2024 Recruiting Thread

[Cincydawg]

South Florida TE Colton Heinrich commits to Georgia (247sports.com)

I guess.

[Cincydawg]

2024 Recruit Football Team Rankings (247sports.com)

Kind of interesting to see FSU at 8 and South Carolina at 9 and Alabama at 16.  I know Bama often "closes late".  Florida is at 11 with only 8 commits, 4 five stars, so they could well end up much higher.

[Mdot21]

The answer is the ability to throw deep outs, that is to stand between the hash marks and throw a ball 25 yards deep to the sidelines on a line which is a throw of 50 yards or so.  Mere mortals cannot throw a ball 50 yards on a line. Deep outs are why Matt Stafford and Jay Cutler are millionaires and Aaron Murray and Tim Tebow are standing behind microphones even though Tebow and Murray were much better college qbs.

this. 

we just saw Anthony Richardson, who was objectively NOT a great or even good college QB go top 5 in an NFL draft because of his size/arm/athleticism. 

when you're 6'3-6'6, 225+ and can throw a ball 70 yards on a line the NFL GMs get wet in the panties and draft you way higher than they should. happens all the time.

[betarhoalphadelta]

this.

we just saw Anthony Richardson, who was objectively NOT a great or even good college QB go top 5 in an NFL draft because of his size/arm/athleticism.

when you're 6'3-6'6, 225+ and can throw a ball 70 yards on a line the NFL GMs get wet in the panties and draft you way higher than they should. happens all the time.

What I don't understand is why NFL GMs never seem to learn from this? 

I get that perhaps the value of having that "franchise QB" just MIGHT be worth throwing away massive draft capital on duds, but I'm not really so sure about that. 

Trade down. Stock your OL and DL with studs. Get the right skill position players. Build the foundation the QB needs to be successful and not getting hit every third dropback. THEN go find yourself a known quantity at QB--even if that means "overpaying" in the FA market...

Seems like it worked for the Bucs. And the Rams. 

[Mdot21]

If every great NFL QB was 6'3"ish with ridiculous arm strength, I might buy that.  And why doesn't an apparently great college QB make for a great NFL QB?

Raiola is 6'3"ish with ridiculous army strength, so is he an NFL lock?

no such thing as lock, but I'd say he's about as close as it gets. Top QB prospect in his class, only one I'd take over him is a '25 kid, Bryce Underwood. That dude is a unicorn. 

[FearlessF]

Nebraska eight-man football star invited to the All-American Bowl

The top high school football recruit in the state of Nebraska for 2024 has officially been invited to the 2024 All-American Bowl. Tight end Carter Nelson made the announcement on his Twitter page on Sunday evening.

The 4-star recruit from Ainsworth, Nebraska, is ranked as the top player in the state by three of the four major recruiting services. As a Junior, Nelson made 28 catches for 525 yards and 11 touchdowns.

[FearlessF]

[FearlessF]

Four-star cornerback Mario Buford from DeSoto, Texas, announces his commitment to the Huskers.

[FearlessF]

Four-star cornerback Mario Buford from DeSoto, Texas, announces his commitment to the Huskers.

[MrNubbz]

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[Cincydawg]

Top 100 DL Jordan Thomas commits to Georgia (247sports.com)

[Mdot21]

Michigan gets a commitment from 3* RB Micah Kaapana (5'11, 195) from Nevada. Kid is criminally underrated imo. Plays for Las Vegas powerhouse Bishop Gorman, they play a national schedule and he plays vs some of the best HS competition in the USA. Had 1,000+ yards and 15 TD's on....70 carries last year as the #2 back on the team. He'll be the #1 RB on his team this year and probably put up video game #'s.

They were waiting on Taylor Tatum of Texas, the #1 RB in the country, but Kaapana was ready to pull the trigger now and Tatum wasn't, so Michigan RB's coach Mike Hart took him.

He's a home run hitter...give me these at RB all day everyday, please.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/15802556/63a511c94205c10c28c9333d

[Cincydawg]

Georgia football recruiting: Uncommitted five-star recruits trending to UGA (dawnofthedawg.com)

I guess "they" post such predictions based on, well, inference or something, in the off season for obvious reasons.

[Mdot21]

Michigan loses 4* LB Aaron Chiles to....Florida in a shocker.

Can't help but think their stupid decision to go on a run of taking a bunch of lowly rated LBs that they 10000% could've taken at any point in time and waited on til NSD to take just backfired on them. Michigan already has 4 LB commits and were going after Jeremiah Beasley and Aaron Chiles hard to take that # to 6. Apparently that might've become a tiny bit of an issue with Chiles. Michigan also honestly had zero need to take 6 freaking LBs- this isn't counting EDGE/Rush LBs- that's 6 true LB's for TWO starting spots. Four would've been MORE than sufficient.

They could've taken Cole Sullivan, Jaden Smith, and Zach Ludwing literally whenever....there was zero reason to push for those commitments or accept those commitments until after you had higher ranked players and better prospects like Chiles in the bag. Looks like Michigan counting their chickens before they hatched there- and are losing an excellent LB prospect to a team that blows and will blow for the foreseeable future. That sucks.