2011 Recruiting

[Fact]

Just curious, do you think Villanova is telling them something we may not know... Like a move to the Big East?

they've supposedly been instructed not to, but it's an elephant in the room because you have to believe that all of the kids being recruited have seen the news reports.

[dal4018]

This is a nice class for Cal Poly

[tampajag]

Southern picks up a commitment for Jones (Orlando) High School's Jamal Massey.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/florid ... outhern-u/

[guinzone]

YSU picked up commitment #13 this weekend from Maple Heights ATH Andre Stubbs. Maple Heights won the Division 2 State Title in Ohio this year and they were led by Cincinnati WR/QB Commit Shaq Washington and YSU ATH Commit Andre Stubbs. In the state title game, they played a team with 9 BCS recruits and he was able to run wild in that contest.

He is only 5'6" 150, but the kid may pose some mismatches with his speed and unique size... Video:
http://letsgoguins.com/recruiting/footb ... -ysu-offer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Chose YSU over Kent State, Air Force, Booby Morris, and Duquesne.

[danefan]

Word is that Nova is getting another top recruit

Jordan Canzeri out of Troy, NY

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He has an offer from Iowa that he got right after he committed to Villanova. We'll see if he sticks with Nova on signing day.

Kid is a solid recruit, just a little small. 1st team NYS AA (largest division).

[clenz]

Sounds like something Iowa would do. They get a good number of players, in basketball and football, who have committed elsewhere. They then go in with an offer and make all kinds of promises to the kid and bash the living hell out of the school they committed too

[tampajag]

Sounds like something Iowa would do. They get a good number of players, in basketball and football, who have committed elsewhere. They then go in with an offer and make all kinds of promises to the kid and bash the living hell out of the school they committed too

LSU does the same thing..

[danefan]

Looks like UConn is about to do the same thing for the kid.

http://iowa.scout.com/2/1042614.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[clenz]

According to a quote from that link Nova won't keep him and only landed him through bully techniques.

“Iowa offered last night and UCONN called this morning. It's been a busy two days for me,” said Canzeri. “It's just really awesome to think about playing in a big time league and stuff, but at the same time really stressful. It's all happening at once and right after I was rushed to commit to Villanova.

“They had a deadline for me which was yesterday and they told me they couldn't extend it. Literally a few hours later, Iowa offered.”



He committed out of fear of losing that offer and not getting another one. Other schools knew about that and once the deadline past other schools called.

[danefan]

According to a quote from that link Nova won't keep him and only landed him through bully techniques.

“Iowa offered last night and UCONN called this morning. It's been a busy two days for me,” said Canzeri. “It's just really awesome to think about playing in a big time league and stuff, but at the same time really stressful. It's all happening at once and right after I was rushed to commit to Villanova.

“They had a deadline for me which was yesterday and they told me they couldn't extend it. Literally a few hours later, Iowa offered.”



He committed out of fear of losing that offer and not getting another one. Other schools knew about that and once the deadline past other schools called.

Not sure if I'd characterize them as "bully techniques" but it sure sounds like there was some pressure from Nova, which is very common from teams at the FCS and lower FBS levels to try and avoid this situation.

[guinzone]

YSU is up to 90 offers and 16 commits.
Picked up a CB from Warren G. Harding High School, home to Maurice Clarett, Mario Manningham, Boom Herron, etc.
Picked up a JUCO All-American Safety from Alfred State Community College.

Interesting offer:
YSU offered an OL from Warren G. Harding High School that is 6'5" 363 pounds. Other sites have him at 330. Heard he needed to trim some weight and would have had many major offers.

[guinzone]

Youngstown State is up to 20 commitments as of today. Rumor in Youngstown is former WGH LB, who originally committed to Michigan last year, will be attending YSU next season. He was a 3-star LB with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, and West Virginia.

YSU is loading up on the recruits and won't have to fill too many spots come next Wednesday.

[CPAlum]

Cal Poly seems to having a fantastic recruiting year...time will tell

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/01/26 ... ently.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CatMom]

Matt Freeman (6’1” – 253) - Center - Abilene Cooper
·5A AP All State first team
·USA Today’s All USA football second team (only OL from Texas named to the team)
·2011 US Under 19 National Team
·3-year starter graded 94 percent or above this season; 84 pancakes
·Scout 2 star rating

Anthony Evans (6’3” – 285) – Tackle – Abilene Cooper
·3-5A All-District Football Team

Josh Robinson (5’11” – 235) – LB – Abilene Cooper
·5A AP All State first team
·110 tackles, 8 sacks, 12 QB hurries; 3-year starter

Shaun Rutherford (5’11” – 192) – Athlete – Blinn Junior College
First Team All-Conference WR 2010 Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Career Stats at Blinn:
Rushing: 28 - 102
Recieving: 55 - 621 - 4 TD's
Passing: 23 - 38 - 460 - 4 - 1


Jack Costello (6’4” – 285) – Tackle – The Woodlands
·14-5A All-District
·2010 VYPE Magazine's All-Greater Houston Football Team 2nd Team
·VYPE Magazine and Rivals.com Houston Hot 100
·Nike Houston All-Combine Team (Results: 5.36 40, 4.81 shuttle, 33.5 PB, 29.1 VJ, 70.50 SPARQ Breakdown: Another athletic guard prospect who showed quick feet and good agility.)

Justin Bean (6’2” – 195) – Wide Receiver – Itawamba Community College
·Scout 2 star Rating
·Rivals 2 star Rating (5.4 Grade)
·Career Stats (9 games)
·Receiving: 10-139-2
·Kentucky commitment this summer
·Kentucky commitment out of high school

Mike Yoder (6’5” – 290) – Tackle – Blinn Junior College
·Rivals 2 star (5.3 Rating)
·Scout 2 star prospect out of highschool
·First Team All-Conference 2010 Southwest Junior College Football Conference

Kyle Doll (6’4” – 215) TE – Blinn Junior College
·ESPN 2 star rating out of highschool (Grade 74)
·Was recruited by Kentucky and Mississippi State out of highschool
·Had offers from UNLV, Miami (OH), and Air Force out of highschool
·Played in 2 games this year, catching 2 passes for 30 yards

Zach Crawford (6’0” – 280) – Guard – Westwood High School
·2nd team All Central Texas
·1st team 16-5A All District
·Scout 2 star prospect

Darius Hood (6’0” – 257) – Defensive Tackle – Plano East
·2010 DFW All-Area 2nd team
·Defensive MVP of TheOldCoach Five Star Performance Camp
·’10 GG (5atexasfootball.com) 2nd team all Texas defense
·2009 – All Junior Team Defensive Tackle
·2nd team 2010 All Collin County defense
·2009 First Team All District

ATH - Tommie Robins - 6-1, 216 - Pflugerville HS

all these guys have videos but I'm not taking the time to post them.

[guinzone]

Just curious how many commits do all the other FCS schools have right now?
I'd have to say YSU is near, or at, the top with 21 commits with 9 more to go.

[Fact]

According to a quote from that link Nova won't keep him and only landed him through bully techniques.

“Iowa offered last night and UCONN called this morning. It's been a busy two days for me,” said Canzeri. “It's just really awesome to think about playing in a big time league and stuff, but at the same time really stressful. It's all happening at once and right after I was rushed to commit to Villanova.

“They had a deadline for me which was yesterday and they told me they couldn't extend it. Literally a few hours later, Iowa offered.”



He committed out of fear of losing that offer and not getting another one. Other schools knew about that and once the deadline past other schools called.

Not sure if I'd characterize them as "bully techniques" but it sure sounds like there was some pressure from Nova, which is very common from teams at the FCS and lower FBS levels to try and avoid this situation.

this is the third or fourth time ferentz has jumped in on a kid after he committed to Nova. no surprise there.

[Tribe4SF]

Just curious how many commits do all the other FCS schools have right now?
I'd have to say YSU is near, or at, the top with 21 commits with 9 more to go.

Most schools don't have the bare cupboard the guins apparently have. W&M will bring in 12-14 on scholarship, and typically gets about 10-12 walk-ons. So far...

QB Christian Brumbaugh...6'3" 200...South Fayette H.S., PA (Scout 3-star/ offers from Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Duquesne, St. Francis)
LB/RB Luke Rhodes...6'3" 215...Holidaysburg H.S., PA
CB/RB Deandre Houston-Carson...6'1" 175...Massaponax H.S., VA (Offers from JMU and Elon)
WR Anthony Johnson...6'2" 180...Mountain View H.S., VA (Rivals 2-star/ Offer from Richmond)
OL/DL Nick Easter...6'4" 280...Colonial Forge H.S., VA (Offer from Kent St., Penn, Brown)
S/RB/KR Jared Velasquez...6'1" 190...Robinson H.S., VA (ESPN 3-star/ Rivals 2-star/ offers from West Virginia, Richmond, JMU)

Transfer:
RB Keith McBride...6' 210...Memphis University School, TN (Navy) (Rivals 3-star/ had 13 offers last year)

Walk-on:
LB Terrence Mack...6' 205...Hampton H.S., VA (Rivals 2-star)

Two additional targets known to have the Tribe on their short lists are CB Douglas Middleton from Parkland H.S. in N.C., and DE Jasper Coleman from James River H.S. in VA. Both are Rivals 2-stars. Middleton has seven offers, including Ball State, and Coleman has six including Vanderbilt, Marshall and Ohio U.

[danefan]

Just curious how many commits do all the other FCS schools have right now?
I'd have to say YSU is near, or at, the top with 21 commits with 9 more to go.

Most schools don't have the bare cupboard the guins apparently have. W&M will bring in 12-14 on scholarship, and typically gets about 10-12 walk-ons. So far...

QB Christian Brumbaugh...6'3" 200...South Fayette H.S., PA (Scout 3-star/ offers from Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Duquesne, St. Francis)
LB/RB Luke Rhodes...6'3" 215...Holidaysburg H.S., PA
CB/RB Deandre Houston-Carson...6'1" 175...Massaponax H.S., VA (Offers from JMU and Elon)
WR Anthony Johnson...6'2" 180...Mountain View H.S., VA (Rivals 2-star/ Offer from Richmond)
OL/DL Nick Easter...6'4" 280...Colonial Forge H.S., VA (Offer from Kent St., Penn, Brown)
S/RB/KR Jared Velasquez...6'1" 190...Robinson H.S., VA (ESPN 3-star/ Rivals 2-star/ offers from West Virginia, Richmond, JMU)

Transfer:
RB Keith McBride...6' 210...Memphis University School, TN (Navy) (Rivals 3-star/ had 13 offers last year)

Walk-on:
LB Terrence Mack...6' 205...Hampton H.S., VA (Rivals 2-star)

Two additional targets known to have the Tribe on their short lists are CB Douglas Middleton from Parkland H.S. in N.C., and DE Jasper Coleman from James River H.S. in VA. Both are Rivals 2-stars. Middleton has seven offers, including Ball State, and Coleman has six including Vanderbilt, Marshall and Ohio U.

I think that recruiting size is commonplace for FCS teams.

On the complete opposite spectrum would be Albany's year this year. We only need to replace about 5 graduating schoalrship seniors. We will have a very small recruiting class.

[93henfan]

Here is what is showing on the GoHens recruiting section:

Verbal commits: 7
Nick Boyle LS/TE Sussex, NJ/High Point Regional 6-5/240
Ben Curtis OT Towson, MD/Calvert Hall 6-5/270
Eric Farkas Ath Sanford, FL/Seminole 6-0/180
Mike Kastel DE St Charles, IL/St Charles North 6-7/230
Christian Marchena OL Hazlet, NJ/Raritan 6-3/285
Matt Rodriguez TE Lake Worth, FL/Park Vista 6-4/225
Logan Schultz DE/DT Ortanna, PA/Gettysburg 6-3/270

Offered awaiting decision: 8
Tavon Bailey CB Hyattsville, MD/DeMatha 6-1/175
Sherrod Baltimore Ath Ft Washington, MD/Friendly 5-10/160
Trey Gardner WR Dinwiddie, VA/Dinwiddie 6-5/202
Joshua Grady QB Seffner, FL/Armwood 6-1/192
Shawn Hoover DT Pittsgrove, NJ/Schalick 6-0/280
Steven Hughes QB Melbourne, FL/Melbourne Palm Bay 6-2/190
Marcus Jones WR Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken 6-1/185
David Tinsley DE Seffner, FL/Armwood 6-2/250

Prospects without present offers: 91
Committed elsewhere: 34

[bandl]

Here is what is showing on the GoHens recruiting section:

Verbal commits: 7
Nick Boyle LS/TE Sussex, NJ/High Point Regional 6-5/240
Ben Curtis OT Towson, MD/Calvert Hall 6-5/270
Eric Farkas Ath Sanford, FL/Seminole 6-0/180
Mike Kastel DE St Charles, IL/St Charles North 6-7/230
Christian Marchena OL Hazlet, NJ/Raritan 6-3/285
Matt Rodriguez TE Lake Worth, FL/Park Vista 6-4/225
Logan Schultz DE/DT Ortanna, PA/Gettysburg 6-3/270

Offered awaiting decision: 8
Tavon Bailey CB Hyattsville, MD/DeMatha 6-1/175
Sherrod Baltimore Ath Ft Washington, MD/Friendly 5-10/160
Trey Gardner WR Dinwiddie, VA/Dinwiddie 6-5/202
Joshua Grady QB Seffner, FL/Armwood 6-1/192
Shawn Hoover DT Pittsgrove, NJ/Schalick 6-0/280
Steven Hughes QB Melbourne, FL/Melbourne Palm Bay 6-2/190
Marcus Jones WR Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken 6-1/185
David Tinsley DE Seffner, FL/Armwood 6-2/250

Prospects without present offers: 91
Committed elsewhere: 34

OMG, none NONE, NOT A SINGLE ONE from Delaware??? What, did ODU take over up there too?

[93henfan]

OMG, none NONE, NOT A SINGLE ONE from Delaware??? What, did ODU take over up there too?

As you know, with a population under a million, the pool to draw from is small.

I know one local kid here in Dover, Trip Thurman, is headed to Florida and another from Dover, Kamal Abrams, is headed to Connecticut. As for upstate, Angelo Blackson from Bear is headed to Auburn, Kyle Carter from New Castle is headed to Penn State, Evan Mulrooney and Brandon Ross from Wilmington are both headed to Maryland, Jake Quinn from Wilmington is headed to Temple, and Jim Custer from Wilmington is headed to Monmouth, the only FCS commit listed. Delaware expressed interest to six of the guys that went FBS. The only other Delaware kid showing on the GoHens radar is John Gasparovic, QB from Middletown.

It's no real secret that Delaware focuses on NJ, VA, PA, MD, and FL for the most part.

[bandl]

OMG, none NONE, NOT A SINGLE ONE from Delaware??? What, did ODU take over up there too?

As you know, with a population under a million, the pool to draw from is small.

I know one local kid here in Dover, Trip Thurman, is headed to Florida and another from Dover, Kamal Abrams, is headed to Connecticut. As for upstate, Angelo Blackson from Bear is headed to Auburn, Kyle Carter from New Castle is headed to Penn State, Evan Mulrooney and Brandon Ross from Wilmington are both headed to Maryland, Jake Quinn from Wilmington is headed to Temple, and Jim Custer from Wilmington is headed to Monmouth, the only FCS commit listed. Delaware expressed interest to six of the guys that went FBS. The only other Delaware kid showing on the GoHens radar is John Gasparovic, QB from Middletown.

So much Delaware fail going on there...

[93henfan]

So much Delaware fail going on there...

Ever play with math?

Population of NJ+PA+MD+VA+FL = 54 million
Population of DE = 900K (or 1.7% of the states above)

Delaware 2010 roster: 105 players
From Delaware: 15 (14.3%)

As you can see, Delaware players are disproportionally represented in the positive on the Hens' roster for their target recruiting areas. Per capita, some pretty good players are produced here. Carry on.

[bandl]

So much Delaware fail going on there...

Ever play with math?

Of course not.

ODU RULES!

[CatMom]

We only lost 14 off a squad of 87. However, we get to add 11 "FBS" scholarships this year, so we're looking @ 25 instead of the 14.

We have 12 verbals (that I know of) so far. Not bad considering we went 7 weeks without a coach.
I'm sure there are more...but I can only identify the 12.