Thought I would start a thread to talk about recruiting classes since today is NSD.

The TCU class with Rivals star rating (FWIW, which is not much)

*** LaDarius Anthony/RB/Kilgore, TX
*** Austin Aune/QB/Argyle, TX
*** Gerren Ballard/TE/Whitewright, TX
*** B.J. Catalon/RB/Houston, TX
*** Chad Chiles/OL/La Grange, TX
*** Aviante Collins/OL/Houston, TX
**** Devonte Fields/DE/Arlington, TX
*** Keivon Gamble/CB/Athens, TX (JUCO)
**** Griffin Gilbert/TE/Austin, TX
*** Deante' Gray/WR/Houston, TX
*** AJ Hilliard/LB/Klein, TX
*** Joey Hunt/DT/El Campo, TX
*** Zach Jackson/DB/Snellville, GA
** Derrick Kindred/DB/San Antonio, TX
*** Terrell Lathan/DE/West Monroe, LA
*** Kolby Listenbee/ATH/Arlington, TX
**** Tyler Matthews/QB/McPherson, KS
*** James McFarland/LB/West Monroe, LA
*** Jordan Moore/DB/Lithonia, GA
** Jaden Oberkrom/K/Arlington, TX
*** Ethan Perry/P/Spring Branch, TX
*** Halapoulivaati Vaitai/OL/Haltom City, TX

22 in all, 21 HS, 1 JUCO
17 Texas
2 Georgia
2 Louisiana
1 Kansas

Also some others who are gray shirts or preferred walk-ons

Josh Carraway/DE/Flower Mound, TX - gray shirt, scholarship starts Jan, 2013
Buck Jones/TE/Weddington, NC - preferred walk-on, legacy with his dad playing football at TCU in the 80s
Michael Mann/WR/Aledo, TX - preferred walk-on
Josh Doctson/WR/Mansfield, TX - preferred walk-on; transfer from Wyoming where he was on scholarship as a freshman WR last year.

I went to Rivals to check on our commit list, and I have to concede that this message was funny:



Here are the actual commits:
Signed Letter of Intent
Name Pos Ht/Wt Stars Rank
*** Greg Allen DB 5-11/190 NR
*** Courtney Arnick LB 6-2/200 NR
*** Turner Baty QB 6-2/225 NR
*** Brian Beckmann OL 6-6/280 NR
*** Charles Brooks TE 6-5/245 NR
** Sean Connolly OL 6-7/290 NR
*** Taylor Cox RB 5-11/200 NR
*** Josh Ford WR 6-4/195 NR
*** Tyler Holmes DT 6-3/270 NR
*** Ty McKinney DT 6-3/310 NR
Nas Moore DB 6-0/190 NR
*** Tre Parmalee WR 5-10/160 NR
*** Jordan Smith TE 6-5/220 NR
*** Keon Stowers DE 6-3/273 NR
*** Jordan Tavai DT 6-3/280 NR
** Tyree Williams ATH 6-0/190 NR

Committed/Not Yet Signed

*** Schyler Miles LB 6-2/220 27

Transfers:

***** Dayne Crist QB 6-5/228
**** Jake Heaps QB 6-2/195
**** Justin McCay ATH 6-3/197

Crist doesn't have to sit out next year is that right? I thought I heard that he had graduated so he will play on a grad school exemption.

That's right - Crist is eligible immediately for one final season, while Heaps has to sit a year. McCay is seeking a hardship exemption to allow him to play without sitting out.

Who TCU beat out for recruits, according to reported offer lists. Number is how many TCU signees the school offered.

Houston (7)
Baylor (6)
Arizona (6)
Texas Tech (6)
Missouri (5)
SMU (5)
Kansas (5)
Kansas State (4)
Louisiana Tech (4)
Texas A&M (4)
North Texas (3)
Colorado (3)
Arkansas (3)
Vanderbilt (3)
Texas – San Antonio (3)
Wake Forest (3)
Michigan State (3)
Tulsa (3)
Mississippi State (3)
Arizona State (2)
Cincy (2)
Oregon State (2)
Texas State (2)
Wyoming (2)
Oklahoma (2)
Rice (2)
Stanford (2)
Utah (2)
West Virginia (2)
Boise State (2)
Miami (FL)
San Diego State
Purdue
Virginia
Michigan
Clemson
Texas
Louisville
Minnesota
Nevada
Colorado State
Army
Buffalo
Georgia State
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Purdue
Iowa State
Louisiana-Monroe
Southern Miss
Oklahoma State
Auburn
East Carolina
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
NC State
Ohio State
Penn State
UCF
USC
Tennessee
UNLV

And the list of schools for signed guys TCU offered but missed on

Texas (10)
Texas A&M (6)
Nebraska (3)
Baylor (3)
Texas Tech (3)
Arkansas (2)
LSU (2)
Florida State (2)
Notre Dame (2)
Oklahoma (2)
Clemson (2)
USC
Virginia Tech
Ohio State
Utah
Kansas State
Miami (FL)
Alabama
Southern Miss
Auburn
Tennessee
Tulsa
California
UCLA
Georgia Tech
Iowa State
Florida International

Texas is Texas and will get their own, but this is how TCU stacked up against other Texas foes of note.

A&M: 4-6
Baylor: 6-3
Texas Tech: 6-3
Houston: 7-0
SMU: 5-0

Some team rankings, just the opinion of the recruiting services. We all know particular coaches do more with less all the time.

Rivals
#2 Texas
#10 Oklahoma
#25 Texas Tech
#36 TCU
#38 Oklahoma State
#43 Baylor
#46 West Virginia
Iowa State, Kansas, and K-State out of the top 50

Scout
#1 Texas
#9 Oklahoma
#23 Texas Tech
#26 West Virginia
#28 Oklahoma State
#30 Baylor
#37 TCU
#75 Iowa State
#85 Kansas State (Bill Snyder Laughs)
#98 Kansas

ESPNU (only rank top 25)
#3 Texas
#11 Oklahoma
#21 Texas Tech
#24 TCU

247Sports (newer service, from the original founders of Rivals)
#3 Texas
#9 Oklahoma
#24 Baylor
#29 Texas Tech
#32 Oklahoma State
#34 TCU
#36 West Virginia
#52 Iowa State
#74 Kansas State
#77 Kansas