This is probably a prime example of the difference in Stanford and Rice recruiting and why Stanford have been so successful. I would guess these kids were on Standford's radar or the assistant's radar before coming to Rice. I hope this continues but the recruiting budget will have to increase. I hope we still have Canadian ties and still can recruit there.

(02-28-2018 09:51 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  http://www.hudl.com/profile/4540413

Got our LS for the class. Lembo recruited him. #16 LS in the country according to his twitter. Whatever that means...

Add AZ to the list! Now this has to be close to the most national class ever for Rice.

(03-01-2018 10:05 AM)OldOwl Wrote:  This is probably a prime example of the difference in Stanford and Rice recruiting and why Stanford have been so successful. I would guess these kids were on Standford's radar or the assistant's radar before coming to Rice. I hope this continues but the recruiting budget will have to increase. I hope we still have Canadian ties and still can recruit there.

(02-28-2018 09:51 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  http://www.hudl.com/profile/4540413

Got our LS for the class. Lembo recruited him. #16 LS in the country according to his twitter. Whatever that means...

Add AZ to the list! Now this has to be close to the most national class ever for Rice.

In fairness, it goes beyond the recruiting budget. Palo Alto and the Bay Area is a MUCH more attractive destination that Houston to the vast majority of out-of-staters. Oh, there's also that little thing regarding the HUGE difference in conference affiliation. That's reality whether you want to acknowledge it or not.

(03-01-2018 10:13 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  In fairness, it goes beyond the recruiting budget. Palo Alto and the Bay Area is a MUCH more attractive destination that Houston to the vast majority of out-of-staters. Oh, there's also that little thing regarding the HUGE difference in conference affiliation. That's reality whether you want to acknowledge it or not.

We're not going to out-recruit Stanford in football.... but I'd offer everyone they want, but don't have room/need for. Maybe they accept Stanford and then get tired of sitting on the bench and want to start... or be a grad transfer for a year or two

Keller Chryst is heading to Tennessee. I think quite a few pages back we were speculating he could end up at Rice.

(03-02-2018 10:08 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Keller Chryst is heading to Tennessee. I think quite a few pages back we were speculating he could end up at Rice.

Cool. I wasnt big on Chryst so glad we didn't put our eggs in that basket.

Had Stanford had a better QB than Chryst last year that Georgia tech record of +222 may have been seriously challenged.

Moving this to the more active recruiting thread...

(03-08-2018 12:30 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  New P/K committed to join our new LS. Nick McQuarry

http://www.hudl.com/v/27vWYX

(03-08-2018 12:45 PM)mrbig Wrote:  Moving this to the more active recruiting thread...

(03-08-2018 12:30 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  New P/K committed to join our new LS. Nick McQuarry

http://www.hudl.com/v/27vWYX

Oops. Thanks.

We still seem to be recruiting a lot of players. Some are for future classes, but some still fit into this year's class somehow. One who tweeted recently he's coming to Rice is Bradley Bass, a 6-1, 195 LB from Reicher Catholic in Waco (he's also a RB but I'm assuming he will be a LB at Rice). My guess is he's a walk-on but I don't know for sure.

Don't really know where to put these, but some new offers for 2019:

3* OLB Jalen Williams (Arizona)
3* WR Rashee Rice (Texas)
NR OG Jax Harrington (Louisiana)

(04-02-2018 12:59 PM)elw4796 Wrote:  ...
3* WR Rashee Rice (Texas)
...

Any... relation?

(04-02-2018 12:59 PM)elw4796 Wrote:  Don't really know where to put these, but some new offers for 2019:

3* OLB Jalen Williams (Arizona)
3* WR Rashee Rice (Texas)
NR OG Jax Harrington (Louisiana)

Should we start a new thread? We continue to recruit all over.

NR LB Luke Weerts (Illinois) - 10 offers. No P5 yet
https://247sports.com/player/luke-weerts-46052068
3* CB KJ Trujillo (California) - 9 offers. Lots of Pac12 schools
https://247sports.com/Player/KJ-Trujillo-46037872
3* S Corien Azema (Texas, Langham Creek) - 17 offers. P5 and high academics.
https://247sports.com/Player/Corien-Azema-46037536
3* OLB Curley Young (Texas, Pflugerville) - SMU, Tulane and others.
https://247sports.com/Player/Curley-Young-93776

Quote:Rice Thresher Sports
‏@ThresherSports
1h1 hour ago
More Rice Thresher Sports Retweeted Luke Armstrong
Rice football has added another commit to its 2018 class, Luke Armstrong. He is an OG from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas

(04-03-2018 08:49 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(04-02-2018 12:59 PM)elw4796 Wrote:  Don't really know where to put these, but some new offers for 2019:

3* OLB Jalen Williams (Arizona)
3* WR Rashee Rice (Texas)
NR OG Jax Harrington (Louisiana)

Should we start a new thread? We continue to recruit all over.

NR LB Luke Weerts (Illinois) - 10 offers. No P5 yet
https://247sports.com/player/luke-weerts-46052068
3* CB KJ Trujillo (California) - 9 offers. Lots of Pac12 schools
https://247sports.com/Player/KJ-Trujillo-46037872
3* S Corien Azema (Texas, Langham Creek) - 17 offers. P5 and high academics.
https://247sports.com/Player/Corien-Azema-46037536
3* OLB Curley Young (Texas, Pflugerville) - SMU, Tulane and others.
https://247sports.com/Player/Curley-Young-93776

Also:

3* ATH Tyler Guidry (Louisiana) - WKU, USA, ULM
NR OLB Kendall Young (Arkansas) - Army, LaTech, Princeton

(04-03-2018 08:55 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

Quote:Rice Thresher Sports
‏@ThresherSports
1h1 hour ago
More Rice Thresher Sports Retweeted Luke Armstrong
Rice football has added another commit to its 2018 class, Luke Armstrong. He is an OG from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas

This kid?

For perspective, here's the breakdown of who the new staff is offering:

5*
4*: 1
3*: 17
2*
1*
NR: 5

Texas: 10
Pennsylvania: 1
Illinois: 1
South Carolina: 1
Arizona: 1
New Mexico: 1
Hawaii: 1
California: 3
New Jersey: 1
Louisiana: 2
Arkansas: 1

That's at least 27 new Owls (28 counting the Vandy transfer). I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about the most 1st year Owls ever. Some, like Armstrong probably, are for sure redshirt candidates. But give them a few years to develop and see what happens.

(04-03-2018 09:08 PM)McKinneyOwl Wrote:  

(04-03-2018 08:55 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

Quote:Rice Thresher Sports
‏@ThresherSports
1h1 hour ago
More Rice Thresher Sports Retweeted Luke Armstrong
Rice football has added another commit to its 2018 class, Luke Armstrong. He is an OG from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas

This kid?

Looks bigger in pads.

(04-03-2018 09:20 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  That's at least 27 new Owls (28 counting the Vandy transfer). I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about the most 1st year Owls ever. Some, like Armstrong probably, are for sure redshirt candidates. But give them a few years to develop and see what happens.

Are these offers or commits?

23 (or 24 if you count the Vandy transfer) signed letters of intent in December and February. But since then, I believe we've offered an additional four scholarship offers. It's all detailed in the very first post of this thread, way back on page 1. There may be more than 4 - it's tough to keep pace with the offers since they're coming so fast and furiously. That doesn't include the walk-ons.

It’s hard to tell with some of these recent guys with regard to their scholarship status.

One of our first offers of the 2019 class, the RB from Bartram Trail, committed to GT. He had lots of other offers though so not a surprise.

We also won’t get that guy Luke Deal from SC who we offered early in the cycle.