Good, this should mean that Lewis is available (assuming he's healthy). Now we need Jennings to be cleared to play. Both of them would be great!
Recruiting Update Thread
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Wonder how the Academies treat transfers. They typically make them serve active after graduation. Can you just transfer out to not be forced into that requirement?
I looked them up on the transfer portal. Six or seven out, NONE in. Even if you are an athlete, you have to pass the other physical and mental/academic requirements to get in. They have a minimum 5-year commitment upon graduation and commissioning. Dickhead Trump wanted to let any football players who could get in the NFL forgo this requirement. That shows you how much he knows about the military and "duty, honor, country". The point of the academies is to produce Officers for the armed forces, not pro athletes. My father was a West Point graduate who served as an Army Officer for 30 years (WWII, Korea and Vietnam). He had to work his butt off to get in as do the rest of the candidates for the US Naval, Air Force, US Coast Guard and West Point applicants.
See your valid points. But if a player from the academies gets drafted shouldn't they have the opportunity to make the active roster of team that drafted them? If cut by team they were drafted by then have to finish off the terms of service. Practice Squad shouldn't count in this situation. I'm sure alot of the guys that go to service academies aren't looking to the NFL as the next step.
I know all of that. I was wondering if they could just transfer out to forgo that. You left out getting a Congressman or Senator to give you a letter of recommendation to be admitted.
Watched his highlights on Twitter...this is a big strong guy and pretty quick....he made a lot of solid tackles against Army's offense in the Spring...could be a really nice PWO pickup at a very needy position.
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I agree with you points as well as those of the poster whose Father served 30 years. I want our service academies to be competitive. I think there could be a compromise, something along the lines of:
1. The player must be drafted
2. For every full season on an active NFL roster, he buys out 1 year of service (he pays for his education for 1 year)
3. If he spends an entire season not on an active roster, he reports for duty the next day to start fulfilling the rest of his commitment
So if the guy is a 1st round stud pick, he buys out all 4-5 years
If the guy is a 3rd, 4th round tweener, he gets to live the NFL dream for a couple of years and the country gets his services until the commitment is complete
If the guy is a 7th round filler, he gets an opportunity to make it happen but most likely he serves his complete commitment (still a good deal).
Make no mistake....98% of high school players dream of an NFL career.....and sometimes athletes blossom late in college so it only gets real at that point....witness a guy like David Robinson, NBA hall of famer.
A Congressional appointment is only one of several ways of getting into the academies. There are presidential appointments (nationwide), appointments from the active services, sons and daughters of MOH winners. and others. Cadets, Midshipmen, etc. can transfer out prior to beginning their Junior year; after that; they owe the government military service. 99% of academy football and basketball players (and David Robinson was an exception who got in though is did not meet the height requirements ( 6'6 or less)) weren't good enough to get a major college offer or, they wanted to be a career officer instead. They had a choice. You know, some people will not admit they don't know what they are talking about no matter evidence or information you give the. They are perpetual deniers; see republicans!
Robinson was 6’6” when he entered. Grew 6 inches or so in next 4 years. That’s what the story was anyway.
Clown take as usual from the lone Brandon supporter
Georgia DB that had us in his Top 5
So, we've had consecutive weekends with high-profile recruits visiting and zero commitments. With few exceptions, the remainder of the ACC and those who will be in the New Big-12 have gotten commitments from numerous players over the June period. ??
I've heard we have multiple silent commits. I'm quite skeptical of this info so not getting excited but it would be nice.
These are 4 and 5 star kids. They don’t commit that easily
I got a feeling some recruits may be waiting till the July 1 announcement of Big 12? Just speculating here.
I couldn't say. Honestly don't know the circumstances when they choose to commit silently.
Seems odd, I don't think any of the players even pay that close attention to that stuff. They care about conference affiliation, but 17 year olds to actually follow school announcement dates and worry about that stuff... Seems a stretch.
Did these players not have any other schedule visits? Are they not courted by other notable schools? The higher profile players don't have to worry about losing their spots waiting.
I think S Zack Tobe and CB Braeden Marshall are both silent commits. They both have scheduled July (7th and 30th) for the commitment dates. I think they just want to go visit some other campuses before committing.
If I were 17 and could take my parents on 4 free weekend getaways I would.
I also think we are in great shape with OL Elvin Harris.
If I were 17 and could take my parents on 4 free weekend getaways I would.
I also think we are in great shape with OL Elvin Harris.
Yeah Cincy currently has the #3 overall recruiting class on 247 after the past 2 weekends. I would hope we could get at least 1 commit…
I'm with you on wanting to see some progress but Cincy, Texas Tech, and Northwestern are just ahead of schedule with the number of commits. Their class averages are 87 which will be good for mid 30s to low 40s. Still, I'd rather be in their situation right now.
I think from here on out we trend upwards because now Big12 start date is solidified. We'll truly be able to see what we can do with "P5 (God I hate using that term)" resources and erase all this "what if" BS that haters throw at us.
Looking forward to keeping FL kids at home!
Looking forward to keeping FL kids at home!
I always hated the simply irrational and ignorant line of “well why don’t you just join a P5 conference.” Ughhh, irritating. But I agree, nothing to hold us back now, seems like we have a lot of recruiting momentum. I think we are seen as the cool, up and coming school in a talent hotbed right now. Similar to how it seems Cinci is looked at as well. Time to get back to being in and winning conference championship games and keep the momentum going.
The antithesis of momentum right now is usf. Poor guys, bahhhahahaha.
Sure hope we can keep these 2 home. They will OV us soon.
From Stephen Leonard at Knights 247
"...I’d watch out for some of the local guys before then, I’m getting the signs from both sides about a few guys."
"...I’d watch out for some of the local guys before then, I’m getting the signs from both sides about a few guys."
Honestly since Nixon committed, I’ve felt like come signing day we weren’t gonna be able to keep him. I really hope I’m wrong though😅
