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Freshman RB at SC State. Amassed 809 rushing and 7 TDs for an avg of 7.9 ypc. 10 receptions for 149 yards and 2 TDs. 6’1 215lbs

4 star QB Tanner Bailey will be in the portal with 3 years of eligibility remaining. Committed to JoeMo at Oregon and de-committed after the coaching change occurred. Something to keep an eye on.

Bump. We currently have 2 CBs committed and 1 S committed from the HS level. I have seen a few more HS offers go out lately for 2024 DBs, so I’m expecting there will be more activity here.

Walk-on and HS teammate of Wasel in the portal.

True. On the flip side he’s one injury away from either being the top backup or starter depending how things shakeout. I’d rather him stay and compete, but at the same time as long as Tibesar is coaching/recruiting the LBs, it’s not a position I’m worried about.

Jordan Daniels back in the portal.

One I did not see coming.

Sounds like they play their own pod every year and it’ll be some type of rotation against the other pods each year. So we’ll play Buffalo and Kent every year no matter what.

Thought this one might be coming. Good luck to him.

Sounds like it’s just a way to make sure rivalries stay intact and each team plays each other at least once in 3 years time. Supposedly: Buffalo, Akron, Kent State Ohio, Miami, Ball State Toledo, Bowling Green, NIU EMU, CMU, WMU

First offer I’ve seen. WMU CB grad transfer with 2 years of eligibility remaining. Played in 11 games in 2023 with 8 total tackles, 4 pass breakups, and an interception.

Kent has caught up with us in portal entries with 8. I’m guessing Kent and NIU will have the highest in the MAC this year. NIU has a high number of HS commitments, which makes me think their staff is expecting a number of departures.

Good point about Terray Jones. Just looking at the 3rd team, Jones was just as good, if not better than Darius Alexander. I’d argue Fish was better than Kyle Moretti. Might have been one of those situations where the team record played a part? Hard to justify 7 players from a 2 win team making all conference.

KJ Jefferson will likely be headed to South Carolina to replace Spencer Rattler and reconnect with Dowell Loggains.

ALL-MAC TEAMS CJ Nunnally = 1st Team Daniel George = 2nd Team Jasaiah Gathings = 2nd Team Bryan McCoy = 3rd Team KJ Martin = 3rd Team I figured Gathings had a shot, although I didn’t think it would be 2nd team. George is a surprise. I thought he had a good year, but would be left off as he didn’t have the stats to back it up. Same with KJ Martin. Also surprised Fish was left off.

Last episode of the season. Much of what’s discussed this board has talked about at length, but worth a listen as Joe Dunn always does a great job. There is some recruiting talk near the end, though individual recruits cannot be mentioned by name until they’ve signed.

Most impactful MAC players to hit the portal so far: WR - Trayvon Rudolph (NIU) LB - Shaun Dolac (Buffalo) QB - Cole Snyder (Buffalo)

Bump for updates.

Definitely had some talent, but couldn’t quite breakthrough. I recall him making two difficult catches in one of the games this year and a number of errant throws that he had no chance on during other parts of the season. Don’t blame him for looking elsewhere as the WR room is loaded with potential. Now need a QB who can consistently get them the ball.

Bump. 2 HS LBs are currently committed.

I’ve got the whole MAC covered in the 2024 MAC Recruiting thread.

Bump for update. 1 HS DE and 2 HS DTs are currently committed.

Played less than 20 snaps this year. The majority of them coming on senior day.

I would argue Moorhead may have taken over a roster in worse shape than Arth and I can only imagine how bad Arth’s final recruiting class would have finished had there not been a change. I don’t believe there would have been any progress had Arth been retained. There are a number of reasons we’ve covered that made the 2023 season a disappointment. My point was this program is actually competitive as opposed to the previous staff’s teams. Let’s not forget the many blowouts under Arth. We can look at a number of games this season where one less dumb penalty, or one less poor decision at QB, or one more made FG could have changed the outcome of the season. The same can’t be said during Arth’s years. All that being said, the only thing that matters is wins and enough of those have not happened. Moorhead isn’t wrong. He could be getting paid a lot more somewhere else as an OC. He doesn’t need to keep saying it though.

I don’t know if it helps that much on the front end. Maybe it’s something that can be used as a tipping point in trying to sway someone that was already considering us?