Update: Things are on an uptick for Penn State with recruiting just as they are on the field. I have moved Lamont Wade back up to the top category as I would really be surprised right now if he ends up choosing another school other than Penn State in December when he is set to choose. I think after their visits for the OSU game that we will land one of Harris or Davis. Harris’s was an official visit but Davis’s was not. Be interesting to see if Davis does come back for an official. I’ve moved Donovan Johnson down at the moment, while we are in his top 3, he hasn’t been back on campus and doesn’t have an official scheduled that I know about. This could be the staff backing off bc they now feel confident on Wade, or could be Michigan picking up steam with him set to offer. Either way at this point I don’t think he’ll end up at Penn State.
Elijah Conliffe was on campus this weekend for his official visit and our main competition remains Alabama, but with all of the DTs that they are into that may give us a slight edge. Conliffe has MANS body already at 305 and has the frame to support even more muscle. He would be the DT prospect we’ve been missing the last few years. As one goes up, another goes down. Dalyn Wade-Perry is still holding out for his Stanford acceptance sometime this month, but has also set up other visits; FSU on 11/25, UCLA 12/9 and Stanford 1/12. Being that he hasn’t been to campus since the summer and our last home game is the 26th and he already will be in Tallahassee, I feel he may have moved on from PSU. Corey Bolds also made it to campus for his official this weekend (previously planned for OSU) and has us listed among his leaders. I don’t think Michigan is really considering him anymore as they have 5 D-Lineman committed, while only one is a true DT the other two are our old friends James Hudson and Donovan Jeter, both players we targeted as future DTs. Fred Hansard, current Florida commit, took in the game on Saturday and I’ve added him to the Flip Watch. I’ll talk more about them later, but interesting to see his name return as long as there are no eligibility issues. I’ve added Yusuf Corker 3/4* corner from GA to In The Battle. Scout reported that he took his official visit this weekend, however I haven’t seen him on anyone else’s list. He is announcing on his birthday 12/26; Tennessee was his previous leader. I also noticed Scout has Proctor listed as officially visiting 1/22/17. This would mean we will be his either last or second to last visit before his hat pick on NSD. Will we finally win one of those?! Kyree Campbell of the 2016 class was on campus again this weekend. Currently attending Wyoming Seminary Upper School after failing to qualify for UNC he would be another option at DT and he is 6’4” 320 already. Obviously, you can see there is a push for DT down the stretch. I moved Anthony Hines and Jordan Anthony down a rung as they are setting visits elsewhere and just seem like a bit of stretch where things are now. With Jordan Anthony there may be time to get him on campus again, for Hines it was good to be considered and maybe we’re close enough that a coach’s visit could do it but I don’t feel like it’s going to happen.
As promised; looking at the Flip Watch, just remember some of these names were offered or visited post commit, others the staff has made it clear they are still in on and one or two of them are on there just because they are targets who we were after who’s committed locations are having rough seasons. Hansard re-appearing is interesting, there will certainly be more work to do to get him than just this weekend. The two biggest names to watch are IMG Academy teammates Robert Hainsey and Josh Kaindoh. Hainsey has still been tweeting ND stuff but this season has to be wearing on him and we did have a big lead on him in the past, and Franklin was down there to talk to him during the bye week. Josh Kaindoh recently has tweeted nothing about UMD and twice retweeted Penn State related things. He also took an Official Visit to FSU 10/14. I gotta believe the plan for both is to try and get them on campus during winter break. Hainsey is enrolling early so he would be the tougher logistic flip. Right now, if I were Maryland I’d be viewing Kaindoh as a silent decommit. Spence is friends with Kaindoh but after his cancelled visit and with how much attention we are paying to other DTs and how much Spence’s social media is into UMD, I doubt he is much of a target anymore.
Here is the list of visitors from this weekend:
2017 commits: OV: Miranda. Unofficial: Barber, Clifford, Franklin, Hippenhammer. Targets: OV: Wade, Conliffer, Bolds, Corker. Unofficial: Hansard, Campbell, Pinnock (not yet offered).
2018 commits: Bleich, Shorter. Targets: Offered: Kwantel Raines, Justin Fields, Aeneas Hawkins, Kyle Pitts. Unoffered: 4* DE Malik Vann, 3/4* G Wyatt Blake, 3* CB Donald Johnson, 3* DE/TE TJ Banks, Archbishop Wood Unranked but offered by WVU and RU OLB Matt Palmer, and Unranked TE Matt Alaimo.
Also 2020 top rated QB Drew Pyne from Connecticut.
Commit Watch:
4/5* CB Wade
Very Good Chance:
4* WR Harris, 4* WR Davis
In The Battle:
4* OLB Proctor, 4* DL Conliffe, 3* ATH Castro-Fields, 3* WR Hamler, 3* CB Corker, 3* DT Bolds, 3* CB Johnson, 3* OLB Zandier, 3* Campbell
Work Left To Do:
4* LB Hines, 4* RB/LB Anthony, 4* RB McFarland Jr., 4* ATH Bowden, 4* WR Ruggs, 4* ATH Bell, 3* DT Wade-Perry, 3* DT Martin, 3* DT Hutch, 3* OT Becton, 3* S Nelson, 3* DL Butler, JUCO OT Traore
Have To Get Really Lucky:
5* OT Wilson, 4* CB Thomas, 4* ATH Hunter, 4* OLB Singleton, 4* C Ruiz
Flip Watch:
Jonathan Lovett (Rutgers), Robert Hainsey (Notre Dame), Josh Kaindoh (Maryland), Fred Hansard (Florida), Cam Spence (Maryland), Mark Webb (Georgia), D’Andre Swift (Georgia), David Adams (Notre Dame), Kurt Hinnish (Notre Dame), Axel Nyembwe (Duke), Tommy Christ (Virginia)
Elijah Conliffe was on campus this weekend for his official visit and our main competition remains Alabama, but with all of the DTs that they are into that may give us a slight edge. Conliffe has MANS body already at 305 and has the frame to support even more muscle. He would be the DT prospect we’ve been missing the last few years. As one goes up, another goes down. Dalyn Wade-Perry is still holding out for his Stanford acceptance sometime this month, but has also set up other visits; FSU on 11/25, UCLA 12/9 and Stanford 1/12. Being that he hasn’t been to campus since the summer and our last home game is the 26th and he already will be in Tallahassee, I feel he may have moved on from PSU. Corey Bolds also made it to campus for his official this weekend (previously planned for OSU) and has us listed among his leaders. I don’t think Michigan is really considering him anymore as they have 5 D-Lineman committed, while only one is a true DT the other two are our old friends James Hudson and Donovan Jeter, both players we targeted as future DTs. Fred Hansard, current Florida commit, took in the game on Saturday and I’ve added him to the Flip Watch. I’ll talk more about them later, but interesting to see his name return as long as there are no eligibility issues. I’ve added Yusuf Corker 3/4* corner from GA to In The Battle. Scout reported that he took his official visit this weekend, however I haven’t seen him on anyone else’s list. He is announcing on his birthday 12/26; Tennessee was his previous leader. I also noticed Scout has Proctor listed as officially visiting 1/22/17. This would mean we will be his either last or second to last visit before his hat pick on NSD. Will we finally win one of those?! Kyree Campbell of the 2016 class was on campus again this weekend. Currently attending Wyoming Seminary Upper School after failing to qualify for UNC he would be another option at DT and he is 6’4” 320 already. Obviously, you can see there is a push for DT down the stretch. I moved Anthony Hines and Jordan Anthony down a rung as they are setting visits elsewhere and just seem like a bit of stretch where things are now. With Jordan Anthony there may be time to get him on campus again, for Hines it was good to be considered and maybe we’re close enough that a coach’s visit could do it but I don’t feel like it’s going to happen.
As promised; looking at the Flip Watch, just remember some of these names were offered or visited post commit, others the staff has made it clear they are still in on and one or two of them are on there just because they are targets who we were after who’s committed locations are having rough seasons. Hansard re-appearing is interesting, there will certainly be more work to do to get him than just this weekend. The two biggest names to watch are IMG Academy teammates Robert Hainsey and Josh Kaindoh. Hainsey has still been tweeting ND stuff but this season has to be wearing on him and we did have a big lead on him in the past, and Franklin was down there to talk to him during the bye week. Josh Kaindoh recently has tweeted nothing about UMD and twice retweeted Penn State related things. He also took an Official Visit to FSU 10/14. I gotta believe the plan for both is to try and get them on campus during winter break. Hainsey is enrolling early so he would be the tougher logistic flip. Right now, if I were Maryland I’d be viewing Kaindoh as a silent decommit. Spence is friends with Kaindoh but after his cancelled visit and with how much attention we are paying to other DTs and how much Spence’s social media is into UMD, I doubt he is much of a target anymore.
Here is the list of visitors from this weekend:
2017 commits: OV: Miranda. Unofficial: Barber, Clifford, Franklin, Hippenhammer. Targets: OV: Wade, Conliffer, Bolds, Corker. Unofficial: Hansard, Campbell, Pinnock (not yet offered).
2018 commits: Bleich, Shorter. Targets: Offered: Kwantel Raines, Justin Fields, Aeneas Hawkins, Kyle Pitts. Unoffered: 4* DE Malik Vann, 3/4* G Wyatt Blake, 3* CB Donald Johnson, 3* DE/TE TJ Banks, Archbishop Wood Unranked but offered by WVU and RU OLB Matt Palmer, and Unranked TE Matt Alaimo.
Also 2020 top rated QB Drew Pyne from Connecticut.
Commit Watch:
4/5* CB Wade
Very Good Chance:
4* WR Harris, 4* WR Davis
In The Battle:
4* OLB Proctor, 4* DL Conliffe, 3* ATH Castro-Fields, 3* WR Hamler, 3* CB Corker, 3* DT Bolds, 3* CB Johnson, 3* OLB Zandier, 3* Campbell
Work Left To Do:
4* LB Hines, 4* RB/LB Anthony, 4* RB McFarland Jr., 4* ATH Bowden, 4* WR Ruggs, 4* ATH Bell, 3* DT Wade-Perry, 3* DT Martin, 3* DT Hutch, 3* OT Becton, 3* S Nelson, 3* DL Butler, JUCO OT Traore
Have To Get Really Lucky:
5* OT Wilson, 4* CB Thomas, 4* ATH Hunter, 4* OLB Singleton, 4* C Ruiz
Flip Watch:
Jonathan Lovett (Rutgers), Robert Hainsey (Notre Dame), Josh Kaindoh (Maryland), Fred Hansard (Florida), Cam Spence (Maryland), Mark Webb (Georgia), D’Andre Swift (Georgia), David Adams (Notre Dame), Kurt Hinnish (Notre Dame), Axel Nyembwe (Duke), Tommy Christ (Virginia)
