Updates
Clean Up
Izaan Cross to Georgia Tech
Jason Ankrah to Nebraska
Duran Christophe Commits!
Camden Wentz Commits!
Gus Handler to Colorado
Out of Running for Xavier Nixon

2009 Football Scholarship Offers:
Bold = Commit

QB
*** Everett Proctor (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-2/200

RB
*** James Washington (Boone HS) Orlando, FL 6-0/180/4.40
*** Morgan Alexander (Cartersville HS) Cartersville, GA 5-10.5/160/4.47
*** Greg Pratt (Naples HS) Naples, FL 5-9/165/4.40
*** Rolandan Finch (St. Xavier HS) Louisville, KY 5-10/200/4.50
*** Travis Small (Cheraw HS) Cheraw, SC 5-10.5/184/4.50
** William Pratcher (Cedar Grove HS) Ellenwood, GA 5-10/180

FB
No offers

WR
*** Quintin Payton (T L Hanna HS) Anderson, SC 6-4/190
*** Bryan Underwood (Cleveland Heights HS) University Hts, OH 5-8.5/162/4.62
**** Justin Brown (Concord HS) Wilmington, DE 6-3.5/210/4.48
**** Larry Raper (Shelby HS) Shelby, NC 5-10/153/4.24
*** Kinsman Thomas (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-3/210/4.59
*** Carvin Powell (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-2.5/198/4.50

TE
** Anthony Talbert (Winton Woods HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-4/225
*** Asa Watson (Rock Hill HS) Rock Hill, SC 6-4/200

OT
*** Duran Christophe (Woodstock HS) Woodstock, GA 6-5.5/257/5.59
***** Marcus Hall (Glenville HS) Cleveland, OH 6-5/293/5.35
**** Travis Bond (Bertie HS) Windsor, NC 6-6/330
*** Andrew Tiller (Nassau) Garden City, NY 6-6/320/5.00

OG
**** Denzelle Good (Gaffney Senior HS) Gaffney, SC 6-4/295
**** Quinton Washington (Timberland HS) Saint Stephen, SC 6-4/322
* Gus Handler (Barrington HS) Barrington, IL 6-3/265 Colorado

C
*** Camden Wentz (Lassiter HS) Marietta, GA 6-3.5/280/5.35

DT
*** Brian Slay (Stone Bridge HS) Ashburn, VA 6-3/275
*** Tyson Chandler (North Plainfield HS) North Plainfield, NJ 6-6/315
*** Nathan Mageo (New Mexico Military) Roswell, NM 6-4/280/4.96
*** Frankie Davis (East Ridge HS) Clermont, FL 6-3/270
*** Deion Roberson (Tucker HS) Tucker, GA 6-2/275
*** Raynard Randolph (Gwynn Park HS) Brandywine, MD 6-3/295
*** Akeem Spence (Ft. Walton Beach HS) Fort Walton Beach, FL 6-1/290
* Conor O'Neal (Newsome HS) Lithia, FL 6-3/300

DE
*** Ricky Dowdy (High Point Central HS) High Point, NC 6-3/225
*** Sylvester Crawford (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC 6-5/215
** Darryl Cato-Bishop (Lawrence Academy) Groton, MA 6-4/230
** A.J. Ferguson (South Brunswick HS) Southport, NC 6-3/250/4.80
*** Julius Forte (Boca Ciega HS) Gulfport, FL 6-2/221/4.66
*** Clinton Simpkins (Chancellor HS) Fredericksburg, VA 6-3/215/4.60
*** Bernardo Nunez (Hoboken HS) Hoboken, NJ 6-2/220/4.70
** Brian Jordan (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-4/207
** Luke Sager (Niceville Senior HS) Niceville, FL 6-4/240
** Josh Jackson (Gainesville HS) Gainesville, GA 6-1/242/5.00
**** Jason Ankrah (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 6-4/240/4.79 Nebraska
*** Izaan Cross (Flowery Branch HS) Flowery Branch, GA 6-4/250 Georgia Tech

MLB
*** Ryan Cheek (Lancaster HS) Lancaster, OH 6-0.5/232/4.51

SLB
*** Luke Kuechly (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/205

WLB
*** Robert Nelson (Stone Mountain HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-0/205

S
*** Hans Rice (Eufaula HS) Eufaula, AL 6-3/195/4.5
*** Brandan Bishop (Boca Raton HS) Boca Raton, FL 6-1/197/4.66 thanks bro
** Donald Coleman (The Hun School) Princeton, NJ 6-0/207/4.46
** Boogie McCray (Lake Taylor HS) Norfolk, VA 6-2/210

CB
**** Jarvis Byrd (Pahokee HS) Pahokee, FL 5-10/170/4.65
*** Dean Haynes (Northwest Whitfield County HS) Tunnel Hill, GA 6-0/200
** Rashard Smith (Dublin HS) Dublin, GA 5-10/175
*** Dale Peterman (Ursuline HS) Youngstown, OH 5-11/176/4.67
*** Jairus Jones (Wharton HS) Tampa, FL 6-1/205/4.60
** Keith Reaser (Miami Killian HS) Miami, FL 5-10/-/4.44

K,P
** Chris Ward (Starrs Mill HS) Fayetteville, GA 6-1/170


------------------------------------------STATISTICS------------------------------------------


Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-24 2009 Commits
-2 Rejoining Team (Sam Jones and John Ware if he requalifies)
+3 Class of 2008 who didn't qualify (Palmer, Everett, Mangram)
+6 Transfer or Left Team (Jaradat, Locust, Golder, Burke, T. Barnes, Linney)
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-1 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 1
Backfield - 2
Receivers - 3
Linemen - 3
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Total Offense - 9

DEFENSE
Linemen - 7
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 6
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Total Defense - 14

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 1

Geographical Diversity
Alabama - 1
Florida - 3
Georgia - 6
Massachusetts - 1
New Jersey - 2
New Mexico - 1
North Carolina - 4
South Carolina - 2
Ohio - 3
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 2
3* - 16
2* - 6
1* - 0
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Average Stars - 2.83



[Edited on December 25, 2008 at 5:27 PM. Reason : .]

12/25/2008 5:25:33 PM

I was looking over the commitment list at rivals and apparently Mageo has already signed his LOI. Looks like the JuCo signing period started December 17th. Good to know "The Alien", as I will now refer to him and hope everyone else will, is in the fold.

For clarification, I call him "The Alien" because his junior college is in Roswell, New Mexico. Not for any other reason.

12/25/2008 6:27:53 PM

what happened with Nixon?

12/25/2008 10:54:00 PM

dude is big time, that's what happened. in other words, he has narrowed his list to fla, lsu, and maybe another power program. I could be wrong but it's something like that.

[Edited on December 25, 2008 at 10:58 PM. Reason : ]

12/25/2008 10:58:17 PM

^^^ There is an early signing period for Juco's that plan to enroll early. Mageo will be here for Spring practice.

12/25/2008 11:02:10 PM

^^ Nixon is going to go to Florida. His final three are Florida, LSU, and Miami

12/26/2008 2:51:33 AM

^NC sure has given Florida some good ones over the years:

Chris Leak, Brandon Spikes, Carl Johnson, (possibly Xavier)

Can't say i blame them though. If UF wins the title this year, all three of those first names will have won National Championships at UF. Before you blame guys leaving NC for UF........just think about that

12/26/2008 2:55:31 AM

Nixon has been solid to UF for months.... throw it in the "ESPYS thread".

The best player on his high school team is coming to NC State though.

12/26/2008 3:36:20 AM

^I'm sorry, who would that be?

12/26/2008 10:57:17 AM

Proctor.

12/26/2008 10:59:11 AM

well, i knew about proctor but to say he is the best player on the team makes it sound like he is a bigger commit than nixon. i guess he probably is the best athlete unless there is something i dont know.

12/26/2008 1:49:58 PM

Quote :

"facetious 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous. 3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person. "

12/26/2008 1:52:17 PM

Quote :

"Before you blame guys leaving NC for UF"

I'd bet that our former associate head coach and the best recruiter we had during the Amato era has something to do with that.

12/26/2008 1:56:24 PM

Wow. I hope our recruiting never ends up like these programs. I'm fine with players taking a prospect to a house party that their friends are having, but wow at the party in Dallas and the SC players with the stretch Hummer limousine. Also all of the people offering gifts and money to the family to choose Texas. I know we joke about stuff like that, but I really hope our programs are clean, which I think they are. I especially like how Russell Wilson has said that when he's hosting a recruit he doesn't take them to wild parties. He might not take them to the places that they want to be at that time, but he takes them to the places where they need to be to meet the right kind of people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/sports/ncaafootball/26recruit.html?_r=1&ref=sports

12/26/2008 2:08:43 PM

i'm sure our recruiting is dirtier than you think.

12/26/2008 2:24:46 PM

I just don't see our program being that dirty with TOB at the helm, he's pretty conservative and seems like he'd be a by-the-books kind of guy.

Now I'm sure CTC use to do it all the time, that wouldn't have surprised me since he learned all of his tricks of the trade from Bowden. I mean I'm not sure about our football program doing anything dirty, I know our basketball program has recently come under fire with suspicion.

It's tough to think many questionable things are going on behind the scenes when you're not bringing in top 25 classes after all.

12/26/2008 8:51:47 PM

I cant help but feel like beating Rutgers will help us land the likes of Watson and keep guys like Byrd solidly committed.

is there any chance we still land any surprise commits not yet accounted for on the offer list?

12/26/2008 10:06:59 PM

I agree that it will probably help us with watson. I just don't think anything is going to help us keep byrd. I think the only reason he hasn't withdrawn his verbal yet is because he wants to make it appear that he is making a tough decision when in fact his decision is made. I hope I'm wrong.

12/26/2008 10:32:06 PM

Jairus Jones could be another guy we take. We won't take anymore o-linemen if all of them appear like they will qualify. Wentz will definitely qualify. I think I read that he has a 3.9 GPA. When Wentz and Christophe were on their OVs they were told that there were only 2 o-linemen spots left. I think we would definitely take Watson and possibly another D-line commitment.

Overall I think we have a nice class. It's not exactly star studded, but this class is filled with solid football players that play smart. This kind of class will provide consistency throughout the program.

12/27/2008 12:20:05 AM

Scout National Recruiting Class Rankings of the ACC schools

Rk. School Commits Conf. Points Top 100 Off. Def. Sp.T. H.S. J.C. Avg. Prv. Rk.*
6. North Carolina 25 ACC 3305 4 1 9 9 11 13 1 24 1 3.20 6
13. Florida State 18 ACC 2980 2 1 8 9 8 9 1 18 0 3.56 13
23. Miami (Fl) 16 ACC 2307 4 1 5 9 9 7 0 16 0 3.31 23
24. Georgia Tech 19 ACC 2266 0 0 4 11 9 10 0 19 0 3.00 24
25. Maryland 24 ACC 2228 1 0 3 13 8 15 1 24 0 2.75 25
34. North Carolina State 24 ACC 1753 0 0 1 12 9 14 1 23 1 2.58 34
38. Virginia Tech 18 ACC 1672 1 0 4 5 8 9 1 18 0 2.72 38
39. Duke 26 ACC 1653 0 0 1 9 11 15 0 26 0 2.42 39
43. Virginia 22 ACC 1575 0 0 0 10 13 9 0 22 0 2.41 43
44. Clemson 9 ACC 1523 1 0 5 4 4 5 0 9 0 3.56 44
53. Wake Forest 19 ACC 1429 0 0 0 9 10 9 0 19 0 2.47 53
81. Boston College 10 ACC 458 0 0 0 3 6 4 0 10 0 2.00 81

[Edited on December 27, 2008 at 12:29 AM. Reason : ]

12/27/2008 12:27:12 AM

I am really liking our class, think TOB found some very underrated players and I think the recent moving of 2 guys that we found that were 2-stars up to 4-stars just goes to show this. I don't think they were the only diamonds either. Rashard Smith, 2-star CB on Scout, was just named the 2-AA Defensive Player of the Year for the SECOND straight year in Georgia after notching 10 interceptions in 2 straight seasons. I'm sorry, with accolades like that and stats like that, I hardly believe he is really only of 2-star quality.

After last year's big names, this years quality depth, and next year shaping up to be another big haul, I really think we're setting a course for a quality program that can contend each and every year.

12/27/2008 11:08:58 AM

^dude, the truth of it is that the recruiting "scouts" and "gurus" look just as much at physical ability and combines as they do at what happens on the field. Once again, i'll give the PRIME example of Greg Little.

Greg Little did nothing really of consequence on the football field besides look pretty in a uniform. Ok, thats taking it a little far.....physically, he was a man among boys on the high school football field, so he made a few plays, but where his stock REALLY rose was at the combine. All the oooo's and ahhhh's of a 6'3 220lb HS kid thats ripped beyond belief. Thats great and all, but is the kid a football player??

NO. Therefore his 4* ranking flies out the window and you're left with a 4* kid who looks good, but has no position and really, can't do anything for you on the football field. Butch is loading up with them again this year, and i applaud him for it.

7 OL commits in 3 years butch.......................good luck son

12/27/2008 11:56:29 AM

^^I don't think Smith has been evaluated. A video i saw on him made him look to be one of the guys who will become a legend for his HS, and a SOLID player for us in the future. I'm really excited about getting him on campus.

12/28/2008 2:44:39 AM

Quote :

"^dude, the truth of it is that the recruiting "scouts" and "gurus" look just as much at physical ability and combines as they do at what happens on the field. Once again, i'll give the PRIME example of Greg Little. Greg Little did nothing really of consequence on the football field besides look pretty in a uniform. Ok, thats taking it a little far.....physically, he was a man among boys on the high school football field, so he made a few plays, but where his stock REALLY rose was at the combine. All the oooo's and ahhhh's of a 6'3 220lb HS kid thats ripped beyond belief. Thats great and all, but is the kid a football player?? NO. Therefore his 4* ranking flies out the window and you're left with a 4* kid who looks good, but has no position and really, can't do anything for you on the football field. Butch is loading up with them again this year, and i applaud him for it."

Little is a poor example. He's a solid football player who has been moved around his first two seasons to help fill some of our voids because he is such a versatile athlete. He had 500 yards rushing/receiving and 3 TDs this season as a sophomore playing behind upperclassmen like Nicks, Tate, and Foster and played very well in the final two games of the season when both Tate and Foster were out with injury. I bet Little has over 1000 total yards next season now that he'll finally be a starter. There's a reason guys like Pete Carroll, Jim Tressel, and Urban Meyer offered this kid.

Quote :

"7 OL commits in 3 years butch.......................good luck son"

We'll be adding at least two more OL by signing day, maybe more. Bond and Brennan Williams are the most likely. So 9 over 3 years.

12/28/2008 9:50:41 AM

nah dude, Greg Little is pretty lame.

almost as lame as Shaun Draughn! hahaha what a little fumbling faggot

12/28/2008 10:46:16 AM

41-10 /DISCUSSION

12/28/2008 11:06:12 AM

Countdown to Signing Day (February 4th)

36 days

12/30/2008 9:04:18 PM

9 o-linemen over 3 years. Wow.....congrats. Thats not even enough for a 2-deep.

Also, Greg Little sucks...get over it. He has no position. 500 yds total rushing/receiving???? wow, he really tore it up........

12/30/2008 9:42:44 PM

Quote :

"9 o-linemen over 3 years. Wow.....congrats. Thats not even enough for a 2-deep."

I'm pretty sure we already had some OL on the roster when Butch came in. OL wasn't an immediate need then but Butch is showing that he can recruit top OL talent now that he needs to. We will probably bring in 5 OL in this class. He is not ignoring the OL as you say.

Quote :

"Also, Greg Little sucks...get over it. He has no position. 500 yds total rushing/receiving???? wow, he really tore it up........"

Again, he played behind several talented upperclassmen but will have his time to shine next year. I guess we'll see what happens when he can devote full spring and fall practices to the WR position.

[Edited on December 30, 2008 at 10:27 PM. Reason : ]

12/30/2008 10:03:30 PM

dude, check your tarheel pride at the door

little was committed to notre dame to play LB, where he honestly (given decent coaching) would probably dominate.

he only went to UNC when butch offered him to play RB. you know where he's not playing anymore? RB. he's a freak of an athlete but seriously lacks the vision to play in the backfield.

[Edited on December 30, 2008 at 10:10 PM. Reason : .]

12/30/2008 10:10:34 PM

^^same thing tarheel fans were saying about him @ RB when he ran for oodles of noodles of yards against Duke right?

Say whatever you want, Greg Little is not a football player at the moment. Freak athlete, yes. Football player, no

12/30/2008 10:12:42 PM

^^^Why the hell are we discussing greg little in the state football recruiting thread? More to the point why do you even have a wolfweb account other than for trolling? Be relevant or gtfo.



[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 5:12 AM. Reason : I know what you're going to say... please don't.]

12/31/2008 5:10:23 AM

Luke Sager to South Florida

1/1/2009 6:27:20 PM

He wanted to commit to NC State, but we did not have a scholarship left for him

1/1/2009 11:08:34 PM

how long untill national signing day???

1/2/2009 5:39:05 PM

Quote :

"Countdown to Signing Day (February 4th) 36 days 12/30/2008 9:04:18 PM"

Count up from there. Coming up on a month left but since our class in pretty much rounded up, not a lot of excitement except for the byrd drama.

1/2/2009 5:44:18 PM

I was not sure where to put this (here or Bowl games thread) but look at Utah's recruiting class rankings since 2004.

2004 - 68
2005 - 71
2006 - 60
2007 - 66
2008 - 65

Fucking amazing what these guys did this year.

1/3/2009 3:27:28 AM

It goes to show what a good coaching staff and a good system can do.

1/3/2009 6:23:01 AM

^^^and Asa

1/3/2009 10:56:53 AM

when's the next time FLA plays Miami ? someone may break Xavier Nixon's leg in that game heh

Nixon to FL officially now btw.

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM. Reason : df]

1/3/2009 2:40:53 PM

yeh, I don't understand that cockiness. Guys who do that are just asking to be hunted when they play them next. Not smart imo.

Do the talking with your play not some decoy with hats...

1/3/2009 2:52:01 PM

Do we have anyone playin in the all star game tonight?

1/4/2009 7:18:53 PM

nope, i think i've only seen two of our guys play in a national all-star game. glennon last year and baker when he committed during the u.s. army game.

1/4/2009 7:47:25 PM

Brandon Barnes was in the UA game last year too.

1/4/2009 8:53:34 PM

^,^^.....Blackman was in the Army AA game as well

1/4/2009 9:02:44 PM

Quote :

"Brandon Barnes was in the UA game last year too."

That's right. I guess I forgot because he didn't make that big of an impact during the game or skills challenge. I, however, do have a feeling he'll have a big impact on our running game next year.

[Edited on January 4, 2009 at 9:13 PM. Reason : .]

1/4/2009 9:12:29 PM

TA, AJ Davis and Demarrio Pressley were all in the AA game. So was that punter we had that was 4* from Albermarle, he left after a couple weeks I think.

1/4/2009 9:47:49 PM

bump

1/4/2009 11:17:40 PM

bump

1/4/2009 11:18:36 PM

bump

1/4/2009 11:20:13 PM