(07-11-2020 09:34 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote: This sounds perfectly reasonable to me, more of the Freshman student athletes playing football are on partials than many believe.
Actually----more of the Freshman student Athletes playing Football are on Full scholarship than many believe.
Look at the offers for many of JMU's commits---Especially the last Two years (2020/2021). These kids have multiple FBS offers and many high level FCS. A kid that has the option of a Full ride FBS is Not gonna take an FCS partial.
In order for the high level FCS schools to compete to get recruits---Especially in the CAA---these schools have to come through with a Full scholarship offer. If a kid has Villanova, Delaware, UNH, Maine---he's not gonna take a partial over the school that offers the full ride.
Look at the recruiting classes, and look at the offers these kids have. JMU is basically competing with FBS G5/Mid-Majors. JMU is selling kids on tradition, a winning program, the ability for guaranteed playoffs, national championships, etc---for all things to be equal with the G5/Mid-Majors they're competing with, they most certainly have to come through with a Full Scholarship.
Sure, JMU fills the back end of it's recruiting class with partial scholarships. I'd say that most of the kids that commit late in the cycle are partials. But the early commits---Especially 2020/2021---are Full rides. In order to get these early commits, JMU must come through with a Full offer.
I don't know what happened with this kids commitment---But I'd say,more of the Freshman student Athletes playing Football are on Full scholarship than many believe.