Portal Offers

[zippy-claws]

16 hours ago, catdaddyp said:

 

Offer to OL Isaiah Cook of Delaware State. Only play in 2 games this season, but was a starter at C and RG in 2022 and 2023.

 

Where is this "Akron University" he speaks of?  If he doesn't know the proper name of the institution, I don't want him!!!  

😉🤪

[ZippyRulz]

Akron U. 😄

 

(I give him a pass for not knowing yet to abbreviate University in our case)

 

[Blue & Gold]

Akron U

Gold and Blue

All for you

And the Zippers too!

[catdaddyp]

Offer to JUCO DE John Gayer. He’s already taken a visit to Bowling Green, so we are lagging on this one.

[catdaddyp]

Second East Texas A&M recruit we’ve offered. Long snapper Josiah Kennard.

[blueandgold]

On 12/11/2024 at 4:58 PM, catdaddyp said:

We will soon. I’m sure plenty of offers have already gone out for other positions too. A number of portal guys don’t care for the pomp and circumstance a second time around.

I see a lot of portal players already committing to other schools. It just feels like we're behind.

[LZIp]

3 hours ago, blueandgold said:

I see a lot of portal players already committing to other schools. It just feels like we're behind.

I imagine there's a bit of a trickle down effect unfortunately. Probably not going to have many players commit here until they realize they aren't getting money elsewhere.

[catdaddyp]

3 hours ago, blueandgold said:

I see a lot of portal players already committing to other schools. It just feels like we're behind.

To add on to what @LZIp said, we also need to get these guys on campus. If we’re following the rules like schools should be, the earliest contact could be made was Monday - unless they were grad students who had already entered the portal. This isn’t meant to take a shot at NIU, but I’d rather not be sitting here with 4 DII signees. I’m sure a few will pan out, but if we’re looking for higher quality all-MAC type players, most of those come from P4 and high school recruits that have been developed.

 

Here’s the All-MAC breakdown of recruiting classes from 2022, 2023, & 2024:

P5 = 24

G5 = 5

FCS = 12

DII or Lower = 5

HS = 23

JUCO = 6

 

I did not count a player twice. So players like Nunnally, who made it two years in a row, was only counted once towards JUCO.

[catdaddyp]

OL Isaiah Cook withdrew from the portal and is returning to Delaware State.

[catdaddyp]

 

Offer out to JUCO WR Trey Nelson. Looks like he’s basically doing his own recruiting. Good for him landing an offer.

[LZIp]

1 hour ago, catdaddyp said:

 

Offer out to JUCO WR Trey Nelson. Looks like he’s basically doing his own recruiting. Good for him landing an offer.

Came across his profile last night. See we were his first offer.

[catdaddyp]

Offer out to JUCO DT Rudy Lamar Vargas.

[catdaddyp]

 

Offer to WR Tyshawn Russell. Fell out of the rotation at South Carolina with the new WR coach. Russell is a bit shorter and more compact than Adams, but similar type of speed.

[catdaddyp]

Offer to DE Cyrus Durham of Arizona. We also offered him last year coming out of JUCO.

Edited December 17, 2024 by catdaddyp

[catdaddyp]

Offer to DB Zach Lewis of Northern Arizona. 2nd team all-conference.

Edited December 18, 2024 by catdaddyp

[catdaddyp]

Offer to JUCO DE Kenton Simmons.

[catdaddyp]

Offer to JUCO DE/LB Andrew Marshall. We were in on him coming out of HS before he committed to Ohio. He’s since grown more into the DE role.

[catdaddyp]

Offer to Cornell grad transfer DT Hunter Sloan.

[catdaddyp]

Offer to JUCO DT Jakwon McGinney.

[AkronAlumnus]

On 12/14/2024 at 9:28 PM, catdaddyp said:

 

Offer to WR Tyshawn Russell. Fell out of the rotation at South Carolina with the new WR coach. Russell is a bit shorter and more compact than Adams, but similar type of speed.

Signed with cuse

[catdaddyp]

1 minute ago, AkronAlumnus said:

Signed with cuse

Yeah, wishful thinking on my part.

[catdaddyp]

FYI, we are now in a recruiting dead period - meaning no visits can be made to campus or coaching visits to homes until 1/5/2025. That said, communication can still continue. 
 

12/28/2024 is the last day for players to enter their name into this portal window. There are a few exceptions though: players on teams in the playoffs will have a 5 day window to enter the portal once their team is eliminated and grad transfers can enter at any time. If there is a head coach change, another window will open specifically for players on that team. Players have the ability to sign with a team despite the portal being closed for entry. Generally, players will sign before 2nd semester begins for schools on 2 semester terms. Otherwise, the portal will reopen for 10 days after the spring.

 

[catdaddyp]

Offer to OT Shamarr Jackson of New Mexico State. Former JUCO.

Edited December 24, 2024 by catdaddyp

[ZippyRulz]

Why do they all post all of their offers on 'formerly Twitter'? Is that meant to raise their profile with other coaches/schools?

 

 

[MarkWiley]

36 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

Why do they all post all of their offers on 'formerly Twitter'? Is that meant to raise their profile with other coaches/schools?

 

 

yes.  It's marketing, you'll be surprised how much programs pay attention to who is recruiting who.  Get one good offer at a top school in a conference then you can expect other schools in that conference to offer as well.  FOMO is real.