It looks like we just picked up Dennis Smith, a WR transfer from Duke. He is listed at 6'2" 190 lbs. Looks like he was a pretty big recruit, this is from Duke's website:
Quote:Played at Gaffney under coach Dan Jones ... three-star prospect according to ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com ... consensus top-25 prospect in South Carolina by ESPN.com (No. 25), Rivals.com (No. 8) and 247Sports.com (No. 13) ... selected to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas ... as a senior, helped the Indians to a 9-5 mark with a berth in the South Carolina High School League Class AAAAA state semifinals ... earned all-region honors after posting 55 receptions for 733 yards and five TDs as a senior ... as a junior, finished with 72 catches for 1,180 yards and 11 TDs and received all-region accolades.
Coming out of high schools, in addition to Duke, he had offers from Charlotte, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Northwestern, Old Dominion, and South Carolina.
At Duke he got into two games as a true-freshman and RSed. As RS-freshmen he played in four games, and then in last years 11 game season as a sophomore he played in 10 games catching 16 passes for 235 yards and 1 TD.
This potentially looks like a HUGE talent to add to the WR group. I don't know if we've ever had a recruit with those types of offers coming out of high school. In addition, the fact he was at Duke and looking at some of the other schools that offered him makes me think he is probably a serious student and good kid. He didn't do much at Duke until this past season where it looked like he started to become a contributor in a P5 conference. Should have three seasons left.
I wonder if he is taking the place of I'Shawn Stewart (the Oregon State WR transfer). 247 never updated his profile saying he committed to EMU and he never showed up on the official roster. His twitter still says EMU commit though so I'm not sure what the deal is.