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Thanks for the info Dan. Always great to get a fine student-athlete and here we're lucky enough to double that.

Absolutely, thanks Dan! Great to have both of them. Hopefully they can turn you into a KSU fan.

2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th commitments officially in for Haynes/staff:

Jake McVay, Safety, Aurora OH
Roman Clay, RB, Lancaster, PA
Nate Holley, ATH, Toledo OH
Nick Holley, ATH, Toledo OH

6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, & 14th: commitments officially in for Haynes/staff:

Ryan Malone, TE/ATH, Covington LA
Eric Church, CB, Sicklerville NJ
Ryan Seibert, LB, Olentangy OH
Demetrius Monday, CB, Mableton GA
Brock Macaulay, OL/TE, Big Prairie OH
Chris Overton, WR, Cleveland OH
Darius Redmond, OLB, Miami FL
Dustyn Moore, ILB, Stockbridge GA
Terence Waugh, DE, McDonough GA

15th commitment officially in for Haynes/staff:

Nathan Strock, QB, Dresden OH

I know they had an article the other day mentioning a class of 20 and it seems we got all the verbals signed so far. So I wonder what they have in store for the rest of the class. Keep some scholarships open for kids that fall through the cracks? Have some recruits flying under the radar? Some that they hope fall down to us once the BCS schools picked the market clean?

As of 9:23am EST, all of the commitments previously reported on espn.com/247sports.com/rivals.com are signed with KSU, except for Tyson Reinke, DT from MN.

Its official, at least via gozips.com, Mykel Traylor-Bennett, former Cincinnati and then Kent State verbal, officially signs with the Zits.

(02-06-2013 09:29 AM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  As of 9:23am EST, all of the commitments previously reported on espn.com/247sports.com/rivals.com are signed with KSU, except for Tyson Reinke, DT from MN.

Its official, at least via gozips.com, Mykel Traylor-Bennett, former Cincinnati and then Kent State verbal, officially signs with the Zits.

Wonder what happened here

(02-06-2013 09:39 AM)GFlash68 Wrote:  

(02-06-2013 09:29 AM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  As of 9:23am EST, all of the commitments previously reported on espn.com/247sports.com/rivals.com are signed with KSU, except for Tyson Reinke, DT from MN.

Its official, at least via gozips.com, Mykel Traylor-Bennett, former Cincinnati and then Kent State verbal, officially signs with the Zits.

Wonder what happened here

Don't know, but discouraging to see. He was one of the recruits I was pretty high on. His mistake, hopefully he's ready to pay for it the next 4 years.

Obviously a young brain incapable of rational evaluation. The painted hair might be a give away.

(02-06-2013 09:53 AM)GFlash68 Wrote:  Obviously a young brain incapable of rational evaluation. The painted hair might be a give away.

lol, very good point.

State breakdown so far is:

Ohio-6
Georgia-3
Penn-1
Louisiana-1
New Jersey-1
Florida-1

Interesting to note that the Maryland/Virginia pipeline that we have relied on for so long has been dried up it appears...

Newest commitment for Haynes/staff, Kentrell Taylor from local powerhouse Massillon Washington HS, Massillon OH. Kentrell is listed as an ILB on espn.com.

(02-06-2013 10:12 AM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  Newest commitment for Haynes/staff, Kentrell Taylor from local powerhouse Massillon Washington HS, Massillon OH. Kentrell is listed as an ILB on espn.com.

Nice! keep getting those NE Ohio boys!

Ohio-7
Georgia-3
Penn-1
Louisiana-1
New Jersey-1
Florida-1

Tyson Reinke, DT from Minnesota and Kevin Bourne, DB/ATH from Newark Catholic HS in west OH, are the newest official commitments to Kent State and Paul Haynes/his staff! Welcome all.

Here is a nice article on Kevin Bourne: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/...ender.html

Elcee Refuge, Safety from New Orleans LA is the newest official commitment for Haynes/staff.

Here is a link to his http://www.scout.com profile page: http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8...id=5992101

(02-06-2013 10:21 AM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  Elcee Refuge, Safety from New Orleans LA is the newest official commitment for Haynes/staff.

Here is a link to his http://www.scout.com profile page: http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8...id=5992101

Wooow! A second player from Louisiana?? Didn't see that coming

Ohio-8
Georgia-3
Louisiana-2
Penn-1
New Jersey-1
Florida-1
Minnesota-1

2 more commitments, teammates from FL. Jontey Byrd & Wayne Scott from Daytona Beach, FL. That brings the total list of commitments to 21. Are Coach Haynes/staff done @ 21 for 2013 recruiting class?

(02-06-2013 09:02 AM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  Absolutely, thanks Dan! Great to have both of them. Hopefully they can turn you into a KSU fan.

Already have!!! I'll be ordering my Kent State gear today!!!!!

Look forward to being at the games and meeting new people!

That will do it for this years class per Ben Needham, KSU recruiting coordinator via Twitter:

Kent State Football ‏@KentStFootball
Kris White is already enrolled in classes and is wearing his Kent State colors proudly, that rounds out the Golden Flash class of 2013 #21

It will be interesting to see how this class ranks once all of the schools in the MAC have reported their classes to rivals, espn, 247sports, etc. I think the coaching staff did a nice job of closing it out.

(02-06-2013 10:45 AM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  That will do it for this years class per Ben Needham, KSU recruiting coordinator via Twitter:

Kent State Football ‏@KentStFootball
Kris White is already enrolled in classes and is wearing his Kent State colors proudly, that rounds out the Golden Flash class of 2013 #21

It will be interesting to see how this class ranks once all of the schools in the MAC have reported their classes to rivals, espn, 247sports, etc. I think the coaching staff did a nice job of closing it out.

Is there a cumulative list with all the commits and grades yet (for ksu?) I would like to see that so I can digest it a little bit.