2018 Recruiting Thread

[Mdot21]

Ohio State lands a commitment from 3* QB Matthew Baldwin (6'2, 195 lbs.) of Texas.

Might be a replacement/insurance policy as rumors are swirling that long-time Ohio State QB commit 4* Emory Jones (6'3, 195 lbs.) of Georgia is on the verge of flipping to Alabama. Jones is rated as the #40 player overall in the nation, the #2 Dual-Threat QB, and the #7 player in the state of Georgia in the 247Composite.

Why someone would want to play QB for Nick Saban over Urban Meyer, beyond me. Urban has a long history of developing QB's and getting huge #'s out of them and turning them into draft picks. Nick Saban? Eh. Not so much.

[FearlessF]

perhaps he heard that J.T. Barrett wasn't appreciated by the fan base

[847badgerfan]

perhaps he heard that J.T. Barrett wasn't appreciated by the fan base

I honestly believe kids look at that kind of stuff, but that is probably not the case here.

[Mdot21]

I honestly believe kids look at that kind of stuff, but that is probably not the case here.

yeah, Jones has been flirting with Alabama/St. Nick for awhile. Sounds like Jones wants to stay closer to home and sees the depth chart at Alabama as more favorable, and is upset Ohio State has been out recruiting other QB's. My take is, why you mad Urban is going after other QB's when you are talking to other schools? Kids these days.

[ELA]

Sounds like he really wants to play QB, and now Indiana is his first P5 QB offer.

I guess credit to MSU for not lying to the kid, but seems like that's not the way the game is played anymore.  Tell em what you want to get him signed, then play him where he fits.  He's not a terrible QB.  If MSU was in a year where they were taking 2 QBs, I wouldn't mind him being the 2nd one, but they've taken a QB in every class for the past three, and have verbals from their 2018 and 2019 QBs, so there's really not room or need to take 2 in this class, particularly with it being smaller, and resulting in having 6 scholarship QBs on roster.

Wow, committed to MSU.  Love this kid's film, just not at QB.  Told everyone he would only play QB, and finally got an offer from Indiana and GT to do so.  He could be pretty good playing for Paul Johnson.  MSU told him he'd get cracks at both RB and LB

[ELA]

I think we discussed him on the old board, the 6'9" 400 pound IMG recruit who had never actually played football.

Well, we will be seeing plenty of him, committed to sink...I mean row the boat.

[847badgerfan]

That guy up there really likes him some gimmicks.

[FearlessF]

he sells tickets

the AD likes that

[847badgerfan]

Their attendance was down this year, until the last game of the season. Their lowest announced attendance was for UNL, which is surprising to me. 

[FearlessF]

UNL fans didn't make the drive

don't blame them

I really like that trip and I wasn't up for it

[FearlessF]

seems Scott Frost will be bringing in some Jucos

I like the idea  

this part of an article referring to recruiting jucos

Of the top 30 juco prospects in each of the past five completed recruiting cycles (per 247Sports’ rankings), 144 of 150 signed to a four-year school. Nearly half (71) have gone to the SEC, while just 13 have gone to the Big Ten. Only the ACC (seven) had fewer. The Big 12 and Pac-12 checked in with 23 apiece.

That may be changing some, at least here.

“I think Nebraska’s got to find another way to recruit because their pipelines are tougher now,” Sims said. “Scott Frost and his staff have very good relationships. They can get on guys that maybe Mike Riley couldn’t." 

[Mdot21]

I think we discussed him on the old board, the 6'9" 400 pound IMG recruit who had never actually played football.

Well, we will be seeing plenty of him, committed to sink...I mean row the boat.

yep, Daniel Faalele. He is from Australia, this year was his first year ever playing football. Lots of big schools took a look at him, none really offered him.
Minnesota also got a commit from Curtis Dunlap, a 4* guard who also goes to IMG and was committed to Florida. He's only oh... 6'4, 400+ pounds.
Gonna need a bigger boat.
Both of them are projects. Great size but they need to lose weight. The 6'9 height is fine, it's that 400+ pounds that needs to go down. Jonathan Ogden is one of the greatest tackles in NFL history and he was 6'9. But he was 340 pounds- not 400+.
Always a fan of OL prospects that are 6'6, 270 in high school. Much easier to redshirt a kid put 30-40 pounds on him gradually than it is to get a 400 pound kid and make him lose 40 or 50 pounds and maintain.

[847badgerfan]

At 6-9, he'd have to go from 400 to probably 340 or 350 to be effective. The trouble is, losing that much weight and not losing muscle is really tough. He'll be on the rowing machine a lot, I reckon.

[Mdot21]

At 6-9, he'd have to go from 400 to probably 340 or 350 to be effective. The trouble is, losing that much weight and not losing muscle is really tough. He'll be on the rowing machine a lot, I reckon.

exactly, which is why a lot of bigger schools looked at him but took a pass.
He's a huge project. Literally. But if it works out it could pay off huge for Minnesota. Definitely worth the risk for them imo.