Captain Kangaroo Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 All below are confirmed verbals as of 1/24/06. Matt Little and Brian Brickowski were added:1.) Ryan Brinson On campus. RB Canton McKinley2.) Vince Hill - Verbal on hold - UVA has entered the picture. Awesome talent. Grades are boarderline. (Friendly HS) Fort Washington, MD 5-10/1753.) Zac Kasparek -Verbal. Had strong interest from Penn State and Northwestern.(New Brighton Area HS) New Brighton, PA 6-6/300/5.104.) Jerome Royal -Verbal (Cleveland Heights HS) University Hts, OH 6-2/1805.) Gary Pride -Verbal. QB of the #1 D1 HS in Ohio. Will likely be an all-purpose back at Akron. (Colerain HS) Cincinnati, OH 5-9/1806.) Matt Rodgers -Verbal. Set the WPIAL on fire this season. (Seton-Lasalle HS) Pittsburgh, PA 6-3/180/4.707.) Sean Fobbs -Verbal. Projected to be a strong safety. (Miamisburg HS) Miamisburg, OH 6-1/200/4.508.) Da`von Moore - Verbal. RB. (Brentwood SHS) Pittsburgh, PA 5-11/2059.) Paul Simkovich - OL - Verbal. De-commit from Mich State. 6' 5" 285 lbs. Latrobe HS (Pa)10.) Jarvis Givens - Verbal- Columbus FL HS DT 6'2", 290 lbs *new addition*11.) Jake Anderson -Verbal- Great player (OL). Courted by several BCS schools. (McDowell SHS) Erie, PA 6-5/29012.) Joe Rash -Verbal - Big DL from a great program. (Penn Hills SHS) Pittsburgh, PA 6-2/25013.) Jalil Carter -Verbal - Very good player. Had a lot of BCS school interest. (St. Johns Jesuit HS) Toledo, OH 6-1/17514.) Casey Estrada -Verbal - JUCO OL from Sacremento. 6' 5" 285 lbs.15.) Dan Ronsman -Verbal - OL Lindenhurst (IL) Lakes Community 6' 3", 250 lbs.16.) Shane Shead -Verbal- DE Chatham (VA) Hargrave Military - 6-foot-5 225 lbs17.) Miguel Graham -Verbal- 5' 9" 162 lbs. Should be on campus in January '07. Coffeyville JC in Kansas. 4.41 40 yd dash.18.) Aaron Williams - Verbal - 6' 0", 200 lbs Penn Hills (Pa.) - Tremendous LB prospect from a great HS program. 3-star by Scout, 2-star by Rivals. And don't ask me what equates to a "star"...19.) Marquinn Davis - Verbal - The Youngstown Rayen DE . 6' 6", 245 lbs and runs a 4.7 40 yard dash. He had offers from both Toledo and K.e.n.t. The Zips were the first to offer, which was a big factor in his decision to attend U of A. He also runs hurdles on their track team.20.) Dan Marcoux - Verbal - 6' 4" 250lb DL from Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep21.) Bryan Williams - Verbal - 6' 0" 200lb CB/RB from Valley Forge Military College, via Akron Buchtel. Has been timed at sub 4.4 in the 40.22.) Matt Little - Verbal - 6' 3" 195 lbs. LB/DB prospect. From North Carolina. Very fast. A 3-sport athlete. Was offered by Mississippi State early on. Looks to get up around 220lbs once he fills-out. 23.) Brian Brikowski - Verbal - 6' 4" 206 lbs. Freehold Township (New Jersey) - 2-sport athlete, playing hoops on a very good HS team. Has the frame to support about 250 lbs. Looks to be an LB, but in time could be a TE or DL. Excellent athlete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsum1283 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 when did casey estrada commit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 when did casey estrada commit?A week or so ago.Click for VerbalIf you ever want to know this type of info, simply click on the "Search" function of ZipsNation and enter the recruit's name. You'll get a list all posts regarding that recruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 You can also go to scout.com. Click on football recruiting. Click on prospects and then click on search. Use the drop down menu to find Akron. it will tell you verbals and guys we have offered.You can also look up information and rankings on recruits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljc Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Look at the commitment list for the Zips on Scout.com, and then look at the lists for the other MAC schools? Akron already has 15 commitments! Nobody else even has 10! I believe a great deal of credit goes to JD and his staff for these kinds of results. Oh yea, the training facilities don't hurt, either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentZip Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Look also at the quality of the recruits. We currently have as many 3 star commits as schools like Wake Forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljc Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Actually, Scout.com only lists 10 commits, but they have more of them rated with 3 stars. Rivals.com is the service that lists us with 15 commitments. Either way, it's impressive that kids are lining up to come play here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketfootball Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Look at the commitment list for the Zips on Scout.com, and then look at the lists for the other MAC schools? Akron already has 15 commitments! Nobody else even has 10! I believe a great deal of credit goes to JD and his staff for these kinds of results. Oh yea, the training facilities don't hurt, either! I can't comment on other MAC schools, but Toledo has a few commits that are not listed on Scout, plus we are only going to sign about 15 players this year because we had a very small class graduating and a couple of walk-on's from last year are getting scholarships this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipboy Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Another good thing, with the slots filling up quickly, kids who want to play here will need to decide sooner rather than later. #1 was to get some lineman. We have hit that area hard. If the 2 JUCO LBs from last year can play, 1 or 2 LBs and we are in good shape there. I would love to see another RB or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljc Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 It just seems like things are changing a bit around here. Kids can't wait until LOI day and then sign with Akron when an offer from another school doesn't come. If an athlete wants to play here he'd better get on board early, because there might not be room for him if he waits too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 It just seems like things are changing a bit around here. Kids can't wait until LOI day and then sign with Akron when an offer from another school doesn't come. If an athlete wants to play here he'd better get on board early, because there might not be room for him if he waits too long. Stuff like that is absolutely great for the program. We get kids who actually WANT to play here, instead of being the "backup" school in case they don't sign with some "big-time" school. I see this happening all around the MAC, and the conference looks like it is on the rise, possibly because of the four bowl tie-ins. Right now we have 4 three-star recruits according to Scout.com, while no other MAC school has more than one. According to Rival's, we have 3 three-star recruits and are blowing away the rest of the MAC in terms of recruiting. Those students who wait until the last minute to commit are obviously waiting for an offer from a bigger school, and if we happen to run out of scholarships by then, it sucks to be them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 the conference looks like it is on the rise, possibly because of the four bowl tie-ins.it doesn't hurt that there are several NFL QB's from the MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketfootball Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 It just seems like things are changing a bit around here. Kids can't wait until LOI day and then sign with Akron when an offer from another school doesn't come. If an athlete wants to play here he'd better get on board early, because there might not be room for him if he waits too long.Stuff like that is absolutely great for the program. We get kids who actually WANT to play here, instead of being the "backup" school in case they don't sign with some "big-time" school. I see this happening all around the MAC, and the conference looks like it is on the rise, possibly because of the four bowl tie-ins. Right now we have 4 three-star recruits according to Scout.com, while no other MAC school has more than one. According to Rival's, we have 3 three-star recruits and are blowing away the rest of the MAC in terms of recruiting. Those students who wait until the last minute to commit are obviously waiting for an offer from a bigger school, and if we happen to run out of scholarships by then, it sucks to be them. Western Michigan picked up a committment from a 4 star JUCO WR the other day. You'll be amazed at the recruiting all across the MAC. Akron is doing great and probably has the best class on paper right now, but you aren't blowing away the rest of the MAC either as many other schools are doing well.The recruiting in the MAC is much better than it was even 4 or 5 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 List is updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Has Akron ever had this many verbals before signing day?Wow, this class may be full by NLOID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Added Marquinn Davis to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Again updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Update Wednesday the 24th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Apparently, Rivals just recallibrated their ranking system, because we dropped from around 200 points down to 80 points without losing a single recruit. And people here still wonder whether their rankings are biased as to whether the students commit to BCS schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UADavid Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Captain Kangaroo Posted on Jan 24 2007, 01:13 PM Update Wednesday the 24th. Attention CK. I'm not getting a link to your updated posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Captain Kangaroo Posted on Jan 24 2007, 01:13 PM Update Wednesday the 24th. Attention CK. I'm not getting a link to your updated posts. You can use this. Click for Jan 24th UpdateI need to "pin" the updated list up-top. I'll do that @ noon today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Updates have been "pinned" up top. Below is the link:Click for Up-to-Date Zips Football Recruiting InformationI'll only update the pin above from here on out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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