Class of '25 Verbal Commits

[Blue & Gold]

2025 VERBAL COMMITMENTS

TP - Amarie Archer, OL, 6-3, 300, transfer from ECU

SIGNED: Markus Boswell, LB, 6-1, 230, Jireh Prep HS via Lake Travis, TX

TP - Alex Branch, DB, 6-0, 190, Twinsburg HS, Twinsburg, OH transfer from KSUcks

SIGNED: Cibastian Broughton, QB, 6-0 175, Fleming Island HS, Fleming Island, FL

SIGNED: Jaiden Brown-Demery, OL, 6-3, 300, West Mifflin Area HS, PA

SIGNED: Tairan Davis, S, 5-11, 185, Ursuline HS, Youngstown, OH

TP - Cyrus Durham, DL, 6-3, 250, Redwood City, CA transfer from Arizona

TP - Mehki Flowers, S, 6-0, 200, Harrisburg, PA, transfer from Penn State

TP - Jordan Gant, RB, 5-10, 205, transfer from Tennessee State

TP - Chris Gee, RB, 5-11, 215, Fort Worth, TX, transfer from Colgate

SIGNED: Jon Gould, OL, 6-5, 270, Maize HS, Maize, KS

TP - Tim Grear, WR, 6-0, 190, transfer from Fresno St.

TP - Bebe Hills, WR, 5-10, 175, transfer from Washington St.

TP - Cam Hollobaugh, LB, 6-0, 220, Warren, OH, transfer from Walsh University 

SIGNED: Gavin James, LB, 5-11, 205, Lincoln HS, Tallahassee, FL

TP - Darrell Johnson Jr., OL, 6-4, 300, Indianapolis, IN, transfer from WKU

TP - Ben Kamara, CB, 6-3, 205, Philadelphia, PA, transfer from Upper Iowa University

TP - Allen Jones, OL, 6-4, 310, transfer from West Alabama JUCO

SIGNED: Vann Kavals, DE, 6-4, 250, OLSH HS, Coraopolis, PA

SIGNED: Maasai King, OL, 6-3, 300, JUCO: Lackawanna CC, originally from Scranton, PA

SIGNED: Kenneth McManus, OL, 6-2, 305, St. John's College HS, Washington DC

TP - Javirea Moore, OL, 6-5, 300, Lancaster, TX, transfer from East Texas A&M

TP - Nehemiah Musika, DL, 6-1, 315, Milpitas, CA transfer from San Mateo College

SIGNED: Devin Reeves, LB, 5-11, 220, Hayfield Secondary School, Woodbridge, VA

Gavin Schieler, LS, 6-3, 235, Normal Community HS, Normal, Illinois

SIGNED: Luke Sivon, WR, 6-0, 195, Perry HS, Perry, OH

TP - Jamari Somerville, S, 5-11, 190, Indian Head, MD, transfer from James Madison

TP - Jamall Thompson, DL, 6-3, 250, Sarasota, FL, transfer from Samford

TP - Eddie Vega, DL, 6-3, 285, Dinuba, CA, transfer from Reedy College

SIGNED: Ty Watkins, DE, 6-3, 230, Mt. Healthy HS, Cincinnati, OH

TP - Marcel Williams, WR, 6-0, 200, Hollywood, FL, transfer from Marshall

 

CLASS BREAKDOWN

Total Commits: 31

 

Offense: 15

QB: 1 (Broughton)

RB: 2 (Gant, Gee)

WR: 4 (Grear, Hills, Sivon, Williams)

OL: 8 (Archer, Brown-Demery, Gould, Johnson, Jones, King, McManus, Moore)

 

Defense: 15

DL: 6 (Durham, Kavals, Musika, Thompson, Vega, Watkins)

LB: 4 (Boswell, Hollobaugh, James, Reeves)

DB: 5 (Branch, Davis, Flowers, Kamara, Somerville)

 

Specialists: 1

LS: 1 (Schieler)

Edited April 21 by Blue & Gold

[Blue & Gold]

 

[Blue & Gold]

Well 😕

 

[catdaddyp]

16 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

Well 😕

 

That’s too bad. He’ll likely be a good one. 

[Blue & Gold]

On my phone but we’ve received a verbal from a safety from Youngstown Ursuline named Taiwan Davis. 

[catdaddyp]

4 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

On my phone but we’ve received a verbal from a safety from Youngstown Ursuline named Taiwan Davis. 

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

2 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

On my phone but we’ve received a verbal from a safety from Youngstown Ursuline named Taiwan Davis. 

 

Beat out Ohio and Temple according to 247.

[blueandgold]

On 4/9/2024 at 6:38 PM, catdaddyp said:

 

I know someone who follows Ursuline religiously, pun intended. He said that Tairan is an excellent WR for them, but it looks like we recruited him as a Safety. Hopefully that translates to a lot of interceptions for us. 

[catdaddyp]

8 minutes ago, blueandgold said:

I know someone who follows Ursuline religiously, pun intended. He said that Tairan is an excellent WR for them, but it looks like we recruited him as a Safety. Hopefully that translates to a lot of interceptions for us. 

I’m excited about him. I think he’ll develop into a really good player in a few years. Coach Renna has done an excellent job identifying talent in the defensive backfield. This might be the year we get see a few of those younger guys from the 2022 and 2023 classes play significant snaps.

Edited April 12, 2024 by catdaddyp

[Blue & Gold]

On my phone but we’ve received a verbal from 6’0”, 210 Tallahassee, FL LB Gavin James

[Blue & Gold]

 

[Blue & Gold]

Got our QB for this class

6-0, 175, 3-star QB from FL, 4.4 40.  

Really nice list of offers including, WVU, WMU, WKU, Syracuse, Arkansas State, ULM, UMass, Georgia State, Army, BUGS, Liberty, James Madison, & Tulane

Edited June 26, 2024 by Blue & Gold

[catdaddyp]

9 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

Got our QB for this class

6-0, 175, 3-star QB from FL, 4.4 40.  

Really nice list of offers including, WVU, WMU, WKU, Syracuse, Arkansas State, ULM, UMass, Georgia State, Army, BUGS, Liberty, James Madison, & Tulane

Big time get for us. Syracuse was firmly after him. He took a round of OVs - with one of them being to Syracuse and finished his OVs with us. The staff apparently sealed the deal at that time. The Syracuse insiders at Rivals were all over this one and predicted the commitment to Akron yesterday.

[LZIp]

9 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

Got our QB for this class

6-0, 175, 3-star QB from FL, 4.4 40.  

Really nice list of offers including, WVU, WMU, WKU, Syracuse, Arkansas State, ULM, UMass, Georgia State, Army, BUGS, Liberty, James Madison, & Tulane

Lets go! Hopefully a foundational piece that can give this class some momentum.

[zvillezip]

Great job 

 

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

10 hours ago, zvillezip said:

Great job 

 

 

 

Sheesh he's big. 6'5" 230 lbs.

[catdaddyp]

1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Sheesh he's big. 6'5" 230 lbs.

Pittsburgh is/was legitimately interested in him, but haven’t offered yet. They still might if they miss on other targets. If that happens, I’m not holding my breath he’ll stick to his commitment.

[LZIp]

 

[Blue & Gold]

Beat out Miami-O & Air Force for Kavals' commitment.

[zzx]

3 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

Beat out Miami-O & Air Force for Kavals' commitment.

 

Vann Kavals article

[Zipmeister]

On 6/30/2024 at 11:18 AM, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Sheesh he's big. 6'5" 230 lbs.

Perhaps, but we need several over-sized guys to make up for Marshon.

 

2025 VERBAL COMMITMENTS

Cibastian Broughton, QB, 6-0 175, Fleming Island HS, Fleming Island, FL

Tairan Davis, S, 5-11, 180, Ursuline HS, Youngstown, OH

Marshon Gregory-Bey, DE, 6-4, 230, Miamisburg HS, Miamisburg, OH

Gavin James, LB, 6-0, 215, Lincoln HS, Tallahassee, FL

Vann Kavals, DE, 6-5, 235, OLSH HS, Coraopolis, PA

[72 Roo]

Meister, don't you know the low man always wins in line matchups. That is why we went after Marshon hard. There was a three footer that we wanted but OSU got him with their limitless NIL money. 😁

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

This looks to be quite the get. 21 offers including some solid P5s and upper echelon G5s. 

 

Edited July 29, 2024 by Let'sGoZips94

[catdaddyp]

1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

This looks to be quite the get. 21 offers including some solid P5s and upper echelon G5s. 

 

Definitely a good one. McManus showed out at a recent Rivals camp. Hence his (5.6) 3 star rating. He’s viewed as already having solid technique with excellent athleticism and a high upside. Cincinnati was the other main player in his recruitment.

 

Edited July 29, 2024 by catdaddyp

[Blue & Gold]

According to ESPN dot com we beat out quite a laundry list of schools for McManus

Boston College

Charlotte

Cincinnati

Duke

ECU

Marshall

Maryland

South Florida

Syracuse

Temple

Toledo

 

Edited July 30, 2024 by Blue & Gold