NSD 2012-Davonte Neal to Notre Dame

[Sportsbuck]

Apparently Beliema's complaint (or at least one of them, idk) was that Ohio State was 'Simulating a game experience' by having recruits try on jerseys with their names on them (Which is against NCAA rules and what Minnesota got busted for with Seantrel Henderson).

What Ohio State does is allow recruits to try on current players jerseys without names on the back, which is what most schools do now a days (Stefon Diggs in particular has done this on every visit he goes on and posts the pictures of twitter reportedly).

 

[NAHSTE]

Apparently Beliema's complaint (or at least one of them, idk) was that Ohio State was 'Simulating a game experience' by having recruits try on jerseys with their names on them (Which is against NCAA rules and what Minnesota got busted for with Seantrel Henderson).

What Ohio State does is allow recruits to try on current players jerseys without names on the back, which is what most schools do now a days (Stefon Diggs in particular has done this on every visit he goes on and posts the pictures of twitter reportedly).

Are they all his HS number? You could argue that's enough of a premeditated simulation.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Are they all his HS number? You could argue that's enough of a premeditated simulation.

He wore #2 in HS, OSU had him try on a #1 jersey. No clue about the other schools though.

The # doesn't really matter though, all that matters is that it can't have their name on them.

 

[FirstTimer]

Apparently the story about Kelly taking a shit at Greenberry wasn't true. Someone jammed a quote from Kelly talking about recruiting years ago at GVSU into a question about Greenberry.

Nice journalism there.

 

[FirstTimer]

Davonte Neal apaprently took Ohio State and Oklahoma off his list of places he is considering.

He looks to be down to:

Notre Dame
Arizona
Arkansas
UNC

The Irish seem to be the consensus "leader" for him. Arizona though wouldn't surprise me.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

He's going to Arizona.

 

[FirstTimer]

He's going to Arizona.

That's what my gut says too.

What are you basing it on?

 

[Sportsbuck]

Davonte Neal apaprently took Ohio State and Oklahoma off his list of places he is considering.

Davonte tried to commit to OSU on signing day and asked for a LOI, but was told no.

 

[FirstTimer]

Davonte tried to commit to OSU on signing day and asked for a LOI, but was told no.

His dad denied that. That story has been pretty much debunked.

 

[Sportsbuck]

His dad denied that. That story has been pretty much debunked.

His Dad is the reason why he was told thanks but no thanks... Luke Neal is running a three ring circus with his son's recruitment.

 

[FirstTimer]

His Dad is the reason why he was told thanks but no thanks... Luke Neal is running a three ring circus with his son's recruitment.

Right....................


:cano:

 

[Sportsbuck]

Right....................


:cano:

Multiple schools (Arizona St. - under Erickson and Graham, Utah, Ohio State to name a few) have backed off of him because of his Dad...

I don't know the specifics of what his Dad is doing to cause this, just that he's not pulling a Cecil Newton.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

That's what my gut says too.

What are you basing it on?

Common sense.

 

[Sharkweather]

The state of Texas appears to have won the distinction for having the most Division I FBS scholarship football players as 371 signed Letters of Intent.

Florida, however, wins the bigger honor: It has the highest percentage of football players heading to a Division I FBS program.

The findings are part of the statistical analysis RivalsHigh does annually (and, we know, a few more signees are still coming in). This year, it shows that one of every 119 high school players in Florida signed a Division I FBS scholarship. That's far more impressive than Texas, where only one of every 455 players signed a Letter of Intent.

Florida, in fact, was one of just four states to have a ratio of less than 1-to-250 with Georgia coming in second (1 of every 194), Louisiana third (1 of every 214), and Alabama fourth (1 in 243).

In this ranking, Texas is behind the less heralded states of Hawaii and Utah. Of course, those states only combined to produce 37 recruits.

Texas is king in total number of players - it put some distance between itself and Florida (371 to 325). California (228), Georgia (165) and Ohio (159) are the only other states with more than 100 signees.

Vermont, Wyoming, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Maine were the only states that did not produce a single recruit. Four others produced just one, including Montana - where of the 4,632 kids playing high school football only Cody Carriger of Butte (Mont.) High committed to an FBS program and is headed to Oregon.

State		Signees	Players	Ratio
Florida		325	38,451	119
Georgia		165	32,088	194
Louisiana	85	18,229	214
Alabama		94	22,833	243
Hawaii		17	4,875	287
Ohio		159	47,955	302
Pennsylvania	83	26,505	319
Maryland/D.C.	50	16,191	324
Oklahoma	32	12,500	391
Utah		20	8,348	417
Texas		371	168,680	455
Arizona		44	20,037	455
California	228	103,921	456
Indiana		46	22,512	489
Virginia	52	25,549	491
New Jersey	50	25,519	510
Arkansas	23	11,929	519
Mississippi	42	22,306	531
Tennessee	42	22,651	539
South Carolina	33	18,879	572
Michigan	67	43,446	648
North Carolina	54	35,691	661
Washington	33	21,846	662
Colorado	23	15,824	688
Nevada		10	7,334	733
Illinois	65	47,994	738
Kentucky	18	13,842	769
Missouri	22	21,390	972
Delaware	3	3,146	1049
Oregon		12	13,459	1122
Kansas		11	14,348	1304
Minnesota	17	24,083	1417
Idaho		5	7,218	1444
West Virginia	4	6,183	1546
New York	23	37,673	1638
Alaska		1	2,034	2034
Wisconsin	14	28,495	2035
Massachusetts	10	20,383	2038
Nebraska	4	10,291	2573
Connecticut	4	10,567	2642
Iowa		7	19,375	2768
North Dakota	1	3,026	3026
New Hampshire	1	3,755	3755
New Mexico	2	7,672	3836
Montana		1	4,632	4632
Vermont		0	1,549	0
Wyoming		0	2,738	0
Rhode Island	0	2,911	0
South Dakota	0	3,679	0
Maine		0	3,902	0

 

[Sportsbuck]

Stefon Diggs announcing tonight at 6PM.

All that I know is that anyone claiming to know what his choice will be doesn't know shit.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Stefon Diggs announcing tonight at 6PM.

All that I know is that anyone claiming to know what his choice will be doesn't know shit.

I know.

The school he'll attend has a new coach that is a pretty influential recruiter.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I see what you are doing there mister.

LOL.

I think he's going to Maryland, FWIW, but I don't know shit.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I think he ends up at Maryland no matter what. Either today or in 2 years.

Locksley + his boy Wes Brown + the outta da woodwerks local push, with late word he's going to be announcing at a popular Terp bar...I just think common sense says Maryland, and I've been thinking Maryland was in the picture for the longest time...since Wes Brown committed there, actually.

Kinda like I see Neal going to Arizona...the outta da woodwerks local team sprouting up is usually a good tell.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Stefon Diggs announcing tonight at 6PM.

All that I know is that anyone claiming to know what his choice will be doesn't know shit.

LOL.

I think he's going to Maryland, FWIW, but I don't know shit.

And I didn't even need a scout subscription to know that.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I just had a feeling he was going to Maryland once Wes Brown committed there. They did real well in the DC area once Locksley was hired with Brown, Albert Reid, and now Diggs, they were all the top uncommitted local players (sans Goldman, Darby) remaining locally, and even Goldman considered them briefly, late, as did Ronald Darby.