2024 Football Targets (Offer List in OP)

[demoncore1031]

It's a very ho-hum class thus far. Still plenty of time left with updated evaluations from the different recruiting services, but the fact we have 12 kids committed and not a single one of them have a composite greater than .8689 is really concerning. Feels like there will be a lot of "who's that?" transfers in a couple years.

Yes, not very impressive so far and I don't think we have a shot at any 4 stars. This might be the lowest graded class of the CMC era. Honestly I think that Holt is the only commit that I am excited about. 5 of the 12 commits have a rating of under .8500. Zoinks!

Inglis, Van Zinter, Brezina and Batiste are kids that I don't see being anything but special teams contributors. I don't see p5 talent there. But I am not a coach or a recruiting expert so hopefully I am proven wrong.

 

[Naddafinga]

I think one of his teammates (OL also) is warm to ISU. Land that kid and the Helton twins and the OL class will be complete.

I'm very interested to see how Clanton develops his guys. Hopefully we'll see BIG improvements.

 

[demoncore1031]

I'm very interested to see how Clanton develops his guys. Hopefully we'll see BIG improvements.

Agreed. That will probably be the biggest factor in the success of this season. The good thing is that the o-line is very experienced.

 

[cycloneman003]

I dont think we should be worried at all about the ratings of guys this staff is locking up at this time in the recruiting cycle. These are not late adds, they are clearly guys they have high on their board and not "fall backs"

 

[nrg4isu]

I dont think we should be worried at all about the ratings of guys this staff is locking up at this time in the recruiting cycle. These are not late adds, they are clearly guys they have high on their board and not "fall backs"

Agreed. On one hand, I don't find this class to be too exciting. On the other, if you go back through the past 5 years of recruits and look at who's actually become good/great players, there's more guys that were not hyped recruits than there are those that were. Breece is the only one that comes to mind that was highly touted from day 1 and ran with it.

Arguably our current best player - TJ Tampa - was a ho-hum WR recruit. Last years star recruit Hunter Deyo will be interesting to see if he ever lives up to it at Bowling Green (or somewhere else).

 

[Clonelabdad]

I dont think we should be worried at all about the ratings of guys this staff is locking up at this time in the recruiting cycle. These are not late adds, they are clearly guys they have high on their board and not "fall backs"

Yes and no. The ratings may change. Regarding where these guys were on the board, many are second and third tier targets. Look at who they were contacting In March and April. They were looking at the LBs in Iowa and Kansas and OL in Wisc. All those guys either committed elsewhere or ISU moved on since they decided they didn’t have a chance or didn’t want to try to compete against other P5 programs.
It seems the strategy now is to identify developmental targets with minimal P5 interest and get a quick commitment. You don’t have to worry about Nil, smaller chance of bigger programs stealing recruits and no one expects to play immediately.

 

[Clonelabdad]

Agreed. On one hand, I don't find this class to be too exciting. On the other, if you go back through the past 5 years of recruits and look at who's actually become good/great players, there's more guys that were not hyped recruits than there are those that were. Breece is the only one that comes to mind that was highly touted from day 1 and ran with it.

Arguably our current best player - TJ Tampa - was a ho-hum WR recruit. Last years star recruit Hunter Deyo will be interesting to see if he ever lives up to it at Bowling Green (or somewhere else).

Tampa had a commit-able offer from Georgia as an athlete . Hardly a ho-hum recruit.

 

[bozclone]

Agreed. On one hand, I don't find this class to be too exciting. On the other, if you go back through the past 5 years of recruits and look at who's actually become good/great players, there's more guys that were not hyped recruits than there are those that were. Breece is the only one that comes to mind that was highly touted from day 1 and ran with it.

Arguably our current best player - TJ Tampa - was a ho-hum WR recruit. Last years star recruit Hunter Deyo will be interesting to see if he ever lives up to it at Bowling Green (or somewhere else).

I did the same thing. Based on 247 ratings, our best players often came from the middle of the class not the top of the ratings.

 

[bozclone]

Tampa had a commit-able offer from Georgia as an athlete . Hardly a ho-hum recruit.

Will McDonald only had one P5 offer and that was Iowa State. Since CMC has been at Iowa State, the staff has never been afraid to offer someone with minimal P5 offers if they evaluate them as a P5 player. It does appear that they are spending less time on 4 and 5 star guys than when they first arrived. Unfortunately it is really hard to get those guys to come to Iowa State unless you have some kind of connection. Our talent under CMC is the best it has ever been at Iowa State. Most of that is because they have proven to be very good at evaluating talent.

 

[demoncore1031]

WR Reece Vander Zee to Iowa
RB Xavier Robinson to Oklahoma

 

[MyNameEhJeff]

 

[Clonelabdad]

The Heltons have committed to ISU. Looks like OL is done unless Mandell wanted to commit. I expect we’ll still recruit 2 CBs, 1 DT, 1 RE, 1 WR and Witt Edwards as an Ath.

 

[demoncore1031]

The Heltons have committed to ISU. Looks like OL is done unless Mandell wanted to commit. I expect we’ll still recruit 2 CBs, 1 DT, 1 RE, 1 WR and Witt Edwards as an Ath.

Only 1 WR? Lets see, we have our QB, RB, TEs, LBs... Need probably 1 safety, 2 CBs, edge rusher, DT, at least 2 WRs, and Mandell if we can land him.

 

[Clonelabdad]

I view the QB from TX as a WR/Ath.

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

Ok we have 15 commits as of Saturday pm.
Where do we go from here, gives us a shot at 5 guys. Nice read there.
Mandel OL, Edwards WR, Shine CB, Jenkins edge, and Hunter who looks to be going to Utah. That would be 19 max, plus transfers. The first 4 guys would be super. Do we have 2-5 more holes to fill?

 

[Clonelabdad]

Mandel, Edwards and Shine are possible. Jenkins doesn’t sound likely now. Chenault may also still be an option at CB.
I see them waiting until December to figure out what they need and what transfers are available once they know what this group has done.

 

[Aclone]

Ok we have 15 commits as of Saturday pm.
Where do we go from here, gives us a shot at 5 guys. Nice read there.
Mandel OL, Edwards WR, Shine CB, Jenkins edge, and Hunter who looks to be going to Utah. That would be 19 max, plus transfers. The first 4 guys would be super. Do we have 2-5 more holes to fill?

I was just thinking how the COVID year still impacts things, with the full class of seniors having the option for the “super senior” year.

That said, unless my math is off, this is will be the last “full” year, and after the ‘24 season only the players who redshirted in ‘20 will still have that option.

Of course, the portal will continue to throw things off in the opposite direction—but it’ll be harder to oversign incoming HS players.

 

[4everClone]

I was just thinking how the COVID year still impacts things, with the full class of seniors having the option for the “super senior” year.

That said, unless my math is off, this is will be the last “full” year, and after the ‘24 season only the players who redshirted in ‘20 will still have that option.

Of course, the portal will continue to throw things off in the opposite direction—but it’ll be harder to oversign incoming HS players.

Wasn’t the fall of 2020 the Covid year that didn’t count. No one redshirted that year as it was a free year. Freshmen that year could have then redshirted in 2021 and would not use up eligibility until 2025.

 

[Aclone]

Hmm.

 

[MyNameEhJeff]

Hmm.

Dudes a big, good looking athlete. Let’s hope he puts up better stats his senior year and improves immensely. Did I see correctly that he threw for like 4 TDs to 8 INTs and one rushing TD?