR
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