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2 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

^^On my phone, but it may be Max Wynn, a 6-2, 210 3-star LB from Centerville. Max has offers from, among others,  Ohio, Toledo, Syracuse & Cincinnati.

I hope you're right B&G. This class is picking up some nice momentum, especially in spots where I don't think we have a lot of young depth (LB and DL).

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Have some time today, so I went through and added offers for all of our commits so far. Definitely picking up some momentum, as everyone committing now has multiple offers. I think Hilton is still committed, but he seems to be picking up a lot of interest.

 

2019 commits:

Kobe Hilton, OT/DT, 6-4, 260, Farrell HS, Farrell, PA - Akron, Ball St, Buffalo, Miami (OH), Toledo, WMU

Tyler Connolly, OL, 6-5, 285, Marysville HS, Marysville, OH - Akron

Janil Brown, DT, 6-3, 300, Palm Beach Central HS, Wellington, FL -Akron

Jalen Bell, DT, 6-0, 285, Martin Luther King HS, Detroit, MI - Akron

Sonny Ray Jones, Jr., RB, 5-11, 185, Ravenna HS, Ravenna, OH - Akron

Quan Easterling, TE, 6-2, 235, Archbishop Hoban HS, Akron, OH - Akron, Toledo

Jaison Williams, OL, 6-2, 330, Trotwood Madison HS, Trotwood, OH - Akron

Jarred Uran, LB, 6-2, 195, LaSalle HS, Cincinnati, OH - Akron, Ball St, BG, EMU, Kent St, Mass, NMSU, NDSU, Ohio.

Max Wynn, LB, 6-2, 210, Centerville HS, Centerville OH - Akron, Ball St, Buffalo, CMU, Cinci, EMU, Kent St, Miami (OH), Ohio, Syracuse, Toledo, WMU

Kyre Williams, DB, Akron East, Akron, OH - Akron, Buffalo, EMU, Toledo

Deearius Reese, DL, Akron East, Akron, OH - Akron, EMU, Kent St, Toledo

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I don't know if this article on WR transfer Jonah Morris should go in this thread...

 

ABJ: Hoban graduate Jonah Morris transfers from Indiana to UA; former Knights star ready to play WR for Zips

 

The article says they still don't know whether he'll be granted a hardship waiver so he can play this year.

 

States that coming out of HS he held scholarship offers from Indiana, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Kent State, BUGS, Miami-O, & UA.

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For our sake and his I hope he gets a medical hardship waiver. He is a difference maker who we can sorely use. It is a fact we are rebuilding at the OL and WR positions. But we may emerge stronger and better than last season thus catching a few teams by surprise with our explosiveness. That may be just the ticket we need to win several of our toss-up games, which we have many.

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17 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

I'm on my phone so I'll post the link later & update the first post, but I see on Twitter we got a verbal from another cornerback. Chris McDonald of South ridge HS in Miami, FL.

 

This is a good get. He had 18 offers.

You beat me to it B&G

 

https://247sports.com/player/chris-mcdonald-jr-46036879

 

I've said it before, but Otis Mounds has been a great hire. The pass defense hasn't really been a concern since he's been here and he brings in some real talent every year. Seems TB has recognized it too with the promotion to passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator. We need to do all we can do to keep ahold of him, because I bet some bigger programs will come calling before too long.

 

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10 hours ago, LZIp said:

I've said it before, but Otis Mounds has been a great hire. The pass defense hasn't really been a concern since he's been here and he brings in some real talent every year. Seems TB has recognized it too with the promotion to passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator. We need to do all we can do to keep ahold of him, because I bet some bigger programs will come calling before too long.

 

 

+1, LZip.  Over the past few seasons Otis Mounds has proven to be an outstanding recruiter and our secondary is now officially stacked with talent.

 

Here are McDonald's other offers.

Among them, we beat out Southern Miss, Appalachian State, BUGS, Buffalo, FAU, Marshall, UMass, N.C. State, Temple, Toledo & USF.

 

Good show, Otis!

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[EDIT]

Btw, this brings this class to 18 players broken down as such:

13 high school seniors

4 non-qualifiers from last season (WR Treon Sibley, WR Timothy Scippio, WR Shedro Louis, & S Adetutu Daranijo)

1 transfer (WR Jonah Morris, who I'm crossing my fingers will see the field this season)

 

Current (8/2) position breakdown:

 

OL: 3 (Kobe Hilton, Tyler Connolly, Jaison Williams)

TE: 1 (Quan Easterling)

RB: 1 (Sonny Ray Jones, Jr.)

WR: 4 (Treon Sibley, Timothy Scippio, Shedro Louis, Jonah Morris)

QB: 1 (Tyler Riddell)

 

DL: 3 (Janil Brown, Jalen Bell, Deearius Reese)

LB: 2 (Jarred Uran, Max Wynn)

DB: 3 (Kyre Williams, Chris McDonald, Adetutu Daranijo)

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B & G and LZ,  I couldn't agree with you more that we need to do all we can to keep coach Mounds, but, unfortunately, we will lose him. We may grow to be a good place to be, yet we will not be able to offer the money nor the prestige of a P5 program. It sucks and I hate it, but that is reality. Let's enjoy him while we have him.

 

On another note I love our recruiting. The talent pool is getting deeper and wider. Your announcement that Jonah will be available this season is a game breaker. Defenses will not be able to focus on Kwad and/or MTB. Kato will have more time in the pocket. The running game will be harder to shut down as D's will have to spread out. All credit to TB for continuing to rebuild our program. Things look much better!

 

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