Recruiting 2024 Recruiting Thread: 4* 315 pound DL D'antre Robinson commits

[Theologator]

Rivals seems to be missing the boat on this one. That or the other sites agree to disagree with Rivals. Any thoughts as to why he hasn't committed? Is he lower on our board than others we might be recruiting?

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Weird that Rivals lists him as a CB but doesn’t rank him by position. Seems like an error - not updated in a long time?

 

[aka]

I want these guys where CR thinks they should be. We didn't give the guy the reins to be doing a lot of micro managing.

 

[Theologator]

We are at 20. If we only add 4, to get to 24, what positions would you choose?

Me?

1 OT, 1 DL (elite rush or DT), 1 WR, 1CB.

I would keep recruiting someone of high caliber at each position group in case we get flipped. I also think we could go as high as 26 because of unforeseen attrition and the possibility we lose a commit or two. As far as us flipping recruits, I would look to fsu, scUM, georgia, even LSU, to see who might have interest in listening/visiting. Re flipping recruits to fill our class, I see that as being a strategy in case we get flipped out of a couple of commits. Taking a very good player from an opponent is like a 14 point swing.

I’d like to see another IOL. We’ve got 3 OTs committed but just the German on the inside. Of course, those distinctions are not cast in stone.

I’d love to see the Mainland guys both commit to UF (DL MCray & DB Mincey.) And a nice flip for an elite WR would finish it off.

But I don’t see numerical cap issues as being a problem with all the portal movement in the spring.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Next 5 guys need to average 100.42

 

[Ray Finkle]

Y

Yes. Think Chauncy Gardner Johnson. Potential to play CB, either safety position or star.

I read this as "why, yes" and felt really good and convinced about your following statement.

 

[Theologator]

I read this as "why, yes" and felt really good and convinced about your following statement.

As Simon Sinek says, start with Y.

 

[jdh5484]

Where are we getting recruits?
(Out of 20)

6-Georgia
5-Florida (2 in the top 20... 8,12)
2-MD
2-Texas
2-MS
1-VA
1-NC
1-Germany

 

[Theologator]

Where are we getting recruits?
(Out of 20)

6-Georgia
5-Florida (2 in the top 20... 8,12)
2-MD
2-Texas
2-MS
1-VA
1-NC
1-Germany

And that’s counting Hawkins as Fla because he’s at IMG, but he’s actually from WV. And the GA guys mostly aren’t within the 4-hours from Gainesville footprint. 3 from the Atlanta area.

We’ll hopefully close with more quality Florida guys but we’ve got to improve in state and that 4-hour footprint.

 

[URGatorBait]

If we have 4 more spots to fill, I want all QBs. Can never be too sure about that position

 

[NavetG8r]

If we have 4 more spots to fill, I want all QBs. Can never be too sure about that position

Fear not. I have high confidence DJ will be at least as good as Mertz. We'll be fine.

 

[Silverback Gator]

I’d like to see another IOL. We’ve got 3 OTs committed but just the German on the inside. Of course, those distinctions are not cast in stone.

I’d love to see the Mainland guys both commit to UF (DL MCray & DB Mincey.) And a nice flip for an elite WR would finish it off.

But I don’t see numerical cap issues as being a problem with all the portal movement in the spring.

I always see 6'5 OT types as OGs if they do not work out at T. If staff is confident in them and reels in another IOL, great. I would really like to see the Orlando DT with McCray. It's a big DL class but enviable. Three linemen, two DB if possible, the WR. Would be nice.

 

[GatorJ]

D’Antre Robinson commits on the 20th. Picking between us, Texas, Ohio State, and Jawga.

Thought to be between us and Texas.

6’4, 300lbs - DT from Orlando

 

[maheo30]

D’Antre Robinson commits on the 20th. Picking between us, Texas, Ohio State, and Jawga.

Thought to be between us and Texas.

6’4, 300lbs - DT from Orlando

donkey likes big butts.

 

[Silverback Gator]

D’Antre Robinson commits on the 20th. Picking between us, Texas, Ohio State, and Jawga.

Thought to be between us and Texas.

6’4, 300lbs - DT from Orlando

Odds are we do not finish our DL class with TJ, D'Antre, and Dealyn, but I would take it. Next year's class could be smaller. There is the possibility a current DL commit flips. But with those three, unless we then went to 27, we wouldn't have a full DB, WR, or OL class- unless 4 HS OL is enough.

 

[GatorJ]

Top 10 DTs in NFL according to ESPN by 247 composite rank. I didn’t go through all of these, but it looks like a Rivals was more accurate on their DT rankings.

I wanted to do this little exercise to see how many 3* DTs make it really big. Virtually none. No, I’m not looking at collegiate impact. Only NFL. But that’s pretty jarring.

Also – do you wanna know why Dan Mullen had so much success at Mississippi State? Back to back five star DT recruits. They were both homegrown in Mississippi. They’re so damn good that they are both in the top three of all DTs in the NFL.

1. Aaron Donaldson - Pitt: 4*
2. Chris Jones - Mississippi State: 5*
3. Jeffery Simmons - Mississippi State: 5*
4. Quinnen Williams - Bama: 4*
5. Javon Hargrave - S. Carolina State: UR
6. Dexter Lawrence - Clemson: 5*
7. DeForest Buckner - Oregon 4*
8. Daron Payne - Bama 4*
9. Cam Heyward - Ohio State 4*
10. Jonathan Allen - Bama 5*

 

[CGgater]

I’d like to see another IOL. We’ve got 3 OTs committed but just the German on the inside. Of course, those distinctions are not cast in stone.

I’d love to see the Mainland guys both commit to UF (DL MCray & DB Mincey.) And a nice flip for an elite WR would finish it off.

But I don’t see numerical cap issues as being a problem with all the portal movement in the spring.

Funny, not that long ago we were getting nothing but IOLs and trying to find out which ones could play OT.

 

[MJMGator]

Top 10 DTs in NFL according to ESPN by 247 composite rank. I didn’t go through all of these, but it looks like a Rivals was more accurate on their DT rankings.

I wanted to do this little exercise to see how many 3* DTs make it really big. Virtually none. No, I’m not looking at collegiate impact. Only NFL. But that’s pretty jarring.

Also – do you wanna know why Dan Mullen had so much success at Mississippi State? Back to back five star DT recruits. They were both homegrown in Mississippi. They’re so damn good that they are both in the top three of all DTs in the NFL.

1. Aaron Donaldson - Pitt: 4*
2. Chris Jones - Mississippi State: 5*
3. Jeffery Simmons - Mississippi State: 5*
4. Quinnen Williams - Bama: 4*
5. Javon Hargrave - S. Carolina State: UR
6. Dexter Lawrence - Clemson: 5*
7. DeForest Buckner - Oregon 4*
8. Daron Payne - Bama 4*
9. Cam Heyward - Ohio State 4*
10. Jonathan Allen - Bama 5*

I’d rank Jones over Donaldson. He is unstoppable.

 

[MertzJay26]

I’d rank Jones over Donaldson. He is unstoppable.

Agreed, although I’d probably rank Donald higher than both Donaldson and Jones

 

[alcoholica]

We also have to keep in mind that when these services say they are projecting on 1st round grades, they should be projecting based on position distributions too. So in the first round you see a lot of QBs, DE, OT etc and many space eaters at DT.

I forget which site did their ratings based on college performance projections, but that’s what we should care about.

I’m very happy with this class and confident we’ll finish strong.

 

[oxrageous]

Donkey:

So, I was glancing at the classes and I cant help but notice Ugaly has taken a step back. They are sitting at 26 croots but only have 11 top 100 Elite Recruits (I'm just using Rivals 5.9 or better as a high 4 star succeed at the same percentage as 5 stars). This is down from 16 last year. 5 is quite a few difference and their class is basically full, though I have no doubt they might toss some 3* fluff if they need to make room.

We are sitting a 8 currently, compared to six last year. We aren't winning but we are losing by less and we still have a few slots free for a late take.