BobcatFan Wrote:rocketfootball Wrote:BobcatFan Wrote:rocketfootball Wrote:Just another example of MAC recruiting picking up big-time this year.
I'm not sure that a guy whose only offers are Akron and Indiana is a sign of "big-time" recruiting...
Maybe you should pay a little more attention. He is planning an official visit to Wisconsin in January so they must be close to offering. He started getting recruited by Florida State recently and he believes he will get offered by them. He should be getting an offer from UT soon. He is rated 3 stars and the 27th ranked running back in the country by Rivals.com. He was the Offensive Player of the Year in Division I in the state of Ohio for both 2005 and 2006. He rushed for about 2,500 yards and 34 touchdowns. Just because he doesn't have a lot of offers right now doesn't mean he is not a big-time recruit. He's rated a 5.7 so he is on the higher side of 3 stars by Rivals.
At 6-0 and 190 pounds some bigger schools actually think he is a bit too small. Hard to believe because there are some much smaller guys playing at BCS schools, but many bigger schools want a guy that is 6-0 or 6-1 and about 225 pounds, not 190 pounds.
Scout.com by the way has him rated 3 stars and the 54th best running back prospect in the country. They show him with zero offers, but say has has received interest from Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin. If he hasn't committed by early to mid January, expect more BCS schools to start offering him as they lose out on 4 and 5 star recruits they were going after. This kid is that good, believe me!
Guys like this are being recruited by the MAC all the time. Players can list any schools they want on their interest list, that doesn't mean they are going to get offers.
Talk to me when the MAC is consistently outrecruiting BCS schools for its choice of players, let alone the premier programs (Michigan, tOAMU, U$C, etc.). Until then, we're an after thought league.
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Its good to be in the game w/the LEGIT BigDogs, though
Wiggins to visit WMU today
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
By Graham Couch
gcouch@kalamazoogazette.com 388-7773
Offensive coordinator George McDonald told Doug Wiggins the Broncos would use him similar to Greg Jennings and that was more than enough to make Wiggins want to see Western Michigan University's football program for himself.
Wiggins, a heralded four-star recruit from North Miami Beach High School, is scheduled to be in Kalamazoo beginning today for an official visit.
``(McDonald and I) had a long talk and he sold me on coming in and being a big part of what they're trying to do right now, and that's win games and get to a bigger bowl game,'' Wiggins said Monday.
Wiggins, who played at the same high school as current Broncos Louis Delmas, E.J. Biggers and Andy Dorcely, and is the cousin of Biggers, also has visited or intends to visit Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Western Michigan and North Carolina are the only two of those programs that are recruiting Wiggins (5-foot-10, 185 pounds) to play receiver. The others see him as a defensive back.
``He told me that's the quickest way for me to get on the field,'' Wiggins said of McDonald, who visited him last week and whom he called ``one of the best recruiters.''
Wiggins to visit WMU today
``He said I could be an impact player in their system. We sat down and he showed me some things they did with Greg Jennings (now with the Green Bay Packers) and told me they want to use me just like him.''
Wiggins intends to announce his decision at his high school team's banquet on Dec. 22. He said he'll graduate this month and will enroll at the college of his choice in January, making him available for spring practice.
As for WMU's odds, ``I would say they have a one-in-five chance just like the others,'' said Jeff Bertani, Wiggins' high school coach, who previously said Wiggins would make an immediate impact.
Two of Wiggins' North Miami Beach teammates, offensive lineman Anthony Parker and defensive tackle Kevin Cyrille, have already committed to WMU.
The Broncos' coaching staff can't comment on recruits, per NCAA rules, until they sign in February or enroll.
DEFENSIVE END COMMITS TO BRONCOS: Andy Wersel, a 6-foot, 229-pound defensive end from Cincinnati Moeller High School, has verbally committed to play at WMU.
``I just loved the coaches and the players were really cool,'' Wersel told Rivals.com, which lists him as a two-star recruit.
Wersel is the sixth confirmed verbal commitment to WMU's 2007 class.
The Broncos intend to sign between 17-19 players in February.