Updates

2009 Football Scholarship Offers:
Bold = Commit

QB
*** Everett Proctor (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-2/200

RB
*** James Washington (Boone HS) Orlando, FL 6-0/180/4.40
*** Greg Pratt (Naples HS) Naples, FL 5-9/165/4.40
*** Rolandan Finch (St. Xavier HS) Louisville, KY 5-10/200/4.50
*** Travis Small (Cheraw HS) Cheraw, SC 5-10.5/184/4.50
*** Morgan Alexander (Cartersville HS) Cartersville, GA 5-10.5/160/4.47

FB
No offers

WR
*** Quintin Payton (T L Hanna HS) Anderson, SC 6-4/190
*** Bryan Underwood (Cleveland Heights HS) University Hts, OH 5-8.5/162/4.62
**** Justin Brown (Concord HS) Wilmington, DE 6-3.5/210/4.48
**** Jheranie Boyd (Ashbrook HS) Gastonia, NC 6-3/185/4.45
*** Kinsman Thomas (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-3/210/4.59
*** Carvin Powell (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-2.5/198/4.50

TE
** Anthony Talbert (Winton Woods HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-4/225
*** Asa Watson (Rock Hill HS) Rock Hill, SC 6-4/200

OT
***** Xavier Nixon (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-6/285
***** Marcus Hall (Glenville HS) Cleveland, OH 6-5/293/5.35
**** Travis Bond (Bertie HS) Windsor, NC 6-6/330
*** Kadeem Custis (St. John Neumann HS) Philadelphia, PA 6-5/270/5.00
*** Andrew Tiller (Nassau) Garden City, NY 6-6/320/5.00
*** Duran Christophe (Woodstock HS) Woodstock, GA 6-5.5/257/5.59

OG
*** Denzelle Good (Gaffney Senior HS) Gaffney, SC 6-4/295
**** Quinton Washington (Timberland HS) Saint Stephen, SC 6-4/322
* Gus Handler (Barrington HS) Barrington, IL 6-3/265

C
No Offers

DT
*** Brian Slay (Stone Bridge HS) Ashburn, VA 6-3/275
*** Frankie Davis (East Ridge HS) Clermont, FL 6-3/270
*** Josh Elizondo (Naples HS) Naples, FL 6-2/280
*** Deion Roberson (Tucker HS) Tucker, GA 6-2/275
*** Tyson Chandler (North Plainfield HS) North Plainfield, NJ 6-6/315
*** Raynard Randolph (Gwynn Park HS) Brandywine, MD 6-3/295
*** Akeem Spence (Ft. Walton Beach HS) Fort Walton Beach, FL 6-1/290
* Conor O'Neal (Newsome HS) Lithia, FL 6-3/300

DE
*** Ricky Dowdy (High Point Central HS) High Point, NC 6-3/225
*** Sylvester Crawford (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC 6-5/215
**** Duane Chisolm (Beaufort HS) Beaufort, SC 6-2/250
**** Jason Ankrah (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 6-4/240/4.79
*** Julius Forte (Boca Ciega HS) Gulfport, FL 6-2/221/4.66
*** Izaan Cross (Flowery Branch HS) Flowery Branch, GA 6-4/250
*** Clinton Simpkins (Chancellor HS) Fredericksburg, VA 6-3/215/4.60
*** Bernardo Nunez (Hoboken HS) Hoboken, NJ 6-2/220/4.70
** Brian Jordan (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-4/207
** Luke Sager (Niceville Senior HS) Niceville, FL 6-4/240
* Josh Jackson (Gainesville HS) Gainesville, GA 6-1/242/5.00

MLB
*** Ryan Cheek (Lancaster HS) Lancaster, OH 6-0.5/232/4.51
**** Hawatha Bell (David W Butler HS) Matthews, NC 6-0/225

SLB
*** Luke Kuechly (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/205
*** LeRon Furr (Carver HS) Columbus, GA 6-3/213
*** Antwon Higgs (Pompano Beach HS Institute) Pompano Beach, FL 6-2/243/4.94

WLB
**** Jamil Merrell (Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Tec) Newark, DE 6-4/210/4.60
*** Robert Nelson (Stone Mountain HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-0/205

S
**** Jonathan Meeks (Hargrave Military Academy) Chatham, VA 6-2/185
**** David Batts (El Camino) Torrance, CA 6-2/200/4.50
*** Hans Rice (Eufaula HS) Eufaula, AL 6-3/195/4.5
* Boogie McCray (Lake Taylor HS) Norfolk, VA 6-2/210
* Jarrell Harrison (CC of San Francisco) San Francisco, CA 6-2/210/4.55
* Brandan Bishop (Boca Raton HS) Boca Raton, FL 6-1/197/4.66

CB
*** Dean Haynes (Northwest Whitfield County HS) Tunnel Hill, GA 6-0/200
**** Terry Shankle (South Stanly HS) Norwood, NC 6-0/180
*** Dale Peterman (Ursuline HS) Youngstown, OH 5-11/176/4.67
*** Jairus Jones (Wharton HS) Tampa, FL 6-1/205/4.60
** Keith Reaser (Miami Killian HS) Miami, FL 5-10/-/4.44
** Rashard Smith (Dublin HS) Dublin, GA 5-10/175
**** Travis Hawkins (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 5-11/185/4.42 Maryland

K,P
** Chris Ward (Starrs Mill HS) Fayetteville, GA 6-1/170


------------------------------------------STATISTICS------------------------------------------


Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-12 2009 Commits
+3 Class of 2008 who didn't qualify (Palmer, Everett, Mangram)
+6 Transfer or Left Team (Jaradat, Locust, Golder, Burke, T. Barnes, Linney)
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13 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 1
Backfield - 1
Receivers - 3
Linemen - 1
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Total Offense - 6

DEFENSE
Linemen - 3
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 1
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Total Defense - 5

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 1

Geographical Diversity
Florida - 1
Georgia - 2
North Carolina - 3
South Carolina - 2
Ohio - 3
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 0
3* - 10
2* - 2
1* - 0
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Average Stars - 2.83

11/5/2008 6:39:55 PM

It'd be nice to see Julian Burnett get an offer. We'll likely miss out on Hawatha Bell, and it'd be nice to bring in two MLBs in this class. You know he's got to be pretty stout when he's 5'9.5", weighs 222 lbs., and can still run a 4.51 40. Burnett has offers from Ole Miss, Purdue, South Carolina, and Wake Forest. He's also been recruited by UGA, UAB, GT, Auburn, and Vandy.

11/5/2008 7:45:44 PM

I'd be nice to get any commit, we're in a month long drought.

11/5/2008 8:43:26 PM

^^Sounds like Stephen Tulloch, at least in the build.

^No kidding. Maybe one this afternoon? Hopefully?

11/6/2008 9:45:25 AM

J.Boyd to announce in about 10 minutes.

11/6/2008 11:25:57 AM

^any word on that?

11/6/2008 11:44:56 AM

It's UNC, just announced

11/6/2008 11:49:01 AM

fucking figures

11/6/2008 12:07:17 PM

How many commits are they going to take this year? Seems like they're striving to be the youngest football team in america every season.

11/6/2008 12:13:16 PM

i would fix this to accurately represent NCSU if I could

11/6/2008 12:18:32 PM

Their roster is up to about 93 for next season. And they're planning on taking several more. There's gonna be a lot of off-season attrition on that team this year.

I kind of get the feeling that the strategy is something like:
Recruit the best players you can get.
Let them play young. Some of them will prove to be good/very good. Some will prove to suck or be average.
Kick off the average players. Make them transfer, reveal their failed drug tests (aha conspiracy theory), flat out revoke their scholarships, whatever.
Replace those players with new, highly rated recruits.

After a couple of years, the only upperclassmen left on the roster will be studs. All the scrubs have been purged. Your starters will be a mix of experienced, very good upperclassmen and some superstar young players. Your depth will be filled with sophomores and freshmen, but hopefully they're really good, too.
This will lead to perpetually small senior classes and big recruiting classes. Your seniors will be good, so the team should be pretty good. But your depth is young, so you can continue to sell the "young, up-and-coming team" line.

Perhaps some people would say that's unethical - if the recruit commits to you for 4 years, you should commit to him for 4 years. But other people would just say that that's competition. Scholarships are renewed on a yearly basis, and if you're not good enough to play (at least, play significantly better than a freshman), then why should we pay you to go to school?



o well.

11/6/2008 12:30:28 PM

Quote :

"gunzz ©hilln 54373 Posts user info edit post if he stays in state i bet he does, indeed, go to UNC 11/5/2008 3:59:30 PM"

11/6/2008 1:07:31 PM

the recruiting gods owe us wall and favors

[/basketball]

11/6/2008 1:11:22 PM

^^wow, you only had about a 90% chance of pulling that one off

11/6/2008 1:30:35 PM

^haha, agreed. definitely went out on a limb on that one...

11/6/2008 1:40:06 PM

everyone and their brother was saying he was going to either ChOklahoma or Mizzo so
...

11/6/2008 2:51:03 PM

but you statement says IF HE STAYS in state...so even if he went there, your statement isn't necessarily wrong.

11/6/2008 3:03:06 PM

maybe we will still have a chance with him after he de-commits when butch leaves for tennessee


would have loved to have gotten him but receiver isn't even close to our biggest position of need; hate to lose a big-time guy like that but receiver is one place that it doesn't hurt as much as some others

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 3:22 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2008 3:21:17 PM

We need some DTs and DEs, as well as a couple more o-linemen. Safety is also an area of future need.

11/6/2008 3:24:59 PM

^yep. these are the positions that i hope we bring in the highest caliber talent and the most prospects as well


we are still going after a lot of guys that are 3 and 4 star at these positions as well. would love to reel some of those in to fill out this class.

our recruiting will pick up big-time i believe once we start winning some games. win some down the stretch this year to get these guys in and i personally think we will be really good next year and see a ton of improvement. that is where i see our recruiting picking up

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 3:27 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2008 3:26:00 PM

We're gonna win some more games this year?

11/6/2008 3:29:06 PM

^lol. not saying it is a guarantee or anything, but more wishful thinking. i would say we have improved a ton the past three weeks though with a more consistent, healthy lineup in there. were in our last 3 games in the fourth quarter with a chance to win. gotta try and find some silver lining this year.

i do think if we won a couple down the stretch then it would really give recruiting a little boost heading into the offseason.

and i believe we will be really good next year. i really do (provided we can stay reasonably healthy). our recruiting will take off big time if we can start consistently winning.

the best thing about our recruiting is that TOB is a great talent evaluator and will find FOOTBALL PLAYERS. he did a great job of this at BC and there is no reason to think he won't continue or even get better with a better talent base here.

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2008 3:33:00 PM

We need to go on a 5 game winning streak (Duke, Wake, UNC, Miami, & crappy bowl game).

Let's keep hope alive.


I should have known that Boyd would go to UNC from the start. He is from Gastonia anyways.

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 4:04 PM. Reason : ]

11/6/2008 4:02:00 PM

Safety Recruiting Board

Offered
Jonathan Meeks - ****
David Batts - ****
Jairus Jones - ***
Brandan Bishop - **
Jarrell Harrison - has yet to be evaluated

Could receive an offer (if they haven't already)
Chris Tanzy - **
Hiram Atwater - ***
Walt Canty - ***

Could play safety
Boogie McCray - ** - Boogie has an offer from us and plays running back for Lake Taylor, but has the size to play safety on the college level.

Article on Boogie
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-250351&prov=rivals&type=lgns

Quote :

"Is McCray closing in on a choice? A month ago Norfolk (Va.) Lake Taylor linebacker Boogie McCray picked up an offer from the ACC. What is the latest on the 6-foot-2, 190-pounder since then, are more schools coming in? “I’m not really hearing from anyone else, I just have the NC State offer,” he stated. “I might commit to them. I could probably make my decision sometime.” Asked how soon, McCray wasn’t sure. Clearly the Wolfpack are standing out. He went on to discuss what he likes about North Carolina State. “I went to the ECU game and have toured around the school before,” he said. “I like their swagger. They don’t give up and play hard. I like their facilities and their strength and conditioning coach. “I’m also cool with Coach Keith Willis. He’s just more of a laid back type of guy. If he wants something he’s going to get it.” McCray has no plans to head back to Raleigh in the near future, but did mention there is a possibility if he can work it around the playoffs. In the meantime, the two-star prospect is busy helping Lake Taylor to a perfect regular season. “We’re 9-0 and play Norview on Friday,” he said. “I think our team has better chemistry this year. We know each other and there is better leadership. “I feel like I’m playing the best football I’ve played in high school. I do my best to score. I know I have 1,153-yards rushing and 17 total touchdowns. I also had eight sacks through six games, I haven’t checked those statistics recently.”"

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 7:46 PM. Reason : ]

11/6/2008 7:37:56 PM

Big pickup for UNC.. hate we missed out on him

But we have other areas to improve.. and I wouldn't mind seeing UNC keep filling up their scholarships with skill position players because IMO they are neglecting the most glaring weakness of the team in the OL. In the past 3 years they only have only brought in 7 OL(2 so far this year) compared to our 12(1 so far this year). They still have a few more spots and will probably get another OL commitment but they are seemingly running out quickly



But, like I said.. would have loved to have gotten Boydv

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 8:21 PM. Reason : v yeah I must have seen DT as OT.. just validates my point further]

11/6/2008 8:04:47 PM

^ UNC only has one OL commitment for 2009 (David Collins)

11/6/2008 8:17:06 PM

Will someone re-cap me on some of our more prominent '08 recruits?

We had six "4*s" (according to Rivals: Glennon, Barnes, Mattes, Linney, Jones, & Manning).

Obviously, I don't follow religiously. Of course I know about Glennon, and Barnes and Mattes are red-shirting, right?

11/9/2008 10:58:32 PM

^Linney is gone, as in, off the team.

Glennon, Barnes, Manning, Mattes are red-shirting. Supposedly Mattes(and the other freshmen OL) have been looking STOUT in practice. Allen and Wallace have been looking great.

Jones is coming in this coming January and will go through spring practice with the Pack. Expect him to redshirt next year.

11/9/2008 11:14:08 PM

andrew wallace will be ready to start in a year or two. he's progressed a LOT over the last year

11/10/2008 12:39:30 AM

nothing but good things have come out about all the OL redshirting this year. very encouraging.

11/10/2008 9:37:57 AM

Is Dominique Ellis redshirting or not? I can't remember.

11/10/2008 9:55:35 AM

Ellis has played some this season I am pretty sure. He's #20, right?

11/10/2008 10:16:05 AM

Ellis, Graham, Maddox, and Lucas are the only true freshmen who have played.

Manning came in recovering from an ACL tear, so he was never expected to play. If it wasn't for the injury, it's a safe bet to say he'd be playing instead of Lucas.
The redshirting OL have supposedly been extremely impressive. Rumors are that the staff seriously debated playing them after the first bye week this year just to get them some game experience. If that's true, then they're probably expecting them to play a good bit next year.

11/10/2008 10:29:05 AM

^Taylor Gentry

11/10/2008 10:49:51 AM

I hope Gentry gets a scholarship after this year. He deserves it after coming in and playing pretty well when he wasn't really expected to play.

11/10/2008 10:52:21 AM

The OL info is very encouraging. You have to kind of lay the groundwork in terms of a gameplan in case RW decides this season or next is last for football. At some point, Glennon will need / want to get in there and Russell may be focusing on baseball.

The future is a little bit brigther right now. Not the usual WTNY crap.

11/10/2008 11:03:31 AM

Quote :

"Jones is coming in this coming January and will go through spring practice with the Pack. Expect him to redshirt next year."

What's going on with that? Something to do with academics?

11/10/2008 11:51:43 AM

What's going on with what?

11/10/2008 12:44:35 PM

^^He didn't pass algebra II or something so he had to retake that and join us this Spring.

11/10/2008 2:07:46 PM

Quote :

"If it wasn't for the injury, it's a safe bet to say he'd be playing instead of Lucas. "

i dunno, i doubt that as they play different positions. Manning will be playing the position Robbie Leonard will leave this year. Maddox plays the OLB spot that Irving is holding and Lucas plays MLB.

11/10/2008 2:26:14 PM

Lucas is going to be a good one. That guy moves almost effortedlessly out there -- really seems to have good footwork/speed for a LB.

If there's one bright spot about Nate getting hurt, it's that it lowers his chances to go the draft. During the ECU game, I would've told you the guy was not only going to go, but would be a first round pick. Now probably not so much. As crappy as our defense has been this year, they have a chance to be decent-to-good next year if everyone returns.

11/10/2008 2:53:45 PM

way too early to be talking about Nate going early

of course he's coming back next year

11/10/2008 4:06:44 PM

the team needs to put on a good show this weekend. DE Luke Sager and OT Travis Bond are taking official visits. we need both, but Bond is a top priority.

11/11/2008 1:53:37 PM

Sager probably ends up at USF.

11/11/2008 2:09:56 PM

Besides Bond and Sager, are any other guys visiting this weekend?

11/12/2008 10:22:40 AM

I didn't really know where to put this but it wasn't thread worthy.

I was over on craigslist because of another thread and Markus Kuhn has some girl all about him in the missed encounters section. I think there are at least three separate ads.

11/13/2008 1:19:49 AM

Supposed to be cold and rainy this weekend. Not ideal for visits. Hopefully we'll catch a break though.

11/13/2008 11:48:15 AM

bump

11/13/2008 2:24:53 PM

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11/13/2008 2:25:18 PM

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11/13/2008 2:25:41 PM