Signing day 2016

[knucklehead]

It's coming up fast. What's everyone excited about so far? Liberty has the Largest # of verbals I can ever remember and the quality looks very good. The coaches are doing a great job filling needs. It's early, and things can change, but this class looks to be one of the best ever on paper. The defense is reloading and the offense is filling quite a few holes. Big shoes to fill.

Here is a list from Flames Nation: https://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23037

[Gangtackle11]

I think you will read over & over again that everyone has a great class coming in. Just the nature of the beast.

Villanova has 17 verbal commits including some really big boys on the offensive line (5) & defensive line (3). Picked up a Syracuse decommit recently on the O line.

This class is 2 years away from seeing many of them contributing, but some of the O lineman specifically will see time.

Wednesday, February 3rd right around the corner, but with the exception of a TE & maybe another LB the Cats are looking real good.

I think Villanova will be right in the mix of the top of the CAA & FCS playoffs in Coach Talley's final season.

[McNeese72]

The best time to evaluate a recruiting class is 4 or 5 years down the line when you can see who is still around, who contributed, and who were busts. Signing day is not the time.

Doc

[centennial]

The best time to evaluate a recruiting class is 4 or 5 years down the line when you can see who is still around, who contributed, and who were busts. Signing day is not the time.

Doc
Agreed. The best NDSU classes have been when we haven't expected them. Though by star count we certainly seem to have upped our game quite a bit.

[caribbeanhen]

The best time to evaluate a recruiting class is 4 or 5 years down the line when you can see who is still around, who contributed, and who were busts. Signing day is not the time.

Doc

c'mon 72, at least let us evaluate after 3 to 4 years..... but your post rings of truth

[McNeese72]

Read Keith Zembower's Sunday, Jan 24 blog on recruiting services and how stars and player rankings can be manipulated up and down by who is recruiting the players. It is a good read. Click the link, then scroll down until you get to the proper blog date. Of course, in general, most of his blog stuff is knowledgeable and good.

https://zemsgems.wordpress.com/

Doc

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

I think you will read over & over again that everyone has a great class coming in. Just the nature of the beast.

Villanova has 17 verbal commits including some really big boys on the offensive line (5) & defensive line (3). Picked up a Syracuse decommit recently on the O line.

This class is 2 years away from seeing many of them contributing, but some of the O lineman specifically will see time.

Wednesday, February 3rd right around the corner, but with the exception of a TE & maybe another LB the Cats are looking real good.

I think Villanova will be right in the mix of the top of the CAA & FCS playoffs in Coach Talley's final season.


Is that Syracuse decommitt the same one who also just bolted from you guys and gave UConn a verbal? Read about a guy doing that this morning in the Hartford Courant.

[Gangtackle11]

Is that Syracuse decommitt the same one who also just bolted from you guys and gave UConn a verbal? Read about a guy doing that this morning in the Hartford Courant.

It is. Easy come easy go. Was a verbal to Nova for less than a week. Ha

[MR. CHICKEN]

I think you will read over & over again that everyone has a great class coming in. Just the nature of the beast.

Villanova has 17 verbal commits including some really big boys on the offensive line (5) & defensive line (3). Picked up a Syracuse decommit recently on the O line.

This class is 2 years away from seeing many of them contributing, but some of the O lineman specifically will see time.

Wednesday, February 3rd right around the corner, but with the exception of a TE & maybe another LB the Cats are looking real good.

I think Villanova will be right in the mix of the top of the CAA & FCS playoffs in Coach Talley's final season.


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[Gangtackle11]

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YES SIR.....KEEP BRAWK!!!!!

[ST_Lawson]

As everyone has said...who knows what will happen over the next few years, but even with the late start, I really like the recruiting that Coach Fisher and his staff are doing.
Just got a kid who flipped from Maryland to become a Leatherneck: https://twitter.com/seanfitz247/status/693575111262121986

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaBIofKUUAIz3mb.jpg

[mainejeff]

I don't know how good Maine's class is but their new coach & staff seem to be very active out on the recruiting trail and we're getting many commitments from the ones that have made official visits. The fact that Coach H is actively recruiting FBS transfers is another good sign IMO. Maine let programs like Delaware, JMU, Nova, Richmond and Stony Brook get all the FBS transfer spoils without even attempting to go after any of them. It's a refreshing change! :)

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Richmond will have a smaller (14 or 15) but well rounded class. We've closed well late with several big linemen, including one that flipped from JMU and another that had several MAC offers.

[kdinva]

VMI looks to sign 14-17 on Wednesday.....a good number of "athletes" have committed, along with four (at least) linemen...

[PaladinFan]

Furman has 20 commits identified. Largest class I can remember.

We have only lost one "flip." PK went from Furman to Iowa. I suppose if you are losing recruits to Big10 schools, you are doing something right.

[BEAR]

Looks like some FBS schools are losing commits!

4 running backs decommited from Texas State!

Yeah that's the usual thing that happens but 4? That's a bunch.

[jmu007]

Sounds like JMU could have up to 20 kids in this year's class.

[Professor Chaos]

NDSU was supposed to have a small class this year (only 14 seniors on the 2015 roster) but they currently have 12 preferred walk-on commits bringing the total class size up to 29 as of right now.

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaI45zJVIAAsklC.jpg:large
31 including JUCOS and Preferred walk-ons

high lighted by

WR: Alex Gregory 6-1; 180 Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches) ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA, McNeese State, Texas State, Louisiana-Monroe, Prairie View A&M, interest from TCU

DE: Malik George 6-3; 210 Lafayette, Louisiana (Acadiana) ** (247Sports) (Rivals) #106 WDE #120 State
Offers from SFA, Alcorn State, McNeese State, Nicholls, interest from Tulane

DE: Jerry Blanks 6-2; 230 Galveston, Texas (Ball)
Offers from SFA, Northwestern State, Lamar, Liberty, McNeese State, Kilgore College, Texas A&M-Kingsville, interest from Colorado State

OL: Cooper Williams 6-5; 285 Spring, Texas (Klein Collins)
Offers from SFA, Texas State, Northwestern State

S: Trey Ramos 6-1; 180 Azle, Texas (Azle) ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA, New Mexico, Missouri State, Louisiana-Monroe, Abilene Christian, interest from TCU, Texas Tech, SMU, Navy, Arkansas State

OL: Josh Keith 6-7; 328 Katy, Texas (Houston Christian/West Texas A&M/Blinn College)
Offers from SFA, Hampton, McNeese State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Houston Baptist, interest from UTSA

ATH: Tamrick Pace 6-2; 193 Brownsboro, Texas (Brownsboro) *** (247Sports) #113 ATH; 177 State
Offers from SFA, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, interest from Oklahoma State, Texas, Baylor, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, Missouri

RB: Jamall Shaw 6-0; 200 Broken Bow, Oklahoma (Broken Bow)
Offers from SFA, Lamar, Northwestern State, Missouri State, Northeastern State, Missouri Southern State, interest from Oklahoma State

CB: Trenton Perriman 6-0; 180 Miami, Florida (Northwestern/Golden West College) ** (247sports) #37 CB; #99 State; #350 National
Offers from SFA, Florida A&M, Prairie View A&M, Rhode Island, Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama State

RB: Kijana Amous 6-0; 210 Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield Legacy/Navarro College) ** (247sports) #145 RB ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA, New Mexico State, Southern Illinois, interest from Minnesota

CB: Aaron Foy 5-10; 180 Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore/Navarro) *** (247Sports) #3 ATH; #9 State (TX); #130 National
Offers from SFA, Louisiana-Monroe

TE: Nick Jones 6-4; 250 Chandler, Texas (Brownsboro/Louisiana-Monroe/TVCC) (Jr.) ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA, Southeastern Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe

ATH: Ke'Mon Freeman 5-11; 205 Texarkana, Texas (Liberty-Eylau) *** (Scout) #73 QB; #12 TX ATH
Offers from SFA, SMU, North Texas, Arkansas State, interest from Texas

ATH: Zach Hall 5-11; 170 Tyler, Texas (Lee) *** (Rivals) #41 ATH; #87 State
Offers from SFA, Baylor, Missouri, Texas Tech, Louisiana-Monroe, Northwestern State, interest from Tulsa

DE: Chris Leaks 6-4; 215 Rison, Arkansas (Rison) ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA, Central Arkansas, Harding, interest from Arkansas State, Louisiana-Monroe

QB: Caleb Evans 6-3; 195 Dallas, Texas (Bishop Dunne) ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA, Central Arkansas, Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern, Midwestern State, Northern Colorado, interest from Virginia Tech, Missouri

QB: Tyler Ferre 6-3; 207 Magnolia, Texas (West) ** (247sports) #115 QB
Offers from SFA, Georgia Southern, Louisiana-Lafayette, interest from Iowa State, North Texas, Baylor, TCU, Texas State, Texas Tech, UCLA

WR: Darby Baldwin 6-1; 180 Beaumont, Texas (West Brook) ** (Rivals)
Offers from SFA and Kansas

and we also had the following but they have since decommitted in the last few weeks

LB: Dylan Parsee 6-3; 215 San Angelo, Texas (Central) ** (Rivals) to UTEP

OL: Noah Lopez 6-4; 280 Katy, Texas (Katy) ** (247sports)#187 OG to New Mexico State

WR: Thomas Nolley 6-3; 205 Forth Worth, Texas (South Hills) ** (Rivals) ** (247Sports) to Tulsa

CB: Semaj Lewis 5-9; 150 New Orleans, Louisiana (De La Sallle) ** (247Sports) #126 State; ** (Rivals) Offer from North Texas, interest from Tulane, Texas A&M, ULL

RB: Israel Tucker 5-9; 190 Metairie, Louisiana (Archbishop Rummel) to Louisiana Tech

[Professor Chaos]

NDSU tweeted out that the 2016 National Signing Day class is complete with 26 letters received today (14 high school scholarship players, 2 transfers, and 10 recruited walk-ons). There are two more recruited walk-ons who are committed but likely need to get academics in order before they can officially sign. Here's the list (bios, video, and other details can be found at Bison Football Signing Day Central (http://www.gobison.com/news/2016/2/2/FB_0202163535.aspx)):

Name Bio Video Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)
Adam Cofield RB 5-11 190 Fr. Lee's Summit, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS)
Jabril Cox LB 6-3 218 Fr. Raytown, Mo. (Raytown South HS)
Felix Dixon DB 6-0 165 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. (Countryside HS)
Sean Engel WR 6-5 200 Fr. Chaska, Minn. (Chaska HS)
Cameron Hackl DT 6-3 260 Fr. Green Bay, Wis. (Bay Port HS)
Ben Hecht OL 6-5 255 Fr. Shawnee, Kan. (Mill Valley HS)
Darren Kelley DB 6-0 192 Jr. Baltimore, MD. (Potomac HS/NDSCS)
Ross Kennelly LB 5-11 187 Fr. Superior, Wis. (Superior HS)
Jackson Koonce P 6-1 178 Jr. Ocanside, Calif. (Oceanside HS/SMU)
Braydon Lund TE 6-3 246 Fr. Minot, N.D. (Minot HS)
Moses Nyangacha LB 5-11 190 Fr. Robbinsdale, Minn. (Robbinsdale Cooper HS)
Beau Pauly LB 6-2 207 Fr. Becker, Minn. (Becker HS)
Dillon Radunz OL 6-6 260 Fr. Becker, Minn. (Becker HS)
Karson Schoening OL 6-4 320 Fr. Rolla, N.D. (Rolla HS)
Henry Van Dellen QB 6-4 205 Fr. Plymouth, Minn. (Providence Academy HS)
Cordell Volson OL 6-6 250 Fr. Balfour, N.D. (Drake HS)

Preferred Walk-Ons
Name Bio Video Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)
Quinn Alo OL 6-2 336 Fr. LaMoure, N.D. (LaMoure HS)
Matt Biegler TE 6-3 256 Fr. Underwood, Minn. (Underwood HS)
Ross Godfrey DB 5-10 150 Fr. Sioux City, Iowa (Sioux City East HS)
Trevor Heit WR 5-9 170 Fr. Pepin, Wis. (Pepin-Alma HS)
Josh Howieson OL 6-5 275 Fr. Baxter, Minn. (Brainerd HS)
Cole Jacob WR 6-0 177 Fr. Medina, Minn. (Benilde-St. Margaret's HS)
Victor Kizewski DB 6-0 190 Fr. Stevens Point, Wis. (Stevens Point HS)
Zach Kubas OL 6-4 260 Fr. Dickinson, N.D. (Trinity HS)
Zak ****z FB 6-2 251 Fr. Grand Forks, N.D. (Red River HS)
Garret Wegner P 6-0 177 Fr. Lodi, Wis. (Lodi HS)

[BEAR]

UCA ADDS 28

Chandler Dexter 6-6, 255, Tight End
James Graves 6-1, 235, Linebacker
Jaylon Lofton 6-1, 180, Cornerback
Austin McIntosh 5-11 200, Long Snapper
Trai Mosley 5-10, 170, Defensive Back
Micah Parten 6-2, 300, Offensive Line
James Patrick Ponder 6-1, 190, Punter
Conner Wood 6-6, 300, Offensive Lineman
Carlos Blackman 6-1, 220, Running Back
Kierre Crossley 5-8, 156, Running Back
Breyden DeSpain 6-3, 200, Wide Receiver
Nathan Grant 6-4, 225, Defensive End
Joe Hampton 6-2, 180, Wide Receiver
Adrian Harris 6-4, 289, Offensive Line
Jackie Harvell 5-11, 187, Running Back
Victor Hill 6-2, 210, Linebacker
J.W. Jones 6-4, 235 lbs, Defensive End
Justin Meadows 6-1, 190, Wide Receiver
Joshua Nix 6-5, 250, Tight End
Austin Norris 6-5, 258, Defensive Line
Brandon Northcross 6-0, 185, Wide Receiver
Kevin Perkins 6-0, 215, Running Back
Robert Rochell 6-2, 180 lbs, Defensive Back
John Parker Romo 5-11, 157, Kicker
Leandre Rucks 6-6, 180, Safety
Breylin Smith 6-3, 187, Quarterback
Tyler Wallace 6-6, 254, Offensive Line
Hunter Watts 6-7, 295, Offensive Line