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Article details: William Satterwhite, OL, 6-5, 290, Hoban. Holds 23 offers including offers from Alabama, Penn State, Michigan, West Virginia, Auburn, Wisconsin, Appalachian State, Michigan State, Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Pitt, Toledo, Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Miami-Oh, KSUcks, Minnesota, Duke, Maryland, Missouri, Colorado, Tennessee, and Maryland Tommy Ricard, OL, 6-3, 275, Hudson. Holds offers from AKRON, BUGS, Boston College, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ball State, KSUcks, Maryland, Miami-Oh., Toledo, and Michigan State.

Article mentions soon-to-be Class of '24 Seniors: Tyson Campbell, S, 5-11, 170, Hoban Ibraheem Camara, ATH, 6-3, 185, East Tommy Ricard, OL, 6-3, 275, Hudson William Satterwhite, OL, 6-5, 290, Hoban For some reason the article only notes the 4 above-mentioned juniors (though there are plenty more juniors worth noting) and then jumps ahead to mention one current sophomore - East RB Zaire Stevens (5-10, 170).

2024 VERBAL COMMITMENTS Justin Anderson, CB, 6-0, 200, Transfer from Foothill CC - SIGNED Rich Benenge, LB, 6-1, 225, Army West Point Prep - SIGNED Jerrod Burrell, OL, 6-5, 311, Transfer from Monroe C.C. - SIGNED Justin Campbell, WR, 6-5, 200, Transfer from Jones CC - SIGNED Daymon David, DB, 6-0, 185, Transfer from Oregon - SIGNED Elijah Davis, DL, 6-2, 300, Lakota West HS, West Chester, OH - SIGNED Malcolm Dewalt IV, 6-1, 190, DB, Transfer from Butte CC Eli Fields, OL, 6-5, 315, Transfer from Southern University - SIGNED Ben Finely, QB, 6-3, 195, Transfer from University of California - SIGNED Alex Fox, OL, 6-4, 310, Transfer from Lackawanna C.C. - SIGNED Dahvon Frazier, LB, 6-2, 225, Bryan Station HS, Lexington, KY - SIGNED Jahvon Frazier, DE, 6-3, 235, Bryan Station HS, Lexington, KY - SIGNED Tristen Graham, DE, 6-3, 245, Middletown HS, Middletown, DE - SIGNED Amen Greenwood, DB, 5-10, 197, Transfer from Syracuse - SIGNED Jason Hocker, LB, 6-0, 230, Bryan Station HS, Lexington, KY - SIGNED Ronald Hull, DT, 6-2, 285, Wise HS, Upper Marlboro, MD - SIGNED Rodrick Hunter, S, 5-11, 185, Carver HS, GA - SIGNED Iesa Jarmon, CB, 6-0, 185, Transfer from Iowa Western CC - SIGNED Keyveon Johnson, CB, 6-2, 185, Western HS, FL - SIGNED Nate Kapongo, DL, 6-4, 290, Transfer from University of New Hampshire - SIGNED Paul Lewis, S, 6-3, 205, Transfer from Cornell University - SIGNED Dimitri Madden, DT, 6-3, 300, Transfer from UTEP Kyan Mason, WR, 5-10, 175, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, OH - SIGNED Roosevelt Mitchell, OL, 6-3, 325, Medina HS, Medina, NY - SIGNED Jacobi Moore, WR, 6-4, 200, Transfer from East Mississippi CC - SIGNED Sean Patrick, RB, 5-10, 175, Kenston HS, Kenston, OH - SIGNED Israel Polk, WR, 6-1, 185, Transfer from Pitt Brayden Roggow, QB, 6-4, 200, Tiffin Columbian HS, Tiffin, OH - SIGNED Jarvis Rush, WR, 6-3, 200, Transfer from Holmes CC - SIGNED Laurence Seymore, OL, 6-3, 325, Transfer from the University of Miami-FL - SIGNED Dayne Shor, OL, 6-3, 315, Transfer from the University of Connecticut - SIGNED Jordan Simmons, RB, 6-0, 200, Transfer from Michigan State - SIGNED Da'Quan Thomas, OL, 6-3, 300, Transfer from NC Central JUCO Khalil Witherspoon, WR, 6-6, 215, Pleasantville HS, Pleasantville, NJ - SIGNED Marquese Williams, RB, 5-10, 195, Transfer from University of Minnesota - SIGNED Max Whisner, TE, 6-4, 250, Transfer from University of Missouri - SIGNED 2024 CLASS BREAKDOWN Total Commits: 36 Offense: 19 QB: 2 (Finely, Roggow) RB: 3 (Simmons, Patrick, Williams) WR: 6 (Campbell, Mason, Moore, Polk, Rush, Witherspoon) TE: 1 (Whisner) OL: 7 (Burrell, Fields, Fox, Mitchell, Seymore, Shor, Thomas) Defense: 17 DL: 5 (Davis, J. Frazier, Graham, Hull, Kapongo, Madden) LB: 3 (Benenge, D. Frazier, Hocker) DB: 8 (Anderson, David, Dewalt, Greenwood, Hunter, Jarmon, Johnson, Lewis) Preferred Walk Ons Nathan Covert, OL, 6-4, 315, St. Joseph HS, Trumbull, CT Fahrell Freeman, RB, 6-0, 195, Cleveland Heights HS, Cleveland Heights, OH Max Mobley, C, 6-2, 265, Madeira HS, Cincinnati, OH Jeremiah Ndaiga, OL, 6-4, 285, Avon High School, Avon, IN.

Wasn't that Stewart? I don't know if I want to go back and rewatch. Pain. I hate losing to KSUcks. I don't even like it if I happen to overhear someone say "Kent State" in a conversation.

I also forgot there is another Transfer Portal cycle opening May 1-15. I guess to probably give guys a chance to hit the TP after Spring Ball if they find themselves buried deeper on the depth chart than they'd like... or for graduate transfers. Or both. Idk, I'm still not used to two Signing Days and the Transfer Portal.

Doesn’t look like Lemba signed anywhere. What gives?

Jim Tressel must've just resigned/retired from YSU.

Thanks for the post @ComettoZip! Glad to hear from you & I hope Dusty is doing well.

Oh, that's right! I had forgotten. And maybe that'd help land his little brother, Darryn, for Coach Groce!💪💪

I remember one white out game -v- KSUcks at the JAR where we must've lost by 20 points. I still have the shirt 😭😭

This is true. If they wanted to come home I'd still take Darryl Peterson & AJ Kirk though.

I think Brayden was being recruited on potential and his name. He's got a terrific genetic pedigree but never really did much on the field. But I will admit that you guys are correct about Hoban players not really standing out at the college level. There've been a number of Hoban recruits I've wished we'd landed but then they sort of fizzle out at the college level. (Not that I'm hoping Lamar fizzles out.) I'll try to console myself with that fact. lol. Btw, Hoban junior QB Jacquai (sp?) Long is ranked as one of the better QB's in the class of '24 but he really isn't very good. Idk how on earth he's rated as highly as he is. Hoban hasn't been able to keep a defense honest with their passing game since Shane Hamm graduated.

Both Toledo & KSUcks have beaten us to the punch on junior RB Caleb Jones. Jones was Lamar's backup this year. He's VERY good. If he wasn't stuck behind Ohio's Mr. Football he'd have been one of the top RB's in the state. Watch for this dude to blow up next season.

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Makes me sick to my stomach he's not going to be a Zip.

Another article from the ABJ concerning the Transfer Portal's effect on high school recruiting.

Thanks. (Out of reactions for today.) @Dr Z & @Captain Kangaroo, is there a reason we still have a limited daily number of reactions?

Still have my fingers crossed on getting two more verbal commits to sign on the dotted line: OL Maurice Long & LB Joshua Bowen Bowen is the 6-3 stud LB from Florida that may have been our first commit of the year (IIRC). Maurice Long is an OL who was recently selected to play for the South in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game.

So Terrence Thomas signed with Purdue as a RB? He's an explosive offensive player. Maybe our tweet listing him as a Safety is a typo? @LZIp

+1. His highlights as a WR were outstanding. He's got the ability to turn screen passes into TD's. Safety, eh? 🧐

Why will they need to be re-offered?

I guess I'll post this article here. It could have gone in a number of different threads. The article talks about how Early Signing Day (December 21st) and the Transfer Portal have taken much of the luster off of the traditional Signing Day which has (always?) been on the first Wednesday of February. One enlightening quote, concerning the impact of the Transfer Portal, from former Zips RB and current Buchtel HC Bryan Williams: “You've got to tell your players, 'If you get an offer and you feel as though that that's the school where you want to be, hey, man, you've got to commit to that school because that offer may not be there.' You got it probably in December, and, in January, it may not be there because they've got a guy that they may pull from the portal. So you have to be strategic.”

Wait a minute. That dude calls us angry? 🤨