2011 Recruiting

[canyoncat]

So far at Montana State we have 9 commitments:

LB Nate Bignell 6-2 200 Drummond, MT
LB Trey Spirlin 6-3 215 Helena, MT (Capital High)
DL Taylor Sheridan 6-4 250 Highlands Ranch, CO (Rock Canyon)
DL Monte Folsom 6-3 250 Dillon, MT
Brother played at Weber and will go on two year mission before joining Cats
DL Aschan Richards 6-6 215 Butte, MT (Central)
OL Joel Horn 6-5 280 Kalispell, MT (Glacier)
WR Jake Olson 6-3 205 Great Falls, MT (Great Falls High)
QB Jake Bleskin 6-2 170 Great Falls, MT (CMR)
OL Steven Memory 6-5 295 Stockton, CA (San Joaquin Delta JC)
Will enroll for spring semester

Rumor that Aschan Richards has decommitted and is verbaling with the griz. Hate it when this happens (realize it happens all the time) because it now puts the school in a hard position to try and pick up a kid that they might have pulled an offer from. If true, best of luck Aschan!

[FargoBison]

NDSU is really hitting Arizona hard this year...so far we have four verbals from AZ and there are a few more players with offers still out...

Jordan Champion, 5-9, 160, CB/RB, Avondale (Westview)
Danell Miles, 6-0, 190, DB, Goodyear AZ
Ryan Stanford, 6-2, 180, QB, Scottsdale (Horizon), AZ
Matt Jones, 5-10, 198, RB, Scottsdale (Horizon), AZ

[guinzone]

Update on the YSU Recruiting Trail:
YSU is planning to host more than a dozen potential recruits on Jan. 14 and will host about 20 on Jan. 21 and between 12-14 on Jan. 28.

The Jan. 21 date will include many players who have already committed to the Penguins.

YSU’s recruiting efforts have centered around high school seniors and junior college players, although that could change now that there have been several coaching changes at the Division I level.

YSU has commitments from 12 players and Wolford has said he would like to add about 30 players this offseason.

[SloStang]

Offers to:


QB - Conor Bednarksi (6'3" 200) Daniel Lewis (6'4" 190) Zandro Diaz (5'11" 170)
RB - Shaq Richard* (5'9" 175) Rocky Meszaros (5'8" 185) Garrett Steele (6'1" 205) Martin Brown (5'9" 180) Kyle Alvarez (6'1" 172) Jared Leaf (6'2" 225) Kristaan Ivory (5'9" 190)
WR - Willie Tucker* (6'3" 200) Rivals, Mansel Simmons* (6'4" 217) Romon Bridges* (5'8" 160) Mike Evans (6'3" 195) Cameron Rowland (6'1" 161) Justin Cox (6'2" 180) Brandon Engel (6'1" 180) Brandon White (6'2" 190) Alex McLeland (6'4" 185), Nick Zamora (6'2" 175) Bryce McGovern (5'9" 180) Ian Hamilton (6'4" 202) Miles O'Dell (6'0" 167)
ATH - Cory Brehm (6'1" 190) Kevin Orme (5'10" 195)
TE - Nick Brown (6'2" 205) Austin Thayer (6'5" 215)
OG - Parker Smith (6'4" 275) Dawson Graham (6'3" 255)
OT - Michael Padovese (6'6" 330)
DT - Nathan Falo* (6'1" 305) Brandon Pulealii* (6'0" 310) Charlie Avila (6'0" 245)
DE - Mike Davis* (6'5" 238) Christian Hill (6'5" 220) Christian Holloway (6'5" 225) Luke Wood (6'4" 240) Walter Earnest (6'0" 241) Garrett Guanella (6'5" 215) Anthony Popovich (6'3" 270) Jalen Rosales (6'2" 229)
LB - Tyler Gray* (6'3" 215) Burton DeKoning* (6'2 1/2" 216) Tyler Perkins* (6'3" 225) Jacob Barrow (5'11" 207) Jason Franklin (6'2" 210) Juan Martinez (6'3" 216) Kyle Egan (6'1" 216)
CB - Karlton Dennis* (5'10" 175) Nicky Firestone (5'10" 178) Dylan Valentine (5'10" 175) Kris Olugbode (5'9" 185) Corey Stevens (6'0" 178)
S - Antoine Pickett (6'0" 175) Ruben Rubacalva (5'10" 170) Marc Sasso (6'0" 205) Javen Butler (6'1" 190) Rufus Wolokolie (6'0" 195) Isaiah Lott (5'9" 166)

Committed To Cal Poly:

QB Chris Brown (6'0" 165)
QB Tu'uta Inoke* (6'1' 205)

credit to Musty from the Cal Poly yuku site for the research

Only the ones with * had offers. I put them in bold.

[guinzone]

People are pretty upset in Youngstown. Our top WR recruit from the Mahoning Valley's Girard HS rescinded his Youngstown State commitment and now committed to Ohio. He had offers to Indiana, Syracuse, a number of MAC schools, and YSU. He committed to YSU in August.

YSU still has 12 verbal commitments thus far.

[Tribe4SF]

W&M at 5 commitments. Expect news of a transfer soon.

Luke Rhodes...LB/RB...6'3" 220...Holidaysburg, PA

Deandre Houston-Carson...CB/RB...6'1" 175...Massaponax, VA

Christian Brumbaugh...QB...6'3" 200...South Fayette, PA (88 career TD passes...52 this year)

Nick Easter...OL/DL...6'4" 280...Colonial Forge, VA

Anthony Johnson...WR...6'2" 180...Mountain View, VA

[TheHerd]

NDSU got four more commitments today, which brings us up to about 15 verbals so far. Expecting about four or five more.

[CoachL]

Paul Mania, 6' 3" 220 lbs. OLB from New Jersey chooses Duquesne over Albany and a host of Patriot League suitors.

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"Paul Mania, a Third Team All-State linebacker from Hunterdon Central, has verbally committed to 1-AA Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

Mania visited Duquesne over the weekend, touring the school and meeting the team's players and coaches. He will received a combined athletic and academic scholarship.

Mania, who registered 72 tackles and 9.5 sacks for Hunterdon Central (10-2), the NJSIAA Group 4, Section 2 runner-up, chose Duquesne over Lehigh, Lafayette, Albany and Colgate. Mania said he anticipates playing outside linebacker for Duquesne, which competes in the Northeast Conference."

Duquesne's MAAC days are fading quickly in the rear-view mirror.

[danefan]

Paul Mania, 6' 3" 220 lbs. OLB from New Jersey chooses Duquesne over Albany and a host of Patriot League suitors.

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"Paul Mania, a Third Team All-State linebacker from Hunterdon Central, has verbally committed to 1-AA Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

Mania visited Duquesne over the weekend, touring the school and meeting the team's players and coaches. He will received a combined athletic and academic scholarship.

Mania, who registered 72 tackles and 9.5 sacks for Hunterdon Central (10-2), the NJSIAA Group 4, Section 2 runner-up, chose Duquesne over Lehigh, Lafayette, Albany and Colgate. Mania said he anticipates playing outside linebacker for Duquesne, which competes in the Northeast Conference."


Duquesne's MAAC days are fading quickly in the rear-view mirror.

Good pickup for the Dukes. Dude is a huge OLB for this level.

[Fact]

Villanova update

here's what rivals has officially-

additional commits
DT Jordan Hunter
DE Reggie Paris
TE/DE Morgan Craig
OL Vince Kowalski
LB Dillon Lucas
LB/RB/DB Matt McCann.

Still waiting to hear from (notables):
DB Terrell Chestnut. if Chestnut were to sign with Villanova, this would probably be the biggest recruit an FCS team has ever landed. as of right now, he's choosing between VU, miami, boston college, and west virginia
S/RB/LB Maika Polamalu. went to the same high school as Chestnut, has a kinda famous last name if you're into football (yes, he's related.)
DB/WR/RB Adam Dempsey. his brother John was one of Villanova's best defensive players for the past few years.

as you can see, this is quite the recruiting haul in a year where Villanova needed a big one, and it has the chance to get even better. on paper, this is easily the best in the country and perhaps the best ever for an FCS school. Villanova had to have been significantly aided in this haul by the rumors surrounding a potential move to the big east, even though most of these players would play a year or two tops in the big east if we do upgrade.

[danefan]

The QB from Paramus is a really solid player. He'll need to bulk up (no way he's 190) but he's very athletic and was very succsuful in one of the toughest HS football areas in the nation (North Jersey).

[Fact]

The QB from Paramus is a really solid player. He'll need to bulk up (no way he's 190) but he's very athletic and was very succsuful in one of the toughest HS football areas in the nation (North Jersey).

his stats are incredible-

1,955 passing yards- 21 TDs
2,023 rushing yards- 28 TDs

most impressive of all he accounted for 3,978 of Paramus' 4,685 yards of total offense

[danefan]

The QB from Paramus is a really solid player. He'll need to bulk up (no way he's 190) but he's very athletic and was very succsuful in one of the toughest HS football areas in the nation (North Jersey).

his stats are incredible-

1,955 passing yards- 21 TDs
2,023 rushing yards- 28 TDs

most impressive of all he accounted for 3,978 of Paramus' 4,685 yards of total offense

He had 600 total yards and accounted for 8 TDs (7 rushing Tds!) in his last game ever against Old Tapan in the playoffs.

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The QB he matched up against from Old Tapan is one of top junior recruits in the country right now. Good HS football around here.

[slulionsfan]

as you can see, this is quite the recruiting haul in a year where Villanova needed a big one, and it has the chance to get even better. on paper, this is easily the best in the country and perhaps the best ever for an FCS school. Villanova had to have been significantly aided in this haul by the rumors surrounding a potential move to the big east, even though most of these players would play a year or two tops in the big east if we do upgrade.

Not disputing that Villanova will have a great class - they most certainly will and should given the profile and success of the program - but how do you figure, on paper, this class is the "perhaps the best ever for an FCS school?"

[Fact]

i qualified that with "on paper". i'm not trying to predict anything, but i am saying that from a sheer recruiting website perspective, this class is ridiculous.

[slulionsfan]

i qualified that with "on paper". i'm not trying to predict anything, but i am saying that from a sheer recruiting website perspective, this class is ridiculous.

Not saying you are predicting anything or that Nova won't have the best class when it's all said and done, but wondering if you were relying on the Rivals ratings in making that statement? Reason I say that is because "on paper" we had a very similar class last year, and may come close again this year if things fall into place...but I don't put much value on the Rivals ratings when it comes to making class comparisons at this level...I think there's obviously some merit to how they rate players, but a lot of it is political and I don't think there's a lot of consistency in how they determine who gets stars and how many...not to mention all the players who fall through the cracks, unevaluated.

Of course, this argument arises every year and it's a lot of fun to debate! Ha!

Good luck to the Wildcats...I'm sure you guys will have a tremendous haul on signing day, as usual.

[Fact]

Villanova officially has three players in the Big 33 game with another week and a half to add mroe

[Tribe4SF]

as you can see, this is quite the recruiting haul in a year where Villanova needed a big one, and it has the chance to get even better. on paper, this is easily the best in the country and perhaps the best ever for an FCS school. Villanova had to have been significantly aided in this haul by the rumors surrounding a potential move to the big east, even though most of these players would play a year or two tops in the big east if we do upgrade.

Why is Mickey Matthews commenting on the Nova class?

[guinzone]

Villanova would appear to have the strongest class at this point from the FCS schools I've watched closely. I like NDSU's recruits a lot and it will be interesting to see who fills out YSU's 30 person recruiting class.

[danefan]

How much of Nova's recruiting is benefiting from the Big East invite?

You have to imagine if a kid is deciding between say Richmond, Nova, Delaware, MAC schools, etc... that he might be swayed knowing that by the time he leaves Nova he could very well be playing in the Big East?

[Tribe4SF]

The recruiting sites are missing so much at our level as to be useless in ranking a class. They also play games with their rankings. Last month Scout.com had Tribe recruit Christian Brumbaugh rated the #67 QB in the country as a 3-star. After he committed to W&M, they dropped him to #109 and a 2-star. To earn that drop he completed 2010 with a 65% completion rate for nearly 4,000 yards and a PIAA record 52 TD passes, as well as a state AA POY designation. W&M sent four players to the NFL last spring, and none of them had even a single star from any service coming out of high school.

[tampajag]

Jefferson two-way lineman Manny Cromuel has orally committed to South Dakota, Jefferson coach Mike Fenton said Wednesday.

The 6-foot-2, 298-pound Cromuel, who played both offensive guard and defensive tackle for the Dragons, just made an official visit to the Division I-AA school this past weekend.

http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/j ... kota/8078/

[tampajag]

Clearwater Central Catholic quarterback/defensive back Nick Newton committed to Presbyterian College, an FCS school in Clinton, S.C.

http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/c ... rian/7964/

[Fact]

The recruiting sites are missing so much at our level as to be useless in ranking a class. They also play games with their rankings. Last month Scout.com had Tribe recruit Christian Brumbaugh rated the #67 QB in the country as a 3-star. After he committed to W&M, they dropped him to #109 and a 2-star. To earn that drop he completed 2010 with a 65% completion rate for nearly 4,000 yards and a PIAA record 52 TD passes, as well as a state AA POY designation. W&M sent four players to the NFL last spring, and none of them had even a single star from any service coming out of high school.

i agree to a lot of what you're saying, but at the same time you have to look at the schools Villanova is beating out for players-

Jamal Abdur-Rahman- offer from maryland
Corey Majors- offers from temple, minnesota, and pitt
Dillon Lucas- offers from duke and buffalo
Kevin Monangai- central michigan
Morgan Craig- akron, kent state, western michigan
Patrick Williams- buffalo, fau, fiu, marshall, memphis, mtsu, new mexico, northern illinois
Joe Sarnese- cmu, wmu

so that's three players who turned down bcs offers to go to Villanova. and an incomplete list of guys who turned down other fbs offers.

[guinzone]

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