2021 ludicruous recruting thread

[Cincydawg]

I think Felix Jones went to Arky.

[bayareabadger]

Anyway, I think Pugh will commit to State Penn.

Based on those crystal balls, chances are good he's already picked UW.

[CWSooner]

I think Felix Jones went to Arky.

I think you might be right.  Now I can't remember who I was thinking of who went to Tennessee.
No matter, OU needs to recruit Tulsa better.

[bayareabadger]

I think you might be right.  Now I can't remember who I was thinking of who went to Tennessee.
No matter, OU needs to recruit Tulsa better.

You're thinking of Robert Meachem?


Also got David Oku, Gerald Jones.

[Big Beef Tacosupreme]

Based on those crystal balls, chances are good he's already picked UW.

Probably so.

Penn State has done fairly well in the TE dept with Mike Gesicki and Jesse James currently in the NFL.

In 2018 they recruited two 4 stars: Zack Kuntz and Pat Friermuth
In 2019 another 4 star:  Brenton Strange
In 2020 another 4 star:  Theo Johnson

[CWSooner]

You're thinking of Robert Meachem?
Also got David Oku, Gerald Jones.

Robert Meachem was who I was thinking of when I mentioned Felix Jones.  I believe that they are both grads of Tulsa Booker T. Washington H.S.  As are all of the Locketts who went to K-State.

[Mdot21]

4* LB Jaydon Hood (6-1, 212) of Miami, Florida commits to Michigan over his hometown Miami Hurricanes. Hood plays LB for the same powerhouse HS program in Ft. Lauderdale that the Bosa brothers attended- St. Thomas Aquinas. 

[bayareabadger]

Based on those crystal balls, chances are good he's already picked UW.

He picked UW

[ELA]

3* S Gabe Nealy from Miami picks MSU over Miami, Nebraska, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Pitt

Talks a ton of shit on Michigan, is the most outspoken guy trying to get other recruits, then decommits a month later.  Weird move

[Mdot21]

I thought Michigan was doing badly in-state recruiting, and then I saw Penn State in Pennsylvania....sheesh.

Top 10 players ranked in order in PA, according to 247Composite

1) 5 STARZ - OT Nolan Rucci - 50/50 Crystal BALLZ split between PSU and Wisconsin
2) 5 STARZ - QB Kyle McCord - Ohio State commit
3) 4* LB Jeremiah Trotter - Clemson commit
4) 4* S Derrick Davis Jr. - PSU leading with 66% of the CRYSTAL BALLZ but Clemson and Ohio State still in it
5) 4* WR Marvin Harrison Jr. - Ohio State commit
6) 4* DT Elliot Donald - 100% CRYSTAL BALLZ to Pitt. Nephew of former Pitt superstar Aaron Donald.
7) 4* DE Elijah Jeudy - Georgia commit
8) 4* DE Nahki Johnson - Pitt commit
9) 4* S  Tysheem Johnson - 100% Crystal BALLZ to Ole Miss. Heavy lean to Ole Miss.
10) 3* S Donovan McMillan - Penn State is currently not in his top 5.

Penn State could legitimately not land a single top 10 player in it's own state.

[847badgerfan]

He picked UW

Yep, I was wrong. The kid was on PSU's campus for a tour (no contact with coaches) at the time of my post, which is why I thought he was going there.

Maybe he got there and realized that State College ain't Madison. 

[Big Beef Tacosupreme]

I thought Michigan was doing badly in-state recruiting, and then I saw Penn State in Pennsylvania....sheesh.

Top 10 players ranked in order in PA, according to 247Composite

1) 5 STARZ - OT Nolan Rucci - 50/50 Crystal BALLZ split between PSU and Wisconsin
2) 5 STARZ - QB Kyle McCord - Ohio State commit
3) 4* LB Jeremiah Trotter - Clemson commit
4) 4* S Derrick Davis Jr. - PSU leading with 66% of the CRYSTAL BALLZ but Clemson and Ohio State still in it
5) 4* WR Marvin Harrison Jr. - Ohio State commit
6) 4* DT Elliot Donald - 100% CRYSTAL BALLZ to Pitt. Nephew of former Pitt superstar Aaron Donald.
7) 4* DE Elijah Jeudy - Georgia commit
8) 4* DE Nahki Johnson - Pitt commit
9) 4* S  Tysheem Johnson - 100% Crystal BALLZ to Ole Miss. Heavy lean to Ole Miss.
10) 3* S Donovan McMillan - Penn State is currently not in his top 5.

Penn State could legitimately not land a single top 10 player in it's own state.

This ain’t all that unusual. Western PA has always been tough to crack with OSU/Pitt etc.

[Mdot21]

This ain’t all that unusual. Western PA has always been tough to crack with OSU/Pitt etc.

Michigan used to clean up in Western PA. They landed so many good players from there in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. 

I don’t know what happened there, but they’ve fallen off the map entirely.

[Mdot21]

Michigan lands 4* DE Kechaun Bennett (6-4, 220) of Connecticut. If Don Brown wants a defensive front 7 player, I never question it. He specializes in finding those guys.

Bennett is the third 4* commit on defense for Michigan in the past week, joining 4* LB’s Junior Colson (6’2, 205) of Tennessee and Jaydon Hood (6’1, 212) of Florida.

Those 3 commits have pushed Michigan’s class into the top 5 at #5 of the 247Composite class rankings. Ohio State is still the far and away leader in the nation with the #1 class and will be hard pressed for anyone to pass them. Probably only Clemson can catch them. 

Michigan’s class would probably be a lock to finish in the top 3-4 if they could just lock up their own state. 5* DT Damon Payne from Belleville is the #1 DT in the nation and he’s not even considering Michigan because of a stupid blood feud between Harbaugh and Belleville’s head coach. RB Donovan Edwards is in 5* striking range at #37 overall. 4* OL Rocco Spindler is in the top 50. 4* OL Garrett Dellinger is in the top 75 overall. 4* DL/OL Rayshaun Benny is in the top 200 overall.

You play around with the 247 class calculator and just add those 5 instate guys alone and Michigan’s class jumps to #2 overall and their average star (minus the punter) jumps to #3 behind only Ohio State and Clemson. 

As it stands I doubt Michigan even gets 3 of those 5 in-staters. Damon Payne flat out isn’t happening unless something insane happens. Donovan Edwards is a lean but nowhere near a lock- Oklahoma and Georgia loom large there and MSU has gotten in it thanks to Mel Tucker chipping away. Ditto Rocco Splinder- who was a heavy Michigan lean but somehow Notre Dame may have over- taken as the leader. Garrett Dellinger seems to be heavily favoring LSU. And Rayshaun Benny recruitment seems to be at a stand still at the moment which baffles me because they should be going all out for him. 

Just so happens to be a banner year in-state and Harbaugh decides to escalate a feud with the high school coach whose program is producing more high end P5 talent than any program in the entire state the last 4-5 years.