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2023 VERBAL COMMITMENTS

SIGNED: Kameron Cheatom, DE, 6-4, 225, Brashear HS, Pittsburgh, PA, Rivals Profile

SIGNED: Conner Cravaack, TE, 6-5, 220, Madeira HS, Cincinnati, OH, Rivals profile  Senior Year Highlights

SIGNED: Bruno Dall, DE, 6-8, 230, St. Stanislaus HS, Bay St. Louis, MS, Rivals ProfileSeason Highlights

SIGNED: Jayvin James, OL, 6-6, 270, Blanche Ely HS, Pompano Beach, FL, Rivals Profile 

SIGNED: Terray Jones, DL, 6-1, 290, Transfer from Tennessee State University

SIGNED: Zayden Laing-Taylor, CB, 6-0, 185, Miami Central HS, Miami, FL, Rivals profile  Senior Year Highlights

SIGNED: Lorenzo Lingard, RB, 6-0, 210, Transfer from U. of Florida

SIGNED: Jean Louis III, WR, 5-9, 185, Canarsie HS, Middle Village, NY, Rivals profile  Senior Year Highlights

SIGNED: Jonas Mann, OL, 6-8, 295, Pickerington North HS, Pickerington, OH, Rivals profile

SIGNED: Marcus Moore, DT, 6-3, 310, Massillon Washington HS, Massillon, OH, Rivals profile   Mid-season Highlights

SIGNED: Adrian Norton, WR, 6-1, 195, Stebbins HS, Dayton, OH, Rivals profile   Mid-season Highlights  Senior Year Highlights

SIGNED: Darius Owens, S, 6-0, 175, South Gwinnett HS, Snellville, GA, Rivals profile   Mid-season Highlights  Senior Year Highlights

SIGNED: Ahmad Rabah, DE, 6-5, 215, Transfer from American International College

SIGNED: Melvin Spriggs, LB, 6-3, 215, St. Michael the Archangel HS, Fredericksburg, VA, Rivals ProfileSeason Highlights

SIGNED: Steele Wassel, QB, 6-4, 210, Choctaw HS, Choctaw, OK, Rivals profile

SIGNED: Catrell White, CB, 5-10, 175, Erasmus Hall HS, Brooklyn, NY, Rivals profile

 

LATE SIGNING PERIOD VERBAL COMMITMENTS:

SIGNED: Joey Hunter, CB, 6-1, 200, Transfer from University of South Carolina

SIGNED: David Jester, S, 6-3, 195, Homestead HS, Homestead, FL

SIGNED: Delvin Morris, OL, 6-5, 285, Caldwell HS, Caldwell, TX hudl highlights

SIGNED: Ben Frank, OL, 6-5, 310, Transfer from Hobart College, NY

SIGNED: Terrence Thomas, S, 6-0, 190, Transfer from Purdue University

SIGNED: Paul Davis, WR, 6-0, 185, Hart Co. HS, Bowman, GA

SIGNED:  Judson Tallandier, S, 6-2, 190, Transfer from Pitt

SIGNED: Antonio Smith, DL, 6-5, 240, Transfer from New Mexico Military Institute

SIGNED: CJ Nunnally, DL, 6-4, 245, Transfer from Independence CC, Independence, Kansas

SIGNED: Gage Summers, LB, 6-0, 230, Transfer from Riverside City College, CA

SIGNED: LaJoshua Jackson, DE, 6-4, 250, Transfer from East Mississippi CC

SIGNED: Silas Proby, CB, 5-11, 175, Transfer from Reedley College, CA

SIGNED: AJ George, OL, 6-6, 300, Transfer from University of Cincinnati

SIGNED: Drake Anderson, RB, 5-10, 200, Transfer from University of Arizona

SIGNED: Lama Lavea, DT, 6-0, 300, Transfer from New Mexico State University

SIGNED: Keon Kindred, OL, 6-5, 285, Transfer from the University of Maryland

SIGNED: Joshua Blanchard, OL, 6-5, 310, Transfer from USF

SIGNED: Tyler Carter, DL, 6-2, 300, Transfer from Fullerton College, CA

SIGNED: Tahj Bullock, QB, 6-4, 225, Transfer from Virginia Tech

SIGNED: Shammond Cooper, LB, 6-3, 235, Transfer from the University of Illinois

SIGNED:  Phaizon Wilson, WR, 6-3, 215, Transfer from Grambling State University

SIGNED:  Jacob Newell, TE, 6-5, 245, Transfer from Arizona State University

VERBAL: Josh Castro, OL, 6-4, 305, Transfer from California Lutheran University

VERBAL: Kabbash Richards, DE, 6-5, 245, Transfer from East Mississippi CC

 

CLASS BREAKDOWN

Total Commits: 39

 

Offense: 17

QB: 2 (Wassel, Bullock)

RB: 2 (Lingard, Anderson)

WR: 4 (Louis III, Norton, Davis, Wilson)

TE: 2 (Cravaack, Newell)

OL: 7 (James, Mann, Morris, Frank, George, Kindred, Blanchard)

 

Defense: 22

DT: 4 (Jones, Moore, Lavea, Carter)

DE: 7 (Cheatom, Dall, Rabbah, Smith, Nunnally, Jackson, Richards)

LB: 3 (Spriggs, Summers, Cooper)

CB: 4 (Laing-Taylor, White, Hunter, Proby)

S: 4 (Owens, Jester, Thomas, Talliander)

 

Specialists: 0

P/K: 0 (We're guessing Owen Wiley, Joey Castle, and Dante Jackson are preferred walk-ons.)

LS: 0 (We're guessing Drew Nicholson is a preferred walk-on.)

 

 

Walk-Ons: 9

Jax Smith, 6-0, 190, WR, Choctaw HS, Choctaw, OK

Grant Edgington, OL, 6-4, 270, Madeira HS, Cincinnatti, OH

Aiden Diaz, TE, 6-3, 225, Shaker Heights HS, Shaker Heights, OH

Langston Ragland, DL, 6-5, 225, Westerville Central HS, Westerville, OH

Drew Nicolson, LS, 6-1, 205, Corona del Sol HS, Tempe, AZ

Owen Wiley, K, 5-11, 165, Avon Lake HS, Avon Lake, OH, Rivals Profile

Joey Castle, P/K, 6-3, 195, Norwin HS, North Huntington, PA

Dante Jackson, P/K, 6-0, 195, Transfer from Butte CC, CA 

Ridge Howard, LB, 6-2, 225, Elkhart, IN

These verbal commits never signed LOI's:

Maurice Long, OL, 6-6, 285, South Point HS, South Point, OH, Rivals profile

Joshua Bowen, LB, 6-2, 210, Dillard HS, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Rivals profile   Mid-season Highlights  Senior Year Highlights

 

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1 hour ago, ZippyRulz said:

 

 

https://247sports.com/Player/Buom-Jock-46130734/

 

Would be a shoo-in for the all-name team..

 

 

"Jennings throws it up... Jock rises above the defender... 'BOOM'! TOUCHDOWN AKRON!" 

 

Announcer's dream right there. Or there's this classic... 

 

(Per a pronunciation website, Boum is pronounced Boom, so I hope that's how he pronounces it, too.)

 

 

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59 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

While just killing time scrolling twitter every day I see a ton of offers given out by Akron.  It's overwhelming and impossible to keep track of so I haven't been posting them. but would you guys want me to post every offer I see?

 

Absolutely, and please organize them by date offered, alphabetically by the recruits last name, the recruits position and state in which the recruit resides (and when available by 247 composite number of stars). If it's not too much trouble please include the recruits height, weight, and grade point average. Please do not use Excel and make us do our own sorting; just prepare multiple lists. Thanks.

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1 hour ago, Zipmeister said:

 

Absolutely, and please organize them by date offered, alphabetically by the recruits last name, the recruits position and state in which the recruit resides (and when available by 247 composite number of stars). If it's not too much trouble please include the recruits height, weight, and grade point average. Please do not use Excel and make us do our own sorting; just prepare multiple lists. Thanks.

A separate sheet detailing the same information for preferred walk-ons would also be helpful.

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2 hours ago, Zipmeister said:

 

Absolutely, and please organize them by date offered, alphabetically by the recruits last name, the recruits position and state in which the recruit resides (and when available by 247 composite number of stars). If it's not too much trouble please include the recruits height, weight, and grade point average. Please do not use Excel and make us do our own sorting; just prepare multiple lists. Thanks.

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6 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

I suppose. That database is fantastic. I've never seen that before.  I was going to say I've easily seen over 100 offers.

Yeah they certainly all aren't going to be on there, but its a close enough list IMO. I wouldn't try and spend all that time follow offers lol.

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33 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

I suppose. That database is fantastic. I've never seen that before.  I was going to say I've easily seen over 100 offers.

 

Look at that. You practically outsourced this task and didn't even know it. Congratulations on not having to follow @Zipmeister's requests. 🤣

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5 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

While just killing time scrolling twitter every day I see a ton of offers given out by Akron.  It's overwhelming and impossible to keep track of so I haven't been posting them. but would you guys want me to post every offer I see?

That would be fantastic.  Muchas Gracias.

In Joe We Trust!!!

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3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

This information and details is so good.  It shows the coaching staff is going after the top players, and in the past, it seems like they did not pursue quality.  Only need to land a few top players each year to be ultimately successful in the win/loss column.  

I asked in the past and did not get an answer to the following question.  How is this information on 247/Rivals/Scout updated?  Is it from the coaching staff?  I remember Bowden saying he does not communicate recruiting status to these sites.  If anyone has details on how this works, please reply.  As always, I do not like speculation.  

Go Zips!!!

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On 3/4/2022 at 5:30 AM, Blue & Gold said:

While just killing time scrolling twitter every day I see a ton of offers given out by Akron.  It's overwhelming and impossible to keep track of so I haven't been posting them. but would you guys want me to post every offer I see?

 

Maybe not every one but at a minimum I think if the first name is Buom or the last name is Jock we need to post it 😄

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