Apparently I started this thread, so I'll be continually editing/updating the 1st post in this thread with our 2019 verbal commitments & 2018 non-qualifiers who will most likely be included in next year's signing class.
WR Timothy Scippio and S Adetutu Daranijo are both definitely signing with UA, but both are obviously non-qualifiers so won't be announced officially till next year.
^^Timothy Scippio
^^Adetutu Daranijo (check out the top-left picture of him signing his NLOI w/ his Zips hat on & note Jason Taylor in the background).
Walk on? 6-1, 215. Good size and this link states he runs a 4.45 40. From William Mason HS, which Google states is the largest HS in the state, so I assume he faced good HS competition.
So far today we've added
Treon Sibley
Bryce Peterson
Abraham Alce.
So, at the very least (?), we're still waiting on faxes from
Landon Forman
Adetutu Daranijo
Tom Scippio
10:30 a.m. & we only have 3 letters in today.
Due to weather, STVM put their Signing Day off till tomorrow. But I can't imagine any D-1 signees delaying their signing due to weather. I'm assuming STVM's Signing Day tomorrow must be lower-level athletes?
Even their inter webs name betrays their betrayal of being Akron-centric: Ohio dot com.
Cleveland Plain Dealer's website = CLEVELAND dot com
Canton Repository's website = CANTONrep dot com
Akron Beacon's website = OHIO dot com
Screw you, Ohio Beacon Journal...
Again, where's the Beating-My-Head-Against-The-Brick-Wall emoticon?!
If I remember correctly, wasn't Antino hanging his head a lot by the end of last season? I think there were rumors of his imminent transfer while KD was still the Zips' coach.
Thaaaaaank you.
I remember... oh, maybe 15 years ago... the AKRON Beacon Journal had a consultant come in & speak about the future of newspapers as media. They published at least one major story about his forecasting. The term he used over and over again was "hyper-local."
And then... the AKRON Beacon Journal kept doing business as usual continuing their focus on Cleveland and Columbus.
(Hmm, I can't seem to find the emoticon of the little fella beating his head against the brick wall. Too bad, because he would be pertinent right here.)
Hmm, the Akron Zips Football tweet has him listed at RB. He is listed at 6'0" tall, so I suppose that's a little short for a LB? But that gives us three 3-star RB's in this class alone. That's pretty crazy! Add Jemarulin Suggs & we're stacked like pancakes at RB.
I'm still crossing my fingers for Marquise Bridges. He was a human highlight film at RB in high school, but I have a feeling we'd use him in the slot.
And let's not forget about LePear Toles! We should have excellent depth next season:
PG: Cotton/Jackson
W: Ivey/Hester/Parrish/Toles/Utomi/Patton
P: Sayles/Riak/K-lac
Here's a guy we might want to be looking at. 6'6", 250 DE/TE from McKinley.
EDIT: Whoops. He's from Canton, MICHIGAN (who's uniforms look like McKinley's). I was surprised I hadn't heard anything about him. Lol. So, yeah, whatever.