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2020 Official Recruiting Thread
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
The list looks really good. A couple observations:
It seems like we are going after highly rated guys
I don’t remember seeing this many offers this early in the process
A few seem to have Purdue offers as well, probably the new DC extending offers to guys on his radar there.
I like the early offers to high rated recruits
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-12-2019 07:46 PM)JB04 Wrote: The list looks really good. A couple observations:
It seems like we are going after highly rated guys
I don’t remember seeing this many offers this early in the process
A few seem to have Purdue offers as well, probably the new DC extending offers to guys on his radar there.
I like the early offers to high rated recruits
We’ve adopted the Toledo spray and pray method of offering any and everyone. In fact, when ever 247 gives any player a star rating of any kind, it comes with a complimentary Toledo recruit offer.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
Heavy interest in Michigan and Florida so far
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
I love the enthusiasm! That energy is gonna help us off that bat!
I also love he offered Willis Singleton from WTHS. My highschool.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-12-2019 08:33 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote: (02-12-2019 07:46 PM)JB04 Wrote: The list looks really good. A couple observations:
It seems like we are going after highly rated guys
I don’t remember seeing this many offers this early in the process
A few seem to have Purdue offers as well, probably the new DC extending offers to guys on his radar there.
I like the early offers to high rated recruits
We’ve adopted the Toledo spray and pray method of offering any and everyone. In fact, when ever 247 gives any player a star rating of any kind, it comes with a complimentary Toledo recruit offer.
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2020 Official Recruiting Thread
The new coaches are all over Twitter. Their excitement and invogaration of the Huskie football program is thrilling to watch. Recruits and fans are responding in kind. We may be witnessing the start of something very special at NIU.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
Now I know we have not signed any yet but all the offers out to DEs are for guys 6'3" and taller. In the past, NIU has taken linebackers or runningbacks and converted them to rush ends. This could be a definite change in our defense.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
Hope these guys pan out.
Some big guys on the O-line.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-13-2019 08:07 AM)klake87 Wrote: Now I know we have not signed any yet but all the offers out to DEs are for guys 6'3" and taller. In the past, NIU has taken linebackers or runningbacks and converted them to rush ends. This could be a definite change in our defense.
I always a thought that was kind of cool. Perez Ford was a HS rb and so was Sutton Smith...
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
I just hope that the new staff does lose sight of our strong recruiting base in Illinois and Wisconsin. One of my questions about our recruiting is do we have the budget to recruit nationally. Flying back and forth to Florida, NJ etc. is expensive. In Chicagoland area, you can hit a lot more potential recruits because you can drive. If you spend a lot of money going to Florida, Texas, NJ etc. and come up empty, that is a waste of resources and NIU has a tight budget.
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2020 Official Recruiting Thread
Seems like we're offering a lot more recruits and higher profile (i.e. more stars) recruits. It appears Hammock and his staff have a completely different strategy. Carey in the last year or two seemed to be changing his strategy of offering more as well. Anyone have perspective on this and how Hammock's approach may differ?
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-13-2019 08:07 AM)klake87 Wrote: Now I know we have not signed any yet but all the offers out to DEs are for guys 6'3" and taller. In the past, NIU has taken linebackers or runningbacks and converted them to rush ends. This could be a definite change in our defense.
Carey started recruiting taller players as well last couple of years too. The idea is get athletes who can play other positions. Think of recruiting a group of 6'4, 6'5 guys play them at de,te,ot, lb, wr... I like our fr CB Walker he is tall for a CB, especially in the MAC.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-12-2019 07:22 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: For convenience (not a comprehensive or official list):
247sports: NIU 2020 Football Offers
Funny that the Toledo Whitmer QB is the first offer you see.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
Edit error
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Edit error.
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
We have increased our offers a bit. We are up to 51 offers, but Toledo being Toledo has an absurd 209 offers already!
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-14-2019 10:03 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote: We have increased our offers a bit. We are up to 51 offers, but Toledo being Toledo has an absurd 209 offers already!
Toledo’s coaching staff also didn’t get finalized yesterday lol
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RE: 2020 Official Recruiting Thread
(02-12-2019 07:22 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: For convenience (not a comprehensive or official list):
247sports: NIU 2020 Football Offers
I just want to take a moment to appreciate that T.J. Tampa is from St. Pete.
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