Hawthorne to Minnesota. Congrats on getting a scholarship and burning a redshirt to play in place of an injured Czajkowski. He must know that Sade is going to be the next Janikowski minus the attitude.

1/13/2011 11:52:14 PM

Glad to hear it for him

1/14/2011 5:37:27 AM

Flowers down to 4; announcing next week

NC State (close to home; 0 WR commits; losing 3 senior WR's)
LSU (3 WR commits already; play in the SEC; River's lil bro coming in)
Michigan (coaching change)
Oregon (other fucking side of the country; top 5 program)

1/17/2011 12:27:45 PM

6'4" DB Rodman Noel committs!

1/19/2011 3:55:42 PM

Fantastic news! 4-star recruit on rivals.

Perhaps he will project as a safety at the 6-3, 6-4 / 200 lb range

1/19/2011 4:06:33 PM

hell yeah!

1/19/2011 4:10:46 PM

best pickup in awhile for this class.

1/20/2011 12:42:26 AM

A farewell gift from Fat Ralph

1/20/2011 12:52:22 AM

He's listed at LB on rivals/scout. Is he changing position or was the DB a typo?

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 8:47 AM. Reason : I can't type]

1/20/2011 8:47:03 AM

This is what he said in a recent interview:

Quote :

""My Milford profile has me listed as a defensive end or linebacker but that's all wrong because I play safety," said Noel. "That's what the NC State coaches said they would want me to play if I go there."

1/20/2011 8:54:10 AM

Quote :

"Noel, who is doing a postgraduate year in New Berlin, N.Y., originally made a verbal commitment to Maryland back in November. That was before the university decided to terminate and buy out the remainder of then-head coach Ralph Friedgen's contract late last month, and tapped UConn head coach Randy Edsall as Friedgen's successor. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Noel was part of two Division 1 Super Bowl champion squads at Everett, alongside his older brother Jim, who is currently a defensive back at Boston College. He is also the older brother of Nerlens, a 6-foot-10 center at Tilton (N.H.) who is currently ranked by ESPN as the No. 3 overall player nationally in the Class of 2013."

1/20/2011 9:07:34 AM

awesome ...

Now please get your brother to come here and give us a legitimate center on the bball court ...

1/20/2011 9:35:44 AM

Ah, sounds good. Need some good safeties to take over in two years when Bishop/Wolff graduate.

1/20/2011 9:46:59 AM

Who names their kid Nerlens?

1/20/2011 10:20:03 AM

same people who name their kid Rodman?

1/20/2011 10:45:40 AM

The same people who name their kid Jim?



[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 10:52 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2011 10:51:47 AM

Quote :

"He is also the older brother of Nerlens, a 6-foot-10 center at Tilton (N.H.) who is currently ranked by ESPN as the No. 3 overall player nationally in the Class of 2013"

ahaha, it took me a while to realize they're talking about basketball.

I was thinking "some team is going to need one tall mother fucker at QB if this guy is at center".

1/20/2011 10:34:48 PM

lol i thought nerlens was his last name :X

1/20/2011 11:09:24 PM

the parents of 4 and 5 star recruits can name their youngunz whatever they like.

1/22/2011 6:15:32 PM

DT Chris Jones (3* - Scout) commits!

1/23/2011 12:19:14 PM

^nice! He had offers from Louisville, UNC and Tennessee amongst others.

1/23/2011 12:39:28 PM

i think we'll close this out with a few nice commits (please god let Anthony be one of those)

and i think we'll see a nice class next year

1/23/2011 12:41:08 PM

WR Hakeem Flowers commits to NC State according to Pack Pride on twitter. Sweet!

1/23/2011 7:35:21 PM

pair of 3* commits today - nice!

1/23/2011 8:08:50 PM

Chris Jones:
2011 graduate of the Greg Oden School of Aging Gracefully



[Edited on January 23, 2011 at 8:13 PM. Reason : new year and whatnot]

1/23/2011 8:12:44 PM

Very good news, its tough to salvage this class but a few late signings certainly help the cause

1/23/2011 8:26:00 PM

I'll take a 3 star WR with offers from LSU, Michigan and Oregon.

1/23/2011 8:27:29 PM

I'm pretty happy with this class. We've given out 16 of our 19 schollies. All of the recruits are 3*s except Noel, who is a 4* (according to rivals) and the 3 special-teamers who are supposedly some of the best kicker/punter/long-snapper high-schoolers in the country at their position.

We're adding depth at pretty much every position except running back and tight end, which we already have depth at. See the depth chart near the bottom of PP thread:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=178&f=2515&t=6797451&p=20

hopefully we're not quite done yet, a 5* LB could be icing, but the "guys in the know" on the public PP board aren't as hopeful about Anthony as they once were. but we're still getting sophomore LB EJ Carter, who has a year of experience at Syracuse (was on the all big east rookie team) and has practiced with the team for a year.

[Edited on January 23, 2011 at 9:17 PM. Reason : flowers supposedly had 41 offer]

1/23/2011 8:55:35 PM

1/23/2011 9:37:22 PM

Here's just a few of the schools that offered Flowers along with us.

Arkansas
Auburn
Boston College
Brigham Young
Cincinnati
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Iowa
LSU
Maryland
Miami
Michigan
Michigan State
Mississippi
Missouri
NC State
Nebraska
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Oregon State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Tennessee
Texas Tech
UCLA
Virginia Tech

1/23/2011 10:33:05 PM

yea, this is good news on the Jones/Flowers commitments.

the few highlights of saw of Flowers looks like he's got TJGraham speed but he's a natural wide receiver so he has all the instincts that I think TJ lacks at times, we'll see, but excited nonetheless.

1/24/2011 5:45:24 AM

^^How many of those were commitable offers though?

1/24/2011 6:56:20 AM

^I would say most if not all. He was originally committed to Michigan and backed out when they changed head coaches. Rumors surfaced yesterday that Oregon MIGHT have pulled their scholly yesterday since they had a 3-star WR commit yesterday, so they already had 3-4 WRs committed(1 4-star, 3 3-star). But he stated that he had committed to our coaches on Saturday, so at the time he committed it was still a commitable offer.

I'm not sure if I'd compare him to Graham or Jarvis Williams or a hybrid. Scout says he has "track star speed" but then his 40 time is 4.5 which really isn't blistering it for a top-flight high school WR. And then he's 6-2/6-3 and a good route runner. So I'm not really sure what to expect because of differing reports. Heck ESPN says he needs to work on his "quickness" and "getting separation". But if he plays like JW5, then count me in.

I think he'll turn out to be a solid pick-up in a couple of years after red-shirting and adding some weight/muscle.

1/24/2011 8:08:10 AM

Thank God we are pulling in a few good recruits to close out this class.

1/24/2011 8:16:45 AM

WOO HOO!! Great pick-ups for late January!

Jump on board Anthony!

1/24/2011 8:27:45 AM

Flowers looks like lo brown's long lost cousin in that last picture.

I am not holding my breath on Anthony. I am just sitting back and hoping that UNC doesnt grab any huge blue chippers on signing day.

Seems like we have a good jump on 2012

1/24/2011 11:33:03 AM

^ i kind of think he looks a little like a young chris rock

bootleg interview with Hakeem Flowers

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12211715

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM. Reason : ]

1/24/2011 11:41:49 AM

apparenlty (i read it on PP) Anthony and his teamates will NOT be visiting NC State, but will be visiting UNC.... so be prepared

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 11:49 AM. Reason : ]

1/24/2011 11:49:20 AM

Anthony's profile on PP shows a UNC visit on 1/28 and a NCSU visit on 1/29

1/24/2011 11:55:30 AM

yeah, that's apparently changed.

Quote :

"Linebacker Stephone Anthony of Wadesboro, N.C., visited Virginia Tech over the weekend. He will visit North Carolina this weekend, and that will be his final visit. He also has been to Clemson and Florida. Defensive back Brandon Ellerbe of Wadesboro did not visit North Carolina this past weekend because he was taking the SAT. He also canceled a visit to N.C. State for next weekend. He has visited Clemson but plans to stick with his commitment to North Carolina, according to Clemson247.com."

http://www.thestate.com/2011/01/24/1660593/clemson-lands-kicker-commitment.html#

1/24/2011 11:58:49 AM

damn. I hope their sources are wrong.

1/24/2011 12:09:03 PM

love seeing that OL section of the depth chart.

1/24/2011 1:28:07 PM

Yeah it's true, Anthony is no longer visiting NC State this weekend, he told our coaches on Wed. that he'd be here and then on Friday called them and canceled. Most speculating that UNC/Ellerbe talked him out of visiting us at all. So we're a long-shot at best. The PP mods went as far as to say that it's such a long shot that they feel State should stop recruiting those three guys(Anthony, Ellerbe, and Hough), which I tend to agree with. We were told we'd get the last visit early in the process, without a visit, no way we land him and it sounds like we're just an after-thought at this point.

1/24/2011 2:14:13 PM

Quote :

"Scout says he has "track star speed" but then his 40 time is 4.5 which really isn't blistering it for a top-flight high school WR"

40 times are a joke anyway. You can make a person go from a 4.5 to a 4.3 by switching from your index finger to your thumb for operating the stopwatch.

1/24/2011 2:56:47 PM

ESPN has Flowers as a 4-star, our top recruit. And Noel as a 2-star?

When did ESPN start giving stars?

http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/school?id=152&class=2011&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fcollege-football%2frecruiting%2fschool%3fid%3d152%26class%3d2011

1/24/2011 3:22:36 PM

NCAA needs to hurry up with their investigation so these kids don't get fucked over

and also so they all go to NC State

1/24/2011 3:34:01 PM

^^ They started doing that a year or two ago.

1/24/2011 3:52:09 PM

3* TE Benson Browne commits (according to a media report)

1/25/2011 9:40:59 AM

^^^^^
It's also funny how many HS recruits are listed as having 4.3 speed. There was a funny article floating around a few years ago timing Usain Bolt's first 40 yards off of video, and listing all of the HS football players that are supposedly as fast as him.

1/25/2011 10:06:12 AM

ESPN has Flowers at a 4.69 40 time on slow turf so I wouldn't be shocked if the 4.5 is correct.

1/25/2011 10:09:43 AM