Blue & Gold

Just received word that Treon Sibley didn't qualify last year & will also be included in this year's class. Also received word that Jonah Morris will be on the field this fall!

[EDIT] Btw, this brings this class to 18 players broken down as such: 13 high school seniors 4 non-qualifiers from last season (WR Treon Sibley, WR Timothy Scippio, WR Shedro Louis, & S Adetutu Daranijo) 1 transfer (WR Jonah Morris, who I'm crossing my fingers will see the field this season) Current (8/2) position breakdown: OL: 3 (Kobe Hilton, Tyler Connolly, Jaison Williams) TE: 1 (Quan Easterling) RB: 1 (Sonny Ray Jones, Jr.) WR: 4 (Treon Sibley, Timothy Scippio, Shedro Louis, Jonah Morris) QB: 1 (Tyler Riddell) DL: 3 (Janil Brown, Jalen Bell, Deearius Reese) LB: 2 (Jarred Uran, Max Wynn) DB: 3 (Kyre Williams, Chris McDonald, Adetutu Daranijo)

+1, LZip. Over the past few seasons Otis Mounds has proven to be an outstanding recruiter and our secondary is now officially stacked with talent. Here are McDonald's other offers. Among them, we beat out Southern Miss, Appalachian State, BUGS, Buffalo, FAU, Marshall, UMass, N.C. State, Temple, Toledo & USF. Good show, Otis!

I'm on my phone so I'll post the link later & update the first post, but I see on Twitter we got a verbal from another cornerback. Chris McDonald of South ridge HS in Miami, FL. This is a good get. He had 18 offers.

We've offered 5-11 PG Meechie Johnson of Garfield Heights. He is the son of Garfield Heights' head coach Sonny Johnson, who played at OU & was Ohio's Mr. Basketball his senior season. Meechie Johnson

Zips have also offered Garfield Heights freshman PG Sonny Johnson Jr. He's the son of head coach Sonny Johnson, who was Ohio's Mr. Basketball & played at OU. Apparently we've also offered his other son, Meechie, who is a sophomore PG at Garfield Heights. I'll post his link in another thread.

ABJ: With Kato Nelson entrenched as starting quarterback, Zips hope to improve on offense

Aurora's Arslanian expected to see action for Akron Zips in 2018

Self-Respect-O-Meter reading: less than zero.

We got our QB for this class 6-1, 173 lbs. QB

ABJ: Zips don't put much stock in being picked to finish fourth in MAC East

ABJ on Deearius Reese & Kyrie Williams committing to UA.

I hope Kato makes a nice leap this year. Tbh, I don't have a ton of confidence in him. I hope he proves me wrong! (I had more confidence in Woody as our best QB when he was still a sophomore & not getting any PT. Used to frustrate me. Unfortunately, I don't get the same vibe with Kato. Again, I hope I'm wrong.)

Mount Union pole vaulter Matt Keim transfers to Akron

ABJ: Coaches & managers named for esports teams pretty sweet jerseys btw

Here's an article by Michael Beaven on Walter walking-on to UA: UA Men's basketball: STV/M graduate Scott Walter accepts preferred walk-on spot I didn't realize he had such an outstanding prep football career. He'll make a great practice player. It'll be good for the program for him to be a part of it.

At the end of the clip Newman Williams squats 700 pounds.

I don't know if this article on WR transfer Jonah Morris should go in this thread... ABJ: Hoban graduate Jonah Morris transfers from Indiana to UA; former Knights star ready to play WR for Zips The article says they still don't know whether he'll be granted a hardship waiver so he can play this year. States that coming out of HS he held scholarship offers from Indiana, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Kent State, BUGS, Miami-O, & UA.

^^DT DeVonte Jest

I’ve had my fingers crossed for Deearius Reese for a year now. He’s a good one.

DANG. This guy's a true frosh who hasn't played a down yet (Keyondre White, RB, 5-10, 210). Gotta be a position record, right? Can't imagine a true frosh RB setting a team record.

^^On my phone, but it may be Max Wynn, a 6-2, 210 3-star LB from Centerville. Max has offers from, among others, Ohio, Toledo, Syracuse & Cincinnati.

Hmm... Must be LB?...