He said that once we started recruiting him he started looking up some vids of us on YouTube and liked what he saw in terms of how we played. Maybe we should start uploading highlight vids from every game. Get Wolfpack Pigskin to create some vids with new age hip hop and rock music that the youngsters like.

7/1/2009 5:45:22 PM

Dammit. Justin Taylor just committed to Virginia Tech.

7/1/2009 7:52:17 PM

2010 Football Scholarship Offers:
Bold = Commit

Map Link:
http://tinyurl.com/ch2nua

QB
No Offers

RB
**** Spencer Ware (Princeton HS) Cincinnati, OH 5-10/212/4.58
**** Mustafa Greene (Irmo HS) Columbia, SC 6-0/200
**** Braylon Heard (Cardinal Mooney HS) Youngstown, OH 5-10/165
*** Tobais Palmer (Georgia Military) Milledgeville, GA 5-10/165 via (Northwood HS) Pittsboro, NC
*** James White (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Fort Lauderdale, FL 5-11/190/4.50
*** T.J. Peeler (Broad Run HS) Ashburn, VA 6-0/175/4.49 Pittsburgh
*** James Holland (East Lee County HS) Lehigh Acres, FL 5-10/190/4.55

FB
**** Zach Zwinak (Linganore HS) Frederick, MD 6-2/225/4.50
* Logan Winkles (Upson-Lee HS) Thomaston, GA 6-1/245/4.70

WR
**** Tony Creecy (Southern HS) Durham, NC 6-0/190
**** Alex Kenney (State College Area HS) State College, PA 6-0/190/4.37

TE
**** Andrew Carswell (Sto-Rox HS) Mc Kees Rocks, PA 6-4/199/4.67
**** Brian Vogler (Brookstone School) Columbus, GA 6-7.5/246/4.65
**** Kevin Haplea (North Hunterdon HS) Annandale, NJ 6-4/230/4.75

OT
**** Robert Crisp (Chapel Hill HS) Chapel Hill, NC 6-8/290
**** Andrew Donnal (Anthony Wayne HS) Whitehouse, OH 6-6/260
**** Matt James (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-7/260
**** T.J. Leifheit (John T Hoggard HS) Wilmington, NC 6-7/320
**** Robby Havenstein (Linganore HS) Frederick, MD 6-7/340
*** Demarco Cox (Yazoo City HS) Yazoo City, MS 6-8/300
*** Skyler Schofner (Johnstown-Monroe HS) Johnstown, OH 6-6/281/5.17
*** David Yankey (Centennial HS) Roswell, GA 6-5/278/5.53
*** Khamrone Kolb (Lake Braddock HS) Burke, VA 6-6/300
*** Jack Deboef (State College Area HS) State College, PA 6-7/265
*** Max Garcia (Norcross HS) Norcross, GA 6-4.5/265
* Michael Dennis (Carey HS) Carey, OH 6-7/260/4.9

OG
**** Eric Mack (Calhoun County HS) Saint Matthews, SC 6-5/318
*** Matt Rotheram (North Olmsted HS) North Olmsted, OH 6-6/305
*** Kalon Davis (Chester Senior HS) Chester, SC 6-5/320
*** Travis Jackson (St. Francis DeSales HS) Columbus, OH 6-4/250
* Kolton Houston (Buford HS) Buford, GA 6-5/270

C
** Torian Box (North Clayton HS) College Park, GA 6-3/294/5.31

DT
**** Fre'Shad Hunter (Cary HS) Cary, NC 6-3/250
**** DaQuan Jones (Johnson City SHS) Johnson City, NY 6-4.5/285/5.05 Penn State
**** Jibreel Black (Wyoming HS) Wyoming, OH 6-2/260/5.00
*** Ethan Farmer (South Columbus HS) Tabor City, NC 6-2/257/4.98
*** Michael Thornton (Stephenson HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-1/275
*** Terry Talbott (Wayne HS) Huber Heights, OH 6-3/265/4.87
*** Marty Everett (Butler County (KS)) El Dorado, KS 6-4/295
** Thomas Teal (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-1.5/330/5.50
* Jerome Davis (Buford HS) Buford, GA 6-2/255
* Eric Young (Hillside HS) Durham, NC 6-2.5/360/5.72


DE
***** Gabe King (Page HS) Greensboro, NC 6-5/230/4.91
***** J.R. Ferguson (St. John's at Prospect Hall) Frederick, MD 6-4/255
**** Alfy Hill (West Brunswick HS) Shallotte, NC 6-4/245
*** Brandon Burrows (Walton HS) Marietta, GA 6-3/235
*** Kareem Martin (Roanoke Rapids HS) Roanoke Rapids, NC 6-6/229
*** Marcus Rush (Moeller HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/210
*** Prince Shembo (Ardrey Kell HS) Charlotte, NC 6-2/225/4.72
*** James Kittredge (Don Bosco Prep School) Ramsey, NJ 6-4/250
*** Corey Crawford (Carver HS) Columbus, GA 6-5/235
* Justin Taylor (South Stanly HS) Norwood, NC 6-4/220 Virginia Tech

MLB
**** Kendall Moore (Southeast Raleigh HS) Raleigh, NC 6-2.5/229/4.78
**** Justin Parker (Beaufort HS) Beaufort, SC 6-2/210

OLB
**** Christian McCain (Page HS) Greensboro, NC 6-5.5/196/4.75
**** Christian Jones (Lake Howell HS) Winter Park, FL 6-4/215/4.70
**** Javarie Johnson (Dunbar HS) Washington, DC 6-3/210/4.50
**** Travis Williams (Lake Taylor HS) Norfolk, VA 6-2.5/200/4.60
*** Michael Taylor (Westlake HS) Atlanta, GA 6-1/200
*** Troy Gloster (Our Lady Good Counsel HS) Olney, MD 6-0/215/4.60
* Jeremy Grable (Milton HS) Alpharetta, GA 6-0/215

S
**** Keenan Allen (Northern Guilford) Greensboro, NC 6-3/195
**** David Amerson (Dudley HS) Greensboro, NC 6-2/180
*** Roy Mangram (Georgia Military) Milledgeville, GA 6-2/200 via (Glynn Academy) Brunswick, GA
*** Daunte Carr (Gainesville HS) Gainesville, GA 6-2/195/4.55 Stanford
*** P.J. Clyburn (West Iredell HS) Statesville, NC 6-1/205
*** Dontae Johnson (The Pennington School) Pennington, NJ 6-3/185/4.50
*** Ed Reynolds (Woodberry Forest School) Woodberry Forest, VA 6-2/191/4.51
** Pete Singer (Chapel Hill HS) Chapel Hill, NC 5-11/175/4.50
** D.J. Green (Westside HS) Macon, GA 6-4/202/4.77
* Chad Hagan (Canon-Mcmillan SHS) Canonsburg, PA 6-0/207/4.29

CB
**** Johnavon Fulton (Manning HS) Manning, SC 6-0/180/4.50
*** C.J. Jones (Alexis I. Dupont HS) Wilmington, DE 5-11/175/4.47
*** A.J. Marshall (Southern HS) Durham, NC 5-10/170
*** Lo Wood (Apopka Senior HS) Apopka, FL 5-11/163/4.56 Notre Dame
*** Rijo Walker (Bethel HS) Hampton, VA 5-10/171/4.5
*** Reggie Wilkins (Crest Senior HS) Shelby, NC 5-11/180

K,P
No Offers


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


Scholarships Count
14 Scholarships Available (Note: Just using the # of Seniors for now)
-9 2010 Commits
+1 Transferred/Left Program (Cunningham)
-------------------------------------
6 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 0
Backfield - 2
Receivers - 1
Linemen - 2
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Total Offense - 5

DEFENSE
Linemen - 1
Linebackers - 0
Secondary - 3
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Total Defense - 4

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 0

Geographical Diversity
Georgia - 4
North Carolina - 4
South Carolina - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 2
3* - 2
2* - 4
1* - 1
--------------------
Average Stars - 2.56

7/1/2009 8:13:12 PM

rumor has it that Dominique Ellis is off the team with maybe a few (less significant) more to follow

7/1/2009 11:34:51 PM

boo! i liked what i little i saw out of Ellis last year. plus he looked like Lil' Wayne.

7/1/2009 11:40:22 PM

Wow...Ellis off the team would be bad news for us...he was a big recruit and our other starting corner. That's two starters down on defense, both could really hurt our already sub par defense against the pass.

7/2/2009 12:01:38 AM

^^^ If what you're saying about Ellis is true, Jarvis Byrd maybe getting a lot more reps than anyone had anticipated. Who else would be a likely candidate to step in and fill the whole left by Ellis? (this is all assuming what ^^^ said is true, which at this point is a big assumption)

7/2/2009 12:26:50 AM

I love the fact that O'Brien doesn't put up with bullshit like Chuck.

But I hate the fact that we lose a talent like Ellis early in his career.

7/2/2009 12:47:35 AM

Damn, Ellis did look pretty solid last year. Not great speed, but super quick.

I really liked what I saw out of Gary Grant and CJ Wilson this spring though. Not overly worried if the Ellis thing is true.

7/2/2009 12:49:32 AM

seriously though, who remembers anything ellis did last year besides the INT near the end of the UNC game?

Supposedly Jarvis Byrd is the real deal(our staff loves him), and CJ Wilson/Grant were here for the Spring.....so i think along the CB lines, we'll be OK....we hardly ever run 3 CB's out there anyways. We usually do the 3-3-5 thing where we throw an extra safety in there.

7/2/2009 2:25:12 AM

it's official......also Raynard Randolph, Bryan Underwood, and Tyson Chandler don't qualify

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=3759093


Crawford, Roberson, and Ferguson are the only ones we are waiting on i believe

7/2/2009 11:00:53 AM

^ i forgot about Underwood, that kid is fast.

7/2/2009 11:24:23 AM

upsetting news about ellis if true.

7/2/2009 11:30:21 AM

^The gopack article says he's transferring.

7/2/2009 11:36:10 AM

Great, 2 of our 4 best defensive players in Ellis and Irving not with us this season.

Fantastic!

7/2/2009 11:41:35 AM

When did Ellis qualify as one of our top four defensive players?

7/2/2009 11:55:16 AM

What's teh deal with the other three guys? grades, I guess?

7/2/2009 12:02:27 PM

interesting, think Kendall wants a 2-fer at NCSU?

http://www.highschoolot.com/content/blogpost/5489783/

7/2/2009 12:09:29 PM

Quote :

"Great, 2 of our 4 best defensive players in Ellis and Irving not with us this season."

Considering he rarely played last year, this is a pretty confused statement. He might be one of the four best in the secondary, behind Morgan and Johnson, but the entire defense? No

7/2/2009 1:19:48 PM

Quote :

""He did something stupid as hell!!! Thats all that needs to be said. TOB dont play. Dont care who you are. Just absolutely incredible to me, what goes through these kids heads. I also have to believe, that someone that has been missing from the depth chart all spring, will not be back also." "

Copied and pasted from pp, who got it from TOS premium section.

Talking about Ellis

that last little bit makes me think its Graham, which would suck major balls if true.

7/2/2009 1:26:24 PM

Yeah that would suck tremendous balls. Trying to think who else it could be ... Eugene? Morgan?

7/2/2009 1:37:14 PM

^^I gotta assume it's Graham too. Does anyone know what's going on with him?

7/2/2009 1:54:08 PM

Graham's problem was grades so I am not sure. I thought this situation would deal more with behavior than grades so I don't think it's him. I heard it was someone who wasn't really contending for a starting job.

7/2/2009 2:33:59 PM

andrew carswell committed to pittsburgh

7/2/2009 10:47:17 PM

better not be graham

7/2/2009 11:09:17 PM

The rumors about Graham are very unsubstantiated at this point. Don't get your panties in a wad.

7/2/2009 11:33:52 PM

Someone fucking post what they heard about Ellis. He said himself he left for personal reasons, not because he was kicked off the team. Spill the beans, even if its a big lie.


And regarding TJ, he was not suspended this spring, and it was said that he would be back this fall as long as he did well enough in school. kthx

7/3/2009 9:21:44 AM

^Ellis got AIDs.

This feels like a stupid question, but is there a roster or anything? Trying to see if my high school friend is still on there. He plays corner for what its worth

7/3/2009 2:15:32 PM

^
Don't post shit like that. This isn't chit chat.

7/3/2009 2:37:41 PM

^ your going to feel real bad when he in fact does have the AIDs

7/3/2009 3:16:36 PM

I would for a brief time.

7/3/2009 3:55:29 PM

Slanderous statement

7/4/2009 8:36:42 AM

Rivals says that we've offered DE/TE Tank Sessions. Guy has a great offer list, but I think it's a FSU/UGA battle for him, that's if UGA offers though.

Tank Sessions
Weakside DE
Decatur (GA) Columbia

Ht: 6-foot-5
Wt: 230 lbs
Forty: 4.79 secs
Vertical: 35 inches

Rivals - *** - #27 weakside DE
Scout - *** - #21 TE

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Auburn
Florida State
Maryland
Ole Miss
N.C. State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Georgia
Michigan
North Carolina
Oregon

7/4/2009 11:06:02 PM

According to ESPN Insider K Michael Palardy committed to Tennessee and WR Andrew Carswell committed to Pitt. I didn't know we offered either of them. Below are the articles:

Panthers reel in tall wideout Andrew Carswell

Andrew Carswell, a receiver from Sto-Rox (McKees Rocks, Pa.), has accepted an offer from Pittsburgh for the Class of 2010.

The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Carswell chose the Panthers over offers from Maryland, Boston College, Wisconsin, Duke, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford and North Carolina State.

Carswell told the Tribune-Review, "I felt like I had a connection with Pitt," he said, "and I wanted to stay close to home."

He totaled 38 receptions for 686 yards (18.1 average) and six touchdowns as a junior.

Pittsburgh has 11 pledges.

Tennessee Vols capture top 2010 kicker Michael Palardy

Michael Palardy, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound kicking prospect from St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), has given a Class of 2010 commitment to the Vols over LSU.

Alabama, Syracuse, Miami-Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Stanford and Auburn have also offered.

"Knoxville itself is really beautiful and it felt like a home away from home," Palardy told the Sun-Sentinel. "I know I'll be around the right people and with the coaching staff and the facilities, I was blown away. I took a look around and I found no comparison to Tennessee."

The talented kicker finished his junior season with 76-78 on extra points, four out of five on field goals and 98 percent of all kickoffs were touchbacks.

Tennessee now has 12 pledges.

7/5/2009 5:40:12 PM

I miss the last couple weeks, when almost every time I looked we had another commit. Football season cant come soon enough

7/5/2009 9:50:26 PM

^ Yeah, looks like the 11th could be good for us though.

7/6/2009 11:46:04 AM

^for anyone in particular?

7/6/2009 12:32:58 PM

looks like we are still at the top of Fre'shad Hunter's list but he wants to take all officials and said will probably not commit until his final high school game.

amerson and wilkins also seem to like us alot

7/6/2009 1:03:09 PM

^^ Kendall Moore, hopefully

7/6/2009 1:35:41 PM

Moore and Amerson would be really big for us. Moore is set to announce this week and I thought Amerson was close to committing but hopefully he won't wait too long. Wilkins looks like a solid bet for us barring UNC offering(grew up a UNC fan). If we do miss on Wilkins I think we might offer AJ Marshall. Hunter is going to wait out the year, but I think we're in a good position. Hopefully he can pull his grades up(admitted that his grades were bad his freshman year but have gotten better each year) because he's a big-time prospect. If he can't pull his grades up, expect to see him in the purple and gold over at ECU.

7/6/2009 2:02:26 PM

AJ Marshall isn't coming here. He's set on Duke, Wake, or VT.

7/6/2009 2:57:12 PM

How many schollies are we going to have open at this rate...I figure we might have only have 8 or so spots by the opener

7/6/2009 3:29:24 PM

AJ Marshall was at our camp trying to earn a scholarship offer, so I don't think we can write him off just yet. I think if we offer you'll see us slide up his list to the top 2 with Wake. But I think right now we're going to focus on Amerson, Johnson, and Wilkins and probably take the first 2 of those 3 to commit.

And yes our scholarships are dwindling, which is why they really pushed for TC to commit asap. Also look for us to make a call on a QB this week per one of the recruits at camp(stated we were letting the QBs know about an offer this week). I wouldn't be surprised if we had called Peter Thomas and asked if he was solid to ASU before we moved on. We might have even done the same with Tyler Brosius, esp. after UVA took another QB commit recently. So it should be interesting to see who the coaches liked the most.

7/6/2009 4:23:05 PM

Another guy we offered according to ESPN Insider committed to Duke.

Blue Devils score linebacker Kelby Brown

Head coach David Cutcliffe and his staff at Duke have landed commitment No. 10 in Christian (Charlotte N.C.) linebacker Kelby Brown.

His Class of 2010 offer list also includes Wisconsin, Northwestern, East Carolina, Syracuse, UCLA, Arkansas, Boston College, Indiana, North Carolina State and Louisville.

7/6/2009 5:30:48 PM

Typical awkward looking white dude that litters Duke's campus.



[Edited on July 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM. Reason : ]

7/6/2009 5:45:36 PM

Brown's verbal means all three starting LBs for Charlotte Christian are going to BCS level schools. Brown to Duke, Linton to UNC, and Durham to tOSU. Impressive.

7/7/2009 12:54:17 AM

Steve said that the staff would indeed contact Pete Thomas

7/7/2009 9:45:31 AM

^Would? So assuming he is the QB we are highest on, does that mean that no QB's have been contacted since camp?

7/7/2009 10:30:59 AM

That would be weird if something were to happen with Thomas because I thought TOB 'honored' the commitment of players to other schools. I wouldn't be mad if he changed his mind, I just thought the coaching staff frowned on that sort of thing.

[Edited on July 7, 2009 at 4:41 PM. Reason : ...]

7/7/2009 4:40:37 PM

I think it depends on the player. If they say that they are open to hearing what other schools have to say, then why not go after the player. Remember that last year Clemson commit Quandon Christian took an official visit to State. It didn't work out for us, but that's one example of us continuing to recruit a player committed to another school.

7/7/2009 5:15:30 PM