raydawg81
12-09-2007, 05:30 PM
With everything going on around Fedora this weekend, I was curious how effective our scheduled recruiting visits would be. So far, so good I guess. It looks like we have landed three new verbal committments this weekend. Unfortunately, they are all only two year guys out of the JUCO ranks. However, they all look like they can come in and have an impact pretty quick. They are as follows...
1. Andrew Mitchell, OT 6-5 300lbs. This guy is a man! He's 24! He took some time off for a Mormon mission and is older than your average JUCO guy. He is from the same JUCO as Tonga. The other sites are saying that he should be able to come in and push Brady for playing time. But, with the way Wick moves everybody around, there is no telling where he may end up. Not that they matter, but he is currently rated a 3 star prospect.
2. Lucien Antoine, Safety 6-2 210lbs. This guy looks like he could come in and provide help in pass coverage at the safety position. He had 4 picks and caused 7 caused fumbles. Looks like he has the frame to put some size on and help pretty quick. He is aslo a 3 star prospect.
3. Jeremiah Price, All-American DE 6-4 245lbs. This guy really produced at the JUCO level. This past year he had 12.5 sacks and over 60 tackles. Initially, I thought that we werew already pretty deep at DE next year. However, when you take away our seniors, we really only have 4 guys. We already have 1 other DE that has given a verbal and we are after 2-3 other ones. If they want in, it would be interesting to see who the staff took. This guy is a JUCO All American and is rated as a 4 star prospect.
There were three guys in from Butler Co. Community College that I know the staff would love to get as a package deal. They are a DB, DT, and RB. All of them are ranked as 4 star guys and all of them can play. Gray, the DB, has it down to us and Iowa State. He visits them next week. One would hope that we could out recruit them and get Gray to commit.
The other interesting twist that happened had to do with a Michigan commit. McGuffie is an Ath. that committed to Michigan early. With the coaching change, he is shopping around and was supposedly seen at the basketball game sporting Orange!!! This kid is in high school, runs a 4.3 forty, and benches 350. He can flat out go. There was a thread on another site that said he was visiting UT this weekend, but left early and ended up at the OSU basketball game on Saturday night. Some people are swearing up and down that this kid is going to be a Cowboy. In my opinion, which means nothing, this guy is up there with Kye Staley when it comes to physical skillzzzzz!!!! I hope we get him. All in all, I would say that the weekend went pretty well. By my count, the new verbals put us in the 21-22 committment range. I think Gundy wants to take 27-28. It looks like we should be on our way to another top 25 class. And, I for one am pretty excited about the "experienced" JUCO talent on the defensive side of the ball. And....For the record, all of this is hear-say with the exception of the 3 verbals. GO POKES and way to go Coaching Staff!!!
1. Andrew Mitchell, OT 6-5 300lbs. This guy is a man! He's 24! He took some time off for a Mormon mission and is older than your average JUCO guy. He is from the same JUCO as Tonga. The other sites are saying that he should be able to come in and push Brady for playing time. But, with the way Wick moves everybody around, there is no telling where he may end up. Not that they matter, but he is currently rated a 3 star prospect.
2. Lucien Antoine, Safety 6-2 210lbs. This guy looks like he could come in and provide help in pass coverage at the safety position. He had 4 picks and caused 7 caused fumbles. Looks like he has the frame to put some size on and help pretty quick. He is aslo a 3 star prospect.
3. Jeremiah Price, All-American DE 6-4 245lbs. This guy really produced at the JUCO level. This past year he had 12.5 sacks and over 60 tackles. Initially, I thought that we werew already pretty deep at DE next year. However, when you take away our seniors, we really only have 4 guys. We already have 1 other DE that has given a verbal and we are after 2-3 other ones. If they want in, it would be interesting to see who the staff took. This guy is a JUCO All American and is rated as a 4 star prospect.
There were three guys in from Butler Co. Community College that I know the staff would love to get as a package deal. They are a DB, DT, and RB. All of them are ranked as 4 star guys and all of them can play. Gray, the DB, has it down to us and Iowa State. He visits them next week. One would hope that we could out recruit them and get Gray to commit.
The other interesting twist that happened had to do with a Michigan commit. McGuffie is an Ath. that committed to Michigan early. With the coaching change, he is shopping around and was supposedly seen at the basketball game sporting Orange!!! This kid is in high school, runs a 4.3 forty, and benches 350. He can flat out go. There was a thread on another site that said he was visiting UT this weekend, but left early and ended up at the OSU basketball game on Saturday night. Some people are swearing up and down that this kid is going to be a Cowboy. In my opinion, which means nothing, this guy is up there with Kye Staley when it comes to physical skillzzzzz!!!! I hope we get him. All in all, I would say that the weekend went pretty well. By my count, the new verbals put us in the 21-22 committment range. I think Gundy wants to take 27-28. It looks like we should be on our way to another top 25 class. And, I for one am pretty excited about the "experienced" JUCO talent on the defensive side of the ball. And....For the record, all of this is hear-say with the exception of the 3 verbals. GO POKES and way to go Coaching Staff!!!