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Post by TroyFootball05 on Feb 6, 2019 9:00:08 GMT -6
Please leave your loin cloth at the door all ye who enter...
Signed:
WR Jaden Warren. Excited about this guy. 6'4" downfield threat. 3-Star ATH. OLB Javon Solomon. Offers from top G5 schools Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, and UAB. WR Kaylon Geiger. Lead all of JUCO in receptions. Had 954 yards. Unblockable slot receiver. 4.45 speed. Offer from Missouri out of high school. 3-Star WR in 2017. No 2019 profile yet. CB Reddy Stweard. Our highest rated high school recruit ever. Lockdown corner adds to an already stacked DB class. Offers from Michigan, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, and Southern Miss.
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Post by doc71 on Feb 6, 2019 9:41:27 GMT -6
Please leave your loin cloth at the door all ye who enter... Signed: WR Jaden Warren. Excited about this guy. 6'4" downfield threat. 3-Star ATH. OLB Javon Solomon. Offers from top G5 schools Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, and UAB. WR Kaylon Geiger. Lead all of JUCO in receptions. Had 954 yards. Unblockable slot receiver. 4.45 speed. Offer from Missouri out of high school. 3-Star WR in 2017. No 2019 profile yet. The tape on all these guys look great! Solomon looks like one of those guys that might be considered "undersized" ... but with a motor that just won't stop! We've had pretty good success with guys like that! With Geiger and Warren ... along with the other early signees ... and the guys we have returning ... we should have lots of options on the outside and downfield. And, with McClain, Todd, Brown, Warren ... and add the TEs ... we'll have several guys at 6'3" or better! Tough for DBs to handle that kind of size!! Fire up ... Go Trojans!
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Post by tenaciousT on Feb 6, 2019 9:56:55 GMT -6
The kid from Parks Crossing (Montgomery) followed NB to WVU. He had previously decommitted once NB offered him at WVU. Once he decommitted we added our top HS recruit every in DB Reddy Steward.
Also so a previous committee of ours ('15) Tre Young out of McGill Toolen in Mobile (JUCO last year) signed with South Alabama today.
Not trying to downgrade our signing day just interesting to see where these kids ended up. Glad they are getting a chance somewhere.
Another kid that we offered out of Mobile who I think liked Troy, Eric Polentz (sp??) committed to Alabama today, not sure of the logistics but possibly taking a academic scholarship for now to get on campus. I was really hoping we were going to snag him. He is electric.
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Post by trojan2003 on Feb 6, 2019 17:58:56 GMT -6
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Post by trojan2003 on Feb 6, 2019 18:02:34 GMT -6
Pretty solid class, we addressed all needs. However, I am still waiting for us to sign a 4* recruit straight out of HS, preferrably a QB/WR/RB...
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Feb 6, 2019 21:12:19 GMT -6
Pretty solid class, we addressed all needs. However, I am still waiting for us to sign a 4* recruit straight out of HS, preferrably a QB/WR/RB... That means we'll have to sign a 5* because, I can promise you, if we sign a 4* he'll get downgraded - 'cause you know, there ain't no 4* gonna sign with lil ole TROY. As far as Rivals, or Scouts is concerned, if we sign a guy who is a 4*, they will think they have him over rated and drop him down. We saw that during this recruiting cycle when some of our commits dropped a * once they committed to us. It's an uphill climb for us.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Feb 7, 2019 14:06:04 GMT -6
Wide Receivers 6'0 and over, current roster included:
6'5 - Reggie Todd 6'4 - Khalil McClain 6'4 - Jaden Warren 6'4 - Richard Hallman 6'3 - Demontrez Brown 6'2 - Luke Whittemore 6'2 - Chris Robinson 6'2 - Johnathan Ortner 6'1 - Daniel Crowell 6'1 - Tre Eafford
Tight Ends 6'0 and over, current roster included:
6'5 - Trey Coryell 6'4 - Tre Ross 6'3 - A.J. Lewis 6'2 - Sam Letton
Running Backs 6'0 and over, current roster included:
6'1 - Charles Strong 6'0 - Trevon Woolfolk
Quarterbacks 6'0 and over, current roster included:
6'5 - Jacob Free 6'3 - Sawyer Smith 6'3 - Gunnar Watson 6'3 - Kade Young 6'2 - Gavin Screws 6'1 - Kaleb Barker
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Post by chiefnokahoma on Feb 7, 2019 14:27:22 GMT -6
Pretty solid class, we addressed all needs. However, I am still waiting for us to sign a 4* recruit straight out of HS, preferrably a QB/WR/RB... That means we'll have to sign a 5* because, I can promise you, if we sign a 4* he'll get downgraded - 'cause you know, there ain't no 4* gonna sign with lil ole TROY. As far as Rivals, or Scouts is concerned, if we sign a guy who is a 4*, they will think they have him over rated and drop him down. We saw that during this recruiting cycle when some of our commits dropped a * once they committed to us. It's an Four star athletes are hard to come by in the SBC.
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Post by jagd1305 on Feb 7, 2019 18:03:19 GMT -6
I remember back when Demarcus Ware was signed as a โZeroโ star.
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Post by buzzlightyear on Feb 9, 2019 11:42:51 GMT -6
Final score, rank, evaluation, grade of our recruiting for 2019 class. First it worked well for us to lose NB when we did because it did not impact the early signing. Then CCL comes in and with hold over coaches and his work we finished off pretty well. Odd but for 2019 there probably is NO way to have less of an impact on that years recruiting than how this worked out for us. With that said........drumroll............ I give this years recruiting an A. Well done coaches of two groups. And thank u Providence for how it worked out!
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Post by doc71 on Feb 10, 2019 13:50:49 GMT -6
Wide Receivers 6'0 and over, current roster included: 6'5 - Reggie Todd 6'4 - Khalil McClain 6'4 - Jaden Warren 6'4 - Richard Hallman 6'3 - Demontrez Brown 6'2 - Luke Whittemore 6'2 - Chris Robinson 6'2 - Johnathan Ortner 6'1 - Daniel Crowell 6'1 - Tre Eafford Tight Ends 6'0 and over, current roster included: 6'5 - Trey Coryell 6'4 - Tre Ross 6'3 - A.J. Lewis 6'2 - Sam Letton Running Backs 6'0 and over, current roster included: 6'1 - Charles Strong 6'0 - Trevon Woolfolk Quarterbacks 6'0 and over, current roster included: 6'5 - Jacob Free 6'3 - Sawyer Smith 6'3 - Gunnar Watson 6'3 - Kade Young 6'2 - Gavin Screws 6'1 - Kaleb Barker Really excited to see the big WRs and TEs ... that kind of height is tough for DBs to handle, even when they have good coverage. In addition to the new guys, the coaches were real high on Brown last year. He is a MAN! And, of course ... with this kind of size ... should be good blockers outside to spring the "speed" guys. Actually didn't realize Eaford was over 6 foot. He is electric!! If we can keep him healthy he'll be tough to stop! And, I think Letton, Lewis, Ross can be a real handful ... especially if we can get the isolated on some LBs!! Anyway ... was just putting Spring practice days into my calendar ... fired up!!
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Feb 10, 2019 15:06:27 GMT -6
As do most of us here, I get excited about signing day. One of the themes that frequently comes up surrounding recruiting and signing classes is how do these recruits and classes actually perform. We now have an answer.
Max Olson, The Athletic, recently "re ranked" the recruiting classes of 2015, based on how they performed over the course of their college careers. How did TROY fare in the re rank? In 2015, our class was ranked 117th after signing day. That isn't very good. After they compiled a 35-16 record over the past 4 years, Olson re ranks our 2015 class 19th - 19th. That's pretty spiffy. We will have 3 more classes graduate before this years signing class completes their senior year. If they can perform as well as the 2015 class, if we can put all of those classes in the top 25 in a re rank, we will be better than ok. The future is bright. It's a great time to be a TROJAN.
HAVOC!
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