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I updated what’s needed at each position. ST may not be accurate as we may already have our starters on the roster. Unless someone else portals, the offense is set with the exception of WR. Defense still needs 5 DL, 1 LB, and 4 DBs. So plenty of action incoming from the portal.
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Coach Wart now the DL coach at UMASS. That explains some of the departures.
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Sounds like James is headed to Maryland.
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Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
I like it too. He’s actually 10-15 lbs heavier than Kellom. Closest thing on the roster we have to a power back, not named Bullock. Not expecting big numbers from him, but if he can get a few tough yards whenever we need them, then it’ll be a great pickup. -
Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
RB Chris Gee from Colgate. -
Offer to JUCO DE/LB Andrew Marshall. We were in on him coming out of HS before he committed to Ohio. He’s since grown more into the DE role.
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Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
Started almost every game for Kent at either Safety or Nickel in 2022 and 2023. Played in 4 games this year and redshirted. -
Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
Yes. He’s another one that was big time at JUCO and hardly played this past year. 4th Team All-American at JUCO. -
Could be the offer situation. I may be mistaken, but I thought BG had a small NIL collective? Could have played a role into it. Or they pitched him on development like they did with Karl Brooks? Either way, I hate having to face him on a yearly basis.
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Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
OL Amare Archer from East Carolina. -
Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
Another OL commit incoming. -
Offer to JUCO DE Kenton Simmons.
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Offer to DB Zach Lewis of Northern Arizona. 2nd team all-conference.
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Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
From what I’ve gathered, he went to a prep school this past year and reclassified from the 2024 class to 2025. He’ll be a true freshman. -
Timing is odd. He played well this year. Good luck to him. Clears the way for Reed, White, and DeWalt…..assuming they don’t hit the road as well.
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Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
We offered him out of JUCO before he signed with WKU. Hardly played at WKU. Not sure what happened there. He’s not lacking in physical ability as he’s a good sized lineman with long arms, good feet, and mobile. Crushed guys at JUCO. -
Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
There’s one offensive tackle. Darrell Johnson from Western Kentucky. -
CB Joey Hunter in the portal. Not a surprise here. He walked on senior day and was seemingly limited the majority of games. Was eventually surpassed on the depth chart by Reed.
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Offer to DE Cyrus Durham of Arizona. We also offered him last year coming out of JUCO.
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S Darius Owens to the portal.
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So far: Ball State - Hit hard by the portal due to coaching change. BGSU - Lost a number of starters. Have not been overly active in the portal as of yet. Buffalo - Portal will probably hit them after bowl game. CMU - Haven’t been hit as hard as I thought they would with the coaching change, but have lost almost all their QBs. EMU - Haven’t lost that many players. That said, they’ve lost their best WRs and DBs. Kent - Been hit hard by the portal and has been replacing those players with true freshmen. Most of the portal additions weren’t offered by any other G5 schools. Miami - Lost a few key players. Will probably lose more after the bowl game. NIU - Defense has been gashed by the portal. NIU will look very different at every position but OL and RB. Ohio - I don’t think they’ve lost a player yet. I’m sure that’ll change after the bowl. Toledo - Another one that hasn’t lost many players…yet. WMU - For the most part, have just lost their All-MAC TE and a few defensive guys. Their defense wasn’t good anyway, so there’s no reason to think they can’t replace what was lost. UMASS - They haven’t lost a ton yet, but have lost some key starters/contributors.
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Agreed. It’s too early to tell, but one thing this staff has done repeatedly is hit the portal at a high rate. We’ll know more come mid-January. We always land a few important contributors after spring ball as well. I’m not trying to minimize our losses, but I’m glad Zips fans are finally seeing that this staff has been recruiting talented prep players. I’ve been “banging the table” on that for some time now.
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Agreed, we need some help at OT. Morris and JBD have the athletic ability to play OT. Gould is an OT as well, but he’ll need a year of development. I think we are going to try the JUCO signee King at tackle. Outside of those guys, it’s really just Shor at LT and Mann at RT.
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I know it seems gloomy right now and we’re losing some really good players, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be worse next season. Our defense should have been much better than it was in 2024. Going into the season we had one of the best linebacker duos in the MAC returning, a deep defensive tackle rotation, both starters at defensive end (one of them 1st team All-MAC), a starting cornerback, and starting nickleback returning. We marginally improved in a number of areas, yet somehow marginally got worse in pressures, sacks, and passing yards allowed. Not to mention our sudden change defense was horrendous. On offense, we lost two All-MAC receivers, both starting offensive tackles, and a running back with over 1,000 all-purpose yards. Fast forward to 2024 and we improved substantially in almost every category. A major difference now than when Moorhead took over is the young talent on the roster. In 2022, there was very little of it. Now we have talented (albeit inexperienced) players at every position. I’m not pretending we don’t have some holes that need addressing, but if we can bring in some key pieces from the portal, 2025 could still be a breakthrough year.
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Class of '25 Verbal Commits
catdaddyp replied to Blue & Gold's topic in Akron Zips Football Recruiting