Updates
Offer extended to LB Hawatha Bell
Offer extended to DE Demi Thompson
Changed year to 2009 because it's the year of the next graduating class
Added Scholarship Count

2009 Football Scholarship Offers:
Bold = Commit

QB
No Offers (Bible normally waits until camp to offer QBs)

RB
**** Desmond Scott (Hillside HS) Durham, NC 5-9/179 Rutgers
*** Greg Pratt (Naples HS) Naples, FL 5-9/165/4.40
*** Rolandan Finch (St. Xavier HS) Louisville, KY 5-10/200/4.50

FB
* Marcus Green (Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS) Scotch Plains, NJ 6-2/220/4.65

WR
**** Justin Brown (Concord HS) Wilmington, DE 6-3.5/210/4.48
**** Jheranie Boyd (Ashbrook HS) Gastonia, NC 6-3/185/4.45
**** Stephon Gilmore (South Pointe HS) Rock Hill, SC 6-0.5/176/4.50
*** Quan Rucker (West Iredell HS) Statesville, NC 6-0/185/4.45
* Laroy Reynolds (Maury HS) Norfolk, VA
* Quintin Payton (T L Hanna HS) Anderson, SC 6-4/190
* Kinsman Thomas (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-3/210/4.59

TE
**** Arthur Fontaine (Dartmouth HS) North Dartmouth, MA 6-5/235/4.93
*** Paul Carrezola (Neshaminy HS) Langhorne, PA 6-4/248/4.80 Rutgers

OT
***** Xavier Nixon (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-6/285
****Kyle Koehne (Cathedral HS) Indianapolis, IN 6-6/300/5.30
*** Travis Bond (Bertie HS) Windsor, NC 6-6/330
*** Brooks Michel (Carmel HS) Carmel, IN 6-7/280
*** Austen Bujnoch (Elder HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-5/250
* Colin Rodkey (Gateway SHS) Monroeville, PA 6-4.5/266/5.53

OG
*** Quinton Washington (Timberland HS) Saint Stephen, SC 6-4/322
*** Ryan Spiker (Tri-Valley HS) Dresden, OH 6-4.5/295
*** Will Jackson (Farragut HS) Knoxville, TN 6-4/280/5.10

C
No Offers

DT
**** Eric McDaniel (Calhoun HS) Calhoun, GA 6-1.5/297/5.00
*** Brian Slay (Stone Bridge HS) Ashburn, VA 6-3/275
*** Adam Replogle (Centerville HS) Centerville, OH 6-2.5/250
* Frankie Davis (East Ridge HS) Clermont, FL 6-3/270
* Josh Elizondo (Naples HS) Naples, FL 6-2/280
* Deion Roberson (Tucker HS) Tucker, GA 6-2/275

DE
*** Duane Chisolm (Beaufort HS) Beaufort, SC 6-2/250
*** Julius Forte (Boca Ciega HS) Gulfport, FL 6-2/221/4.66
*** Izaan Cross (Flowery Branch HS) Flowery Branch, GA 6-4/250
*** Ricky Dowdy (High Point Central HS) High Point, NC 6-3/225
* Brian Jordan (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-4/207
* Sylvester Crawford (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC 6-5/215
* Jason Ankrah (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 6-4/240/4.79
* Justin Foxx (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC
* Clinton Simpkins (Chancellor HS) Fredericksburg, VA 6-3/215/4.60
* Demi Thompson (Lake Mary HS) Lake Mary, FL 6-1/240/4.80

MLB
*** Glenn Carson (Southern Regional HS) Manahawkin, NJ 6-3/220/4.60
*** Corico Hawkins (Baldwin HS) Milledgeville, GA 6-0/220
*** Ryan Cheek (Lancaster HS) Lancaster, OH 6-0.5/232/4.51
*** Hawatha Bell (David W Butler HS) Matthews, NC 6-0/225

SLB
**** Jerrod Askew (Oscar F. Smith HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-0/215
*** Luke Kuechly (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/205

WLB
*** Jamil Merrell (Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Tec) Newark, DE 6-4/210/4.60
*** Nigel Mitchell-Thornton (Stephenson HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-2/210
* Hans Rice (Eufaula HS) Eufaula, AL 6-3/195/4.5

S
*** E.J. Banks (Montour HS) Mc Kees Rocks, PA 6.0/175/4.50
*** Prince Kent (Norcross HS) Norcross, GA 6-2/193/4.62
* Everett Proctor (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-2/200
* D.J. Swearinger (Greenwood HS) Greenwood, SC 6-0/190
* David Sims (Calhoun County HS) Saint Matthews, SC 6-0/208

CB
**** Travis Hawkins (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 5-11/185/4.42
**** Terry Shankle (South Stanly HS) Norwood, NC 6-0/180
**** Jamal Reid (Lafayette HS) Mayo, FL 6-0/175/4.45
* Rashard Smith (Dublin HS) Dublin, GA 5-10/175
* Zach Greene (Leesville Road HS) Raleigh, NC 5-10/170

K,P
No Offers


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


Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-3 2009 Commits (Dowdy, Cheek, Slay)
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13 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 0
Backfield - 0
Receivers - 0
Linemen - 0
Total Offense - 0

DEFENSE
Linemen - 2
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 0
Total Defense - 3

Geographical Diversity
North Carolina - 1
Ohio - 1
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 0
3* - 3
2* - 0
1* - 0
Average Stars - 3.0

[Edited on June 12, 2008 at 6:43 PM. Reason : .]

6/12/2008 6:36:39 PM

toddl posted a great scholarship table on pp. it's toward the bottom of the page.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=178&F=2515#s=178&f=2515&t=2567712

What stares out at me is the DL. Unless we plan on going to a 3-4, which with the current scholarship distribution that may be the case, we need more solid DEs. We are also thinning out at DT over the next couple of years, so that should be a focus as well.

6/12/2008 6:57:19 PM

WR Stephen Gilmore is believed to be a Tennessee lean and has interest in Alabama, OSU, FSU, Clemson, and South Carolina. He's supposedly being recruited to play DB and he has "nfl potential" at that position.

6/12/2008 9:41:08 PM

I hope he does go to Tennessee just to piss off this one Clemson fan that so arrogantly said that they had Gilmore in the bag. This was around the time they landed Holloman.

[Edited on June 12, 2008 at 10:37 PM. Reason : f]

6/12/2008 10:37:44 PM

http://www.wral.com/sports/prepsports/story/3026630/

Zach Greene picks up offers from Western Carolina and South Carolina.

6/12/2008 11:43:10 PM

So apparently Brooks Michel, who said he would visit State in June, is visiting State right now. There seems to be some good feelings going around about him and his upcoming decision. He could very likely end up being our 4th commit.

6/13/2008 12:13:06 AM

Six classes of players are listed on this table. It should be viewed as two separate tables. The first five columns are the players on this years team (column headers "2008" through "Incoming Freshmen"). The first number in the "#" column is the total of the players on this years team.

The second table that should be viewed is the last five columns (column headers "2009" through "2009 recruits"). This will be next year's team. The second number, in parentheses, in the "#" column is the total of the players on the team for the 2009 season.



Red signifies a player who has signed but is not yet on campus.

Blue signifies a committed player for the 2009 recruiting class.

	#	2008	2009	2010	2011	Incoming Freshmen	2009 Commits
QB	5 (4)	D. Evans (RS)	H. Beck (RS)	J. Burke (RS)	R. Wilson (RS)	M. Glennon
RB	7 (6)	A. Brown	T. Baker (RS) J. Eugene (RS)	C. Underwood		B. Barnes C. Jackson FB T. Palmer
WR	8 (8)		D. Bowens G. James (RS)	D. Davis (RS) O. Spencer J. Williams (RS)	S. Howard (RS) J. Smith (RS)	T.J. Graham
TE	4 (3)	A. Hill (RS)	M. Kushner (RS)		G. Bryan (RS)	M. Carter
OL	17 (14)	J. Bedics (RS) C. Crouch M. Green (RS)	A. Barbee (RS) T. Larsen (RS) J. McCuller (RS) J. Williams (RS)	G. Gregory (RS) J. Vermiglio	M. Golder (RS) H. Lawson (RS) D. Roberts (RS)	Z. Allen A. Jaradat S. Jones R.J. Mattes A. Wallace
DT	8 (7)	A. Holmes K. Willis Jr (RS)	L. Burgess A.M. Cash (RS) T. Locust		W. Crawford (RS)	M. Everett K. Linney	Brian Slay
DE	6 (5)	J. Clemmons	W. Young (RS) S. McKeen (RS)	A. Augustin (RS) M. Kuhn	J. Rieskamp (RS)
LB	10 (11)	R. Leonard (RS)	R. Michel (RS)	T. Barnes N. Irving (RS)	A. Cole (RS) J.R. Sweezy (RS)	W. Beasley S. Lucas D. Maddox T. Manning	R. Dowdy R. Cheek
CB	8 (6)	J. Gray (RS) J.C. Neal	K. George (RS)	D. Morgan (RS)		D. Ellis G. Grant C.J. Wilson A. Cunningham
S	6 (6)		C. Johnson	J. Walker (RS) J. Ware (RS)	J. Byers (RS) J. Simmons (RS)	E. Wolff
ST	3 (3)	B. Pierson (RS)		J. Czajkowski (RS) J. Ruiz (RS)
Tot	82 (72)	13	18	16	13	22	3

6/13/2008 11:32:17 AM

thanks for posting, i didn't know you could insert tables into tww

6/13/2008 12:42:15 PM

Packpride says we're tied for second for Jheraine Boyd. Any one else think that sounds ridiculous?

6/14/2008 1:35:50 PM

2010 OL Robert Crisp is favoring Clemson after camping there

6/14/2008 4:37:12 PM

the only thing about that table that i would change is that jr sweezy is back at DE

6/14/2008 5:54:15 PM

We are in great shape for Crisp.

[Edited on June 15, 2008 at 11:12 AM. Reason : .]

6/15/2008 10:59:02 AM

I hope football is not embarrassing.

6/15/2008 11:10:16 AM

I think it'll be another year until we see major improvements. that said, it probably won't be latter-chuck-years embarrassing but we may have to sneak our way into a bowl birth.

6/15/2008 11:57:54 AM

It's hard to be a disappointment when the expectations really aren't that high for our team. We'll bring a lot of youth to the table and a lot of potential but not much proven success. So we'll see what happens, I think any bowl would be a solid season for us.

6/15/2008 12:07:42 PM

we're going to beat south carolina and all of the sudden people are going to have expectations, and then we're going to be a disappointment.

6/15/2008 12:09:45 PM

you already have expectations with that prediction.

we are nc state

we are tragedy

6/15/2008 2:45:01 PM

Offer extended to RB Jontel Evans

We are leading for OL Austen Bujnoch

Highlight Film of LB Luke Kuechly
http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=817955

Edit: Man, some of Luke's tackles remind me of "The Waterboy."

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 2:14 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2008 2:09:14 PM

^we do not lead, but are top 3

6/16/2008 3:43:14 PM

this is our year mates. we will have arrived by mid-season. i just hope i have my ducks in a row to afford season tix & LTRs by then.

6/16/2008 5:06:02 PM

D.J. Swearinger is very excited about his Tennessee offer.

Izaan Cross has a good friend who GT signed last year, Jaybo Shaw (snicker...) Word is, he might be tempted to commit there too.

6/16/2008 10:07:46 PM

Scout updated their rankings today. Slay took a huge hit and is now the #55 rated DT. Cheek moved down one spot to #31. Dowdy is listed as a 1-star but the system may still be updating or there maybe a position change so we'll wait and see.

Rivals now lists all 3 as 3 stars with Dowdy rated the best so far.

6/16/2008 10:13:10 PM

What was Slay originally ranked in the DT class?


Nevermind I just looked at Nate's recruiting board on Scout and it said they rated him the #36 best DT before these new rankings came out.

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM. Reason : ]

6/16/2008 10:34:28 PM

Edit: Nevermind, ~20 spots

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 10:38 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2008 10:36:43 PM

Highlight video of LB Luke Kuechly.
http://www.scoutingohio.com/Luke_Kuechley_St_X.htm

Kuechley is a 3* prospect on Scout and ranked the #26 strongside linebacker, on Rivals he's a 3* prospect and the #37 ranked outside linebacker. He has early offers from Cincinnati, State, and possibly Michigan State.

Schools Interested
Boston College
Cincinnati
Illinois
Indiana
Louisville
Michigan State
N.C. State
Northwestern
Stanford

6/16/2008 11:47:25 PM

I can't wait for football season to be underway

6/16/2008 11:48:14 PM

haha, dowdy dropped too. the nc state curse trifecta is in.

6/17/2008 12:21:57 AM

Scout is now showing an offer for LB Tariq Edwards. He's a teammate of Kinsman Thomas, who we are recruiting hard.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 12:50 AM. Reason : No word on his twin, Tyrell yet.]

6/17/2008 12:36:20 AM

OL Quinton Washington is not making a decision until after his senior season.

WR Anthony Creecy (2010 prospect) highlight film
http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=818371

Note: Use IE and turn off pop-up blocker

6/17/2008 12:45:39 PM

Quote :

"I can't wait for football season to be underway"

Quote :

"I hope football is not embarrassing."

6/17/2008 1:14:21 PM

I thought I'd add this to the recruiting thread but I assume another thread will probably be made.

DT Jared McAdoo, who is a UNC commit, has been charged with a Felony of Selling/Delivering Schedule II drugs (i.e cocaine, meth and the like). Fun to see what Butch will do with this one and where he'll end up, meaning which non-ACC school with low academic standards will pick him up.

If anyone remembers JamesOn Curry, he committed to UNC to play basketball but was busted for selling large amounts of weed and ended up at Oklahoma State. McAdoo's felony is even worse.

6/17/2008 2:02:13 PM

word is he was riding with someone who had that stuff on them. But if they were charged with intent to sell and distribute, it was more than just riding around with the stuff on them. Kids got himself in some deep shit...... if he ever makes it on UNC's campus, he should consider himself blessed and lucky as fuck

6/17/2008 4:26:17 PM

Offer extended to DT Tyson Chandler

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=3569899
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=71198

Defensive tackle
North Plainfield (NJ) North Plainfield

Ht: 6-foot-6 (Event)
Wt: 344 lbs
Forty: 5.4 secs
Bench max: 295 pounds
Class: 2009 (High School)

This guy's a big, big boy

6/17/2008 6:54:01 PM

Damn 344 lbs! That's like two of me. He'd make a great nose tackle in our 3-4.

6/17/2008 6:59:03 PM

Offer extended to S Jim Noel

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=62749&sport=1
http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=3715164

Cornerback
Everett (MA) Everett

Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 180 lbs
Forty: 4.48 secs
Class: 2009 (High School)

6/17/2008 7:58:51 PM

He has an offer from Rutgers. I'm surprised that Boston College hasn't offered him yet. You usually want to jump on the good players that are right in your backyard. And lets face it there aren't a lot of legitimate Division I-A players in Massachusetts, much less the whole New England region of the country. TOB even stated as much when he said that in 2007 there were more players from North Carolina that went to Division I-A schools than all of New England.

Also his more up to date measurements have him at 6-4 rather than 6-2.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 8:11 PM. Reason : ]

6/17/2008 8:10:17 PM

OL Austen Bujnoch commits to Cincinnati

6/18/2008 1:04:39 PM

Oh well, I think we want Xavier Nixon, Travis Bond, or Brooks Michel more.

6/18/2008 2:05:56 PM

Saw that Nixon dropped to a **** on rivals. Wonder why?

Scout still has him as the top OL

6/18/2008 5:55:57 PM

Session 1 of Camp starts this Friday. Looking forward to seeing who attend, gets offered, and commits. Remember, it was after camp that the ball really started rolling for recruiting last year.

6/18/2008 6:31:05 PM

^^ Nixon has always been a 4* on Rivals.

6/18/2008 6:36:51 PM

Offer extended to DE James Gayle

Ht: 6-5 Wt: 225
Position: DE
Year: Class of 2009





Edit: Just noticed that he attends the same high school as Jontel Evans.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 6:58 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 6:55:33 PM

Gayle has offers from some decent yet not elite programs according to Scout. He could be a good sleeper pickup.

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Ohio State
East Carolina
Marshall
North Carolina State
Purdue
Syracuse
UCF



DE Bernardo Nunez has also picked up an offer. Nunez is a 3* on both Rivals and Scout. Scout has him ranked as the #37 DE nationally and Rivals has him as the #40 Strongside DE.

Hoboken (NJ) Hoboken
Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 232 lbs
Forty: 4.76 secs
Bench max: 300 pounds
Squat max: 450 pounds

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
East Carolina
Maryland
N.C. State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Virginia
Oklahoma
Oregon
Syracuse
West Virginia
Miami (FL)

6/18/2008 7:27:25 PM

Tariq Edwards says he'll probably be camping here and at Maryland. He's already been to VT and Wake.

6/19/2008 8:09:30 AM

NC State is one of the favorites for DT Josh Elizondo

6/19/2008 8:17:11 AM

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