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We have 3 commitments thus far this year in Chris Jackson, Embry Peeples, and Nick McRae.
At this time last year we had 3 in Joseph Gilbert, Jerrard Tarrant, and Brad Jefferson.
Two years ago this time we had 2 in Ben Anderson and Robert Hall. In reality we also had Austin Barrick by this time but no one found out for a couple of months.
The difference seems to be when comparing ourselves to the state pen to our east. They ad 5 at this time two years ago and 4 last year at this time. However, they have 11 so far this year...2-3 times their normal production. To make it a bit more frustrating they are getting some good character kids by using our sales pitch from last year...academics & family first, Christian coaches, downplay football importance, etc.
Also of frustration....of their 11 commitments, 5 had offers from us (Bacarri Rambo, Makiri Pugh, Christian Robinson, Tavarres King, and DeAngelo Tyson) and 2 would have if our offers were out as early as they committed (A.J. Green, Cornelius Washington). Of course, on some of the big names in the state of Georgia this year there are the typical grade issues or we would have them on board...and there are a few big names we are not offering because we disagree with the popular assessment of them. These situations will always be there.
So...we are probably doing about as good as last year when comparing to ourselves...but may have to make a few adjustments for next year. We did take a different approach this year with the first junior day being much larger (40+) as opposed to the smaller "elite" junior day we did last year which seemed to really hook our big names with this "family feel". Who knows...just throwing it out there.
Last year was an incredible class...every year will not be that way. However, I still think this year will be solid or slightly better than solid...maybe even be our second best class over the past 6 years...we will see.
There are a lot of names up there we would like to go ahead and get secured...but we are in for some real battles! Steven Sylvester, Keith Wells, Omoregie Uzzie, Dontavious Jackson, Brice Butler, Kenneth Page, Michael Via, William Green, JB Fitzgerald, TJ Pridemore, Ralph Bolden, etc.....among many other big name out-of-state longer shots we are on the list of I will not even rattle off that would begin with Covaugh Deboskie...and some local kids we should be able to have join the family like Matt Roark, Cooper Tayler, etc. We also look ok with some out-of-state kids that have not hit the radar as hard such as Brandon Leslie, Malcolm Munroe, David Rowe, BJ Machen, Ryan Turnley, Jake Jackson, Rodriquez Wilkes, Jon Lockhart, etc.
Lets hope for some good news this summer!
At this time last year we had 3 in Joseph Gilbert, Jerrard Tarrant, and Brad Jefferson.
Two years ago this time we had 2 in Ben Anderson and Robert Hall. In reality we also had Austin Barrick by this time but no one found out for a couple of months.
The difference seems to be when comparing ourselves to the state pen to our east. They ad 5 at this time two years ago and 4 last year at this time. However, they have 11 so far this year...2-3 times their normal production. To make it a bit more frustrating they are getting some good character kids by using our sales pitch from last year...academics & family first, Christian coaches, downplay football importance, etc.
Also of frustration....of their 11 commitments, 5 had offers from us (Bacarri Rambo, Makiri Pugh, Christian Robinson, Tavarres King, and DeAngelo Tyson) and 2 would have if our offers were out as early as they committed (A.J. Green, Cornelius Washington). Of course, on some of the big names in the state of Georgia this year there are the typical grade issues or we would have them on board...and there are a few big names we are not offering because we disagree with the popular assessment of them. These situations will always be there.
So...we are probably doing about as good as last year when comparing to ourselves...but may have to make a few adjustments for next year. We did take a different approach this year with the first junior day being much larger (40+) as opposed to the smaller "elite" junior day we did last year which seemed to really hook our big names with this "family feel". Who knows...just throwing it out there.
Last year was an incredible class...every year will not be that way. However, I still think this year will be solid or slightly better than solid...maybe even be our second best class over the past 6 years...we will see.
There are a lot of names up there we would like to go ahead and get secured...but we are in for some real battles! Steven Sylvester, Keith Wells, Omoregie Uzzie, Dontavious Jackson, Brice Butler, Kenneth Page, Michael Via, William Green, JB Fitzgerald, TJ Pridemore, Ralph Bolden, etc.....among many other big name out-of-state longer shots we are on the list of I will not even rattle off that would begin with Covaugh Deboskie...and some local kids we should be able to have join the family like Matt Roark, Cooper Tayler, etc. We also look ok with some out-of-state kids that have not hit the radar as hard such as Brandon Leslie, Malcolm Munroe, David Rowe, BJ Machen, Ryan Turnley, Jake Jackson, Rodriquez Wilkes, Jon Lockhart, etc.
Lets hope for some good news this summer!
