App State Recruiting Rewind Class of 14

[CoachRob]

Happy January 14th to all. With all the discussion of transfer portal & recruiting this time of year, I wanted to look back at the previous recruiting classes in FBS and break down how successful/unsuccessful each class was. I have listed all recruits in order of ranking and giving a small breakdown on each recruit to compare each recruiting class. With today being the 14th, figured it was a good time to start with the Class of '14. So lets take a look down memory lane of Satt's 1st class in FBS:

Total: 28 Commits
Conference Rank: 1st in SB
National Rank: 86th

-Shaedon Meadors WR *** 86 – 3 year starter at WR from ’14-’16. 2nd Team All-Sun Belt in ‘16, Season ending injury SR year. Transferred to Illinois as a Grad, suffered season-ending Injury in Summer. Current College Coach at Mercer.
-Nikia Cathey RB *** 86 – Did this kid even make it on campus???
-Josh Boyd APB *** 85 – On roster thru ’16, Unknown finished to collegiate career.
-Okon Godwin OLB *** 84 – Started in 16 games from ’17-’18.
-Jaylan Barbour WR *** 83 – Got a couple receptions each year from ‘14-‘16. Not sure what happen after. Finished playing career @ WSSU in ’19.
-Deltron Hopkins WR *** 80 – Like Barbour, played from ‘14-’16, then transferred. Ended playing career with Bethune-Cookman.
-Teh’ron Fuller S ** 79 – backup OLB from ’15-’16, followed Hopkins to Bethune-Cookman. Unknown finish to collegiate career.
-Ike Lewis WR ** 79 – Saw action all 4 years, 1st Team All-Sun Belt in '17, team leading WR Sr yr with 51 catches for 733 yds & 8 TDs.
-AJ Howard ATH ** 78 – Stud, started in 38 of his 51 career games at SS from ’14-’17. Played a couple years in the NFL, including winning a SB w/ Patriots. Recently on the App State coach staff, currently defensive Analyst for USC.
-Curtiss Benton SDE ** 78 – Don’t even know if he made it on campus???
-Alanmichael Harkness ** 77 – Was on team for a couple years? Can’t find any stats. Unknown finish to collegiate career.
-Jordan Noil WR ** 77 – Redshirted in ’14, transferred to Hutchinson CC in ’15-‘16, Transferred to KSU in ’17, played senior year for Central Oklahoma in ’18 as DB.
-Jordan Ford CB ** 75 – Appeared in 3 games in ’14 battling injuries. Unknown finish to collegiate career.
-Brandon Walton TE ** 75 – Redshirted in ’14, Transferred to University of West George in ’15, completed senior season in ’18.
-JP Caruso Pro ** 75 – Redshirted in ’14, played in 14 games while backing up Taylor Lamb from ’15-’16, earned degree with App, transferred to Delaware for the ’17-’18 seasons.
-Montez McGuire WR ** 75 – Appeared in 12 games in ’14 with 1 start. Ranked 3rd on team in Rec & yds. On roster in ’15, Unknown finish to collegiate career.
-Austin Exford S ** 74 – Redshirted in ’14, appeared in 41 career games from ’15-’18, made 3 starts at FS in ’18.
-Chandler Greer OT ** 73 – Redshirted in ’14, Appeared in 28 games from ’15-’18. Made 13 starts at RT in ’18, 4 starts at LG in ’17.
-Myquon Stout DE ** 72 – STUD, 3 year starter at DT, 2 time Team Captain. 1st Team All-Sun Belt in ’18. Played in 51 career games from ’15-’18 after redshirting in ’14.
-Devan Stringer OLB ** 71 – STUD, 4 year starter at OLB from ’14-’17. 3rd Team All-Sun Belt in ’17, All-Sun Belt Honorable mention ’15.
-Eric Boggs ILB ** 71 – STUD, Played in 51 games from ’14-’17, started the final 45 in the last 3 years. Leading team tackler for 3 straight seasons. 1st team All-Sun Belt in ’17, 2nd team All-Sun Belt in ’16 & ’15.
-Owen Painter OT ** 71 – Redshirted in ’14, Like Walton, transferred to the University of West George in ’15. Unknown finish to collegiate career.
-Tobias Edge-Campbell OT ** 70 – Redshirted in ’14, Made six starts in 30 career games from ’15-‘18, with two starts at center in ‘16 and four starts at left guard in ‘17.
-Latrell Gibbs CB ** 70 – 2 year starter at CB from ’14-’15, 1st Team All-Sun Belt in ‘15. Transferred to University of West George from ’17-’19. *App site has erased him from roster for his two years.
-Madison Malone OT ** 70 – Redshirted in ’14, Saw action in ’15-’16, Missed 2017 season due to injury. Unknown finish to collegiate career.
-Mykelti Armstrong WR ** 70 – Did this guy even make it on campus??? Played WR for Marian University from ’15-’17.
-Jalin Moore RB NA – GOAT, finished App State career with 3,570 rushing yards to rank #6 in school history, career average of 6.13 yards per carry ranks #1 in school history, #7 in App State history with 33 rushing touchdowns and #6 in school history in 100-yard rushing games with 17 in 42 games from ’15-’18. Suffered season ending injury in week 5 of ’18. Sun Belt OPOY in ’16, 1st Team All Sun Belt in ’17 & ’16. Played in all 13 games as a freshman after redshirting in ’14.

[CoachRob]

7 All Sun Belt players from this class including an 8th who played in the NFL.
Those in the class that were 5th year Seniors got to experience at least a share of the Sun Belt Conference Championship in the final 3 of their years playing. Heck of an accomplishment.

If anyone has insight on guys who I could not find info on, please share. Thanks!

[CornCobPipes]

Nice work.....great thread post! It's reads like this keeps folks coming back to The Cabin.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Was Stringer the one that plowed through the Tennessee QB which should have been a game winning tackle but the fumble went through one of our guy's legs into a Tennessee player's hands for a TD?

[AtlAppMan]

Great Analysis CoachRob. Thanks for the effort. This would be very nice to have a yearly rundown since 2014 to present to see what really were the results of each recruiting class. As many have said before, the only true way to analyze a recruiting class is in a historical perspective.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

I was just curious, so I looked at the recruiting classes of 20, 21, and 22 and you can see where the decline started. Now, the class of 23 was really good, but only Colton Phares remains on the roster from that class.

[AppSt91]

Was Stringer the one that plowed through the Tennessee QB which should have been a game winning tackle but the fumble went through one of our guy's legs into a Tennessee player's hands for a TD?

I think that was Kenan Gilchrist. Know it wasn’t Stringer.

[appfanjj]

Was Stringer the one that plowed through the Tennessee QB which should have been a game winning tackle but the fumble went through one of our guy's legs into a Tennessee player's hands for a TD?

I think that was Kenan Gilchrist. Know it wasn’t Stringer.

It was Gilchrist. Huge play followed by huge disappointment.

[CoachRob]

Will have a break down of at least next 5 classes over next 5 days.

[biggie]

Was Stringer the one that plowed through the Tennessee QB which should have been a game winning tackle but the fumble went through one of our guy's legs into a Tennessee player's hands for a TD?

I think that was Kenan Gilchrist. Know it wasn’t Stringer.

It was Gilchrist. Huge play followed by huge disappointment.

Yes mood changed faster than those sorority girls watching that Troy hail mary play.

[T-Dog]

Chandler Greer was just named the head football coach at AC Reynolds HS in Asheville.

Meadors was a difference maker. Burning his redshirt halfway through 2014 was the right decision. Opened up the offense more and led to upticks for all WRs, including Malachi Jones, Bobo Beathard and Simms McElFresh.

Even though we brought in some great players in 2014-2016, the 2012 and 2013 classes with Satterfield recruiting while still in FCS were the backbone of those 2014 and 2015 teams.

[Saint3333]

Will have a break down of at least next 5 classes over next 5 days.

This is excellent stuff! Could you summarize the classes going forward:

- Number of recruits
- Number of players that played
- Starters
- All Conference

Would be interesting to see what percentage of each class achieved those levels.

[CoachRob]

Chandler Greer was just named the head football coach at AC Reynolds HS in Asheville.

Meadors was a difference maker. Burning his redshirt halfway through 2014 was the right decision. Opened up the offense more and led to upticks for all WRs, including Malachi Jones, Bobo Beathard and Simms McElFresh.

Even though we brought in some great players in 2014-2016, the 2012 and 2013 classes with Satterfield recruiting while still in FCS were the backbone of those 2014 and 2015 teams.

This class I would argue is the backbone to the 1st 3 Sun Belt Championships starting in '16.

[CoachRob]

Will have a break down of at least next 5 classes over next 5 days.

This is excellent stuff! Could you summarize the classes going forward:

- Number of recruits
- Number of players that played
- Starters
- All Conference

Would be interesting to see what percentage of each class achieved those levels.

Yes, I'm planning on it time permitting. Was going to do more with this class today but got busy. I'll try to add some for tomorrow.