2022 Worthless Recruiting Thread

[FearlessF]

An Analysis Of College Football Recruiting Costs

During the 2019 fiscal year, Georgia became the first school to surpass the $3 million mark in college football recruiting expenses, blowing past it after investing $3,676,858 into football recruiting last fiscal year – more than $1 million more than its nation-leading $2.62M spent in 2018.



Thirty-eight of the 52 public Power Five schools spent more on college football recruiting than they did in 2018. On average, public Power Five schools spent $103,478 more on recruiting, per school, than they did during the previous recruiting cycle, continuing an upwards trend in the investment on the recruiting trail across the sport.



Financial data was obtained via NCAA Financial Reports acquired by AthleticDirectorU via public records requests. Data is unavailable for 11 private institutions in the Power Five. Pitt isn’t required to comply with public records requests as a state-related institution.


https://www.athleticdirectoru.com/articles/an-analysis-of-football-recruiting-costs/

[Mdot21]

OK Michigan needs to step it's game way the F up and start spending like the big boys. They have the damn money.

[FearlessF]

2022 UCLA commit Justyn Martin

[ELA]

Vandy's highest rated recruit, 3* CB Caleb Coley, has decommitted and is expected to flip to MSU

[MrNubbz]

https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/11/will-penn-state-commits-drew-allar-and-kaden-saunders-make-ohio-state-regret-letting-them-leave-college-football-monday-madness.html

Two Ohio recruits to PSU

[ELA]

DE James Schott from IN flips from Miami(Ohio) to MSU.  Zero P5 offers, but too early for a Plan C guy.  Hopefully this is a 2012 Dantonio MAC flip and not a 2017 Dantonio MAC flip

[MrNubbz]

So a Big MAC

[ELA]

So a Big MAC

I'm Loving(?) it

[Mdot21]

5* DT Walter Nolen (6'4, 325) of Tennessee commits to Texas A&M. Nolen is the #1 DL and #2 player overall in the nation according to 247Sports Composite rankings. 

[ELA]

5* DT Walter Nolen (6'4, 325) of Tennessee commits to Texas A&M. Nolen is the #1 DL and #2 player overall in the nation according to 247Sports Composite rankings.

I thought he was a heavy Michigan lean?

[Honestbuckeye]

Buckeyes get commitment from 5 Star safety Sonny Styles, who had offers from just about everyone 

He is the son of one time OSU star Lorenzo Styles.  

[Mdot21]

Buckeyes get commitment from 5 Star safety Sonny Styles, who had offers from just about everyone

He is the son of one time OSU star Lorenzo Styles. 

he's 2023.

[Mdot21]

I thought he was a heavy Michigan lean?

Noooooo. His mother and her family are from Detroit- I believe his mother and her family wanted him to go to Michigan- but he was never a heavy lean there. He seemed enamored with the SEC from the start- but Michigan made it's pitch and got in the top 5 or so- and my guess is that was largely based on Mom.

[Mdot21]

USC commit 5* CB Domani Jackson (6'1, 185) - the #6 player overall in the nation, #2 CB, and #1 player in the state of California according to the 247Composite Rankings- has gotten a couple of crystal ballzzzz picks for Alabama from Steve Witflong- 247Sports' main recruiting analyst and another from Hank South- the head writer over at Alabama's 247 site. Both BALLZ have low confidence levels of 4- however Domani Jackson seems to be leaning to Bama coming off his official visit he took there last week- which blew his socks off.

According to some insiders over at the Bama/USC boards- Jackson may have been leaning towards Michigan- until...they lost to Michigan State. Apparently Domani desperately wants to win championships and play in the playoffs. Michigan being 10-0 right now with a shot to knock off a shitty Maryland team and be 11-0 heading into the Ohio State would've made a world of difference with this kid. Michigan went from running 1st to running 3rd- and unless they can somehow finesse him to comeback to visit for Ohio State game and miraculously upset the Buckeyes- kid is going to Bama.

Harbaugh beefing a 16 point lead with 18-19 mins left in the game vs MSU probably cost him 5* Domani Jackson- and it just sucks because he grew up a diehard Michigan fan and one of his best friends is Michigan commit 5* CB Will Johnson. What a freaking shutdown tandem they could've been. Buying in heavy on both of them- these kids will be 3 years in college and then 1st round NFL Draft picks.