2018 Recruiting Thread

[ELA]

Who knew that spring break trip was actually another satellite camp.

Flew under Nick's radar

[Honestbuckeye]

man what a crazy day in recruiting.

Michigan flips a 3* DL prospect from Germany away from Georgia Tech lol.

Ohio State loses out to Clemson on the top player in the state in 5* OL Jackson Carman- and Dabo fires a shot across the bow at Urban Meyer in the process. Ohio State also lost 4* QB commit Emory Jones to Florida- but I think they knew that one was coming. Sounds like they might lose 5* safety commit Jaiden Woodbey to Florida State tonight. Lost 5* DE Brenton Cox a few backs and he wound up staying home and signing with Georgia. The situation with 5* DE Micah Parsons was more complicated than just him taking a picture with Eddie George, but that's a kid that wanted to go to Ohio State and for whatever reason they wouldn't/couldn't take him. Crazy to think they lose all these highly rated players and still wind up with the #2 class. Lol. Just absurd. Just goes to show how amazing of a recruiter Meyer is. Had he landed all those kids he *just missed* on that would've probably been the highest rated recruiting class of all-time and it'd have been very hard for any class to catch it.

Crazy.  The one that was probably a mild surprise was Jackson, although he never had anything g good to say about OSU .   
IMO! The one that hurts was Cox who decommited a few weeks back, and distance from home was his reason.  He is going to be a baller.   The other three appear to be head cases.  Urban was in Jones home and after all those Bama visits, which were more than tolerated, Urbz asked him if he was prepared to commit.  When the kid said he was still I undecided OSU offers the Texas kid ( Baldwin) immediately.  
Tag art was recruiting Woodbey from Oregon- with zero traction.  Kid mentioned Schiano willing to leave as his reason for changing his 2 year relationship with OSU.   LOL- so he flipped to a guy who went 7-6 and left his school high and dry.   And Jackson is a walking cancer.  Him and Dabo will go together well.  
I like their class, and Meyer hinted there is more, but laying low on public announcements.   

[MaximumSam]

Should be interesting.  Now coaches have two months to focus on a handful of guys to fill out their classes.  I bet the shots across the bow get even more interesting.

[847badgerfan]

UW offered a JuCo ILB this week (tells me the staff thinks/knows TJ Edwards is leaving) and he will be visiting on 1/12. He was set to announce for UNL or Iowa yesterday, but changed his plans so he could see Madison.

I think UW gets him.

https://247sports.com/Player/Will-Honas-46049576

[Entropy]

Top five Big Ten classes are all in the B1G East.

Oddly enough, even the dregs of the B1G East are ahead of Nebraska.

The huskers were going to have a small class this year.. it might be bigger with some transfers, but initially and how they recruited, it was going to be small.   UNL has the 4th best ranking per player in the BIG, which, if you believe in the ratings, means they have pretty good quality for a small class.  

[Entropy]

This was posted on another site regarding UNL's juco talent infusion:


Nebraska is going to sign 3 (hopefully 4) junior college players this year,  but not only are they singing JC players but they are signing top shelf JC players.

Signed:
Greg Bell: #1 RB on 247 and Rivals, #2 on ESPN... 3 star
Jaron Woodyard: #2 WR on 247 and ESPN (unrated by Rivals)... 3 star
Deontai Williams: #2 S on 247 and #3 on ESPN (unrated by Rivals).. 3 star

Potential:

 3 star Will Honas, who is ranked #1 ILB by 247 and ESPN (unrated)

[Entropy]

what I think is interesting is the top players in juco at their positions are only 3 stars...  Guess I remember more being 4 stars.  Not that it really matters, but I find it curious. 

[Cincydawg]

UGA snagged Devonte Wyatt JUCO who was a 4 star DE.

He's already practicing with the team.

[Mdot21]

UGA snagged Devonte Wyatt JUCO who was a 4 star DE.

He's already practicing with the team.

UGA about full on space?
What's the deal with high 4* LB/S hybrid Otis Reese? Georgia still going after him? I know Georgia had been trying really hard to flip him. He was Michigan's first commit of the 2018 class and he's a HS teammate of former 5* DT and Michigan freshman Aubrey Solomon. I hope like hell he sticks with Michigan.

[Mdot21]

just throwing it out there, but one thing I've noticed lately is that highly rated kids in South Florida have been leaving the state at record pace the last 10 years or so. Going to LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, Clemson, Ohio State, USC...even Ole Miss (Tunsil) etc.

That virtually never happened before. The top kids in Central and South Florida went to Miami, FSU, or Florida like 99.9% of the time. They're going all over now.

[847badgerfan]

I haven't looked, but I'm guessing there are more top-rated recruits in Florida then there were 10+ years ago. There are probably less top-rated recruits in Ohio and Pennsylvania, so they had to go somewhere.

The DMV area has kinda exploded too, in recent years.

[Mdot21]

I haven't looked, but I'm guessing there are more top-rated recruits in Florida then there were 10+ years ago. There are probably less top-rated recruits in Ohio and Pennsylvania, so they had to go somewhere.

The DMV area has kinda exploded too, in recent years.

I don't know. There's always been major talent in Florida.
Back in the day a kid like Sammy Watkins would've never escaped FSU's grasp to go to Clemsom. Or a kid like Patrick Peterson escaping Miami's backyard to go to LSU. Or how about a kid like Trent Richardson spurning Florida for Alabma. 
Those are 3 kids that wound up being top 5 NFL draft picks and they were elite elite recruits. The big 3 in Florida didn't use to miss on guys like that. 

[847badgerfan]

Interesting article on talent distribution by state:

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2016/6/28/12040586/rankings-state-stars-florida-texas-california

[utee94]

Interesting article on talent distribution by state:

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2016/6/28/12040586/rankings-state-stars-florida-texas-california

Yup, the top 3 aren't surprising at all.  Pure population drives the majority of that.
Beyond those 3 is where it gets interesting.