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(10-04-2017 09:23 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(10-04-2017 12:20 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(10-04-2017 11:19 AM)daap_bearcat97 Wrote:  How many spots are we looking at for this class...as that makes 19. I love the class, but am hoping for some bigger (in ranking, not size) OL, DT, LB and DB commits. With all of the visitors and help we obviously need, I would think this class could balloon to 25-28?

They can take up to 25 in the class. They will likely be looking at the transfer market for some of those spots, and that will count against the 25 (new NCAA rule).

They'll go grad transfer for offensive line because they'll need some bodies to plug in right away. With some limited exceptions, 18 year old freshmen are not physically ready to match up against 21-22 year old defensive linemen.

With the 4-5 guys from last years class that never made it to campus I think a few early enrollees can be counted towards the 2017 class. The rules are convoluted when it comes to guys who signed on NSD but didn't qualify, etc so I'd have to look them up to be sure. Been a while. My guess is we end up with a few more than the 25 limitation in this class.

According to Doug Phillips, you now only get 25/signing period, regardless of how many scholarships you have available. No more fuzzy math of counting players towards another class to avoid the limit. Also, walk-ons have to wait two years before they can be granted a scholarship, which IMO is pretty dumb.