ZachTheZip Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 The Zips already have some offers out there for 2012 recruits. Hopefully they've been preparing for this recruiting class from the beginning. Recruiting is about building relationships with the players, their families, and the high school coaches. The staff only had one year to do that for 2011's class which might have hampered their ability to bring in talent, but if they're smart they've been working on this class from the beginning. So far our offer list looks like this: Enrolled at Akron: DB Malachi Freeman, Nassau C.C. DE Albert Presley, Dean J.C. FS Benny Cunningham, Medina HS OL Rodney Carroll, Hargrave Military Academy QB Tyrell Goodman, Stepinac HS S DeAndre Scott, Hargrave Military Academy TRANSFER RB Quentin Hines, Cincinnati TRANSFER WR Avis Commack, Florida State Verbally Committed to Akron: DE Arlington McClinton, Midview HS LB Darryl Waters, Hargrave Military Academy LB Dylan Evans, Pen Argyl HS LB John Rachal, Dillard HS LB Keionne Baines, Armwood HS OG Curtis Black, Roosevelt HS OG Kevin Mills, McKinley HS OG Quaison Osborne, Hudson HS OG Michael Casimos, Don Bosco Prep OLB Daryan Martin, Princeton HS QB Steve Franco, Tyrone Area HS RB Bryan Green, Farmington HS RB Conner Hundley, St. Xavier HS RB Imani Davis Belen Jesuit prep SS James Turner, Fairfield HS WR Andrew Pratt, Green HS WR Josh Smith, Western Hills HS Offered, uncommitted: Offense: C Xavier Ruben, Blinn College OG Willie Henry, Glenville HS OG Johnny Caspers, Glenbard West HS OT Ryan Anderson, Roosevelt HS QB Max Ward, Highspire HS RB Marcus Horne, Bradley Tech HS RB Wade Edwards, Armwood HS RB Kyle McKinnon, New London HS RB Elijah Hughes, Elizabeth HS RB David Jones, McDonough HS TE Bill Albert, Brighton HS WR Ronrei Lloyd, Snow J.C. WR Elijah St. Hilaire, Palisades Park HS WR Mike Means, Moeller HS WR Tyrone Williams, Jeffersonville HS Athlete: ATH Tevin Shaw, Piscataway HS ATH Aykee Henderson, Glenville HS ATH Vangelo Bentley, Glenville HS Defense: CB Olawaola Falemi, Los Angeles Harbor J.C. CB Cameron Cole, Fort Scott C.C. CB Shane Toler, Columbus Africentric HS CB Taylor Williams, Dublin Coffman HS CB Anthony Standifer, Crete-Monee HS DB Sean Draper, Glenville HS DE Bernardo Nunez, Lackawanna C.C. DE Ed Glenn, Milford Academy DE Neal Page, Ernest W. Seaholm HS DE Kyle Ready, Carlson HS DE Stephon Hall, Loyola HS DE Jason Stargel, Walnut Hills HS DE Willie Brown, Glenville HS DT Justin Montanez, Riverside University HS DT Darryl Goldsmith, Cass Tech HS LB Frank Hill, Alliance HS LB Drake Michaelson, Eden Prairie SHS S Okezie Alozie, Freedom HS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 iCoach will beyond the shadow of a doubt prove himself a recruiting genius if he lands Eddie Goldman. Eddie Goldman sounds Jewish, but his profile pic would lead me to believe otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 iCoach will beyond the shadow of a doubt prove himself a recruiting genius if he lands Eddie Goldman. Eddie Goldman sounds Jewish, but his profile pic would lead me to believe otherwise. Barring something unforseen, Goldman will end up one of the top 20 national prospects of the class of 2012. He has something like 50 offers by this point and they're from the top teams in the country. If Ianello thinks he has a legitimate shot to land Goldman, he's either delusional or he has yet to reveal his true recruiting abilities to us (even though we could have used them in the 2011 class). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 iCoach will beyond the shadow of a doubt prove himself a recruiting genius if he lands Eddie Goldman. Eddie Goldman sounds Jewish, but his profile pic would lead me to believe otherwise. Well it depends upon your perspective. If you are an Orthodox Jew you may question his religious values as Eddie is a Reformed Jew, but just about all Reformed Jews would agree that he is Jewish. Hence the motivation for his claim that he will never play for BYU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 iCoach will beyond the shadow of a doubt prove himself a recruiting genius if he lands Eddie Goldman. Eddie Goldman sounds Jewish, but his profile pic would lead me to believe otherwise. You are profiling, and that is illegal. If he is circumcised he is Jewish. That being said, he will come to Akron when KOSHER PIGS fly. And Akron is not even listed on that site. But absent the usual misdemeanor arrest he will have his choice of the top schools in the US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 A new offer: LB Nayeem Wartman And get this: Eddie Goldman currently has more scholarship offers than all our 2011 signees combined. Twice over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Another offer: CB Yuri Wright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 A new offer: LB Nayeem Wartman And get this: Eddie Goldman currently has more scholarship offers than all our 2011 signees combined. Twice over. Wartman just picked up an offer from JoePa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 New offer - OG Tyler Orlosky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 New offer - OT Kenton Playko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 New offer - DE Tom Strobel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 3 new offers: OT Zach Higgins TE Evan Jones FS Najee Murray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Another offer: CB Yuri Wright If we could sign Yuri Wright and Yur Wrong we would really have something to market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 New offer - OG Troy Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 New offer - ATH Deaysean Rippy I wonder about Ianello's recruiting tactics. What's his angle? Recruit all the top prospects in the country who all have 20 BCS offers? Does he really think he can land these players? We saw last year that he started out offering a bunch of 4-star players offered by top BCS teams, and when he couldn't land any he moved on to offering players who had low-level BCS offers, and when he couldn't land any he moved on to offering players with MAC offers, and finally broke down and signed a class made up of players who had no offer but Akron. He's starting off the same way this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 New offer - ATH Deaysean Rippy I wonder about Ianello's recruiting tactics. What's his angle? Recruit all the top prospects in the country who all have 20 BCS offers? Does he really think he can land these players? We saw last year that he started out offering a bunch of 4-star players offered by top BCS teams, and when he couldn't land any he moved on to offering players who had low-level BCS offers, and when he couldn't land any he moved on to offering players with MAC offers, and finally broke down and signed a class made up of players who had no offer but Akron. He's starting off the same way this year. You noticed the same trend I observed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 New offer - ATH Deaysean Rippy I wonder about Ianello's recruiting tactics. What's his angle? Recruit all the top prospects in the country who all have 20 BCS offers? Does he really think he can land these players? We saw last year that he started out offering a bunch of 4-star players offered by top BCS teams, and when he couldn't land any he moved on to offering players who had low-level BCS offers, and when he couldn't land any he moved on to offering players with MAC offers, and finally broke down and signed a class made up of players who had no offer but Akron. He's starting off the same way this year. You are right...he should offer the nobody's first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 3 new offers - RB LaKeith Walls TE Pharaoh Brown OG Carlutorbantu Zaramo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 3 new offers - RB LaKeith Walls TE Pharaoh Brown OG Carlutorbantu Zaramo Hope we land Zaramo just for the name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 2 more offers - OLB Kenʈ Kern DT Terry Davis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thanks for keeping tabs on recruiting, Zach. Both RB LaKeith Walls & OLB K.e.n.t. Kern look like very intriguing prospects, who haven't been offered by every Top 20 team in the nation - exactly the sort of player iCoach should be looking at. Walls, a RB @ 6'4" & 200 lbs. reminds me of former Zips recruit & Massillon product Christian Morgan. Morgan was listed @ 6'4" & 215. Walls will most likely add @ least 10 pounds to his frame between his junior & senior seasons. (I know, I know, Morgan never amounted to much. None-the-less, he was truly a physical specimen.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Kenton Playko verbals to Northwestern. New offers: SS Mark Meyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks for keeping tabs on recruiting, Zach. Both RB LaKeith Walls & OLB K.e.n.t. Kern look like very intriguing prospects, who haven't been offered by every Top 20 team in the nation - exactly the sort of player iCoach should be looking at. Walls, a RB @ 6'4" & 200 lbs. reminds me of former Zips recruit & Massillon product Christian Morgan. Morgan was listed @ 6'4" & 215. Walls will most likely add @ least 10 pounds to his frame between his junior & senior seasons. (I know, I know, Morgan never amounted to much. None-the-less, he was truly a physical specimen.) How much taller will he be? Do you have any projections for height and weight gains between his high school senior year and college freshman year yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks for keeping tabs on recruiting, Zach. Both RB LaKeith Walls & OLB K.e.n.t. Kern look like very intriguing prospects, who haven't been offered by every Top 20 team in the nation - exactly the sort of player iCoach should be looking at. Walls, a RB @ 6'4" & 200 lbs. reminds me of former Zips recruit & Massillon product Christian Morgan. Morgan was listed @ 6'4" & 215. Walls will most likely add @ least 10 pounds to his frame between his junior & senior seasons. (I know, I know, Morgan never amounted to much. None-the-less, he was truly a physical specimen.) How much taller will he be? Do you have any projections for height and weight gains between his high school senior year and college freshman year yet? Most high school boys do. Especially if they spend time in the weight room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 3 new offers: ATH Chris Davis ATH Demitrious Davis RB William Mahone All three from Austintown Fitch HS. Don't know whether the Davises are related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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