How is your recruiting class looking?

[Forty_Sixand2]

As for the Hokies, well you could follow our world famous recruiting threads on the Hokie board, seen here:

http://www.sportshoopla.com/forums/virginia-tech/26978-2012-recruiting-list.html

and here:

http://www.sportshoopla.com/forums/virginia-tech/34853-2012-virginia-tech-commitment-list.html

BUt in general the Hokies are doing well and wrapping up the class quickly with 26 commitments to date, putting them 11th on the Rivals list.

Strengths:
-Running back, Rivals has our running back class as tops in the country with 4* scat back JC Coleman as an early commit and 4* power back Drew Harris committing last night. Add in highly recruited APB, Chris Mangus and things look good for the Hokies here

-Defense, we have the #5 LB class in the country, headlined by Deon Clarke and Trey Edmunds, which was important since we stuck out on LBs last year. We also have the #7 DB class in the country with top corner Donaldvean Manning leading the group. We also have a great D-Line class, headlined by Georgia prospect Jarontay Jones.

Weaknesses:
-Quarterback, after the commitment switch of TJ Milweard we have only one quarterback coming in and he is more likely to see the field as a safety. There are a few good QBs in Virginia next year, and we need to get at least one of them

-O Line, we have one under the radar guy, and two unproven commodities here. The transfer in of Brent Benedict helps a little bit, but they need to try and find one more guy in this class.

Overall we are in good shape with two more national recruits (Joel Caleb and Korren Kirven) and are about done with this class. A new emphasis in recruiting has clearly shown with the Hokies as we usually recruit in the 30s and 40s.

 

[CalvinJohnson4God]

Very full of 3 stars.

And I wouldn't expect anything else.

Might have a legit shot at a couple of 4's... but I don't really care.

 

[CalvinJohnson4God]

Oh... and I still don't think we have a big enough guy to effectively play NT for us

 

[CrimsonFan]

Another top 5 class

 

[BigAppleBadger]

Pretty good class by our standards with a bunch of 4 stars and a chance at a 5 star or two. Not ranking in the top 25 classes, but Wisconsin never has.

Top 10 end of season ranking >>>> Top 10 recruiting class

 

[CalvinJohnson4God]

Pretty good class by our standards with a bunch of 4 stars and a chance at a 5 star or two. Not ranking in the top 25 classes, but Wisconsin never has.

Top 10 end of season ranking >>>> Top 10 recruiting class

I would expect Wisconsin to appear in the top 25 of the recruiting rankings when it's all said and done, with that many 4 stars.

The number of recruits you have affects your rankings. Right now GT has less recruits committed than every ACC team but 1. Assuming that they actually use the scholarships they have available, they will climb from their current position of 3rd worst in the ACC.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

mostly 3 stars and a 4 star that we took from some Pac-12 schools.

we're 38th right now by rivals which is our best ever.

so if we were good before, you best be afraid, be very afraid

 

[Destroydacre]

Haven't really been following Washington's recruiting so far this year. Supposedly this is going to be one of the best recruiting classes ever to come out of the state of Washington, but most of the top rated guys haven't committed yet. Last season the top 5 recruits from the state all committed to Washington and Sark's recruiting classes have been ranked in the top 25 for both of his seasons at UW so far, so that bodes well. We'll see if he can get most of those guys to stay in state (because let's face it if they do stay in state they're going to Washington and not Wazzu).

 

[IrishFutbol]

Meh.

We've got some great DBs coming in, and our DLine looks solid, but other than that...we could use a few more pickups.

Starting to wish we kept Weis around as an offensive recruiter.

 

[iruletheskool]

Great so far. 2012 Nebraska Football Commits

 

[TigerBait1971]

LSU

9 4-stars and 9 3-stars and 1 deuce....

 

[IrishFutbol]

Great so far. 2012 Nebraska Football Commits

7 players this late in the year? Is that normal for Pelini?

 

[iruletheskool]

7 players this late in the year? Is that normal for Pelini?

No, but we can only take about 15, and are reaching for the stars at the ohio state game

 

[Santana8907]

So far... (I use Rivals)

5*s - 1 (DJ Humphries)
4*s - 11
3*s - 4
2*s - 1 (Kicker)

We'll likely approach the 25 limit this year, which means we have around 8 spots to give out between the following prospects.

5* Stefon Diggs
5* Nelson Agholor
5* Jonathan Bullard
5* Tracy Howard
4* Kent Taylor
4* Jordan Jenkins
4* Adam Bisnowaty
4* Avery Young
4* Tyriq McCord
4* Carlos Watkins

Guys we have an outside shot at (probably only a 10-20% chance of landing)

5* Darius Hamilton
5* Noah Spence
5* Dante Fowler
4* Keith Marshall

This isn't all our targets, but it's pretty close to what's left on our board.

 

[Uman5]

It is very early for Miami with all of the uncertainty. But at this moment we sit at #6 or 7 on ESPNs list.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

I like the 2012 class a lot, mostly because Wisconsin's coaching staff seems to know how to find the guys they can coach up.

That, and these guys definitely seem like Badgers already, from what I've been able to read on them. Tough.

 

[UTVolCountry]

eh...#17 on Rivals

 

[Tomhusker]

I like the 2012 class a lot, mostly because Wisconsin's coaching staff seems to know how to find the guys they can coach up.

That, and these guys definitely seem like Badgers already, from what I've been able to read on them. Tough.

They like to prance around in mini skirts and over applied lipstick?

 

[GunsUp_ShootinBlanks]

Might be one of the best wr classes in the nation. Needs defensive backs and defensive tackles in a bad way

 

[WestEndVol]

Rivals 17th
Scout 21st
ESPN 17th
247 Sports 19th

Tennessee has about 8 spots left. I think they'll be around 15th by NSD. Just depends on how other teams finish.