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Signed NLI (21): Alex Adams (6-1, 195) WR Max Banes (6-5, 315) OL TJ Banks (6-5, 240) TE Marquell Darnell (6-7, 220) TE Keylen Davis (6-3, 300) OL Bobby Golden (5-9, 180) WR Jourden Hale-Frater (6-5, 330) OL Curtis Harper (6-2, 285) DL Charles Kellom (5-11, 200) RB Shocky Jacques-Louis (6-0, 175) WR Dijon Jennings (5-11, 175) QB Victor Jones (6-4, 235) DL Ka'Marii Landers (6-5, 295) OL KJ Martin (6-2, 190) S Bryan McCoy (6-0, 220) LB Kiawan Murphy (6-3, 330) DL Devon Robinson (6-6, 260) DL Tim Terry (6-2, 215) LB Cam Threatt (6-2, 175) CB Cam Wiley (6-2, 185) RB Tyhler William (6-4, 305) OL Preferred Walk-Ons (4): Emmett Hanna (6-2, 205) LB Transfer from Boston College Brian Kilbane (6-4, 290) OL Transfer from BUGS Clayton Bone (6-0, 195) WR Chase Folser (5-11, 160) K

A similar strategy could be used to accommodate multiple demand for number 2. We could have 2, 2b and not 2b. Shakespeare would approve.

They are going to convert some underused space at the rec center to a full size court and 2 half court areas. There will be some limited locker areas and a state of the art video recording system for instantaneous playback. An entrance with access from Carroll street.

We’ve had more fun in one month of JoeMo than in 3&1/2 years of Arth.

Being a Hoban grad I've kept up with the career of Rumler. I don't know why Michigan did not work out for him. I feel he has the talent to play there. What irks me to no end is that he came home to play at Kent. I blame Arth for not getting him to Akron. He had probably already had his mind made up before JoeMo was hired, yet it is still inconceivable that Kent would seem a better option for him than Akron under JoeMo. Kent got a good one, but under Joe we have a higher ceiling. We are going to soar!

I'm an empty shell of a man who despises Kent, Ohio, Toledo, Miami, Buffalo, that back up guard for BG, the third asst for EMU, the WMU dance team, and, of course, Whitford.

I just booked my hotel in Detroit for MAC title game!!! Okay, not really, but I'm really excited about this team. Arth couldn't even come close to this recruiting class.

Amen. No more smaller and faster (and manhandled) on the lines.

Perhaps one of them could be Roman numeral 1.

Yeah, and we're all gonna crash hard tomorrow when we realize it's a couple months until spring ball 🥴 I wonder if Joe Dunn is following this? 😅

i dont remember the last time we had so many hosses on the OL/DL. impressive to see these players with size coming in. Now the size has to translate to wins

It's been so long since we've had this many sweets. The sugar rush is real.

Tyhler Williams Watch: 8:30 p.m. and his pinned tweet is still a 100% commitment to UA 🤞🤞

ROOCREW22: Cameron Wiley, RB, 6-2, 210 Las Vegas, NV, Minnesota transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Devon Robinson, DL, 6-5, 300, Memphis, TN, Miss. St. & Memphis transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Cam Threatt, DB, 6-0, 170, Lewisburg, MS, Mississippi State & Miss. Gulf Coast CC transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Kerry Martin Jr., DB, 6-1, 185, Charleston, WV, West Virginia transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Curtis Harper, DL, 6-2, 285, McKeesport, PA, Syracuse transfer (1 yr. eligibility) TJ Banks, TE, 6-5, 255, Duquesne, PA, West Virginia transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Dijon Jennings, QB, 6-0, 180, Reynoldsburg HS, Reynoldsburg, OH Charles Kellom, RB, 6-0, 190, St. Xavier HS, Cincinnati, OH Tim Terry, LB, 6-2, 230, Central Catholic HS, Pittsburgh, PA, Buffalo transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Shocky Jacquez-Louis, WR, 6-0, 190, Dunbar HS, Fort Myers, FL Pitt transfer (2 yrs. eligibility?) Max Banes, OL, 6-5, 310, St. Thomas HS, Houston, TX University of Houston transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Vic Jones, DE, 6-4, 245, Inderkum HS, Sacramento, CA Wyoming transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Alex Adams, WR, 6-1, 195, South Pike HS, Osyka, MS, (LSU transfer, 3 yrs. eligibility) Clayton Bone, WR, 6-1, 190, Avon Old Farms HS, Avon, CT Kiawan Murphy, DT, 6-3, 330, East Hartford HS, East Hartford, CT Noah Gettman, P/K, 6-5, 205, Mainland HS, Daytona Beach, FL, Sacred Heart transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Bobby Golden, WR, 5-9, 180, Miami Palmetto HS, Miami, FL Tyhler Williams, OL, 6-4, 305, Milton HS, Alpharetta, GA Ka'Marii Landers, OL, 6-5, 300, Fordson HS, Dearborn, MI Keylen Davis, OL, 6-4, 298, Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN Niko Paxos, P/K, 6-3, 195, Jackson HS, Massillon, OH Bryan McCoy, LB, 6-0, 225, Joliet West HS, Joliet, IL Jourden Hale, OL, 6-6, 330, Sycamore HS, Cincinnati, OH Marquell Darnell, TE, 6-7, 210, Central HS, Erie, PA Anthony Stallworth, RB, 5-11, 185, Farrell HS, Farrell, PA Stefan Monahan, OL, 6-8, 320, McKinley HS, Canton, OH Nate Thompson, S, 6-3, 200, Southern Lee HS, Sanford, NC, Duke University transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Clyde Price III, RB, 6-0, 210, North Kansas City HS, Kansas City, MO, Kansas State transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Anthony Whigan, OL, 6-5, 300, Great Mills HS, Lexington Park, MD, Penn State transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Caden Clark, TE, 6-4, 255, Archbishop Hoban, Akron, OH, Alabama transfer (4 yrs. eligibility?) Daniel George, WR, 6-2, 205, Oxon Hill HS, Fort Washington, MD, Penn State transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Noah Perez, K, 5-8, 160, Desert Vista HS, Pheonix, AZ Jaharon Griffin, LB, 6-0, 225, Neshoba Central HS, Philadelphia, MS Ravontae Holt, DT, 6-4, 293, Sheldon HS, Sacramento, CA, Wyoming transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Jaden Woods, DB, 6-0, 200, South Gwinnett HS, Decatur, GA, Eastern Kentucky transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Jeff Undercuffler, QB, 6-5, 230, Holy Cross Academy, Burlington, NJ, Albany transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Devonte Golden-Nelson, CB, 6-0, 190, Memphis University School, Memphis, TN, U. of Memphis transfer (4 yrs. eligibility) Caleb Anderson, WR, 6-4, 210, Brandon HS, Brandon, MS, Northeast Mississippi C.C. transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Antavious Fish, LB, 6-0, 220, Jackson HS, Flovilla, GA, Coffeyville C.C. transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Kyle Thomas, DL, 6-3, 295, Oscar Smith HS, Chesapeake, VA, Butler C.C. transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Deontae Williams, ATH, 5-11, 192, Woodland Hills HS, Woodland Hills, PA CLASS BREAKDOWN: TOTAL COMMITS: 41 Offense: 22 QB: 2 (Jennings, Undercuffler) RB: 4 (Wiley, Kellom, Stallworth, Price) WR: 6 (Jacquez-Louis, Adams, Bone, Golden, George, Anderson) TE: 3 (Banks, Darnell, Clark) OL: 7 (Banes, Williams, Landers, Davis, Hale, Monahan, Whigan) Defense: 15 DT: 5 (Robinson, Harper, Murphy, Holt, Thomas) DE: 1 (Jones) LB: 3 (Terry, McCoy, Griffin, Fish) DB: 5 (Threatt, Martin, Thompson, Woods, Golden-Nelson) Athlete: 1 ATH: 1 (Williams) Special Teams: 3 P/K: 3 (Gettman, Paxos, Perez)

Thank you B&G for the fantastic job that you have done in tracking the commits and signees. The individual posts were great and staying on top of the lists was even better. Muchas Gracias!!! Go Zips!!!!

He signed his Letter of Intent for the Zips today.

Full report: https://gozips.com/news/2022/2/2/akron-football-unveils-a-talented-24-member-2022-signing-class.aspx

With no men’s games for 5 days now, if you need your Zips fix tune in tonight! This would be a really nice win. The Zips are still undefeated at the JAR this year.

Hereinafter, we shall all refer to you as ESAkron.

Looks like the JAR is here to stay for a while

Yes, this is a really good class even in a normal recruiting timeframe, but considering the short amount of time they have had to recruit, it's really amazing! Can't wait to see future recruiting classes and finally see the product on the field for the next several years!

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2022/02/02/college-sports-university-akron-makes-commitment-athletics-programs-facilities-charles-guthrie/9316111002/ Some news here on the new basketball facilities and the JAR.

I've always thought they should have a much bigger American flag and pole to the left of the scoreboard. The flags at the closed end are pretty small for the size of the venue and don't make much of an impact.

During this little break, I checked out 247. - We are now 10th in the MAC with a class rating of .8202. - Tyhler Williams is still a No Star, and his profile has not been updated with the ASU offer. I expect both to change. - Our National Recruit Ranking is 123, but when looking at the Overall list (which includes transfers), we're at 107. - Piggy-backing off the previous point, the Overall MAC rankings go as follows: Buffalo (65), Miami OH (88), Toledo (96), KSUcks (99), CMU (100), Balls (103), NIU (105), Akron (107), BUGS (116), WMU (118), EMU (126), and Ohio (141). EDIT: OU is now at 142. The list of 150 schools includes FCS, and OU is behind several FCS schools. Wow. - Of note (as a barometer): Jackson State (Coach Deion Sanders) is at 75 with a Five Star and a Four Star; Liberty is at 87; Coastal Carolina is at 85. - Keep in mind, most of our competition had their coaching staff in place prior to this off-season, so they had Commits/LOIs during the early signing period. What JoeMo & Co. have done in 2 months is quite impressive. Looking forward to any afternoon news (WHO IS THE POTENTIAL 4*?!).

Interesting that Hannah was a PWO at Boston College last year. Edit - I guess LZip beat me to the punch. Not the first time, and won't be the last. 😁

Even our Walk Ons are P5. 😂

But it was pretty ambiguous, so we were just speculating on a slow news day.

Is there a "mystery 4-star" HS recruit out there? Or was that tweet referring to one of the transfers?

We've 16 signed LOI's thus far.

Someone mentioned this earlier, but that's a WR name if there ever was one 🔥🔥

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That should account for all of our transfers (excluding the kicker who I'm not sure they'd announce). Awesome job @Blue & Gold keeping up on these

Joe & Co out-recruited the combo of Herm Edwards, Marvin Lewis and Brian Billick?! Nice!

Um, I'm already out of Likes today 😕

Not to get off-topic, but it's interesting the marketing tactic with these GIFs, tapping into the sports card market craze. The "cards" are in BGS slabs (Beckett Grading Services). This coaching staff "gets it."

They've hardly been used (Akron's side) since 2009.

I despise Kent, but I can’t deny they’re playing some of the best ball in the league right now. The Zips need to win both of these this weekend.

Please note that the game is at 6:30 and not 7.

Fingers and toes crossed.

Something up with that!

Yikes. Down 26 at the half! Looking back, before losing to EMU by 10, they lost by 17 to Ball State, beat an awful NIU team by 3 in OT and lost by 23 to OU. I suspect the Jack Owens watch has commenced.

Zips women are tied with Buffalo for the #2 spot in the standings. Tough game at home tomorrow against WMU. I'd like to say I'll be there to root them on, but with the weather forecast it looks like ESPN3 for me. 🥶 I have a feeling WMU may have an extended stay in our fair city.

Was it really 3.5 years? Seemed a lot longer than that.

This is great news for Football, Basketball, Swimming & Diving and our Outdoor Track team. I am so happy for Dennis Mitchell, his staff and especially the student athletes to finally have an outdoor track they deserve. This is huge for basketball and much needed for the rebirth of Akron Football. Thank you Charles Guthrie and staff. Go Zips!

No Kato is one of the best things to ever happen to this program. Irons is there and could flourish. We'll see tomorrow who the rest of the class is.

Took a look at the roster and the batch of OL recruits: Current roster average: 6'4.5", 283.1 lbs Recruit average: 6'5.5", 307.2 lbs Granted, size isn't everything, but there's a pretty obvious focus on talent and size in the trenches. Love it.

What a beautiful example of playing together nicely in the same ZNO sandbox. Zipmeister got his "very" removed and BigJim got to use it on our stellar recruit Charles Kellom. An inspiring moment that is sure to bring a tear to any poster's eye. I need a tissue😥.

And he won 3 games in three years at UA. If I'm him, I'm tired of getting pounded into the ground for nothing. 9 wins in one season sounds pretty good. Hope he does well there. All of Arth's best players have now left. Sans Bubba, and IMO Irons. You yank the band aid off, it stings for a few seconds...then it's fine. Looking forward to seeing Joe's 32-player, transfer-heavy, high-impact recruiting class!