***Official 2015 Recruiting Thread***
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Chris Carson. Only thing is that Carson won't want to hitch his wagon to a program that won't take him if Ozigbo commits. And you can't blame him. Word is that Ozigbo will be the ONLY commit taken at RB in this class. IMO, that is huge for Ozigbo and huge for ISU. We really do not have the scholarships to use 2 on RB's. Ozigbo already has a Big 12 body. And has decent speed for his size. And he has a really good bond with Coach Ayeni who will be his position coach.
This class is shaping up pretty well even though it will be a very small class.
QB DeLira
RB Ozigbo
RB Warren
WR Lazard
WR Montgomery
WR Wesley
That could be a pretty lethal offense. Did I just ********** a football thread?
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Trey Scott's take on Ozigbo:
@Trey_Scott3: Devine Ozigbo has a decision made and will announce tmrw. But ... has 2 official visits lined up. So any commitment taken w/grain of salt
@Trey_Scott3: I've thought Iowa State was the leader since he visited in June and that's my unofficial prediction for tmrw w/3-star power back. For now
@Trey_Scott3: But when you go after top recruits, have to weather visits and strong pursuit, like w/Lazard and Notre Dame, which courted him through Jan
@Trey_Scott3: Devine Ozigbo has a decision made and will announce tmrw. But ... has 2 official visits lined up. So any commitment taken w/grain of salt
@Trey_Scott3: I've thought Iowa State was the leader since he visited in June and that's my unofficial prediction for tmrw w/3-star power back. For now
@Trey_Scott3: But when you go after top recruits, have to weather visits and strong pursuit, like w/Lazard and Notre Dame, which courted him through Jan
IMO, it will be less. But there could be some attrition we are not aware of. Coaches have a better feel for that.
Just wondering where the attrition would come from.
I assumed we lose 5 players through attrition. I think that is pretty average for the last couple of years from injuries/getting kicked off the team.
Possible. But we have a lot of youngsters pushing into the 2 deep that won't be leaving and I just don't see that much attrition happening in the next year in looking at the names. Hate to speculate on who they could be. And then you have to factor that a guy like Devron Moore who returned is now a non-scholarship player who could earn a scholarship back for the 2015 season.
Of course there could be a greyshirt or two in this class that we are not aware of. Although I am not who they might be.
I counted 12 scholarship seniors on the roster plus 3 walk-ons who may or may not have scholarships. Anywhere from 15-20 in this class.
And this leads to another point. I wouldn't call this team "young", but the best/most talent is in the last 2-3 classes. That is why the negativity surrounding the program is unwarranted at this point.
Sorry people, but no coach has ever turned the ISU program into a perennial 7-8-9 win/year program. Expecting the current guy to have done it by now is just completely ignoring the facts. One bad year doesn't mean the program is falling apart.
While I understand the excitement for the RBs and WRs. I think the excitement for a low rated QB is a little premature.
Are you new to college football??? There are that many players every year that either get injured and quit, quit, or transfer on basically every team across the country.
I realize that. But look at our roster and where the players are on the depth chart. We have 12 seniors according to the scholarship chart. And in looking at the scholarship chart we only have 37 defensive players on scholarship. So that leaves little room for attrition there.
That leaves the offensive side of the ball. It is possible that someone like Trevor Hodge could move on if he doesn't feel he has a good shot at DB. And the same with Justin Webster at RB. And perhaps a young lineman or a young receiver. But you get guys that are Juniors this season and have already Redshirted then it is rare that they would transfer. I am speaking as if Richardson would lose out at QB, which may not even be the case. We have seen it play out that a senior QB like Richardson, even if he loses the starting QB job, is only a play or two away from being back on the field.
I just don't see it in the numbers and in the players we have on the roster and where they are at in their careers to suggest a fair amount of attrition. We have already had it in those classes. And that is part of our problem.
So you are sayin he is making a bad choice bc he will be buried in the depth chart and end up transferring?
There are always suprises. Talk to me next year this time and let's see how many players are gone. I bet it's about 5
Except nobody said that, especially since he was the only RB recruit in the class.
