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We've offered Indian Valley 5'9", 200 lb. RB Grady Kinsey. This kid is tough & has a terrific 5-yard burst. Grady scored 5 TD's in this weekend's D4 state championship game, which Indian Valley won. Hudl highlights

Class of 2026 Verbal Commitments Omari Abor, DE, 6-4, 275, Duncanville, TX, Transfer from Ohio State Elijah Alexander, TE, 6-4, 235, Oakland, CA, Transfer from Laney College Lorvens Barthelemy, OL, 6-6, 310, Monarch HS, Coconut Creek, FL Semaj Beals, QB, 6-0, 185, Roman Catholic HS, Philadelphia, PA Jude Buchanan, LB, 6-1, 245, Vancouver, BC, Transfer from Western University Miles Burris, WR, 6-3, 205, Jacksonville, FL Transfer from UNC-Charlotte Yeboa Cobbold, ATH, 6-1, 185, Lansdale Catholic HS, Philadelphia, PA de-committed on Signing Day Josiah Collins, DE, 6'2, 226, Westinghouse HS, Pittsburgh, PA de-committed on Signing Day Daxton Christman-Gourley, OL, 6-5, 300, Mission Viejo, CA, Transfer from Hutchinson CC Daunte Curtis, LB, 6-1, 225, Pickerington North HS, Pickerington, OH Yasmeen DeReese, TE, 6-3, 225, Daytona Elite Academy, Titusville, FL Ian Falkner, OL, 6-3, 300, Collierville, TN, Transfer from Missouri Southern State CC Dawayne Galloway, CB, 6-0, 170, Columbus, OH, Transfer from WVU Nate Hampton, OL, 6-3, 300, Bowie, MD, Transfer from Saint Francis University Gentz Hilburn, WR, 5-10, 195, Jersey City, NJ Transfer from Tyler JUCO Vaughn Highland, DT, 6-1, 315, Pennsville, NJ Transfer from Arkansas - Pine Bluff Guner Hiller, OL, 6-4, 305, Cedar Cliff HS, Camp Hill, PA Zach Hobson, CB, 6-3, 195, Dallas, TX Transfer from Old Dominion Wyatt Hook, TE, 6-6, 260, Cupertino, CA, Transfer from Michigan State Jason Hoskins, OL, 6-3, 350, Dover, DE, Transfer from Lackawanna College Donelius Johnson, LB, 6-2, 225, Patterson, GA, Transfer from Kennesaw State Poodah Jones, LB, 6-0, 235, San Diego, CA Transfer from Southwestern JUCO Savion Lewis, DB, 5-10, 180, VASJ HS, Cleveland, OH Shamar McNeil, CB, 6-3, 180, Lauderhill, FL Transfer from Missouri Khory Moss, DB, 5-11, 190, Nassau, Bahamas, Transfer from Miami-O Titus Myers, WR, 6-2, 180, Statesville, NC Transfer from Old Dominion Caiden Newsome, CB, 6-0, 180, Baltimore, MD Transfer from Holy Cross Dwight Nunoo, LB, 6-1, 230, Grand Prairie, TX, Transfer from Florida International Henry Perrymond, CB, 5-11, 167, Cleveland Heights HS, Cleveland Heights, OH Reese Poffenbarger, QB, 6-0, 210, Middletown, MD, Transfer from North Texas Melvin Puckett, OL, 6-3, 300, Paducah, KY Transfer from Bethune Cookman Jasun Ridley, DE, 6-2, 260, Pasadena, CA, Transfer from Pasadena CC Jaborree Riggins, WR, 6-2, 185, Monarch HS, Company Beach, FL Elzea Rollins, OL, 6-3, 285, Warren Central HS, Indianapolis, IN Malakai Ross-Graves, DT, 6-2, 300, Santa Cruz, CA, Transfer from College of San Mateo Carlos Slayden, OL, 6-4, 300, Corpus Christi, TX, Transfer from Southern Miss. Brandon Smith, OL, 6-2, 310, Waldorf, MD Transfer from South Dakota Eddie Smith III, LB, 6-0, 230, Winchester, CA, Transfer from Mt. San Jacinto Rod Smith Jr., DB, 6-0, 175, Sandy Creek HS, Tyrone, GA Antwan Smithray, DL, 6-4, 270, Roman Catholic HS, Philadelphia, PA de-committed on Signing Day Jon Stephens, OL, 6-3, 300, Mobile, AL, Transfer from Holmes CC Aiden Stire, Kicker/Punter, 6-0, 195, Morgantown, WV, Transfer from WVU Brandon Tobias, DL, 6-5, 258, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Transfer from WKU Kurtis Waye, DE, 6-4, 240, McDonough, GA, Transfer from Clark Atlanta University Jalen "JD" Williams, DT, 6-6, 340, Shreveport, LA, Transfer from Fort Hays State University Malik Worthy, DB, 5-11, 160, Cheektowaga HS, Cheektowaga, NY Christian Young, OL, 6-7, 315, James Monroe HS, Fredericksburg, VA Transfer from Emory & Henry University signed with Southern Miss Class Breakdown Total Commits: 43 Offense: 20 OL: 11 (Barthelemy, Christmas-Gourley, Falkner, Hampton, Hiler, Hoskins, Puckett, Rollins, Slayden, Smith, Stephens) WR: 4 (Burris, Hilburn, Myers, Riggins) TE: 2 (Alexander, DeReese, Hook) RB: QB: 2 (Beals, Poffenbarger) Defense: 22 DT: 3 (Highland, Ross-Graves, Williams) DE: 4 (Abor, Ridley, Tobias, Waye) LB: 6 (Buchanan, Curtis, Johnson, Jones, Nunoo, Smith) DB: 9 (Galloway, Hobson, Lewis, McNeil, Moss, Newsome, Perrymond, Smith Jr., Worthy) Specialists: 1 K/P: 1 (Stire)

The first round is typically an abomination.

Davion Jennings to the portal.

Thanks, @MarkWiley. (I’m out of reactions.)

I thought Kellom was a very good RB w/ plenty of speed, ran north-and-south, savored contact & kept his feet driving through contact & was just coming into his own. I hate to see him go.

Kent State signed Avon's QB. He was a finalist for Mr. Football. Avon won the D2 championship last night. He threw for 1 TD & ran for another. He's pretty tough but I'm not too upset we didn't go after him. Avon also has an OL committed to Cincy. We've been recruiting Avon junior LB Ryan Stolarski. Idk if we've offered yet but he's been on campus.

Last year Terray Jones came in from FCS Tennessee State and was one of the better DT's I've seen at Akron in a while. Plug-n-play.

So the linemen we offer from other G5's probably were either 1) not getting the playing time they wanted at their current school, or 2) are looking to get paid at a bigger school, right? So that means either 1) these guys are bench players, or 2) we don't have much of a shot at them because we don't have any NIL money to offer. Does that scenario sound about right?

"Good luck in your next step." Does this mean Paul Lewis is hitting the TP?

It looks great!

No ESPN+ for this one.

Some Z

Can't believe how much the TP has taken away from the excitement surrounding Signing Day. For about 30 years this has been like Christmas morning to me but anymore it's meh. Gotta see who we get in the TP who can help us immediately next season. Oh well. Things change.

All 11 of our known verbal commits signed today. No surprise signings.

Who are you referring to, @catdaddyp? I'm guess you're referring to our QB Broughton and one of the OL that you said you wouldn't be surprised if he got some PT next season... but I forget which OL you said that about.

Which ones?