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"@PackPride Davie County OL Cole Blankenship has committed to NC State... story coming."

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=5821254

not a very exciting profile there on scout...

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 2:10 PM. Reason : for the new page]

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 2:21 PM. Reason : the rivals profile is much better]

4/24/2012 2:09:42 PM

http://rivals.yahoo.com/maryland/football/recruiting/player-Cole-Blankenship-128990

4/24/2012 2:10:56 PM

6'3", 280, [reported] 4.98 40yd. Fuck it...he's an OL. Looks good to me.

4/24/2012 2:15:18 PM

If TOB wanted him, he's good enough for me (and VT, WV, Clemson, Miami, etc were interested)

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ]

4/24/2012 2:21:04 PM

^not interested enough to offer him a scholarship.

4/24/2012 2:24:52 PM

How do you know they wouldn't (or even that they didn't)?

4/24/2012 2:33:31 PM

^its april of his Junior year of high school. Not unusual to not have a ton of firm offers at that point. Especially with O Line recruits.

4/24/2012 2:35:26 PM

I trust this staff when it comes to o line recruits. Just sayin

4/24/2012 2:42:04 PM

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"I tell you what. when we get our first commit we should all go party our nutz off! and post dance/celebrating/happy-kid gifs"

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 2:43 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2012 2:42:37 PM

Cole Blankenship in action: http://www.masheliteperformance.com/apps/videos/videos/show/16074471-17-yr-old-cole-blankenship-deadlifts-525

and story: http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2011/dec/25/cole-blankenship-ar-1748932/

4/24/2012 2:50:57 PM

The Duke football boards will be enraged if we out recruit them this year.

4/24/2012 3:28:47 PM

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"This kid made the 2011 AP All-State prep football team as a junior. Five OL made the squad, three seniors, and two juniors. Of the three seniors, one went to Florida (D.J. Humphries), one went to Notre Dame (Mark Harrell), and one went to Duke (Casey Blaser). The other junior, other than Blankenship, (Brock Stadnik) has committed to SC. "

So it sounds like we just got one of the best OLs in the state.

http://prepinsiders.blogspot.com/2011/12/nc-associated-press-all-state-team.html

4/24/2012 4:01:04 PM

http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2012/apr/25/wssport01-davies-blankenship-commits-to-wolfpack-ar-2203242/

4/25/2012 1:36:46 PM

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"Blankenship has 5.0-second speed over 40 yards. He has also wrestled at Davie but is concentrating on football only now."

that is some speed for a 300lb kid

4/25/2012 3:41:30 PM

Hes going to blow his back out if he keeps deadliftingike thst

4/25/2012 4:43:35 PM

We've offered Korrin Wiggins, an early unc commit, and he's now listed as a soft verbal on CHEAT recruiting sites, haha, would love to steal him away.

4/26/2012 2:12:48 AM

Sounds like Jalen McDaniel is close to committing.

4/26/2012 9:39:36 AM

would be a HUGE pickup

4/26/2012 9:50:17 AM

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"@TheWolfpacker: RB Dakwa Nichols from Richmond County in Rockingham, N.C., has committed to NC State. He is the Wolfpack's 2nd commit."

http://clemson.scout.com/a.z?s=46&p=8&c=1&nid=5929670

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 10:01 PM. Reason : dd]

5/1/2012 10:00:25 PM

nice!

5/1/2012 10:16:50 PM

4.4 40 & sub-4.0 shuttle. I'll take it. He was also offered by Air Force, so you know he won't have any trouble qualifying. I know offer lists are nice to look at, but look at TJ Graham. We were his first and only offer, admittedly early like around this time, but he just went in the third round of the NFL Draft. I trust TOB & Co. when it comes to talent and character evaluation.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 10:28 PM. Reason : ]

5/1/2012 10:27:17 PM

^agreed.

5/1/2012 10:28:20 PM

Quote :

"I trust TOB & Co. when it comes to talent and character evaluation."

5/1/2012 10:33:10 PM

Hopefully he can help recruit his teammate Tyrone Crowder

5/1/2012 10:39:06 PM

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"admittedly early like around this time"

Is it early? Reading this thread, I thought we have been slow to sign anyone.

Also,

Quote :

""I trust TOB & Co. when it comes to talent and character evaluation.""

5/1/2012 10:43:22 PM

2 commits in one week??

SLOW THE FUCK DOWN TOB

5/1/2012 11:45:25 PM

nice. the wheels are coming back on.

5/2/2012 12:35:28 AM

just imagined TOB reading tww from time to time and muttering to himself "get off my lawn"... then a pair of sunglasses fall onto his face...

5/2/2012 12:44:54 AM

5/2/2012 2:40:18 AM

Quote :

"Is it early? Reading this thread, I thought we have been slow to sign anyone."

i thought i read on here a few weeks ago that at this time last year, we also only had a couple commits. Summer camps haven't even started.

5/2/2012 9:18:56 AM

^You are correct, but we also didn't have a good recruiting class (at least going by rankings...I trust in TOB).

5/2/2012 12:49:52 PM

I trust TOB too, have been happy with his last several classes, and I don't expect us to pull any better than a top25 class (according to the rankings)

5/2/2012 12:52:46 PM

What's better than a top 25 class? Does it go into negative numbers?

5/2/2012 1:29:22 PM

what i meant to say was that i'm not expecting our recruiting classes to be top25 classes (according to the ranking). Maybe #26, but not #25 or better.

[Edited on May 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM. Reason : ]

5/2/2012 1:33:31 PM

I was expecting 60th or better, but then there was last class

5/2/2012 8:15:23 PM

(according to the rankings)

5/2/2012 9:55:17 PM

http://www.dailypilot.com/videogallery/69720761/Sports/Varsity-Video-Lake-Mary-LB-Jerod-Fernandez-like-NC-State

5/4/2012 10:36:30 AM

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"just imagined TOB reading tww from time to time and muttering to himself "get off my lawn"... then a pair of sunglasses fall onto his face..."

Someone needs add the "deal with it" sunglasses to it to this gif. This would be epic.





[Edited on May 4, 2012 at 10:47 AM. Reason : found the gif]

5/4/2012 10:39:47 AM

Arizona transfer Cortez Johnson visited last weekend and is deciding between us and Oklahoma:
http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=5093651

5/4/2012 11:36:17 AM

But can he guard the center?

5/4/2012 1:36:06 PM

more like he is going to oklahoma

ssly

5/4/2012 1:37:53 PM

we just need someone to replace Painter's minutes

5/4/2012 1:44:15 PM

5/4/2012 1:47:00 PM

Quote :

"Pack Pride ? @PackPride Hearing NC State has landed a commitment from Memphis LB Ford Howell, trying to confirm."

5/4/2012 2:50:28 PM

but can he guard the center

5/4/2012 2:53:52 PM

with the right blitz package

5/4/2012 2:56:34 PM

He can probably tackle him

5/4/2012 2:56:47 PM

#sources

5/4/2012 3:05:26 PM

Quote :

"more like he is going to oklahoma ssly"

If he came here you'd hate on him for only being a 2 star recruit.

5/4/2012 3:42:53 PM

so... Ford Howell committed. Awesome!!!!

5/4/2012 3:49:09 PM