Recruiting, 2014

[Pilotwx]

And in recruiting news (I think this is the right thread) I put the names of the two official visitors reported so far for tomorrow in another thread but thought I would post them here. I expect there to be others there and will have a better read on it tomorrow from twitter and also after the lunch. Should be a few possible unofficial and some PWO's also given this is the last visit weekend before signing day.

DB Junior Sigalo (6′ 2″ 190) of Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia, GA
DB Austin Exford (6' 1" 195) of Shiloh High School in Snellville, GA

Sigalo has a player page with video already on the Main Page. I just moved it to the Offers section from Considering. I will be building a page for Exford shortly. His hudl highlights will be included. Sigalo is showing offers from Alabama St, Kennesaw St, NC A & T, Savannah St, and Tennessee St. He is not currently rated by either Rivals or 24/7

Exford is showing as a Presbyterian commit on Rivals but only an offer on 24/7. He is rated a 2 star by Rivals but has not been rated by 24/7 yet.

After looking at their highlights, thanks Firemoose, these guys look like some hitters and got a nose for the ball. Hopefully these are in addition to Kiante Walton . Should be interesting next few days!

[Rekdiver]

I've never seen a staff work so hard for so long recruiting. It gets me fired up about the future. And I've never been so well informed as Firemoose has kept me. 2.5 days and I'm looking forward to signing day more than the freakin Super Bowl.

[firemoose]

I'm looking forward to signing day also for all the reasons listed plus a couple more. I need a break for a couple of days and maybe some sleep would be good. Just thinking out loud here...

[Rekdiver]

Matthew Eaton offered by Temple.... He taking a visit. He's really opened it up. I'd say he isn t coming to App....if app is too far then Philly surely is...And I absolutely hate Philly. No college support at all. Mean people there..

[PhillyApp1]

Matthew Eaton offered by Temple.... He taking a visit. He's really opened it up. I'd say he isn t coming to App....if app is too far then Philly surely is...And I absolutely hate Philly. No college support at all. Mean people there..

Rekdiver.......yo !!
Sorry you met the wrong philly people or get thicker skin.
Just say in

He will never go to Temple

[boonetown1]

Agreed, Temple is irrelevant. They are terrible, far from home and offer no immediate playing time.

Still believe it is down to us and them red dogs down south. Also, call me optimistic but I think we hang onto Meadors.

[Rekdiver]

Matthew Eaton offered by Temple.... He taking a visit. He's really opened it up. I'd say he isn t coming to App....if app is too far then Philly surely is...And I absolutely hate Philly. No college support at all. Mean people there..

Rekdiver.......yo !!
Sorry you met the wrong philly people or get thicker skin.
Just say in

He will never go to Temple

I knew as soon. As I hit "submit" that I just insulted PhillyApp. My-apologies I meant to say the fools in the Eagles stadium and just plain mean.....I couldn't have picked a fight quicker in Iran......

[firemoose]

ESPN and composite 24/7 3 star DB/ATH Jordan Noil (6′ 3″ 200) of Norcross High School in Norcross, GA has de-committed from Maryland. He has held an offer from App since June 1st and he is a teammate of App commit RB Josh Boyd. Unconfirmed rumor was a Maryland commit had visited the first visit weekend. He was the only Maryland commit that also held an offer from App. I'll be watching to see if it's good news for us or not as he holds 6 other FBS offers.

[PhillyApp1]

Matthew Eaton offered by Temple.... He taking a visit. He's really opened it up. I'd say he isn t coming to App....if app is too far then Philly surely is...And I absolutely hate Philly. No college support at all. Mean people there..

Rekdiver.......yo !!
Sorry you met the wrong philly people or get thicker skin.
Just say in

He will never go to Temple

Next time invite me and you'll be fine

[Rekdiver]

I will but they will still throw stuff at you.

[asutrnr81]

At the Yosef event today Satt came up for a brief visit....He said they hope to end up with 30 signees, but were looking for 23-24 kids to sign Wed.

Hard to know exactly how many were on Campus today....Ask any coach get a different answer!....but the number has to 3 to 5....they all agree on that!

[App91]

Anyone else finding FBS pre-signing week much more stressful than years past? Any surprises on NSD will be a bad thing.

Just talking today with some guys on the golf course on exact topic and how I thought this is a totally different vibe than in years past. Never remember this much talk and movement.

[firemoose]

At the Yosef event today Satt came up for a brief visit....He said they hope to end up with 30 signees, but were looking for 23-24 kids to sign Wed.

Hard to know exactly how many were on Campus today....Ask any coach get a different answer!....but the number has to 3 to 5....they all agree on that!

Don't know how many were on campus but there were three at lunch. I know someone who was there.

[JTApps1]

Anyone else finding FBS pre-signing week much more stressful than years past? Any surprises on NSD will be a bad thing.

Just talking today with some guys on the golf course on exact topic and how I thought this is a totally different vibe than in years past. Never remember this much talk and movement.

We're competing for higher caliber players, and there is much more info available for FBS level recruits. Plus sites like 247 and social media are making info even more excessible than ever before. To me its exciting and a sign that we're in the mix for a lot of quality players.

[App95]

ESPN and composite 24/7 3 star DB/ATH Jordan Noil (6′ 3″ 200) of Norcross High School in Norcross, GA has de-committed from Maryland. He has held an offer from App since June 1st and he is a teammate of App commit RB Josh Boyd. Unconfirmed rumor was a Maryland commit had visited the first visit weekend. He was the only Maryland commit that also held an offer from App. I'll be watching to see if it's good news for us or not as he holds 6 other FBS offers.

This explains the unaccounted for recruit in the picture Myquon Stout posted on twitter. I hope we can snag him!

[EastHallApp]

Anyone else finding FBS pre-signing week much more stressful than years past? Any surprises on NSD will be a bad thing.

It's more interesting, that's for sure.

Who knows if all the surprises will be bad? Obviously we seem to be mostly focused on holding onto our own commits, but who's to say the staff couldn't be quietly working on flipping one or two from somewhere else?

At least with most of the guys we've either lost or who are looking around, we're competing with higher-profile schools rather than conference rivals (Eaton being the obvious exception, if you want to call being committed <1 day a decommitment). Meanwhile we've already poached two from GSU.

[AtlantaMountaineer]

I will but they will still throw stuff at you.

Funny. I became a Carolina Panthers hater years ago when I attended a Falcons/Panther game and was pushed, shoved, cursed and had beer bottles thrown at me while just entering and exiting the stadium. I was sitting in the cheap seats and have been back and sat in other sections where I was treated just fine. But still can't pull for the Panthers to this day.

[TheMoody1]

Funny. I became a Carolina Panthers hater years ago when I attended a Falcons/Panther game and was pushed, shoved, cursed and had beer bottles thrown at me while just entering and exiting the stadium. I was sitting in the cheap seats and have been back and sat in other sections where I was treated just fine. But still can't pull for the Panthers to this day.

Ditto. Go Falcons.

[Eagle22]

Anyone else finding FBS pre-signing week much more stressful than years past? Any surprises on NSD will be a bad thing.

It's more interesting, that's for sure.

Who knows if all the surprises will be bad? Obviously we seem to be mostly focused on holding onto our own commits, but who's to say the staff couldn't be quietly working on flipping one or two from somewhere else?

At least with most of the guys we've either lost or who are looking around, we're competing with higher-profile schools rather than conference rivals (Eaton being the obvious exception, if you want to call being committed <1 day a decommitment). Meanwhile we've already poached two from GSU.

Lewis & Walton ?

Walton supposedly committed to Indiana yesterday.

[Goapps15]

Kiante Walton just committed to Indiana. Not a huge surprise there, most of us were expecting he would leave for a bigger offer. Jordan Noil becomes an even bigger target now.