2018 Recruiting Thread

[FearlessF]

was he hired in December?

[FearlessF]

Heh. Announced for Nebraska today. The late offer really hurt UW in this one, as well as the late visit date. UNL starts school on the 8th, so waiting for a visit to UW would have killed enrolling early there. He took the sure thing, which is fine.

UW can always send him post cards from Indianapolis, so he could know what it looks like.

yup, late offer to the DT from Lincoln hurt Frost as well
They both have outstanding opportunities and they get to wear RED

[847badgerfan]

Yeah. Mid-November actually. He had a ton of time.

[Mdot21]

Yes, he did, but he was permitted to recruit immediately, even though OSU had a head coach (Fickell) and staff at the time to prepare for the bowl game.

That was a very weird arrangement and Urbs was able to do a lot of visiting and flipping as a result.

yeah, this.

Urbz basically just kept all the kids that were coming from jumping ship, and got some big flips. He also benefited greatly from the implosion at PSU. Also benefited from Fickell remaining on the staff as the DC. Some of those kids might not have stuck if Fickell was fired. It was a unique situation.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Yeah, Tress had already recruited about half the class. Fickel got a few commits while he was in charge; mostly in-state guys that would of gone to OSU no matter who the coach was. Then Urban flipped all of the best Penn St recruits in the Sandusky aftermath, while plucking a bunch of random blue chips from all around the country. 

[847badgerfan]

Bumped Flipped a highly rated UW OL recruit too. The kid never played, I don't think, due to injuries, but who knows what might have happened had he stuck with his original "commitment" to UW.

[Brutus Buckeye]

He should nab Wisconsin's top OL recruit every year. 

Those guys are incredible. 

[847badgerfan]

Until they play OSU and Bosa, yeah, they are good.

[847badgerfan]

yup, late offer to the DT from Lincoln hurt Frost as well
They both have outstanding opportunities and they get to wear RED

There is more story coming out. Stay tuned.

[Mdot21]

5* USC commit and #1 rated QB in the 2019 class JT Daniels of California (6'2, 205) reclassifies to 2018 and will enroll early at USC. Big deal for USC if Darnold goes pro. He'll be able to come in and compete right away.

His 3-year high school #'s are insane- 12,000+ passing yards, 152 TD's to just 14 INT's. QB'd them to back to back state title appearances with 1 victory at Mater Dei (same HS as former USC QB's Matt Barkley and Matt Leinart).

[FearlessF]

Receiver Justin McGriff from Tampa is officially on board on the final day of the December early-signing period.

not bad getting 12 signatures early with a coaching change and only 18 or so slots available

[847badgerfan]

Yep, that's damn good. The staff will have a month or so after the bowl games to pick up other kids. I think the JuCo signing deadline is January 15, no?

[FearlessF]

RB, LB, Safety, and a WR from Jucos might be all they take, but ya never know

I'm sure they will fill out the small class

plus 6 walk-ons from the state of Nebraska

[Mdot21]

just gonna put this here since I guess these guys in a way are like recruits even though they are transfers....

former 4* and Ole Miss WR Van Jefferson is transferring to Florida. Couldn't get cleared through admissions at Michigan, and he took trips to Louisville and Florida and went with Florida. Pretty sure he can play right away since he was part of that 2015 class.

former 4* and Ohio State WR Trevon Grimes is also transferring to Florida. He'll have to sit but he can potentially apply for a waiver if he can show the reason for the transfer was a family issue which required him to be closer to home.

Two big-time WR pick ups by Dan Mullen to go along with the flip of 4* QB Emory Jones. I wouldn't bet against Mullen getting that thing turned around.