2018 Recruiting Thread

[PSUinNC]

no doubt about it. Penn State's class is great. If they finish with those guys it'll rival Ohio State's.
Harbaugh/Michigan bungled the Oweh recruitment. Didn't offer him up until a month ago. They were also super late to the Justin Shorter party. That kid blew up.

Parsons is a great talent, but there's some risk there. WOTS is that kid is a bit of a head case. Big-time talent though. For sure.

Penn State's class would've been insane had QB Justin Fields stuck to his Penn State committment. I can understand him wanting to stay closer to home, but Georgia is just a bad fit for him. They don't run the type of offense that fits him, Penn State did. And not to mention Georgia has Jake Fromm who is a firm entrenched starter and isn't going anywhere for the next 3 years. Fromm isn't a big-time NFL prospect. He's staying through his SR year. Path to playing time was clear-cut at PSU for Fields. Redshirt, learn the offense, take over in 2019 after McSorley leaves.

I was shocked Harbaugh was so late to the Oweh party.  I understand he's a project, but seemed right in the wheelhouse of what Harbaugh likes to recruit.  Supposedly Oweh signed today, but it keeping it quiet until Jan 4.  M seems to have slipped off recruiting NJ heavily after getting Gary a few years back; what's going on with that?  
I give Franklin a TON of credit on Shorter.  Shorter was way off of people's radars early and Franklin was all over him.  After The Opening that kid just blew up and never remotely wavered on his PSU commitment.  
Obviously Parsons will be a big time talent and with him EE'ing, he'll see the field Day 1 next year.  But man, kid's such a headcase.....
Three consensus 5* guys for PSU (Slade included), but what always excites me about classes like this are the 3* under the radar types.  Those are the Grant Haleys of the world, the Christian Campbells.  I know we got a couple in this class in Culpepper, Minor, Humphries, etc.  

[ELA]

MSU not getting involved for now.  Sounds like the grades thing is legit.

And he signs with WMU.  I'm sure he's in academically stellar shape.

[ELA]

that might actually be a huge benefit for wisk. get a large head start on next year.
bama will likely get around 75% of our class today and will be a smaller class for bama (22-ish) this year. we will have to fight for the last 5-8 we sign in spring.

MSUs entire class signed as well

[betarhoalphadelta]

Sounds like Purdue may have flipped 4* WR Rondale Moore away from Texas.

It's a new day when the Boilermakers are flipping big time recruits away from the Longhorns.

Makes a couple of big time gets this class for Brohm.  Granted one is from West Lafayette, and this one I believe is from Brohm's HS, but even still, you think 2 years ago Hazell lands a 4* from West Lafayette and one from his HS?  No way.  These are the connections you have to take advantage of when you are first starting your program building, and Brohm appears to be doing so.

Well, I'l believe it when there's a signed LOI. He decommitted from Texas, and most recruiting services *think* he's a Purdue lean, but he hasn't even verbally committed. All we know is we're in his top 5, supposedly. But apparently that's Purdue, Alabama, Florida State, Ohio State, and Michigan. That's not exactly a list of schools that I expect Purdue to win recruiting battles against. 
That said, it is Brohm's HS [where apparently he and his brother are legends], and from what I've heard, Brohm is EXTREMELY well known and respected in the Louisville area generally. It wouldn't surprise me if we start getting a lot more recruits down there. 
Supposedly he's going to make his decision [or announce it] at the Army All-American game. So we should know by Jan 6... 

[mcwterps1]

Good to see Maryland sign the majority of their All-B1G #6 team.

Cowart coming home is a fairly big deal, since he may be immediately eligible. 

[847badgerfan]

that might actually be a huge benefit for wisk. get a large head start on next year.
bama will likely get around 75% of our class today and will be a smaller class for bama (22-ish) this year. we will have to fight for the last 5-8 we sign in spring.

They have 5 kids "committed" for next year. 3 4* and 2 3* kids. A couple of them could be really hard to hang onto.

[847badgerfan]

Good to see Maryland sign the majority of their All-B1G #6 team.

Cowart coming home is a fairly big deal, since he may be immediately eligible.

I bet Ray Lewis' kid makes more of an impact for the Terps than Cowart does. Just a gut feeling.

[mcwterps1]

I bet Ray Lewis' kid makes more of an impact for the Terps than Cowart does. Just a gut feeling.

He has been a bit of a head case, and he needs to prove something before he sees the field, according to insiders. 
It's not a given. 

[rolltidefan]

uga and clemson are on fire. cray good day for them.

[MaximumSam]

4 star receiver Cameron Brown flips from Nebraska to OSU

[MaximumSam]

Snapshot of B1G classes per 247:

1. OSU (1)
2. PSU (4)
3. Michigan (12)
4. Maryland (19)
5. MSU (24)
6. Minnesota (27)
7. Wisconsin (35)
8. Iowa (39)
9. Rutgers (40)
10. Indiana (41)
11. Nebraska (45)
12. Purdue (46)
13. Northwstern (50)
14. Illinois (62)

[Entropy]

4 star receiver Cameron Brown flips from Nebraska to OSU

This might be the biggest non surprise in recruiting history...

[FearlessF]

not surprising that the only California kid signed with Nebraska so far today is a QB offered by Frost

[PSUinNC]

PSU flips Jahan Dotson from UCLA.  Dotson was long seen as a PSU lean early in the process, but I have a feeling in Sept the staff told him no room remained, and he committed to Mora.  Now with PSU losing a few guys like Hardy and I. Young, it appears space reopened and he became a big flip candidate as recently as Monday.  Flip complete.

PSU's class, including Dotson and Parsons, is in up to this point with the exception of Saquon Anderson-Butts.  Lot of smoke around him needing to get his house in order and, assuming he does, he'll sign in Feb.  That leaves essentially 3 spots open for 4 guys - Oweh (who has supposedly signed somewhere but keeping it a secret so he can announce at the AA game), Walker, Enis and SAB.

Appears the Tyreke Smith ship has sailed and he'll end up in Columbus, good get for the Bucks.