2026 HS/JC Football Recruiting

[Todd4State]

We're going to go portal heavy again. Some of them will be processed yes, but some of the guys we got are being brought in for depth too. I would say, AT THIS POINT, there's only about 5-7 HS guys from any state on our board that we would take a commitment from. I mean you obviously take a kid like Bralan Womack, Tristan Keys, or Nolan Wilson if they called but they're not calling. None of those guys had any interest in either State or OM. Now to the realistic guys, a guy like TJ White you would take and I think there's a better than average chance he ends up in our class. Dereon Albert would be a take if he called. I don't think he will, but there's a chance. He's more set on out of state than White. Jase Matthews is another kid we'd take if he called. I think he's going to end up at either State or OM, but I can't say right now. Now on the flip side, if Xavier McDonald called either State or OM right now, I don't think either would take a commitment. A guy like Emmanuel Tucker, I don't think he'll decommit from LSU, but they could drop him. I don't think if he called we'd take his commitment after he decommitted from us and kind of ghosted Loadholt in the process. I think Kavon Conciauro from Houston Co in GA would be a take if he decommitted from Duke and I think he ends up in our class.


Overall I think this class is still going to be VERY portal heavy. I think 27 will be the first year you really see us after HS kids hard again. And look, this staff doesn't prioritize HS recruiting as much. They prioritize 12-15 guys a class and if they don't get those guys they're not going to pivot to a development who will leave in 2 years and never contribute jack squat. They'll go get a transfer. It's a lot like how OM is recruiting these days.

One way to look at it as far as 2029 goes.

We have our QB in KT

We have our RB in JJ Hill

Just need to build around that group in 2027 and the portal.

[DEDawg]

One way to look at it as far as 2029 goes.

We have our QB in KT

We have our RB in JJ Hill

Just need to build around that group in 2027 and the portal.

I like playing the long game and just getting better each year. At our best, we are a 9 win team every 3-4 years anyway. I also think the portal will be drastically different by 2029

[archdog]

My nephew, who was in the QB room at Missouri last year, entered the portal late and never found a landing spot.
Sooner or later, the portal is going to be dangerous for kids to jump into unless they do not have a place to land immediately.
The student athletes are going to be slow to learn this, but every single cycle there are players that don't find a place to land and the lose their scholarships the second they hit the portal.

[Todd4State]

I like playing the long game and just getting better each year. At our best, we are a 9 win team every 3-4 years anyway. I also think the portal will be drastically different by 2029

It would be awesome if we could get to the point where we are a consistent 9 win team every year.

[Dawgology]

My nephew, who was in the QB room at Missouri last year, entered the portal late and never found a landing spot.
Sooner or later, the portal is going to be dangerous for kids to jump into unless they do not have a place to land immediately.
The student athletes are going to be slow to learn this, but every single cycle there are players that don't find a place to land and the lose their scholarships the second they hit the portal.

I read a stat somewhere but now I can’t remember the exact number, it was high though. The amount of kids that don’t find a place to land and lose their scholarship and end up out of college is staggering if the number was correct. The portal is incredibly bad for STUDENT athletes.

[Todd4State]

I read a stat somewhere but now I can’t remember the exact number, it was high though. The amount of kids that don’t find a place to land and lose their scholarship and end up out of college is staggering if the number was correct. The portal is incredibly bad for STUDENT athletes.

A lot of them don't have a choice though. I think a lot of them enter after they get cut and are just trying to see if they can find a landing spot so they can see what their options are.

[Goldendawg]

I read a stat somewhere but now I can’t remember the exact number, it was high though. The amount of kids that don’t find a place to land and lose their scholarship and end up out of college is staggering if the number was correct. The portal is incredibly bad for STUDENT athletes.

And the NCAA and the courts who opened this Wild, Wild, West" portal with no rule$ are mute on this. So much for "Student Athletes". A degree opportunity which can still be life changing for the 95% or so which will never sniff the league without buying a ticket for a game is gone for the vast majority.