Class of '26 Verbal Commits and Offers/Discussion

[LZIp]

1 hour ago, Zips1991 said:

Also, just confirmed Jasun Ridley, a DE from Pasadena CC. We've been hitting the California JUCO/CC scene very hard. I understand this is the route we have to rely on with our financial limitations but hopefully it pays off.

Let’s hope it works out better than last year. Basically got nothing from those JUCO DL.

[ZippyDoo]

so ridley and duncan played together at pasadena community college in 24. i don't know about snaps comparison but here are their stats.... duncan from his last year there in 24 and ridley in 25

 

Duncan  6'2 220           Ridley 6'3 260

10 solo.                           32 solo

  5 assisted                     15. assisted

  4 sacks.                        1.5 sacks

  1 fumble rec.                 1 fumble rec

 

both played 10 games.  

[ZippyDoo]

@zipsfb posted on Instagram today. A picture of football players added to the zip's team and said that there are 26 players added to the new spring roster doesn't say if they are scholarship players only or if it includes walk on players, but it does say that there are 26 new players added to the team.

[Blue & Gold]

Walk on probably?

[LZIp]

2 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

Walk on probably?

I’m guessing anyone they announce is on scholarship.

[ZippyDoo]

This is the "Google" write up about the college that Buchanan came from:

 

The Western Mustangs football team competes in Ontario University Athletics (OUA), which is part of the U Sports organization in Canada, not the NCAA. They play at the highest level of Canadian university football (formerly known as CIAU). 

Wikipedia

Conference: OUA (Ontario University Athletics)

National Organization: U Sports

Location: London, Ontario, Canada

They are historically one of the most successful programs in Canadian university football.

 

I don't know anything about the level of competition he faced but to compare:

 

Buchanan 6'1 245 lbs in 11 games 30 solo tackles  34 assisted

Cooper     6'2 225 lbs in 11 games 27 solo tackles  39 assisted

Summers  6'   225 lbs in 10 games 24 solo tackles 30 assisted

 

Can't really complain about Tibs success with LBs though.. 

[Blue & Gold]

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

12 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

 

 

Came here to post the same thing. 6'6" - WOW.

[catdaddyp]

7 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

 

One year of eligibility remaining. Collected 27 total tackles and 4 sacks last year at the DII level.

[ZippyDoo]

Cat you think that is good, bad, or indifferent?  I don't know what to make of the stats.  I couldn't really find much on him.  I saw that he was at three different schools each for a year school for a year year before that.  

 

Texas-Permian Basin:  Played in six games in 2024, recording 11 tackles, a sack, and four tackles for loss.

Dodge City (Kan.) CC: In 2023, earned All-KJCCC Second Team honors as a defensive lineman…Recorded 23 tackles with one sack and four tackles for loss.

Independence (Kan.) CC: Spent one year with the Pirates.

 

Size wise he is a large man.

Edited 1 hour ago by ZippyDoo