I think JUCO's are good if you have misses in previous recruiting classes at position groups and you want to get back up to speed quickly. See our defense in 2016 vs 2017-18 as exhibit A.
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Five Star receiver, Rakim Jarrett says that we are his sleeper team in recruitment. Yet it says we have offered him which confuses me.
Haven’t*
What happened with the guy from Rice? There are 2 guys from LSU in the portal, 1 from Arky, 1 from Vandy, and 1 from Ohio State who recently visited Penn State. All of these guys are immediately eligible. I don't know anything about them though except the guy from Ohio State is a stud who has had to deal with injuries.
Florida also has a former 4 star DT from Alabama in the portal as well
Again, it baffles me that we aren't a highly thought of program with D-lineman recruits, and even transfers around the land. If OM can still get WR's from other parts of the country to jump on board regardless of scheme, and if we continue to get passed over by numerous DL' s, even in our own state, what can you attribute this to?
If we did try to play the game, we would probably get burned at the stake by the NCAA. We don't know all the ins and outs like some of the other schools that play the game proficiently, or have the legal expertise, experience or history in doing so. Also the OM Boosters/Lawyers would just love to catch us in trying to play the game,and don't think they wouldn't do all within their power to try and ruin our football program.
It's not just one position group. The perception of our program for what ever reason isn't that good. Take a look at RB. We can currently offer early playing time behind a solid OL and we don't lead for anyone. Marks has as much as told us he isn't coming and we are begging Benson and Dillon to come and even telling them we'll shut down RB recruiting if they commit! It's going to be a tough year on the recruiting trail for Joe and Co.