2020 Recruiting Thread

[ELA]

3* DE Kyle King from Indiana committed to MSU out of the blue, over Purdue and Indiana.  Hadn't even heard the name, apparently just offered him this week.

[bayareabadger]

3* DE Kyle King from Indiana committed to MSU out of the blue, over Purdue and Indiana.  Hadn't even heard the name, apparently just offered him this week.

 Interesting pick up. He comes from a program that has been monstrously successful for five years, usually without much high-end recruiting talent. Usually very talented, but more in terms of high school guys. They tend to be extremely well coached.  And hyper productive. 

[MrNubbz]

never trust any of 'em til they sign.

And so much for the notion that OSU's 'crootin would suffer without Urbs. Ryan Day has been killing it on the trail.

But like you just pointed out ya gotta kill it at signing

[Benthere2]

De-commitments happen when coaches are high-pressure types. PJ Barnum is another one. I think he's lost 4 this year too.

Where are you getting information that PJ is high pressure?

[betarhoalphadelta]

4* RB Tirek Murphy commits to Purdue. 

https://247sports.com/player/tirek-murphy-46041773/

Looks to be a very versatile back, with good receiving skills. Huge get for the Boilermakers. 

[MrNubbz]

Evidently Oregon & Az St were after him,looks like a good get

[847badgerfan]

Where are you getting information that PJ is high pressure?

From the comments by players who have visited and from the comments by the many players who have decommitted.

[MaximumSam]

3 star DE Ty Hamilton commits to the bucks out of Pickerington. Younger brother of Davon Hamilton

[ELA]

MSU also picked up a kicker.  Feels like we have given way too many scholarships to kickers recently.  This one is ranked #3, but it seems like they all are.

[ELA]

3 star DE Ty Hamilton commits to the bucks out of Pickerington. Younger brother of Davon Hamilton

Congrats to him on his 4th star.

[Benthere2]

From the comments by players who have visited and from the comments by the many players who have decommitted.

just because he went in to Wisconsin and put a beat down on your team you should not be jealous 

Give me links to these so called decommitts and the links to the guys who have visited Minnesota and left and said there was pressure on them to commit

Pretty sure PJ uses the same verbiage as all college football coaches use.   Most times  PJ has not taken commitments from recruits until they have slept on the decision and he has even told kids to be sure before giving the verbal 

So hearing this from a Rival  is seriously disappointing on a Blog like this which is supposed to be a grade a head of the normal fan based blog 

[bayareabadger]

MSU also picked up a kicker.  Feels like we have given way too many scholarships to kickers recently.  This one is ranked #3, but it seems like they all are.

How have they turned out. 

My sense is scholarship kickers aren't that much more successful than walk-ons, or at least, scholarships don’t seem to have that high a rate of turning into solid starters. 

[bayareabadger]

just because he went in to Wisconsin and put a beat down on your team you should not be jealous

Give me links to these so called decommitts and the links to the guys who have visited Minnesota and left and said there was pressure on them to commit

Pretty sure PJ uses the same verbiage as all college football coaches use.  Most times  PJ has not taken commitments from recruits until they have slept on the decision and he has even told kids to be sure before giving the verbal

So hearing this from a Rival  is seriously disappointing on a Blog like this which is supposed to be a grade a head of the normal fan based blog

My friend, he’s been saying the same thing since well before that game. To break out the “jealous” trope is ... well a tad silly.

Fleck’s schtick is recruiting. He seems pretty ball to the wall about it. I don’t really care if he pressures kids to commit, but as a mid-tier program (like Wisconsin), I’ve no doubt he pushes for early commits, hoping to hold on when other programs come a calling.

I tend to like Fleck more than not, mostly because I enjoy someone who is a little bonkers. But he’ll have some rough spots that rub folk the wrong way for sure. 

[Cincydawg]

I think the walk on kickers catch our eye when they do well, but not so much when they are mired behind a ship kicker.

I suspect the sship fellows do better in most cases.

A team might find a kicker with a strong leg but no accuracy and correct his technique etc. and "fix him".  You often get little coaching in HS for kicking.

Anyway, everyone knows how a great kicker can "save a game" in a season while few other players have the capacity.