Louisiana Tech's Courtney Wallace Jr 6'-2" 310 DT will be a monster on the DL. I think he is the top recruit for Tech.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1754010/high...0623375/v2

Gabe Green, QB, Illinois Gatorade player of the year.

(02-04-2015 10:42 PM)stanman505 Wrote:  For UTEP I think it is Kavika Johnson. The reason it is a steal is because his father is the running backs coach at NMSU. I think Johnson will wind up being a great player. He is under the national radar but a steal IMO. He had offers from BYU, Utah State and UConn. Here are some of stats:

Played four varsity football seasons for the Trojans and led team to an 11-2 record as a senior ... as a senior threw for 2,000 yards, 17 touchdowns and only three interceptions, and ran 182 times for 1,555 yards and 23 scores ... led Mayfield to the second consecutive state championship game against Rio Rancho, rushing for 137 yards and throwing for three touchdowns ... set the school record in total offense yards for a season with 3,555 and most yards per carry (8.52)... earned multiple spots in the Mayfield record book, becoming the all-time career rushing leader with 4,081 yards and the all-time total offense leader with 7,831 yards ... led the team to the 2013 5A State Championship ... during junior season passed for 1,093 yards, 10 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,714 yards and 14 scores ... in 2012 ran for a total of 812 yards and 11 touchdowns and tallied 850 passing yards, 12 scores and one interception.

I agree. Could be the biggest steal.

Jordan Howard to Indiana...
Jake Ganus to Georgia...


Oh wait, I thought this was players stolen from us.

IMO, Tech's steal will be O'Shea Dugas, OT, Lafayette

Zach Abercrumbia (DL): the biggest steal of the Rice class; had offers from TCU and Oklahoma State
Carl Thompson (DL): another steal; had offers from Minnesota, Kansas, and Northwestern
Emmanuel Ellerbe (RB): had offers from Baylor and Oklahoma State
JT Granato (QB) : committed very early to Rice and didn't waiver; is ranked as one of the top four quarterbacks in the Houston area; pro-style QB

(02-06-2015 03:04 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  Zach Abercrumbia (DL): the biggest steal of the Rice class; had offers from TCU and Oklahoma State
Carl Thompson (DL): another steal; had offers from Minnesota, Kansas, and Northwestern
Emmanuel Ellerbe (RB): had offers from Baylor and Oklahoma State
JT Granato (QB) : committed very early to Rice and didn't waiver; is ranked as one of the top four quarterbacks in the Houston area; pro-style QB

It's Nashon Ellerbe... Emmanuel Ellerbee was our hard-hitting freshmen LB this past season.

Other than Vontrell Williams, DT who will probably be starting next fall, biggest steals are:

Andrew Martel-Safety, had offers from ACC, Big12, MWC, Sunbelt and service academies.

Brett Winnegan-RB, had multiple offers from Big 10, AAC, MWC and Navy. Also as a junior was ranked 10th nationally in the long jump at 24' 6 1/2".

Peyton Hall-WR, had offers from PAC12 and Big 10.

Anthony Jones - Miami Herald's Miami Dade County Player of the Year for Class 6A State Champions (State champs for 3rd year in a row). 1st Team All State.

Maurice Alexander - South Florida High Schools.com Miami Dade County Player of the Year for Class 4A Champions (National champions last year, state champs for 3rd year in a row). 1st Team All State QB, top rated QB in Miami high schools.

Austin Maloney - My darkhorse. Top catches, TD's and yards for WR's in all of Miami Dade County. Overlook by many. Team was Class 8A runner ups in championship game. 3rd Team All State

Booker T. didnt win the National Championship last year. Bishop Gorman out of Las Vegas(Snoop Dogg son school) was declared the national champion

(02-07-2015 05:26 AM)Herd_fever Wrote:  Booker T. didnt win the National Championship last year. Bishop Gorman out of Las Vegas(Snoop Dogg son school) was declared the national champion

You are one incredulous guy. To be clear, when I said last year, I meant 2013 season , not the current one just finished (2014). BTW, Booker T. finished only in 2nd place this year/season (2014): http://usatodayhss.com/2014/bishop-gorma...5-rankings


As for last year (2013):

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-s...rep-miami-

dade/article1981388.html


Not only that, in 2013 they were national champions in 6 of 7 publications: http://floridahsfootball.com/2013/12/23/...ct-season/

They have won now 39 straight games in Florida and against some of the best teams in several other states, over those last 3 years.

So, to be more precise. Nationally ranked Top 10 in 2012, National Champions last year in 2013, and Nationally ranked #2 in the nation this past season in 2014.

I know what Booker T. and Miami Central has done and honestly with Booker T. schedule I felt they played a harder schedule then Bishop Gorman.

Still last year wasn't the year the won the National Championship

(02-06-2015 03:04 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  Zach Abercrumbia (DL): the biggest steal of the Rice class; had offers from TCU and Oklahoma State

And Colorado, Connecticut, Navy, Louisville, Oregon State, Stanford, TxTech, Tulsa, Vandy, Wake Forest, Washington State, Wisconsin, and SMU, among others

But we didn't steal him. He chose us.

(02-07-2015 12:01 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  I know what Booker T. and Miami Central has done and honestly with Booker T. schedule I felt they played a harder schedule then Bishop Gorman.

Still last year wasn't the year the won the National Championship

Yes it is, if you are in FIUFanatic's perspective. He is saying 2014-2015 is the current year, and means 2013-2014 is last year. Give it a rest. Holy man. I agree that Anthony Jones is definitely our steal. Top rated recruit out of all C-USA by 247 sports.

Charlotte's biggest impact player is likely to be a transfer.

Uriah Lemay, 6'2 197 WR who transferred from UGA. He is a hometown kid (Butler HS), and his brother is a nationally ranked 4 star RB in next year's class. So Uriah could potentially help the 49ers in two ways. His highest recruiting ranking out of HS was ESPN 4 star #48 WR nationally, #26 best prospect in NC.

Charlotte also picked up two DL transfers: 6'2 280 Josh Manley (nephew of Dexter) from Syracuse, and 6'5 250 Desmond Floyd (5th yr sr) from Wake Forest. Both will play this year and help immediately with one of the 49ers weakest units.

Of the freshmen, a couple of them look promising, but the staff wants time to beef them up, which means RS. They seemed particularly impressed with 6'1 220 LB A.D. Cunningham, who they believe is a real sleeper (only a 2 star recruit). Charlotte lost a commitment from RB Joseph Young at the 11th hour. He will greyshirt at Tennessee. Would probably have been the biggest sleeper on offense.