2019 commitment

[JohnW]

I'm not sure what's going on with Slay — he just posted his 31st offer. Nova - Chatty - Lehigh has offered lately.
My opinion Joshua Agbenou is the guy we need. Big, fast, physical ILB 6-2 229, Agbenou would be the last piece to an outstanding defensive class.

Where does Furman standing with the February signing period? I think the coaches are possibly finished except for a late pickup of another WR. Kimmelman is an athletic big body receiver (6-2 180) I would like to see Furman add another WR/Slot/Wing player.

Late Signing:
Cally Chizik, DB
Kam Brinson, DB
Jake Kimmelman, WR
Wayne Anderson, RB
Dan Dodd, OL
Mystery Man, Defense

Slay's de-commitment message gives one hope. Said a big part of his heart was still with Furman. My read is he wants a Power 5 offer. If Wake or Vandy came in I believe it would be game, set , match. Villanova is a national name, still FCS, and Lehigh is a national university, still FCS. What I hope he realizes is that being a national university is based primarily on masters and graduate programs. Undergrad Furman can hold it's own with any of the offers he has now, and blows away any Group 5 offers I'm seen for him.

[The Jackal]

I'm not sure what's going on with Slay — he just posted his 31st offer. Nova - Chatty - Lehigh has offered lately.
My opinion Joshua Agbenou is the guy we need. Big, fast, physical ILB 6-2 229, Agbenou would be the last piece to an outstanding defensive class.

Where does Furman standing with the February signing period? I think the coaches are possibly finished except for a late pickup of another WR. Kimmelman is an athletic big body receiver (6-2 180) I would like to see Furman add another WR/Slot/Wing player.

Late Signing:
Cally Chizik, DB
Kam Brinson, DB
Jake Kimmelman, WR
Wayne Anderson, RB
Dan Dodd, OL
Mystery Man, Defense

Slay's de-commitment message gives one hope. Said a big part of his heart was still with Furman. My read is he wants a Power 5 offer. If Wake or Vandy came in I believe it would be game, set , match. Villanova is a national name, still FCS, and Lehigh is a national university, still FCS. What I hope he realizes is that being a national university is based primarily on masters and graduate programs. Undergrad Furman can hold it's own with any of the offers he has now, and blows away any Group 5 offers I'm seen for him.

That's my read. I get the impression he likes being recruited and is holding out to the last minute on a bigger offer. There's risk in that approach, of course. Because on signing day when the music stops there may not be a chair to sit in.

I understand a lot of college programs have a "de-recruitment" process. That is, we've told you how amazing you are for months and fawned over you, and now you need to get back to reality before practice starts.

[Paul C]

It would be nice to get Slay.

But reviewing Agbenou's twitter feed he has offers from Colorado St, Ball St, Kent St, U Mass, WKU on the FBS side and Mercer, Kennesaw St, Citadel on the FCS side......to get a guy like him would be coup....

[The Jackal]

It is - 22 degrees in Fargo right now. I wonder how that may impact recruiting for NDSU.

"Nah, I'm good."

[The Jackal]

I'm not sure what's going on with Slay — he just posted his 31st offer. Nova - Chatty - Lehigh has offered lately.
My opinion Joshua Agbenou is the guy we need. Big, fast, physical ILB 6-2 229, Agbenou would be the last piece to an outstanding defensive class.

Where does Furman standing with the February signing period? I think the coaches are possibly finished except for a late pickup of another WR. Kimmelman is an athletic big body receiver (6-2 180) I would like to see Furman add another WR/Slot/Wing player.

Late Signing:
Cally Chizik, DB
Kam Brinson, DB
Jake Kimmelman, WR
Wayne Anderson, RB
Dan Dodd, OL
Mystery Man, Defense

Slay's de-commitment message gives one hope. Said a big part of his heart was still with Furman. My read is he wants a Power 5 offer. If Wake or Vandy came in I believe it would be game, set , match. Villanova is a national name, still FCS, and Lehigh is a national university, still FCS. What I hope he realizes is that being a national university is based primarily on masters and graduate programs. Undergrad Furman can hold it's own with any of the offers he has now, and blows away any Group 5 offers I'm seen for him.

That's my read. I get the impression he likes being recruited and is holding out to the last minute on a bigger offer. There's risk in that approach, of course. Because on signing day when the music stops there may not be a chair to sit in.

I understand a lot of college programs have a "de-recruitment" process. That is, we've told you how amazing you are for months and fawned over you, and now you need to get back to reality before practice starts.

A linebacker from Alpharetta announced his commitment to Villanova. I wonder if that changes things on the Slay front.

I’m going to be annoyed if no bigger offer comes in and he ends up somewhere like UTC because everyone’s classes are filled.

[JohnW]

Per his tweet Landon Moody has committed.

[Paul C]

Per his tweet, Dutch Fork S Hugh Ryan committed. Shrine Bowl participant....and was leading tackler for SC squad w 7 tackles a sack and 1.5 TFL

[AHB1188]

Looks like one more for the 2019 class:

[FUBeAR]

Looks like one more for the 2019 class:

Only other offer showing on Twitter is Rose-Hulman, which is a D3, but he was 1st Team All-Region in a very good 4A region in GA, played in a few All-Star games, and won some high praise from at least one opposing Head Coach...

King (Joey King, Cartersville’s Head Coach (AKA Trevor Lawrence’s HS Coach), who is now the WR Coach at Coastal Carolina) talked up the mixture of brains and brawn Marist’s defense puts on display.

The rare combination is exemplified by Jalen Clark. According to his hudl profile, the defensive end/linebacker benches 280 pounds, squats 420, and wants to either work for NASA as an engineer or be an oncologist.

“They’re so smart,” King said. “… They’re all big. They’re big and strong, and they play really, really hard. They’re well coached, and they’re going to give you multiple looks. They’re smart kids who are athletic. When you have smart kids who are athletic, you can do a lot of stuff with them. They do a heckuva job coaching.

“We were reading one of their defensive lineman’s profile. [Clark] wants to work for NASA one day. They’ve got guys who are extremely intelligent, and it shows in the way that they play and everything they’re able to do with those guys. But take nothing away from their athletic ability, because they’re athletic, too.”

Guessing he’s a PWO, but I like what I see here & on his highlight reel. May take time to develop, but he has a lot of potential for sure!

[JohnW]

Agree he's probably a PWO. However a gander at the roster shows three scholarship players gone since spring. Darius Morehead, Tyler Voyles, and Jax Hackett.

[DeepPurple]

Marist is as good a program as there is in Georgia for athletics/academics, top notch school.

[FUBeAR]

Agree he's probably a PWO. However a gander at the roster shows three scholarship players gone since spring. Darius Morehead, Tyler Voyles, and Jax Hackett.

Wow...

I think Voyles would have been a 5th year guy coming off an injury. Probably went through spring and didn’t like the way the injury ‘felt’ and/or was looking at a difficult climb up the depth chart. Every young man has to do what is right for them in that situation...but I would add that FUBeAR was in a similar situation...and did not ‘need’ to return for my 5th year, but I wanted to finish on a ‘high note’ and decided to return to play with only 1 ACL & coming off a season when I lost my Starting position due to, let’s say, non-football-related, um, reasons. Best season of my life! Absolutely no regrets...and I know I would still be regretting it if I had decided not to play that 5th year. If he can return, maybe he’ll change his mind.

I know big things were expected from Hackett, primarily based upon his lineage. I believe he redshirted last year. PT at LB may be hard to come by with the studs FU has there. No idea why he’s not on the roster anymore, but that could have something to do with it...or not.

Morehead’s departure is the most surprising and, potentially, the most ‘painful.’ His production did drop considerably in 2018 (20/151/2) from when he was was an All Freshman SoCon RB in 2017 (95/588/5)...and he only had 1 ‘touch’ (a reception against Chatt.) the rest of the season, after gaining 69 total yards and scoring a TD on only 4 ‘touches’ in FU’s BIG win over Wofford. Certainly Wynn & Watkins are solid returning RB’s (178/1185/8 + 10/159/1...combined), and there may be some outstanding up & comers behind them, but losing Morehead, for whatever reason, doesn’t seem like a good thing.

[fufanatic]

Agree he's probably a PWO. However a gander at the roster shows three scholarship players gone since spring. Darius Morehead, Tyler Voyles, and Jax Hackett.

Wow...

I think Voyles would have been a 5th year guy coming off an injury. Probably went through spring and didn’t like the way the injury ‘felt’ and/or was looking at a difficult climb up the depth chart. Every young man has to do what is right for them in that situation...but I would add that FUBeAR was in a similar situation...and did not ‘need’ to return for my 5th year, but I wanted to finish on a ‘high note’ and decided to return to play with only 1 ACL & coming off a season when I lost my Starting position due to, let’s say, non-football-related, um, reasons. Best season of my life! Absolutely no regrets...and I know I would still be regretting it if I had decided not to play that 5th year. If he can return, maybe he’ll change his mind.

I know big things were expected from Hackett, primarily based upon his lineage. I believe he redshirted last year. PT at LB may be hard to come by with the studs FU has there. No idea why he’s not on the roster anymore, but that could have something to do with it...or not.

Morehead’s departure is the most surprising and, potentially, the most ‘painful.’ His production did drop considerably in 2018 (20/151/2) from when he was was an All Freshman SoCon RB in 2017 (95/588/5)...and he only had 1 ‘touch’ (a reception against Chatt.) the rest of the season, after gaining 69 total yards and scoring a TD on only 4 ‘touches’ in FU’s BIG win over Wofford. Certainly Wynn & Watkins are solid returning RB’s (178/1185/8 + 10/159/1...combined), and there may be some outstanding up & comers behind them, but losing Morehead, for whatever reason, doesn’t seem like a good thing.

Agreed on Morehead. Incredibly disappointing. He was a stud as a RS-FR, not sure what all happened last year. Didn't he have an injury at some point?

I still believe that Wynn could be a SoCon Player of the Year contender at some point, though, so we have options at the position. Good opportunity for a freshman to get some reps.

[The Jackal]

Agree he's probably a PWO. However a gander at the roster shows three scholarship players gone since spring. Darius Morehead, Tyler Voyles, and Jax Hackett.

Wow...

I think Voyles would have been a 5th year guy coming off an injury. Probably went through spring and didn’t like the way the injury ‘felt’ and/or was looking at a difficult climb up the depth chart. Every young man has to do what is right for them in that situation...but I would add that FUBeAR was in a similar situation...and did not ‘need’ to return for my 5th year, but I wanted to finish on a ‘high note’ and decided to return to play with only 1 ACL & coming off a season when I lost my Starting position due to, let’s say, non-football-related, um, reasons. Best season of my life! Absolutely no regrets...and I know I would still be regretting it if I had decided not to play that 5th year. If he can return, maybe he’ll change his mind.

I know big things were expected from Hackett, primarily based upon his lineage. I believe he redshirted last year. PT at LB may be hard to come by with the studs FU has there. No idea why he’s not on the roster anymore, but that could have something to do with it...or not.

Morehead’s departure is the most surprising and, potentially, the most ‘painful.’ His production did drop considerably in 2018 (20/151/2) from when he was was an All Freshman SoCon RB in 2017 (95/588/5)...and he only had 1 ‘touch’ (a reception against Chatt.) the rest of the season, after gaining 69 total yards and scoring a TD on only 4 ‘touches’ in FU’s BIG win over Wofford. Certainly Wynn & Watkins are solid returning RB’s (178/1185/8 + 10/159/1...combined), and there may be some outstanding up & comers behind them, but losing Morehead, for whatever reason, doesn’t seem like a good thing.

Agreed on Morehead. Incredibly disappointing. He was a stud as a RS-FR, not sure what all happened last year. Didn't he have an injury at some point?

I still believe that Wynn could be a SoCon Player of the Year contender at some point, though, so we have options at the position. Good opportunity for a freshman to get some reps.

I don't want to speculate on what personal reasons may have driven the change, but I think from a pure football standpoint Morehead was seeing a reduced role in the offense every season.

From my non-stat driven observations, I rarely saw Morehead carry the ball inside the tackles. Furman has two other backs who do what Morehead does well - they are fast and can catch - but also have the added ability to be physical runners between the tackles. Furman just added another such player in this recruiting class.

Morehead's highest and best use in this offense was as a change of pace back who might only get the ball 2 or 3 times a game, but would let his speed threaten defenses for four quarters. I think that had a lot of usefulness, though, and I'm sorry to see him go.

If you look at total carries last season, though, Morehead finished 9th on the team in carries, 8th in receptions, and didn't return either kicks or punts. If I had to wager, I bet he wasn't getting the ball enough.

I guess the question for Furman is whether they can replace 20 carries and 4 receptions somewhere on the roster. I bet they can.

[apaladin]

Was very encourage by his freshman performance against Michigan State. What a game he had. Then the injury.