Ty Van Fossen
Josh Whyle
Blake Bacevich
Dylan O'Quinn
Malik Vann
Ryan Montgomery.
Darnell Shields.
Lorenz Metz (from Germany)
Javon Hicks
Daeshon Martin
Ben Bryant
Jayshon Jackson
Jeremy Cooper
Charles McClelland
Arquan Bush
Taj Ward
Collin Woodside
Alec Pierce
Yanez Rogers
Meechi Harris

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Ich sagte dir, es wäre ein guter Tag.

Welcome aboard Lorenz.

The German guy seems like a massive project. Obvious good size. I wonder what kind of an athlete he is. Only rated a 2* on 247.

So what do we know about this German? Does he project to the offensive or defensive line? With his measurables it’s hard not to see him being groomed as a left tackle.

10 in already. Quick hits.

My guess is the central time zone guys start rolling in after @ 8:00.

Daeshon Martin is in.

(12-20-2017 07:46 AM)UCbball21 Wrote:  So what do we know about this German? Does he project to the offensive or defensive line? With his measurables it’s hard not to see him being groomed as a left tackle.

DL for now.

Man is this class coming together. If this class does not work out than we fire Fick. Do not think that will happen though.

(12-20-2017 07:45 AM)Marcus Wrote:  The German guy seems like a massive project. Obvious good size. I wonder what kind of an athlete he is. Only rated a 2* on 247.

The video we saw the guy is really fast and is very athletic. Georgia Tech offered him last week.

Rath - thanks for keeping the running tab at the top.

(12-20-2017 07:50 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:45 AM)Marcus Wrote:  The German guy seems like a massive project. Obvious good size. I wonder what kind of an athlete he is. Only rated a 2* on 247.

The video we saw the guy is really fast and is very athletic. Georgia Tech offered him last week.

A guy that size, I think you take a flyer on anyways. It's not like they just looked at his stats and said they wanted him. They liked what they saw on tape.

(12-20-2017 07:46 AM)UCbball21 Wrote:  So what do we know about this German? Does he project to the offensive or defensive line? With his measurables it’s hard not to see him being groomed as a left tackle.

I would imagine he eventually ends up on the OL.

(12-20-2017 07:53 AM)djtothemoney Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:50 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:45 AM)Marcus Wrote:  The German guy seems like a massive project. Obvious good size. I wonder what kind of an athlete he is. Only rated a 2* on 247.

The video we saw the guy is really fast and is very athletic. Georgia Tech offered him last week.

A guy that size, I think you take a flyer on anyways. It's not like they just looked at his stats and said they wanted him. They liked what they saw on tape.

Hopefully you're right. If the GT offer from last week is legit that gives me some hope. They landed a highly rated German kid in this class already.

I don't know much about Vann other than what has been said about him across the UC message boards, but I am still impressed at how early this staff identified him as a must get target, and even through a rocky season was able to keep him and get him signed.

With the hype surrounding him it seems there are a large number of P5 schools that he could have gone to, yet chose to stay home in Ohio. It warms my icy black heart.

(12-20-2017 07:57 AM)Marcus Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:53 AM)djtothemoney Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:50 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:45 AM)Marcus Wrote:  The German guy seems like a massive project. Obvious good size. I wonder what kind of an athlete he is. Only rated a 2* on 247.

The video we saw the guy is really fast and is very athletic. Georgia Tech offered him last week.

A guy that size, I think you take a flyer on anyways. It's not like they just looked at his stats and said they wanted him. They liked what they saw on tape.

Hopefully you're right. If the GT offer from last week is legit that gives me some hope. They landed a highly rated German kid in this class already.

The official GT offer verified on his twitter feed on 12/11 where he was thanking them. Word was he is timed sub 5.0 in the 40. Guy that size, that is nuts.

Ben Bryant updated at top now

The great things about the early signing day are:

1. Don't have to worry about these kids being poached
2. Not everyone will sign today but the ones that do already have their grades and scores for admission.
3. The entire staff can focus on the remaining handful of spots and the 2019 class starting tomorrow.

(12-20-2017 07:56 AM)Marcus Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 07:46 AM)UCbball21 Wrote:  So what do we know about this German? Does he project to the offensive or defensive line? With his measurables it’s hard not to see him being groomed as a left tackle.

I would imagine he eventually ends up on the OL.

I don't know...he reminds me quite a bit of Margus Hunt when he was at SMU. I could easily see him being a project DE. That kind of athleticism and size is exceptionally rare, and would make him a bear to deal with as a rush end with that kind of arm length.

Bush and Mclelland are in!

So the German Giant signing is one nice surprise then. Meechi Harris announces his choice at 12:45 ET which the crystal balls are saying Cincy.

Any other big-time Bearcat targets making a decision today?