Recruiting, 2013

[AppGrad78]

OL Lucas Holder (6-5, 265) of Carroll County High School in Hillsville, Va., says via Twitter that he will visit Appalachian State this weekend. Holder has a 4.25 GPA and a score of 1800 on the SAT and holds an offer from Columbia.

[AppGrad78]

TE/DE Dustin Bowens (6-4, 235) of Palm Coast High School in Flagler, Fla., says he will visit Appalachian State on Oct. 6.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/artic ... hian-State" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[AppState89]

TE/DE Dustin Bowens (6-4, 235) of Palm Coast High School in Flagler, Fla., says he will visit Appalachian State on Oct. 6.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/artic ... hian-State" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sweet..that's where we own our house...Palm Coast, Fl.....Chris, Jessica and the grandbaby live there.

[asutrnr81]

Anyone know if/how many potential recruits we had in for the Montana game? Seems to me we should have gotten as many as we could up for that game.

I know of one but I am waiting to see what hAPPens! I do not want to jinx his recruitment....but he is the BEST back out of Kannapolis in my 28 years here....and I am just hoping! Saturday was his "Official" visit! Here is to hoping!

Go APPS!

[AppGrad78]

Per Twitter, Appalachian State recently made an offer to Buffalo commit LB George Vinson (6-0, 205) of Damascus High School in Damascus, Md. Vinson holds about a dozen offers, including four from FBS schools.

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[Appfrom05]

ahmad mitchell ‏@foreign_muscle
just got of the phone with the running back coach from Appalachian State ,

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/r ... ell-138801" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No insider info here or anything just saw this on twitter and I'm assuming this is his rivals profile.

[AppGrad78]

ahmad mitchell ‏@foreign_muscle
just got of the phone with the running back coach from Appalachian State ,

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/r ... ell-138801" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No insider info here or anything just saw this on twitter and I'm assuming this is his rivals profile.

Thanks, Hans. I've added his name to the master list.

By the way, something I've always wondered, are you the former unheralded wideout from our glory days?

[Appfrom05]

ahmad mitchell ‏@foreign_muscle
just got of the phone with the running back coach from Appalachian State ,

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/r ... ell-138801" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No insider info here or anything just saw this on twitter and I'm assuming this is his rivals profile.

Thanks, Hans. I've added his name to the master list.

By the way, something I've always wondered, are you the former unheralded wideout from our glory days?

I'm sure this is disappointing news but no I am not the former WR. I just attended ASU from 05-09 and Hans was one of my favorite players. I always felt like he was kind of overlooked.

Edit: Btw, thank you for maintaining and updating this thread. You do an awesome job keeping up with ASU recruits. This is one of my favorite threads to keep tabs on!

[moonshine]

App has 12 Sr's with 7 being starters (if you count both RBs). There are 18 JR's on the roster with 12 of them seeing significant time or were tabbed too (Rodger Walker).

SR position breakdown:
RB - 3
WR - 1
TE - 1
DL - 2
LB - 2
DB - 2
P - 1

JR position breakdown:
QB - 1
RB - 1
WR - 2
TE - 4
OL - 3
DL - 1
LB - 1
DB - 3
PK - 2

Looks like RB is the main focus with 8 of the 35 recruits manning the RB position. Probably need to land 2 RB's, 2 TE's and 2 DB's. Find 1 more QB, 1-2 OL players, 1-2 DL and 1-2 LB.

[appst89]

App has 12 Sr's with 7 being starters (if you count both RBs). There are 18 JR's on the roster with 12 of them seeing significant time or were tabbed too (Rodger Walker).

SR position breakdown:
QB - 1
RB - 2
WR - 1
TE - 1
DL - 2
LB - 2
DB - 2
P - 1

JR position breakdown:
QB - 1
RB - 1
WR - 2
TE - 4
OL - 3
DL - 1
LB - 1
DB - 3
PK - 2

Looks like RB is the main focus with 8 of the 35 recruits manning the RB position. Probably need to land 2 RB's, 2 TE's and 2 DB's. Find 1 more QB, 1-2 OL players, 1-2 DL and 1-2 LB.

Who is the Sr. QB?

[AppGrad78]

Two names popped up recently with interest in App: RB Ken McDowell (5-8, 185) of Gray's Creek High School in Hope Mills and walkon redshirt freshman LB Denzel "D.J." Ward (5-11, 223) of Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City, who says he's looking to transfer from Virginia Tech.

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/201 ... =fo.sports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.dailyadvance.com/sports/ward ... me-1229541" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[moonshine]

Who is the Sr. QB?

My mistake, good catch! Post has been edited.

[Deano]

Two names popped up recently with interest in App: RB Ken McDowell (5-8, 185) of Gray's Creek High School in Hope Mills and walkon redshirt freshman LB Denzel "D.J." Ward (5-11, 223) of Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City, who says he's looking to transfer from Virginia Tech.

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/201 ... =fo.sports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.dailyadvance.com/sports/ward ... me-1229541" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My stepson plays on the team with Ken McDowell so I have had many chances to see him play, he is fast and shifty but will also run over you. He currently has the most rushing yardage in the state. He also might look to try and be a dual sport athlete with many saying he is better at Baseball. I think with APPS recent success in Baseball this can bode well for us getting him for Football too. And with the RB position possibly being one of the big areas we need to replace next year, this might be a win win for all of us.

[AppGrad78]

The Daytona Beach News-Journal offers up an analysis of one of our targets, TE Dustin Bowens (6-4, 235) of Palm Coast High School in Flagler Beach, Fla.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/artic ... tin-Bowens" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[moonshine]

Two names popped up recently with interest in App: RB Ken McDowell (5-8, 185) of Gray's Creek High School in Hope Mills and walkon redshirt freshman LB Denzel "D.J." Ward (5-11, 223) of Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City, who says he's looking to transfer from Virginia Tech.

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/201 ... =fo.sports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.dailyadvance.com/sports/ward ... me-1229541" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Like the sound of both of these players. DJ Ward would help to bring some competition to the MLB/ILB position against Law and has a year of tutelage under Bud Foster.

McDowell has decent size and could help to feel the void being left at RB. Plus he could possibly help the baseball team out...win-win!

[JMappfan5]

OL Lucas Holder (6-5, 265) of Carroll County High School in Hillsville, Va., says via Twitter that he will visit Appalachian State this weekend. Holder has a 4.25 GPA and a score of 1800 on the SAT and holds an offer from Columbia.

I am friends with some of Lucas' family and have watched him play. He has excellent technique, quick feet and above average strength. He is a "lean" 265lbs. Being recruited heavily by Ivy League schools, William & Mary, Richmond and getting interest from VaTech & UVa.

[AppGrad78]

DE Andrew Mayton (6-3, 230) of North Davidson High School in Welcome tells the Winston-Salem Journal he is being recruited by App, Furman and Wofford.

http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2012/ ... r-2641940/

[AppGrad78]

According to the Daily Advance in Elizabeth City, DE Kenneth Melton (6-4, 220) of Northeastern High School has received an offer from ASU.

http://www.dailyadvance.com/node/1234627

[asu1978]

Nobody from Western North Carolina?

[AppGrad78]

According to GoUpstate.com, TE Zach Riggs (6-5, 245) of Mann High School in Greenville, S.C., will attend our game against Elon on Saturday.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/201210 ... rom-Tigers

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