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

[Gator By Marriage]

That’s not necessarily true. We’re for sure in it with quite a few 5*s. I wouldn’t say that we’re the favorite. But we’re definitely one of the top schools for the following:

Dylan Stewart
Kobe Black
Micah Hudson
Collin Simmons
Jamonta Waller

Obviously Jeremiah Smith has committed to OSU but he did just come down and spend time with DJ.

But at best we’d get two or three. Most of the OLs & DL’s we have a good shot with, while still 4*’s are in the lower range. I’m not trying to quibble here; this is more than likely going to be the best class we’ve seen in 10 years or so, but I’d be willing to bet we won’t maintain that average. Are you willing to bet we will?

 

[ThreatMatrix]

But at best we’d get two or three. Most of the OLs & DL’s we have a good shot with, while still 4*’s are in the lower range. I’m not trying to quibble here; this is more than likely going to be the best class we’ve seen in 10 years or so, but I’d be willing to bet we won’t maintain that average. Are you willing to bet we will?

Shyt man, it's too early for even me to start worring. Check back in in August. Let's pull in four more top 100's and we'll be okay. Five or Six and we can party.

 

[Silverback Gator]

But at best we’d get two or three. Most of the OLs & DL’s we have a good shot with, while still 4*’s are in the lower range. I’m not trying to quibble here; this is more than likely going to be the best class we’ve seen in 10 years or so, but I’d be willing to bet we won’t maintain that average. Are you willing to bet we will?

Glad staff isn’t throwing out and accepting offers from lower ranked 3 stars as did last regime but I wonder why our commit numbers are low. But then there’s Miami, dead in the water, and Bama, who will get there, but not going ugly early.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Glad staff isn’t throwing out and accepting offers from lower ranked 3 stars as did last regime but I wonder why our commit numbers are low. But then there’s Miami, dead in the water, and Bama, who will get there, but not going ugly early.

It's a good question, but we have quite a few official visitors coming next month. If the class hasn't added some guys after that it might be a bit concerning. There are definitely some three stars who have offers, but me thinks in many cases they aren't committable offers as of yet. Also bear in mind that probably 2/3 of the top 250 players haven't committed anywhere yet. I don't pay enough attention to it to say how many of those guys we have a real shot with, but I am confident it's not panic time or anywhere near it yet.

 

[Silverback Gator]

It's a good question, but we have quite a few official visitors coming next month. If the class hasn't added some guys after that it might be a bit concerning. There are definitely some three stars who have offers, but me thinks in many cases they aren't committable offers as of yet. Also bear in mind that probably 2/3 of the top 250 players haven't committed anywhere yet. I don't pay enough attention to it to say how many of those guys we have a real shot with, but I am confident it's not panic time or anywhere near it yet.

Agreed. Not panic time. Would love to see a quasi elite OT and DL commit.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Noticed we have recently extended offers to several out of state OL, and by out of state I mean not in the Southeast. Anyone know if we are garnering limited interest from in state OL and are widening our search because of that?

 

[GatorJ]

But at best we’d get two or three. Most of the OLs & DL’s we have a good shot with, while still 4*’s are in the lower range. I’m not trying to quibble here; this is more than likely going to be the best class we’ve seen in 10 years or so, but I’d be willing to bet we won’t maintain that average. Are you willing to bet we will?

No, I’m not saying that. I was referring more to you saying that we’re not in it for some top uncommitted five star prospects. I’m saying that’s not true.

Yes – I do expect the average to drop a bit. But not drastically. If I was to take a guess, I’d say we’re top 3 in player average and top 5 in class ranking by EOY.

EOY rankings probably:

Georgia
Alabama
OSU
Clemson
UF

 

[Durty South Swamp]

No, I’m not saying that. I was referring more to you saying that we’re not in it for some top uncommitted five star prospects. I’m saying that’s not true.

Yes – I do expect the average to drop a bit. But not drastically. If I was to take a guess, I’d say we’re top 3 in player average and top 5 in class ranking by EOY.

EOY rankings probably:

Georgia
Alabama
OSU
Clemson
UF

If this happens you won't hear any crootin griping from me. But I've been told we'd be top 5 next year for about 15 years straight and I'm still waiting.

 

[GatorJ]

Glad staff isn’t throwing out and accepting offers from lower ranked 3 stars as did last regime but I wonder why our commit numbers are low. But then there’s Miami, dead in the water, and Bama, who will get there, but not going ugly early.

Grapevine has been that Miami NIL is a disaster.

Also, UF has been very quiet about their prospects. Both in the portal and on the trail. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that Miami waits for Florida to evaluate and then pounces on the players with NIL opportunities. So UF in return, has been very tightlipped.

 

[GatorJ]

If this happens you won't hear any crootin griping from me. But I've been told we'd be top 5 next year for about 15 years straight and I'm still waiting.

I expected Mullen recruiting to be better.

But I talked to some high school recruits. They said that both Mullen and MacElwain coaches were goofy as hell. Nothing like the staffs of the other big schools.

So forgetting for a moment that we did not invest money or structure into the recruiting process, just the personalities of the coaches were cringe.

 

[soflagator]

Grapevine has been that Miami NIL is a disaster.

Also, UF has been very quiet about their prospects. Both in the portal and on the trail. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that Miami waits for Florida to evaluate and then pounces on the players with NIL opportunities. So UF in return, has been very tightlipped.

@alcoholica mentioned that elsewhere as well. Whether or not there’s any credence to that being the reason for the quiet, there’s no denying that every time we showed interest in someone last year Ruiz immediately went after them. It was comical and embarrassing. I hope that is the reason and the staff learned a lesson.

 

[GatorJ]

@alcoholica mentioned that elsewhere as well. Whether or not there’s any credence to that being the reason for the quiet, there’s no denying that every time we showed interest in someone last year Ruiz immediately went after them. It was comical and embarrassing. I hope that is the reason and the staff learned a lesson.

Yeah. I think it’s the truth. It’s literally been said by multiple insiders on multiple media outlets.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I expected Mullen recruiting to be better.

But I talked to some high school recruits. They said that both Mullen and MacElwain coaches were goofy as hell. Nothing like the staffs of the other big schools.

So forgetting for a moment that we did not invest money or structure into the recruiting process, just the personalities of the coaches were cringe.

Imagine Foley and strick meeting mactard and dildo Dan and both thinking, "yep, this is my guy!"

 

[Daryl]

Imagine Foley and strick meeting mactard and dildo Dan and both thinking, "yep, this is my guy!"

Didn’t know who Mac was till Cowturd swooned over him for 20 min.
I’ll say one thing tho, that goofy shark humping bastard did bring in some gems in recruiting. Had Grier not popped, who knows where we’d be. Possibly go from Grier to Trask instead of the Franks/Jones disaster

 

[Silverback Gator]

@alcoholica mentioned that elsewhere as well. Whether or not there’s any credence to that being the reason for the quiet, there’s no denying that every time we showed interest in someone last year Ruiz immediately went after them. It was comical and embarrassing. I hope that is the reason and the staff learned a lesson.

Good for staff if that's the case. I would think scUM's NIL lost all credibility.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Imagine Foley and strick meeting mactard and dildo Dan and both thinking, "yep, this is my guy!"

And Foley to smullenz, "Look, if you don't pull any death threat accusations by year 3, I'll get you a ridiculous contract extension just because... we rich".

 

[Durty South Swamp]

And Foley to smullenz, "Look, if you don't pull any death threat accusations by year 3, I'll get you a ridiculous contract extension just because... we rich".

Contract extensions followed within 6 months by a termination and full buyout payment are my favorite.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Contract extensions followed within 6 months by a termination and full buyout payment are my favorite.

"Dan, I really like the way you are doing things around here. It's working and my finger on the pulse tells me we're moving in the right direction... keep it up and you'll be here a long long time." My recollection is that it was fairly clear that things might be going the wrong way when extension was offered and accepted.

Did Foley bite on the "You know Jer, recruiting would be so so much easier if you made me a ridiculous contract with a buyout that tells the world, 'no way this cat gonna be fired'"? Who the hell knows. Foley blew it.

 

[aka]

Yeah. I think it’s the truth. It’s literally been said by multiple insiders on multiple media outlets.

Yes, they were talking about it on Stadium and Gale and Nick was complaining. I don't know if they're handling everything right but I don't blame them for being cautious this round. Some content makers don't like it because they think they're missing out on getting scoop, but I don't give a crap what they think.

 

[maheo30]

Grapevine has been that Miami NIL is a disaster.

Ruiz was their NIL last recruiting season. He said then he was cutting things off until he saw some return on his investment. That kind of spending wasn't sustainable.