Recruiting, 2015

[firemoose]

5*, 6"5 240, 4.4, 40 time, is that what i am hearing?

Not exactly. But since he put it on his twitter we do have at least one visitor planning to come next weekend. JUCO OL Paul Stawarz (6′ 5″ 295) of College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL is reported to be coming for an OV. I have added a player page with video highlights to the Considering section of the 2015 Main Page. There is a possibility of another JUCO player also coming next weekend. I'll add him if the visit comes together.

[bcoach]

Thanks for all the hard work Moose!

One last post for those concerned about how we stacked up this year. According to Rivals we were in the top 100, just behind GS based on total score. Based on average recruit rating we tied for second in the SB with GS, SA and ULL. I'm looking forward to seeing these guys on the field over the next few years!

I guess rivals is ok but I want the Moose rating!

[firemoose]

OL Paul Stawarz (6′ 5″ 295) of College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL is on his visit now and it has been reported on several JUCO sites that he has been offered. Nothing posted from him except some re-tweets of those posts so I'm going to move his player page to the Offers section on the Main. I'll update as more develops.

[ASUPATCH]

OL Paul Stawarz (6′ 5″ 295) of College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL is on his visit now and it has been reported on several JUCO sites that he has been offered. Nothing posted from him except some re-tweets of those posts so I'm going to move his player page to the Offers section on the Main. I'll update as more develops.

May the force be with him? Sorry had to.

[firemoose]

OL Paul Stawarz (6′ 5″ 295) of College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL is on his visit now and it has been reported on several JUCO sites that he has been offered. Nothing posted from him except some re-tweets of those posts so I'm going to move his player page to the Offers section on the Main. I'll update as more develops.

Stawarz was offered by Texas Tech yesterday on his first visit day and committed tonight.

Final signing day is the 1st. Unless a transfer or another name pops up quickly looks like we'll have a few extras for this next class.

[AppFan11]

Good job moose... Thanks for keeping us informed.

[firemoose]

Good job moose... Thanks for keeping us informed.

Thanks. I appreciate it. Given that 2016 is in full swing I'll actually be glad to see April 1st come and finally be MOSTLY finished with the 2015 recruiting. I still have a few walkons to add. I think I know most of them I haven't added yet and have the info in my notes but I want to make sure once they are added when school starts.

Just for the heck of it I took a look back at the 2014 and 2015 pages. Since the 2014 Main page was created on Feb 9th 2013 I made 709 revisions and built 204 player pages. In 2015 the Main was created Feb 8th 2014 and it has 538 revisions and 199 player pages so far. There were more reported offers than that both years but some were so far out of our reach I just added them to the list on the Main only without spending the time to build a page for them. If by some chance a 4 or 5 star offer committed to us I could have a page up in 20 or so minutes but otherwise it's not an area of need.

So far the 2016 page already has 124 revisions and 52 player pages. Looks like a lot more work ahead before Feb 2016 rolls around. And those are just the football pages .

GO MOUNTAINEERS....

[hapapp]

Good job moose... Thanks for keeping us informed.

Thanks. I appreciate it. Given that 2016 is in full swing I'll actually be glad to see April 1st come and finally be MOSTLY finished with the 2015 recruiting. I still have a few walkons to add. I think I know most of them I haven't added yet and have the info in my notes but I want to make sure once they are added when school starts.

Just for the heck of it I took a look back at the 2014 and 2015 pages. Since the 2014 Main page was created on Feb 9th 2013 I made 709 revisions and built 204 player pages. In 2015 the Main was created Feb 8th 2014 and it has 538 revisions and 199 player pages so far. There were more reported offers than that both years but some were so far out of our reach I just added them to the list on the Main only without spending the time to build a page for them. If by some chance a 4 or 5 star offer committed to us I could have a page up in 20 or so minutes but otherwise it's not an area of need.

So far the 2016 page already has 124 revisions and 52 player pages. Looks like a lot more work ahead before Feb 2016 rolls around. And those are just the football pages .

GO MOUNTAINEERS....

I know you hear it time and again, but you do an incredible job keeping us abreast of all the latest recruiting news. What a world of difference between what you provide and what used to be available to us. I don't know how you do it!

[firemoose]

Not quite done here yet. From twitter reports DT Howard Houston (6' 2" 290) of Foothills College (JUCO) in Los Altos Hills, CA has received a reported offer from App. A player page with video has been added to the Main. The Rivals 2 star DT is showing additional reported offers from Ga St, Hawaii, UL-L, Prairie View A&M, South Dakota, SE Missouri St, SE Louisiana, and Tx Sou.

Looks like we're still on the prowl for some JUCO guys for the 2015 class.

[JTApps1]

Not quite done here yet. From twitter reports DT Howard Houston (6' 2" 290) of Foothills College (JUCO) in Los Altos Hills, CA has received a reported offer from App. A player page with video has been added to the Main. The Rivals 2 star DT is showing additional reported offers from Ga St, Hawaii, UL-L, Prairie View A&M, South Dakota, SE Missouri St, SE Louisiana, and Tx Sou.

Looks like we're still on the prowl for some JUCO guys for the 2015 class.

We could certainly use the extra big body. His Twitter mentions being a "3 for 2" which would be huge for us if we could RS him this year to even out our classes at DT.

[firemoose]

To wrap this up. Listed below is the pic of the incoming group of players. Combined with our early enrollees this is the entire 2015 signing class except Gerald Morgan. I waited to post because I wanted to check around since he is still listed on the roster but he is playing JUCO at Georgia Military this upcoming season. I expect the upcoming full roster update will change the listing. We can hope he comes back to us but he will have additional options by the time he's done there. Wait and see on him. Also, of the incoming PWO's I had listed on the Main all but one are listed on the .edu page. I moved that one back to the considering App section until fall and we see if he is a regular walk on and also any additional guys that were not listed. Anyway, this should wrap up 2015 baring something unexpected.

And just think, only a little over 7 months until the next signing day.

[firemoose]

Sorry. first posted in the 2016 thread.

Appears our new coach has brought in a new commit for this upcoming season. I am gathering the information and will post it ASAP.

[firemoose]

Still working on this one but from twitter OLB/DE Chris Favoroso (6′ 3″ 240) of Jensen Beach High School in Jensen Beach, FL has announced he's committed to App for 2015. A player page with video has been added to the 2015 Main in the Commits section. The Rivals 2 star DE/LB is showing additional reported offers from FIU, Lehigh, Navy, New Hampshire, Penn, Southern IL, Stetson, Tenn St, USF, and WKU.

Rivals has him listed as a SSDE. 24/7 as an OLB. With his size he could play either position for us. Time will tell where we project him. And 24/7 had him Crystal Balled to USF. Given he thanked Coach Holt in his tweet it sounds like he was his recruiter at USF. Still gathering information and will update as needed.

[App95]

Take a look at his hudl package...this guy is a sack machine! Nice last minute steal.

[Rekdiver]

We have a Florida pipeline!!!! We are now kicking some recruiting butt!

[firemoose]

I'm going to add one more to the 2015 Main. OG/OC Evan Crowell (6′ 1″ 280) of Plant City High School in Plant City, FL is now listed in the Other Newcomers section. Normally I don't add PWO's to the thread but he was a Rivals 2 star with and Air Force offer and several Ivy League schools on the sheet. He tweeted about coming to App today. I had him in my notes from a Rivals article posted about a year ago where he had said App was the place he wanted to be. Given he's in the .edu database and has App State Football Class of '19 on his twitter bio looks like he decided to forgo the offers and take a PWO here. Given he's 280 already and his highlights show him playing guard and center plus some DT he could be a possible candidate as a backup center or even a couple of other positions. As with all of the PWO's they are ones to watch when camp starts.

[firemoose]

Still working on this one but from twitter OLB/DE Chris Favoroso (6′ 3″ 240) of Jensen Beach High School in Jensen Beach, FL has announced he's committed to App for 2015. A player page with video has been added to the 2015 Main in the Commits section. The Rivals 2 star DE/LB is showing additional reported offers from FIU, Lehigh, Navy, New Hampshire, Penn, Southern IL, Stetson, Tenn St, USF, and WKU.

Rivals has him listed as a SSDE. 24/7 as an OLB. With his size he could play either position for us. Time will tell where we project him. And 24/7 had him Crystal Balled to USF. Given he thanked Coach Holt in his tweet it sounds like he was his recruiter at USF. Still gathering information and will update as needed.

Favoroso is on campus and is with the team. It was posted on 24/7 that he has signed so I've moved him up to that section on the Main. Either way he's here and ready to get to work. Glad to have him aboard.