2018 Recruiting Thread

[Irondawg]

So what our thoughts on Mason? Recruiting him as a WR?

[Bully13]

So what our thoughts on Mason? Recruiting him as a WR?

we'll need his services on both sides.*****

[Ifyouonlyknew]

So what our thoughts on Mason? Recruiting him as a WR?

Safety

[louisvilledawg]

so help a brother out. What are the chances with Spivey? he's announcing today at noon per his twitter. I looked him up and it said he's a tight end? Are we thinking about taking him on as an O-Lineman?

[shrimp]

He will likely play on defense.

so help a brother out. What are the chances with Spivey? he's announcing today at noon per his twitter. I looked him up and it said he's a tight end? Are we thinking about taking him on as an O-Lineman?

[Ari Gold]

so help a brother out. What are the chances with Spivey? he's announcing today at noon per his twitter. I looked him up and it said he's a tight end? Are we thinking about taking him on as an O-Lineman?

Good guys. And DE..

[Bully13]

what's the story on Antonio Nelson? 10th ranked player out of AL, does that #4 say he's the 4th best CB in the country?

https://247sports.com/Player/Antonio-Nelson-85460

[bostondawg]

what's the story on Antonio Nelson? 10th ranked player out of AL, does that #4 say he's the 4th best CB in the country?

https://247sports.com/Player/Antonio-Nelson-85460

Those are JUCO rankings, only comparing him to other JUCO players.

[Bully13]

Those are JUCO rankings, only comparing him to other JUCO players.

still pretty decent rankings for a juco, no? was wondering why not many major offers. anybody know?

[bostondawg]

still pretty decent rankings for a juco, no? was wondering why not many major offers. anybody know?

Look at his rating. compare that to the high school class this year from Alabama. A good comparison is this kid: https://247sports.com/Player/Daniel-Beard-89703

That kid is a safety with similar rating. Long story short: no, being the number 5 corner in Juco is about equivalent to being the 100th best corner in high school. Typically a kid like that won't pick up many major D1 offers.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Look at his rating. compare that to the high school class this year from Alabama. A good comparison is this kid: https://247sports.com/Player/Daniel-Beard-89703

That kid is a safety with similar rating. Long story short: no, being the number 5 corner in Juco is about equivalent to being the 100th best corner in high school. Typically a kid like that won't pick up many major D1 offers.

No it's because jucos don't normally get rated high. Guidry is the #2 rated juco in the country & his composite is a 91. It's just the way jucos are ranked.

[Ari Gold]

Look at his rating. compare that to the high school class this year from Alabama. A good comparison is this kid: https://247sports.com/Player/Daniel-Beard-89703

That kid is a safety with similar rating. Long story short: no, being the number 5 corner in Juco is about equivalent to being the 100th best corner in high school. Typically a kid like that won't pick up many major D1 offers.

He committed to UF out of high school. And if you want to only go by Juco rankings, Darrius Slay wasn't "rated" in the top 50.

[SmokeyDawg]

Spivey to the good guys per 247

[Bully13]

Spivey to the good guys per 247

6-6 & 220. looks like there's some room to put on some muscle. DE?

[Really Clark?]

6-6 & 220. looks like there's some room to put on some muscle. DE?

Preston Smith 2.0

[bostondawg]

To be clear: I'm not trying to knock the kid for his rating. I personally don't care. I was trying to draw a comparison for Bully13 to see why the kid doesn't have a ton of D1 offers.

The fact of the matter is that we should expect Juco kids to be rated less--their value to the team is normally less. They lose two years of eligibility and get worse coaching during that time. As in, less development. (Normally. Yes I understand that sometimes there are kids who aren't ready for D1.)

I promise you there isn't some international Illuminati in a smoky back room conspiring to artificially deflate recruiting rankings of Juco kids.

[msstate7]

One down. 5 to go

Is whop the least likely?

[archdawg]

Which of our commits/prospects are expected to sign in December? Will we have any EEs?

[Cary Hudson's little bro]

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[bostondawg]

"For the rest of the way, I believe OL are the top priority along with another safety (Myles Mason), juco corner and another skill player or two." - Paul Jones.

I'll guess:

OL's James Carvin and mystery croot,
S Mason
CB - Antonio Nelson
WR's Whop, Antonio Gibson

What y'all think?

I don't have any inside info on any of this (Ari has been good in his posts over the past few pages though), but just thought I'd mention how our class would look if all of these guys came true (minus the mystery croot, whoever that is). We'd sit at a 223.83 overall composite score, which would put as the #24 overall class by last year's rankings, same spot as last year, with an almost identical class score. Some other notes though:
- people are going to be dropped, we'd have 31 commits. But I'll go with Ari's advice on relaxing about the numbers. It'll work out.
- The class would be about average at #24 overall... I'd love to see us improve to top 20 regularly. But, this class would have to be considered an enormous win because it would probably be our best OL and WR class under Mullen--positions we desperately have underrecruited.
- I think it sets us up well with the 2019 class.