Roster Updates

[Rekdiver]

I know Walkons have done great things in the past. Do the coaches express surprise at any of the ones we've picked up the past couple of years?

[boonetown1]

Returning george vinson...hell yeah, big time baller

[AppGrad78]

People who have followed Will Hardin's high school career say he's a quality grab for us.

[moonshine]

I thought we had another walk-on DL player, Elijah Diarrassouba, from Greensboro (Page). Any word on him Moose?

[Yosef10]

Returning george vinson...hell yeah, big time baller

I remember the name but what's the background on him?

[boonetown1]

3 star linebacker I believe who played HB. I think he quick to powerlift/bodybuild.

[boonetown1]

3 star linebacker I believe who played HB. I think he quit to powerlift/bodybuild.

[firemoose]

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[firemoose]

Returning george vinson...hell yeah, big time baller

I remember the name but what's the background on him?

We'll see where Vinson winds up. He was, as boonetown said, a three star LB. We had a lot of guys at that position and we needed another blocking TE/HB after Bailey graduated but he left the team before last season. I looked in from time to time and saw he was still listed in school here. Looks like football was still in the blood for him. We've moved some guys into the HB role since he left and some of our LB's have moved to DE so it'll be interesting to watch and see where he lands. Very strong guy and I'm glad to get him back in any position.

[firemoose]

People who have followed Will Hardin's high school career say he's a quality grab for us.

I heard the same things said when he agreed to come here. And on a related note three of the OL's listed have at least some center experience that I saw in their film including Appling, who was the shotgun center for Shelby. All of them aren't that far off in the last weights I have for them and we let Shawn and Iron Mike get with them we might find some much needed help and maybe even some diamonds. Right now we'll take all the help we can get on both lines, backers, and special teams.

[AtlAppMan]

It sounds like we are in serious need of OL players who can play now. At this level you can't expect to survive with just one set across the front but rather you have to have at least two deep day one. You have to expect to lose some throughout the season. i get the feeling we may not even have a whole O line set. We need several young studs on OL to step up quick.

[firemoose]

Couple of additions with more PWO's reporting. And some of the ones I listed in the last update have their new height/weight listed now. I'll list the additions (including their last known height/weight like last time) first then I'll update the previous ones that have changed, listing the previous height/weight and the new stats. Two notes-Diarrassouba was listed out of HS as a WSDE/OLB but word from camp is that he's been working at nose. And Romonowski was listed as a LS/FB. I didn't see any film of him kicking so I'm betting the listing will be changed. We'll see when they post the updates for these two.

Additions:
96 Diarrassouba, Elijah DL - Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Page) WSDE/OLB (6' 1" 240)
53 Romonowski, Ben K - Fr. Evans, GA (Greenbrier) LS/FB (5' 11" 210)

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2217097/elijah-diarrassouba
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2505824/ben-romanowski

Updates:
64 Appling, Jake OL 6-3 295 Fr. Shelby, N.C. (Shelby) Previous-OG/OC (6' 4" 275)
69 Dawkins, Tommy DL 6-1 220 Fr. Concord, N.C. (Cox Mill) Previous-DE/OLB (6' 3" 225)
67 Gillespie, Weston OL 6-3 265 Fr. Travelers Rest (S.C.) Previous-DE/OT (6' 4" 240)
39 Goode, Dillon WR 6-0 175 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Ardrey Kelly) Previous-WR (6' 1" 185)
79 Hardin, Will OL 6-2 280 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Page)Previous-OL/NG (6' 3" 285)
20 Pack, Cameron OLB 6-3 210 Fr. Mount Airy, N.C. (Mount Airy) Previous-OLB/TE (6' 5" 200)
63 Reyes, Ivan OL 6-1 290 Fr. Hickory (N.C.) Previous-OT/DE (6' 2" 260)
91 Spurlin, Caleb TE 5-10 230 Fr. Galax, Va. (Galax) Previous-MLB/HB (5' 11" 220)
57 Staton, Chandler K 5-11 180 Fr. Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville) Previous-K/P (5' 11" 170)
60 Wright, Logan OL 6-4 315 Fr. Kernersville, N.C. (East Forsyth) Previous-OG OT (6' 5" 287)

[HeffnerIV]

Some of these guys got shorter. Interesting

[bigdaddyg]

What does that mean (above)? Red writing?

[Rekdiver]

I assume that is what they were listed in their hs programs

[firemoose]

What does that mean (above)? Red writing?

The red is what they were listed in the HS film packages, as Rek said. I just bolded it the last time but wanted to make it stand out more. As to the differences, this was one of the reasons I wanted to list them. Just take a look at the other thread discussing ratings on sites. Although I list the most up to date info I can find on recruits when we offer them I take most of them with a grain of salt unless it's a verified listing from one of the Opening events, where they do measurements before workouts. A lot of the guys did increase in weight with Mike's program he sent to them for the summer but those current ones are our own measurements.

[TheMackAttack]

Does Diarrassouba have the frame to add the 40+ pounds he needs to play nose or is that just something they're doing to get him some reps and the other guys a break while Fernandez splits time?

[firemoose]

Does Diarrassouba have the frame to add the 40+ pounds he needs to play nose or is that just something they're doing to get him some reps and the other guys a break while Fernandez splits time?

From all I've heard they do believe he has the frame to get to the Stout/Burns level of weight. He's not going to be a 300+ lb guy but we like to mix up the road graders with the lighter, quicker guys to give different looks. But we've got to find some of the bigger guys or we'll be playing much more of the lighter ones in future years. Not an easy task to be sure, finding DT recruits that have both the 280+ size coming out of HS, the talent to play the nose position, and the grades to get into App. Proving to be difficult these last two years.

[mtd Security]

2017 recruiting; Not on team yet. Someone should check out App St 247.
http://appalachianstate.247sports.com/S ... ll/Commits

So far no decommits.
App St loading up to dominate the Sun Belt

[MtnDevil95]

Logan Wright sure seems to have the measurements to be a beast on the O-Line, any report that he has the skill and footwork to go along with all that mass?