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29 minutes ago, Zipmeister said:

 

When you are watching film on a prospect do you stop about a third of the way through?

I see where you’re going with that, but it’s not an apples to apples comparison. When I’m watching film I’m not receiving someone else’s opinions, plugs, or lack thereof about the prospect - outside of maybe a star rating. Star ratings I also take  with a grain of salt because those are often tied into the number of scholarships or who the offers are from. So the ratings can be very different by the end of the prospect’s senior year.

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2 minutes ago, catdaddyp said:

I see where you’re going with that, but it’s not an apples to apples comparison. When I’m watching film I’m not receiving someone else’s opinions, plugs, or lack thereof about the prospect - outside of maybe a star rating. Star ratings I also take  with a grain of salt because those are often tied into the number of scholarships or who the offers are from. So the ratings can be very different by the end of the prospect’s senior year.

 

I watched a few minutes, then skipped through the rest at 30 second intervals until the conversation turned to Akron, then watched that part and learned several interesting things.

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Questions:  Presuming he stays recruited by Akron, do you see him starting from day 1 till he plays out his string or is drafted?

Does Rice no longer run the wishbone?

Choctaw HS is a largely tribal community.  Is Steele a registered member of the Choctaw nation?

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1 hour ago, Z.I.P. said:

Questions:  Presuming he stays recruited by Akron, do you see him starting from day 1 till he plays out his string or is drafted?

 

That would mean he beats out Irons/Undercuffler as true freshman when they are seniors. I don't see it, but could be wrong. 

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2 hours ago, LZIp said:

 

I trust the staff’s opinion, but Laing-Taylor doesn’t seem to excel in any area when watching his film. He definitely has the size to come in and contribute as a freshman, but not so much the skill. He looks to be best suited as a S.

 

Ive lost track at this point, but does anyone know if he camped and earned an offer in person?

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3 minutes ago, catdaddyp said:

I trust the staff’s opinion, but Laing-Taylor doesn’t seem to excel in any area when watching his film. He definitely has the size to come in and contribute as a freshman, but not so much the skill. He looks to be best suited as a S.

 

Ive lost track at this point, but does anyone know if he camped and earned an offer in person?

Agreed. And I don’t know. Staff must’ve seen potential.

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I'll take a Miami kid like Zayden Laing-Taylor any date of the week, and twice on Sunday.

 

He's a starter on a HS team that's the 3-time defending 5A champ in Florida. They lost twice in 2021...to Bishop Gorman (Nevada State Champ) and St John Bosco (Calif.). 

 

His HS produced James and Dalvin Cook, amongst other NFL guys.

 

If we want to win, we need to be successful recruiting Florida and Georgia. I think Joe's off to a solid start.

 

As a side note - with the transfer portal, are kids like this going to see fewer P5 offers out of HS? Will the MAC schools become the 1st stop for P5-level kids who don't want to sit at a P5 program for a year or two and develop? They can play in the MAC in year's #1 and 2, and then transfer with immediate eligibility for their final two seasons at P5's? 

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1 hour ago, a-zip said:

I realize this is not Zips recruiting but AJ Milwee just got a huge feather in his cap

Arch Manning to Texas

Manning and Ewers are going to be in the QB room along with a couple other top notch QBs.  There will be 1-2 good players entering the transfer portal.  Coach Joe needs to stay abreast of the situation.  

Go Zips!!

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On 10/22/2021 at 8:17 AM, Blue & Gold said:

2023 VERBAL COMMITMENTS

Steele Wassel, QB, 6-4, 210, Choctaw HS, Choctaw, OK

Maurice Long, OL, 6-6, 285, South Point HS, South Point, OH

Jonas Mann, OL, 6-7, 270, Pickerington North HS, Pickerington, OH

Conner Cravaack, TE, 6-5, 230, Madeira HS, Cincinnati, OH

Marcus Moore, DT, 6-2, 300, Massillon Washington HS, Massillon, OH

Joshua Bowen, LB, 6-2, 210, Dillard HS, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jean Louis III, WR, 5-10, 165, Canarsie HS, Middle Village, NY

Catrell White, CB, 5-10, 178, Erasmus Hall HS, Brooklyn, NY

Zayden Laing-Taylor, CB, 5-11, 185, Miami Central HS, Miami, FL

Lester Miller, WR, 6-0, 175, Brandon HS, Brandon, MS

 

CLASS BREAKDOWN

Total Commits: 10

 

Offense: 6

QB: 1 (Wassel)

RB: 0

WR: 2 (Louis, Miller)

TE: 1 (Cravaack)

OL: 2 (Long, Mann)

 

Defense: 4

DT: 1 (Moore)

DE: 0

LB: 1 (Bowen)

CB: 2 (White, Laing-Taylor)

S: 0

I created and updated Rivals prospect profiles with size, offers, and linked hudl video. Once I did that, the national reporters responded fairly quickly and now everyone but Lester Miller has a ranking. Looks like they forgot to give Bowen his 5.2-5.4 rating, but he is listed as a 2 star. I’ll continue to update their profiles as the year goes along, which will probably get a few of them ratings bump if they receive more offers. If anyone notices the players receiving more offers, please let me know.  Due to the updates, Akron is listed as having the 67th best class for 2023. https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2023/all-teams/football
 

Wasel  = 5.6 - 3 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/steele-wasel-261890

Long = 5.3 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/maurice-long-294374

Mann = 5.4 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/jonas-mann-285528

Cravaack = 5.4 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/conner-cravaack-279676

Moore = 5.4 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/marcus-moore-280680

Bowen = ? - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/joshua-bowen-241562

Louis = 5.3 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/jean-louis-iii-280349

White = 5.3 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/catrell-white-276218

Lang-Taylor = 5.4 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/zayden-laing-taylor-285125

Miller = NR - NR https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/lester-miller-284649

Norton = 5.4 - 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2023/adrian-norton-276321

 

 

 

 

 

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