2024 Recruiting

[FurmanFan23]

APaladin that beats a lot of other teams we play. They have had a NFL player drafted in the 2nd round. When was the last time a Furman player was drafted let alone in the second round……..

Lenior Rhyne knows football

[FurmanFan23]

I believe the player was 2020

[FUwolfpacker]

Some recent offers. Couple of observations...

Coach Tafon Mainsah has been VERY active, at least on twitter. A lot of the offers that have gone out since he was hired have come from him.

Seems like Furman has offered more players than normal, and they've offered some guys with an offer list we wouldn't even bother with in the past. Still unlikely we get those guys, but it's good to see Furman not being afraid to offer a guy just because some regional FBS teams have offered.

Emiril Gant
Lake Mary HS (FL)
6'0", 170 Safety
Offers: Furman, Bethune Cookman, NCAT, Colgate, Wisconsin, Miami (FL)

Landon Sylvie
Calvary Baptist Academy (LA)
5'11", 170 WR/Safety
Offers: Furman, Grambling St, Nicholls, SLU

Joshua Evans
Olympia HS (FL)
6'3", 205 WR/QB
Offers: Furman, Indiana, MTSU, Arkansas St, Liberty, Bethune Cookman, EKU, UConn, Marshall

Dahkari "DK" Gilley
University Christian School (FL)
6'2.5", 190 ATH
Offers: Furman, GSU, USF, WKU, UCF, Georgia Tech, Bethune Cookman, Umass, Rutger, Troy, Pitt, FAU, Navy, Liberty

Reese Baker
Madison Academy (AL)
6'5", 275 OL
Offers: Furman, Arkansas St, Tulane, WKU, GSU, GA St, Cincinnati, Auburn, MTSU, App St, So Miss, Army, Alabama St, Navy, Austin Peay, SEMO, Jax St, Liberty, Northern Alabama, Troy, EKU, Coastal, UAB

Cam Ware
Lake Highland Prep (FL)
5'9", 170 WR
Offers: Furman, Lehigh, Bryant, MTSU, WKU, Navy, Georgetown, Wagner, Cornell, Columbia, Wofford, Bucknell, Mercer, Valdosta St, Fordham, Air Force, Bethune Cookman, Army, Lafayette, EKU, Marshall

Berdendrick Johnson Jr
Pelham HS (GA)
6'1", 175 ATH
Offers: Furman, Penn, Army, AF

Jalin Edwards
Grissom HS (AL)
6'3", 230 DE/OLB
Offers: Furman, Lindenwood, Lafayette, North Alabama, UAB, UT Martin, Austin Peay, Memphis, Navy, Army, Columbia, AF, CMU, Alabama A&M

Kobe Smith
Red Bank HS
6'2", 195 DE/LB
Offers: Furman, Arkansas St, WKU, Navy, Elon, Tulane, MTSU, Cincinnati, App St, Miami (OH), Duke, Austin Peay, Liberty, Memphis, Vanderbilt

Max Thurston
Monroe Area HS (GA)
6'5", 270 OL
Offers: Furman, Richmond, AF, Navy, Stetson, Columbia, Mercer, UTC, Army

Steven O'Dell
6'6", 290 OL/DT
Broome HS (SC)
Offers: Furman, Valdosta St, Richmond, NCCU, MTSU, Citadel, Tenn Tech, Wofford, JMU, Colgate, W&M, CMU

Chris Gant Jr
Klein Collins HS (TX)
5'11", 185 DB
Offers: Furman, Kentucky, UAB, N Texas, Army, Dartmouth, Columbia, Lafayette, Cornell, Penn, AF, EIU, AL St, UCA, Texas Southern, UTRGV

Favour Awodoyin
Oak Ridge HS (TX)
6'4", 220 DE/LB
Offers: Furman, Georgia Tech, SHSU, Arkansas St, UNLV, Northwestern St, Texas St, Louisiana, TAMU-Commerce, Arizona St

Watson Young
Daniel HS (SC)
6'3", 280 OL
Offers: Furman, Richmond, Dartmouth, ODU, Navy, ETSU, Citadel, NCAT, App St, Penn, JMU, Ga St, UAB, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Liberty

Anthony Rosier
Wekiva HS (FL)
6'4", 220 DE/LB
Offers: Furman, W&M, Wofford, Yale, Penn, Rhode Island, Columba, NCAT, Liberty, App St, WKU, Howard, Bethune Cookman, Marshall, Dartmouth, FAU, Bowling Green, CMU, Charlotte

Olivier Camerlin
McCallie School (TN)
6'6", 250 DT/OT
Offers: Furman

Tyler Budge
Weddington HS (NC)
6'3", 210 QB
Offers: Furman, App St, Charleston Southern, Bryant, Columbia, Delaware, Elon, GSU, JMU, Holy Cross, MTSU, Liberty, ODU, UConn, Wofford, Western Michigan, Arkansas St, Richmond

Jordan Miller
Arabia Mountain (GA)
5'11", 170, ATH
Offers: Furman, Colgate, Wofford, Bucknell , Morgan St, Stony Brook, Samford, Army, Citadel, Navy, SEMO

Jaylen Archibald
Frisco HS (TX)
6'1", 185 DB
Offers: Furman, NDSU, Colgate, Cornell, Harvard, Georgetown, Yale, Holy Cross, Navy, AF, Penn, Columbia, Army, Dartmouth, EIU

[AstroDin]

^^^ Wolfpacker brought up something I've been wondering about.

Furman appears to be more aggressive with offers this season-many of those offered as Wolfpacker mentioned have G5 and some P5 offers.

I wonder if Furman football has a little tailwind from the BB team's dance performance and the PR that came with it? Playing in two playoff games last season has to help too.

[The Jackal]

The Virginia game likely gave Furman a lot of instant name recognition.

I also think Furman can sell a lot of stability and team culture. In an area where so many college teams are filing rosters through the transfer portal, Furman is pretty committed to recruiting and developing high school talent. Could be that FBS kids are more available to us than in years past because so many other programs are focused on the spinning of the transfer portal.

[AstroDin]

I think we all thought Furman commit Jeremiah Gavin Hall would play RB/Slot for Furman and not QB.
This twitter post lists him as class of 24 running back, Hall is a shifty, slippery dude.

[The Jackal]

Looks like Hall is transferring from Hebron to Gainseville as a senior.

https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/sports ... k-stadium/

According to the article, he’ll move from QB to RB with GHS. So I guess that answers the question about what Furman’s plans are. If you can start at RB for a Georgia 6A powerhouse, you can probably play a bit.

Gainseville is one of Georgia’s better football programs, in my opinion. They put out a lot of D1 talent.

[AstroDin]

This info is not confirmed by a Tweet from Furman officially.
I use a Twitter tracker for work and I also have it stalking the web for Furman football mentions, etc

This popped up today…
https://twitter.com/frednormanjr


If you don't know who Fred Norman Jr is?
Norman was a starter at ETSU, he's listed as 6-6 - 6-7 / 330 - 350.
This is a big late transfer pickup.
https://www.etsubucs.com/football/roste ... norman-jr/

[Afurmanfan]

Coming back to play for his former position coach at ETSU.

[The Jackal]

This info is not confirmed by a Tweet from Furman officially.
I use a Twitter tracker for work and I also have it stalking the web for Furman football mentions, etc

This popped up today…
https://twitter.com/frednormanjr


If you don't know who Fred Norman Jr is?
Norman was a starter at ETSU, he's listed as 6-6 - 6-7 / 330 - 350.
This is a big late transfer pickup.
https://www.etsubucs.com/football/roste ... norman-jr/

Norman was a preseason All SoCon pick in 2022. I believe he started every game for the Bucs last year.

Looking at their roster, he picked up extra eligibility with the COVID season. He played last season as a redshirt sophomore, which was his fourth season in a college program. I'd guess he still has two years of eligibility remaining.

Furman was a little thin along the offensive line last season. The injury to Vollmer and some unexpected transfers thinned things out a bit. The group we had, though, played at a very high level all season.

At bottom, this is a really nice pickup for Furman and should help supplement some of the depth that transferred out before the start of last season. Norman played primarily OG at ETSU, but he is massive (6'6 350+) and in Furman's system should cross train at both OG and OT and looks like a guy that can do well in our run-heavy system.

[Afurmanfan]

He was also all region two years in basketball- so athletic as well. There is no grass growing under our coaches feet.

[gman84]

This is a huge get for us, in more than one way. This doesn't happen without the grad program. CCH mentioned in a recent interview with Dan that there could be a couple more O-line transfers.

[The Jackal]

ETSU's OL also boasts back to back 1,000 yard rushers, so Norman has helped anchor some impressive rushing attacks.

[The Jackal]

This is a huge get for us, in more than one way. This doesn't happen without the grad program. CCH mentioned in a recent interview with Dan that there could be a couple more O-line transfers.

Going into the offseason, it really seemed like Furman had three things on their shopping list to solidify things for 2023:

1. Add an interior defensive lineman (check)
2. Add TE depth (check)
3. Add OL depth (check)

[FUwolfpacker]

According to Coach Tafon and Roper, Furman has landed a QB for the 24 class!

Edit: Could be something, could be nothing. Recent QB offer Terry “Trey” Hedden III liked both Roper’s and Mainsah’s tweet . Hedden is from Tampa Catholic, same school as last year’s OL commit, Christopher Luna.