The early signing period is about a month away (Dec 15th). What does recruiting look like for everyone.

This class will fall under CUSA but most likely all will plat in the Sun Belt for Marshall.

Marshall 22 Recruiting Class
Isaiah Gordon Mainland HS, Athlete (Daytona Beach, FL, 3star)
Chase Harrison Centerville HS, QB (Dayton, OH, 3star)
Toby Payne Poca HS, TE (Poca, WV, 3star)
Leon Hart Edison HS, LB (Miami, FL, 3star)
Trudell Berry Lee HS, Athlete (Baytown, TX, 3star)
Cole Pennington Sayre School, QB (Lexington, KY, 3star)
Jacobie Henderson Catawba Ridge HS, S (Fort Mill, SC, 3star)
Winston Griffin Edgewater HS, Edge Rusher (Orlando, FL, 3star)
Maurice Jones Killian HS, RB (Miami, FL, 3star)
Dyoni Hill Gainesville HS, CB (Gainesville, FL, 3star)
Logan Compton New Mexico Military Institute, TE (Roswell, NM, 3star)
Peter Zamora Westside HS, QB (Anderson, SC, 3star)
Brendan Flakes West Orange HS, DL (Winter Garden, FL 3star)
Andrew Morris Mesquite HS, LB (Gilbert, AZ, 3star)
Anthony Dunn Jr. Seminole HS, DL (Sanford, FL 3star)
Anthony Turner Life Christian Academy, RB (Colonial Heights, VA 3star)
Alsethony McGhee Chipley HS, (Chipley, FL, 3star)
Cam Pedro Collins Hill HS, WR (Suwanee, GA 3star)
Antonio Robinson St. Thomas More HS, WR (Prep) (Oakdale, CT 3star)
Sean Sallis Creekview HS, TE (Carrollton, TX, 3star)
Tariq Montgomery St. Vincent-St. Mary HS OT (Akron, OH 2star)
Gabriel Grubbs Dallas Christian School, S (Mesquite, TX NR)
Jalen Slappy Eastmoor Academy, OT (Columbus, OH NR)
Zyion Claville Huntington HS WR (Shreveport, LA NR)
Matthew Yuschak River Ridge HS OLB (Woodstock, GA NR)
Zion Odoms Northeast HS WR (Macon, GA NR)

Marshall has 2 legacy recruits. Cam Pedro is the son of Glenn Pedo who played RB at Marshall from 89-92. And Cole Pennington is the son of Marshall QB Chad Pennington (95, 97-99).

No one? Zero hs commits so far. Spav doubling down on the Portal.

Well, App managed to get an ESPN 4 star so there is that. Other than that, all three star guys, 247 Sports has the average at 84.something.

(11-16-2021 04:04 PM)slycat Wrote:  No one? Zero hs commits so far. Spav doubling down on the Portal.

I hate that. I really hope Texas State wakes up and heads in a new direction. So much high school talent there in Texas to not be bringing in any recruits.

(11-16-2021 04:04 PM)slycat Wrote:  No one? Zero hs commits so far. Spav doubling down on the Portal.

That just isn't right. I remember thinking that Spavital was an odd choice for HC when he was named at Texas State. Watching him as an asst at WVU he never struck me as a leader.

Arkansas State has 16 commits right now….all high school. Nice change of pace from Blake Anderson.

GS doesn't have a dedicated 247 team so who knows? Helton just came in and rescinded some offers though so it's all in the air. I think there's a pay side on gsufans that deals with recruiting.

According to 247 we have 2 commits.

3 star ATH & an unranked OT….

If true another reason Chip sucks.

Marshall gets a Tight End from Carrollton, TX

Sean Sallis Creekview Commits To Marshall

(11-16-2021 07:51 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  GS doesn't have a dedicated 247 team so who knows? Helton just came in and rescinded some offers though so it's all in the air. I think there's a pay side on gsufans that deals with recruiting.

Yeah we’ll have to wait for the dust to settle before we can determine how we stack up against the rest of the Belt.

(11-16-2021 07:51 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  GS doesn't have a dedicated 247 team so who knows? Helton just came in and rescinded some offers though so it's all in the air. I think there's a pay side on gsufans that deals with recruiting.

Yeah. Right now our only way to know which recruits have committed is from a couple of dedicated posters on the pay side of GSUFans that tracks all of the commits. I believe one of them was looking into running 247 for GS earlier this year, but it's a ton of work that really isn't necessary.

Sun Belt Rankings by Average Rating (247):

1. Arkansas State (84.61)
2. App State (84.41)
3. Georgia Southern (84.18)
4. Coastal Carolina (84.16)
5. Louisiana (83.57)
6. Marshall (82.98)
7. Old Dominion (82.91)
8. Southern Miss (81.98)
9. Troy (81.53)
10. South Alabama (80.38)
11. Georgia State (80.37)
NR. JMU
NR. ULM
NR. Texas State

Nothing to talk about as nobody has a full class. GS will probably not be full until the second signing period. I doubt Helton has enough time to fill out an entire class in 40+/- days. Marshall's ranking is almost all quantity at 27 listed rather than quality. Over 40-50 FBS teams have a higher per recruit average with nowhere near a full class. Will probably drop from 50 to the 80's, maybe 70's due to the size of the class being larger than most will sign.

(11-16-2021 07:51 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  GS doesn't have a dedicated 247 team so who knows? Helton just came in and rescinded some offers though so it's all in the air. I think there's a pay side on gsufans that deals with recruiting.

Way more confirmed commits than what is currently listed on our 247 page that is unmanned.

Likely more flux coming to it as Helton fully takes over after App.

(11-18-2021 02:05 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(11-16-2021 07:51 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  GS doesn't have a dedicated 247 team so who knows? Helton just came in and rescinded some offers though so it's all in the air. I think there's a pay side on gsufans that deals with recruiting.

Way more confirmed commits than what is currently listed on our 247 page that is unmanned.

Likely more flux coming to it as Helton fully takes over after App.

It will be updated on signing day. I wish we could just merge GSUfans with that board. It is a better platform and we could have up-to-date recruiting information. You have to produce some content but we have several folks that can write and article once a week.

Really excited about what Butch Jones is doing and 100% behind his efforts to rebuild the roster the right way. Expect most if not all of the 25 slots to be HS players and the 7 extra to be portal guys in key spots. I believe he has five HS OL commits already and that is music to my ears. Blake stopped recruiting OL heavily. You have to recruit a ton of OL to get solid results. We will have to see several more go to make room but as I recall, CCU had a mass exodus the two years before they took off.

(11-18-2021 01:48 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  Sun Belt Rankings by Average Rating (247):

1. Arkansas State (84.61)
2. App State (84.41)
3. Georgia Southern (84.18)
4. Coastal Carolina (84.16)
5. Louisiana (83.57)
6. Marshall (82.98)
7. Old Dominion (82.91)
8. Southern Miss (81.98)
9. Troy (81.53)
10. South Alabama (80.38)
11. Georgia State (80.37)
NR. JMU
NR. ULM
NR. Texas State

If those averages hold we are starting to enter MW / AAC territory, lots of spots to fill though. Definitely putting CUSA and MAC in the rear view for sure though.

College recruiting has changed and probably not for the better. On May 1st, you can enter the portal, and by July 1st you have to make a decision. That will be a 2 month free for all for some schools. Those schools with problems on the team could lose 5, 10, 15+ scholarships athletes in a snap. There is not penalty for transferring and if your star player want to see what his NIL is worth at other, bigger schools, he has a couple of months to shop around look for the best deal. Wonderful, isn't it?

College staffs will need another layer of recruiting just like the NFL. One for HS players and one group looking at the portal because both groups will required time and dedication to properly find the players needed to improve their respective teams.

It will be a **** show.

(11-18-2021 02:10 PM)JCGSU Wrote:  

(11-18-2021 02:05 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(11-16-2021 07:51 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  GS doesn't have a dedicated 247 team so who knows? Helton just came in and rescinded some offers though so it's all in the air. I think there's a pay side on gsufans that deals with recruiting.

Way more confirmed commits than what is currently listed on our 247 page that is unmanned.

Likely more flux coming to it as Helton fully takes over after App.

It will be updated on signing day. I wish we could just merge GSUfans with that board. It is a better platform and we could have up-to-date recruiting information. You have to produce some content but we have several folks that can write and article once a week.

GSUFans is better set up for the community, but yea 247 is better tracking for recruits.

The content requirements are way more than you think they are. No one on our side has shown a particular appetite for what's required, so it is what it is. There's also very little appetite in us long time members of the community to migrate either.

Social media has become more of an outlet for "attention" on recruits committing as usually any commit is shared by the recruit themselves on the platform of their choice more so than pointing to a list on a recruiting site, at least during the recruiting season. The only list that really matters is the one after they've signed LOIs anyway.

(11-18-2021 02:21 PM)SlickRick12 Wrote:  College recruiting has changed and probably not for the better. On May 1st, you can enter the portal, and by July 1st you have to make a decision. That will be a 2 month free for all for some schools. Those schools with problems on the team could lose 5, 10, 15+ scholarships athletes in a snap. There is not penalty for transferring and if your star player want to see what his NIL is worth at other, bigger schools, he has a couple of months to shop around look for the best deal. Wonderful, isn't it?

College staffs will need another layer of recruiting just like the NFL. One for HS players and one group looking at the portal because both groups will required time and dedication to properly find the players needed to improve their respective teams.

It will be a **** show.

You're neglecting a very important thing that hasn't been an issue in the past.

Recruiting will no longer stop once a kid signs. You have to CONTINUE to recruit him during his entire career, with the portal providing an easy means to "re-enter" the recruiting game with other schools.