General Recruiting Thread

[L Perry]

After reading the chat on ESPN today at "The Opening" recruiting event that Nike is running, I'm really concerned about how this NCAA probe is going to affect recruits this year. 3 months ago I felt like we had a ton of momentum we could use for this year. Now-not so much.

It is just initial backlash from the most recent Lyles article. That feeling won't last with recruits..

I think it lasts until Oregon is cleared. And we all know competing schools won't be afraid to remind the athletes.

Teams in recent years that have been implicated in messes haven't exactly fell apart in recruiting. I'm not talking just about USC either, North Carolina had a top 25 class just this past season even with all of their issues. It may hurt us with a couple recruits, but overall we will be just fine.

I agree with the thought that we will be just fine.

[Braveheart]

USC has three WRs and only 7 more spots to fill with scholarships but Foster is planning on visits with USC and UO soon

Rivals shows USC with 10 commits... How many can they take this year? I thought it was only 15?!? Ive only been following recruiting for a few years so Im still kind of a noob...

http://rivals.yahoo.com/usc/football/re ... ments/2012

It's ok I'm still a noob too
I'm not sure on the specifics but a USC fan told me they would have 17 this year because of last years class and something about a grey shirt
Either way USC shouldn't take 4 WRs in a class of 15-17

I'll clear it up for you. USC can take 15 (at the most this year), and will probably take less than that (can't go higher than 75 scholies on roster). USC will need some early departures to able to sign a 15 this year (Matt Barkely, Matt Kalil, Nick Perry, and T.J. McDonald will probably go to the NFL after this season). Then there's transfers, players not academically eligible, and players who will be kicked off the team.

As for right now, USC has 9 commits for this year. Two of those commits (LB Scott Starr, and Juco RB Kelvin York) are EE's (early enrollees) who will count towards last years recruiting class. That's where 17 comes from.

As for USC's WR situation, expect the other two WR's (Jaydon Mickens, and Darreus Rogers) to decommit. Payton's departure from USC was for the most part mutual. Same will be said when Mickens de-commits. Heard the Staff doesn't want to lose Darreus Rogers, but he's been a soft commit since he jumped on-board.

[mdm0302]

MAXDUCK you have a good point. but were trying to completely miss mine?

[JustisM]

Anyone watching The Opening on ESPNU thursday to saturday?
Adolphus Washington DE OH ***** is down to 5, Oregon off the list now
First news of 2013: Isaiah Golden a DT from Texas likes the Ducks
Joshua Garnett and Zach Banner are going to the same school, guess is USC/Washington/Oregon

[JustisM]

Ellis McCarthy DT ***** CA is down to 5 and Oregon is one probably a DE though


The opening- http://rise.espn.go.com/football/articl ... oster.aspx

“The Opening” presented by Nike Football, is five days of dynamic training, coaching and competition for many of the country’s most elite high school football players. Every position and every aspect of the game will be highlighted over the course of the five-day program that runs July 5-9.

Nike will crown winners for the Nike 7ON tournament, Nike Linemen Challenge, and SPARQ Rating National Championship. Designed to give student-athletes the training and knowledge to develop their speed, explosiveness and position skills, “The Opening” brings together top performers from all of the Nike Football Training Camps, combined with other top prospects – all battling for the chance to claim ultimate bragging rights.

The following players are among the standouts who received an invitation to compete at “The Opening.” (Updated June 29)

WR Bralon Addison (Houston, Texas/Hightower)
WR Nelson Agholor (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep)
LB Kwon Alexander (Oxford, Ala./Oxford)
OL Vadal Alexander (Sugar Hill, Ga./Buford)
OL Kofi Amichia (Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern)
LB Brett Bafaro (Hillsboro, Ore./Liberty)
DL Dakota Ball (Silver Creek, Ga./Pepperell)
OL Zach Banner (Puyallup, Wash./Lakes)
WR Cory Batey (Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth School)
DB Brandon Beaver (Long Beach, Calif./Dominguez)
OL Adam Bisnowaty (Cheswick, Pa./Fox Chapel)
DB Chris Bivins (Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville)
DB Travis Blanks (Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian)
DB De’van Bogard (Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville)
DB Bam Bradley (Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison)
QB Connor Brewer (Paradise Valley, Ariz./Chaparral)
LB Keith Brown (Miami, Fla./Norland)
DL DeForest Buckner (Waianae, Hawaii/Punahou)
LB James Burgess (Florida City, Fla./Homestead)
LB T.J. Burrell (Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek)
DB Deon Bush (Miami, Fla./Columbus)
WR Joel Caleb (Richmond, Va./Clover Hill)
DB Alex Carter (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods)
DL Chris Casher (Mobile, Ala./Faith Academy)
LB Tim Cole (Brenham, Texas/Brenham)
WR Corey Coleman (Richardson, Texas/Pearce)
RB J.C. Coleman (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith)
DB Landon Collins (Geismar, La./Dutchtown)
TE Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick (Rocklin, Calif./Whitney)
DB Demetrious Cox (Jeannette, Pa./Jeannette)
WR C.J. Curry (Gainesville, Ga./North Hall)
RB Mike Davis (Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson)
DB T.J. Davis (Tallahassee, Fla./Godby)
DL Torshiro Davis (Shreveport, La./Woodlawn)
LB Nick Dawson (Charlotte, N.C./Berry)
DL Sheldon Day (Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central)
DB Cedric Dozier (Lakewood, Wash./Lakes)
RB Kenyan Drake (Marietta, Ga./Hillgrove)
OL Jessamen Dunker (Lake Worth, Fla./Boynton Beach)
RB Bri’onte Dunn (Canton, Ohio/GlenOak)
DB Bryson Echols (DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto)
DB Chaz Elder (Union City, Ga./Banneker)
LB Markus Eligwe (Stone Mountain, Ga./Stone Mountain)
DB Trae Elston (Oxford, Ala./Oxford)
WR Justin Ferguson (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Flanagan)
CB Raymond Ford (Gardena, Calif./Serra)
WR Jody Fuller (Indian Trail, N.C./Sun Valley)
OL Josh Garnett (Puyallup, Wash./Puyallup)
WR Malik Gilmore (Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood)
RB Johnathan Gray (Aledo, Texas/Aledo)
WR Deontay Greenberry (Fresno, Calif./Washington Union)
OL Jay Guillermo (Maryville, Tenn./Maryville)
RB Todd Gurley (Tarboro, N.C./Tarboro)
LB Daniel Halverson (Portland, Ore./Grant)
OL Mark Harrell (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic)
DB De'Vante Harris (Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite)
OL Joe Harris (Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia)
RB Derrick Henry (Yulee, Fla./Yulee)
DL Quayvon Hicks (Blackshear, Ga./Pierce County)
DL Dwayne Hoilett (Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach)
DB Joshua Holsey (Fairburn, Ga./Creekside)
WR Germone Hopper (Charlotte, N.C./Berry)
LB Justin Horton (Clermont, Fla./East Ridge)
DB Tracy Howard (Miami, Fla./Miramar)
WR Angelo Jean-Louis (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central)
LB Peter Jinkens (Dallas, Texas/Skyline)
DB Daje’ Johnson (Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson)
RB Duke Johnson (Miami, Fla./Norland)
WR Cayleb Jones (Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin)
WR Corey Jones (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills)
DB Cyrus Jones (Baltimore, Md./Gilman School)
DL Luke Kaumatule (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou)
QB Chad Kelly (Niagara Falls, N.Y./St. Joseph’s)
LB Raphael Kirby (Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson)
DL Korren Kirven (Lynchburg, Va./Brookville)
QB Zach Kline (Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley)
TE Christo Kourtzidis (Fullerton, Calif./Orange Lutheran)
LB Quanzell Lambert (Erial, N.J./Timber Creek)
WR Kenny Lawler (Upland, Calif./Upland)
LB Dillon Lee (Buford, Ga./Buford)
DB A.J. Leggett (Miami, Fla./Homestead)
WR Eugene Lewis (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West)
LB Kaiwan Lewis (Mays Landing, N.J./St. Joseph School)
QB Kolby Listenbee (Arlington, Texas/Bowie)
LB Steven Longa (Saddle Brook, N.J./Saddle Brook)
ATH Lamar Louis (Breaux Bridge, La./Breaux Bridge)
ATH Ricardo Louis (North Miami, Fla./Miami Beach)
DB Drew Madhu (Tampa, Fla./Plant)
OL Erik Magnuson (Cardiff, Calif./La Costa Canyon)
RB William Mahone (Austintown, Ohio/Fitch)
QB Tanner Mangum (Eagle, Idaho/Eagle)
QB Tyler Matthews (McPherson, Kan./McPherson)
DL Jamal Marcus (Durham, N.C./Hillside)
DB Marcus Maye (Melbourne, Fla./Holy Trinity)
DL Ellis McCarthy (Monrovia, Calif./Monrovia)
ATH Devante McFarlane (Wheatley Heights, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West)
OL Benny McGowan (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville)
ATH Deon-Tay McManus (Randallstown, Md./Dunbar)
TE Taylor McNamara (San Diego, Calif./Westview)
DB LaDarrell McNeil (Dallas, Texas/A. Maceo Smith)
WR Jaydon Mickens (Los Angeles, Calif./Dorsey)
OL Patrick Miller (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Dwyer)
LB Kwontie Moore (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian)
DB Wayne Morgan (Brooklyn, N.Y./Erasmus Hall)
OL Kyle Murphy (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente)
ATH Davonte’ Neal (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral)
DB Cyril Noland (Choudrant, La./Ruston)
DL Dan O'Brien (Fenton, Mich./Powers Catholic)
DL Ifeadi Odenigbo (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville)
DL Mario Ojemudia (Farmington Hills, Mich./Harrison)
DB Devontre Parnell (Winnsboro, S.C./Fairfield Central)
ATH David Perkins (South Bend, Ind./Washington)
WR Latroy Pittman (Ocala, Fla./North Marion)
DL Se’von Pittman (Canton, Ohio/McKinley)
WR Darius Powe (Long Beach, Calif./Lakewood)
LB Sawyer Powell (West Richland, Wash./Richland)
TE Sean Price (Citra, Fla./North Marion)
LB Reggie Ragland (Madison, Ala./Bob Jones)
TE Dominic Ramacher (Denton, Texas/Guyer)
DB Armani Reeves (North Easton, Mass./Catholic Memorial)
DB Terry Richardson (Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech)
DB Marcus Rios (Elk Grove, Calif./Cosumnes Oaks)
OL Curtis Riser (DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto)
QB Jake Rodrigues (Rocklin, Calif./Whitney)
LB James Ross (Southfield, Mich./St. Mary’s Prep)
LB Jabari Ruffin (Downey, Calif./Downey)
RB Keivarae Russell (Everett, Wash./Mariner)
OL Isaac Seumalo (Corvallis, Ore./Corvallis)
DB Tee Shepard (Fresno, Calif./Central)
DL Aziz Shittu (Atwater, Calif./Buhach Colony)
OL Jordan Simmons (Inglewood, Calif./Crespi)
WR Richard Smith (Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Poly)
DB Anthony Standifer (Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee)
WR Dwayne Stanford (Cincinnati, Ohio/Taft)
RB Altee Tenpenny (North Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock)
ATH Corey Thompson (Missouri City, Texas/Elkins)
DB Lucas Thompson (Oakland, Fla./West Orange)
TE Ronald Thompson (Southfield, Mich./Southfield)
WR Bryce Treggs (Inglewood, Calif./St. John Bosco)
OL Laremy Tunsil (Lake City, Fla./Columbia)
WR Randy Uzoma (Canoga Park, Calif./Canoga Park)
DL Pio Vatuvei (Patterson, Calif./Patterson)
WR Kenny Walker (Richmond, Calif./Kennedy)
DB Cleveland Wallace (San Jose, Calif/Oak Grove)
DL Adolphus Washington (Cincinnati, Ohio/Taft)
WR Herb Waters (Homestead, Fla./Homestead)
DB D.J. White (McDonough, Ga./McDonough)
OL Duaron Williams (Orlando, Fla./Jones)
DB P.J. Williams (Ocala, Fla./Vanguard)
RB Trey Williams (Houston, Texas/Dekaney)
WR Derrick Woods (Inglewood, Calif./Inglewood)

[JustisM]

Players are cutting the lists now
Shaq Thompson from Grant in Sacramento just cut his list to 4/5 IIRC and Oregon is one of them

[mdm0302]

Players are cutting the lists now
Shaq Thompson from Grant in Sacramento just cut his list to 4/5 IIRC and Oregon is one of them

cal lock. alot of ppl say he is only keeping his recruitment open to help his teammates get exposure earn scholies.

[Duffman57]

Players are cutting the lists now
Shaq Thompson from Grant in Sacramento just cut his list to 4/5 IIRC and Oregon is one of them

cal lock. alot of ppl say he is only keeping his recruitment open to help his teammates get exposure earn scholies.

Yah i've heard that alot too, but i've seen guys that are "all ____" and then the switch to wherever. Especially with Oregon, a prospect can just take one visit and just fall in love. And plus, look at UO's history with DB's, with the type of recruits we've gotten, think of what we can do with a 5 star.

And i saw Justis said that McCarthy was a DE???? WHATT?????? A 6'5" 305 lb guy is a DE in a system that likes smaller DT's?? Your completely wrong there.

[JustisM]

Players are cutting the lists now
Shaq Thompson from Grant in Sacramento just cut his list to 4/5 IIRC and Oregon is one of them

cal lock. alot of ppl say he is only keeping his recruitment open to help his teammates get exposure earn scholies.

Yah i've heard that alot too, but i've seen guys that are "all ____" and then the switch to wherever. Especially with Oregon, a prospect can just take one visit and just fall in love. And plus, look at UO's history with DB's, with the type of recruits we've gotten, think of what we can do with a 5 star.

And i saw Justis said that McCarthy was a DE???? WHATT?????? A 6'5" 305 lb guy is a DE in a system that likes smaller DT's?? Your completely wrong there.

I saw McCarthy listed as a DE somewhere, must have been for a 3-4 team or something. My bad yeah he's a DT for us.

I got cousins that play for Grant and it's pretty much known that he is a Golden Bear. I would bet anything on it haha
He has fam there and all of that, the reason he opened it back up is so that his teammates would get looked at more. He is a Cal silent.

I really hope I am wrong

[karlhungis]

DAT was about as big of "lock" as it gets, and look what happened there. There are enough ties to Thompson that I'm not counting us out yet.