Thanks for the analysis, it was a good, informative read! I think you are right on!!
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Woo hoo, we are only 27 days away from the countdown! > > I don't follow recruiting all that closely, but a couple of times a year I > dive in to see where we are and how we are doing. Now seemed like a good > time with the stories on captain underpants heading off to dogpoop U. and > the glass is always half-full outlook that the Miamuh paper gives us, that > and the snow has finally melted. > > The recruiting class we just signed had an average ranking from the 3 major > services of 12.33 (ESPN #5, Scout #21, Rivals #11). The low rankings can be > attributed almost entirely to a small recruiting class. The Scout and > Rivals give you more points the more players you sign, ESPN scores by > average rank of player. For example, Scout had us at #21, but with an > average player rank of 3.81 stars which was the 3rd best in the country, > Rivals had us at #11, with an average star rank of3.94 for #1 in the > country. ESPN doesn't use stars, rather they use their Top 150 rankings. > We had 8 of the top 150 and that was good for 5th in the country and they > ranked us 5th. This all follows on the heels of 2007 where we had the > consensus #1 recruiting class and 2008 with a composite ranking of 6th. So, > we are a very stocked talented team and are still on track to bring in > another top class. > > In 2007 UF signed 27 players, in 2008 22 and in 2009 16. For the 2010 > class it looks like we will be signing 24-27 players. Although the NCAA > rules state you can have 85 players on scholarship and can sign a maximum of > 25 in any given year, we can over sign if we can get some early entrants to > count against last year (that is what we did in 2007). > > We currently have 82 on scholarship and have 15 seniors so that leaves us > with a minimum of 18 scholarships for this year, assuming no one leaves > early and there is no other attrition due to injuries, grades, transfers, > etc. In a normal year, we can expect 3-5 players to leave and 2-3 leave to > go pro. I don't think this year is any different and we will lose 5-8 > players allowing us to sign 23-26 for the class of 2010. > > Given that, we already have 12 players committed for 2010 and 9 of the 12 > are ESPN 150 recruits! What our needs are are anybodies guess, but we will > have a greater need at the non-skill positions this year, depending on who > goes early. > > My breakdown for 2010 looks like this: > > QB - Have Brantley and Reed returning - need to sign 1 or 2 more - > currently have Trey Burton committed > RB - Have Moody, Rainey, Demps & Gillisee returning - probably need 2 more > - no commits this is a major need for a top flight RB (only 2 of 25 on top > 150 watch list have verbaled) > FB - Have Wilks and Pridemore - probably need 1 - no commits yet (need one > for class separation) > TE - Have Hernandez, Parks returning - Need 2-3 more - Have 2 commits > (Hernandez is a good candidate to go pro) > WR - We have Williams, Thompson, Wilson, Debose, Hines, Hammond & Lawrence > returning - need 2-3 more - no commits, but this will be a hard spot given > the 4 FR in the class last year, also not many of the WRs on the 150 watch > list have committed (7 of 43) > OL - We have 17 returning OL with only the Pouncey's with a shot at leaving > early, we will still sign 2-3 more and already have 2 verbals > > DT - Have Sanders, Antwine, Marsh, Herbert, Howard, Hunter and Brown > returning - need 2-3 more - have 1 verbal - potential for early entry from > this position too. > DE - Have Dunlap, Trattou, Lemens, Cunningham, Johnson, Okine & Green > returning - need 3-4 more - no verbals - likely that 1 or 2 go pro > LB - Have 8 returning , but will still need 2 more - have 1 verbal > CB - Will have 6 returning Jenkins, Haden, J Jenkins, Brown, Bushell, Evans > - Need 2-3 more - have 2 verbals - Haden a likely early entrant to NFL > S - Will have Wright, Black, Hill and Finley returning - need 4 more - have > 4 verbals - With a big year Wright might go early > > K/P - Will have Henry and Sturgis back - needs 0-1 - Not sure they will > give a scholly to a kicker > > Based on the projected needs above, we will sign 23 - 30. I don't think we > get near 30, but 25 or 26 is a good bet. > > So now we can start pining over 17 and 18 year old HS men, praise them when > they tell us they had a great visit to UF and question their a) > intelligence, b) ethics, c) morals or d) all of the above when they commit > elsewhere. Next I will evaluate the 2013 draft prospects for our incoming > freshmen class, not. > > Ken K. > MNGator > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
