Blue & Gold Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) DE Bennett Adler (St. Ignatius) was named to the Cleveland dot com 1st Team Defensive Team. A defensive end among St. Ignatius' three down linemen, Adler blended power and speed to earn a scholarship commitment with the University of Akron... 11 TFL's, 23.5 tackles with 5.5 sacks entering their final game. Linky (Btw, this is pretty elite company as the other two DL 1st-Teamers were Hoban's Darryl Petersen who is a Wisconsin commit, and Streetsboro's Mike Hall who is an Ohio State commit.) Edited December 8, 2020 by Blue & Gold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 4 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: That's why I think it's important to butter up the kids you know you're not going to get (and their HS coaches). You never know when a kid won't work out at his school of choice and look to come home, Se'Von Pittman coming to mind. Agree 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 8:59 PM, LZIp said: Not a commit, but I don't want to start a new thread. Looks like we just offered this guy, and are his first FBS offer so I would think the chances of him ending up here are more likely than not. He has good size, looks fast off the ball, plays great competition, and is pancaking somebody every single play. For any O-line aficionados, am I missing something? https://www.hudl.com/video/3/8634627/5f90da01ff0cdd08b8fdf6a1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 2 hours ago, LZIp said: I also thought his tape looked phenomenal. He’s 6-4 275. Like you previously asked, are we missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 5 hours ago, LZIp said: Any word from the coaches if they plan on playing him on the OL or the DL? My guess is the OL since they have 4 DL commitments and only 2 OL commitments to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Initial post updated. I listed Lyons as an OL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 7:00 PM, LZIp said: His tape looks really good from both sides of the ball. My question is what is the level of competition that he is playing? If he was playing good competition, how did schools not find this guy? My thoughts are that the competition is pretty weak, thus leaving him without any other offers. Many of his pancake blocks look like they are against much smaller players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, bigjim said: His tape looks really good from both sides of the ball. My question is what is the level of competition that he is playing? If he was playing good competition, how did schools not find this guy? My thoughts are that the competition is pretty weak, thus leaving him without any other offers. Many of his pancake blocks look like they are against much smaller players. Colin plays for Mckeesport. Mckeesport is Pennsylvania class AAAA, so yeah, those schools are getting pretty small. Pennsylvania Class A is the largest, Class AAAAAA (6A) the smallest. PA Class AAAA would, obviously, be the equivalent of our D-IV. IMHO, Ohio's D-1 through D-3 are all tough. but go smaller than that and there seems to be quite a drop off. Those players are definitely the diamonds in the rough. So you're probably right, @bigjim. Edited December 13, 2020 by Blue & Gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 For whatever reason, I though McKeesport was a pretty respectable program in the WPIAL. They beat state champ powerhouse West Jefferson this season. May be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, LZIp said: For whatever reason, I though McKeesport was a pretty respectable program in the WPIAL. They beat state champ powerhouse West Jefferson this season. May be wrong though. You're probably right. I had to google PA athletic divisions to learn what the A system signified. I thought they were a bigger school that D-4, but Mckeesport definitely has a good reputation in athletics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 I'm excited for signings this week. Since players will get a pass for this year, what happens to the total scholarship limit for schools. Will programs like OSU that maintain the limit need to have seniors from this years class leave so they can sign in coming recruits? This could be a real boost to our program allowing us to get up to the limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Ham said: I'm excited for signings this week. Since players will get a pass for this year, what happens to the total scholarship limit for schools. Will programs like OSU that maintain the limit need to have seniors from this years class leave so they can sign in coming recruits? This could be a real boost to our program allowing us to get up to the limit. I am very curious on how the scholarship limit will work. Per the scholarship chart, we have 65 scholly's, minus 1 for Wolfley at 64. We have 24 recruits on the list of recruits. Plus, we have several athletes who opted out that may be returning. This puts us over 85 which is the limit. I would appreciate an explanation or a link to how this works. As Ham said, schools that were close to the 85 man limit will have a much more difficult time. Go Zips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, bigjim said: I am very curious on how the scholarship limit will work. Per the scholarship chart, we have 65 scholly's, minus 1 for Wolfley at 64. We have 24 recruits on the list of recruits. Plus, we have several athletes who opted out that may be returning. This puts us over 85 which is the limit. I would appreciate an explanation or a link to how this works. As Ham said, schools that were close to the 85 man limit will have a much more difficult time. Go Zips My understanding is schools are allowed to add the new scholarships they otherwise would have. So a program like us can add 25 easy because we would be under the limit considering where we are and what seniors would be leaving in a normal year. A program like Ohio may have been at 85 but only had 14 scholarship seniors, so they would have 14 to sign. Nobody knows how it will work after next year (will the total scholarship # increase, will schools have x number of years to get back down to 85, or something else). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 AAAA in PA is not small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, zippy5 said: AAAA in PA is not small I must have misread the article. No surprise. Lol. How do divisions work in PA? I got this impression: OH D1 ~ PA A OH D2 ~ PA AA OH D3 ~ PA AAA OH D4 ~ PA AAAA and so on... Edited December 14, 2020 by Blue & Gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 You have it backwards - 6A is equivalent to D-1 in Ohio. PA seems to have bigger enrollment ranges so some 4A schools could be larger than the biggest D-3 ohio schools and some could be smaller than the smallest D-3 schools. But it's decent size and competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippypitt Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 POST-GAZETTE ARTICLE Love this kid already. Please note the way Arth sold him on Akron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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