Recruiting, 2013

[Kgfish]

I don't care about the stars but I do want to know who else is recruiting them. It may not be a sure fire indication but I have more confidence in coaches than some self appointed internet talent judges.

[Cincy App]

78 and MBA - I agree completely that the recruiting stars don't mean much at our level. I remembered that Quick and Price had no stars. That tells me enough right there!

As suggested, I am also interested in who else is recruiting our prospects.

[HighPointApp]

The amount of info on here is staggering. Thanks to everyone who has contributed.

[GoApps70]

No one is arguing that point really, just the quality of our coaching staff in the past. We sure have a great group of coaches now it seems.

[firemoose]

'78 do we have any visits up on the mountain this weekend?

Taylor Lamb and Beau Nunn are here, and I've got a feeling Rashaad Townes is here, too. But I don't know of any non-committed prospects. Parker Collins is at Youngstown State. Deondre Singleton is at Duke. Tshumbi Johnson is at Cincinnati. David Gaydosz is at Akron. It's possible Zach Riggs moved his Feb. 1 visit to Boone to this weekend (he was hoping to), but I haven't heard if he did. I'm guessing our Rivals site has more details. Firemoose might have more details after he talks with his sister.

Lamb and Nunn are here. Townes was here last week. My sister spoke to him and his parents one on one. There are two uncommitted that I was told about yesterday and it was put on Rivals today so I feel more comfortable with giving their names. Tyrell Brown (5'10" 190 DB/RB of Lovejoy High School in Hampton GA) and Colby Gossett (6'6" 290 OL of North Forsyth High School in Cummings GA). There are supposed to be 5 others if what I was told is correct but that number wasn't a certain number so I don't want to speculate until I am able to confirm. I was told that 2 of those others would be walk on players. I will have a better idea tomorrow after the lunch.

I'm hopeful that a couple of these others and that some of the ones for next weekend are DL players, especially DT or NG, since we are running the 3-4. Was also told that we are really looking for a RB since we lost one of our biggest targets this week. Fernando Van Hook committed to Central Arkansas so the big board is being reloaded. We are also looking to get one more QB in case Johnson stays with his commit to Cincinnati. That's not as high up the board as RB is now but is still up there. If I hear anything else I'll let everyone know.

[AppGrad78]

Thanks, Firemoose

Tyrell Brown's highlights:

Colby Gossett's highlights:

[AppGrad78]

Per Gonzo's request, I have updated the master list with Rivals stars:


COMMITMENTS TO APPALACHIAN STATE
RB/WR Marcus Cox (5-10, 185) of Dacula High School in Dacula, Ga. (last updated Oct. 25, 2012); Rivals stars: none
LB/DB Rashaad "Boomer" Townes (6-2, 200) of Howard High School in Macon, Ga. (posted Dec. 6, 2012); Rivals stars: none
DB Anthony Covington (5-11, 185) of Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte (posted Dec. 8, 2012); Rivals stars:
WR/DB Dante Jones (5-11, 170) of Southeast Raleigh High School in Raleigh (posted Dec. 7, 2012, last updated Dec. 19, 2012); Rivals stars:
LB George Vinson (6-0, 205) of Damascus High School in Damascus, Md. (posted Dec. 12, 2012, last updated Dec. 26, 2012); Rivals stars:
OL Parker Collins (6-3, 285) of North Augusta High School in North Augusta, Ga. (posted Jan. 4, 2013, updated Jan. 13, 2013); Rivals stars: none
LB Kennan Gilchrist (6-2, 200) of Abbeville High School in Abbeville, S.C. (posted Jan. 13, 2013); Rivals stars:
DE/OL Beau Nunn (6-4, 260) York Comprehensive High School, McConnells, S.C. (posted Dec. 31, 2012, updated Jan. 13, 2013); Rivals stars: none
QB/P Taylor Lamb (6-2, 200) of Calhoun High School in Calhoun, Ga. (posted Jan. 13, 2013); Rivals stars: none


OTHER NEWCOMERS TO APPALACHIAN STATE
WR Terez Cowan (5-11, 185) of Decatur High School in Decatur, Ga.; Rivals stars: none
DB Perez Cowan (5-11, 185) of Decatur High School in Decatur, Ga.; Rivals stars: none
RB Eric Davidson (5-7, 200) of Western Guilford High School in Greensboro ... transferring from Utah (posted Dec. 5, 2012); Rivals stars:
LS Chase McIntyre (6-2, 205) of West Henderson High School in Hendersonville ... has accepted a preferred walk-on invitation (posted Dec. 19, 2012); Rivals stars: none
P Ryan McGuirt (6-2, 192) of Providence Day School in Charlotte ... transferring from University of Miami (posted Dec. 21, 2012); Rivals stars: none
OL/DE Brandon Hunter (6-4, 275) of Chapel Hill by way of Hargrave Military Academy ... enrolled in classes (posted Jan. 9, 2013); Rivals stars:
LB Denzel "D.J." Ward (5-11, 223) Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City ... transferring from Virginia Tech (posted Jan. 14, 2013); Rivals stars: none


COMMITMENTS ELSEWHERE
QB Shane McCarley (6-1, 200) of Manvel, Texas ... committed to Old Dominion; Rivals stars:
LB Darren Hambrick (6-2, 220) of Hernando High School in Dade City, Fla. ... committed to Missouri; Rivals stars:
DE Tevin Jones (6-4, 245) of Luella High School in Locus Grove, Ga. ... committed to Georgia State (posted Oct. 9, 2012) Rivals stars: none
OL Connor Trent (6-5, 300) of Volunteer High School in Church Hill, Tenn. ... committed to Middle Tennessee State (posted Oct. 12, 2012) Rivals stars:
RB Marcus Clark (5-7, 185) of North Florida Christian in Tallahassee, Fla. ... committed to Florida International (posted Nov. 1, 2012) Rivals stars:
TE/OL Kendall Vickers (6-3, 225) of Havelock High School in Havelock ... committed to South Carolina (last updated Nov. 15, 2012) Rivals stars:
RB Kalif Phillips (5-10, 185) of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis ... committed to Charlotte (last updated Dec. 5, 2012) Rivals stars:
OL Dallas Hinkhouse (6-5, 265) of Iowa Western Community College by way of Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa ... committed to Illinois (posted Oct. 9, 2012, last updated Dec. 10, 2012) Rivals stars:
RB Don Jackson (5-10, 205) of Iowa Western Community College by way of Laguna Creek High School in Elk Grove, Calif. ... committed to Nevada (posted Oct. 8, 2012, last updated Dec. 11, 2012) Rivals stars:
OLB Aaron Plantt (6-1, 200) of Hallandale High School in Hallandale, Fla. ... committed to Marshall (originally posted Oct. 28, 2012, last updated Dec. 12, 2012) Rivals stars:
OL Schuyler Coleman (6-6, 330) of Davidson Day in Lake Norman ... committed to North Carolina (posted Dec. 21, 2012) Rivals stars: none
QB Brad Butler (6-2, 202) of Darlington High School in Rome, Ga. ... committed to Wofford (posted Oct. 12, 2012, updated Jan. 6, 2013) Rivals stars: none
DB A.J. Coplon (5-10, 174) of Havelock High School in Havelock ... committed to East Carolina (updated Jan. 7, 2013) Rivals stars:
DL Jalen Stevens (6-4, 218) of Goose Creek High School in Goose Creek, S.C. ... committed to Connecticut (posted Dec. 13, 2012, updated Jan. 12, 2013) Rivals stars:
DT/TE/OL Michael Raiford (6-6, 285) Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga. ... committed to Navy (posted Jan. 13, 2013) Rivals stars:
DB Dravious Wright (5-10, 188) of Vero Beach, Fla. ... committed to N.C. State (last posted Jan. 15, 2013) Rivals stars:


CONSIDERING APPALACHIAN STATE
DE Matt Foster (6-3, 215) of Cook High School in Adel, Ga. Rivals stars: none
ATH Tyrail Hawkins (5-11, 180) of Hernando High School in Dade City, Fla. Rivals stars:
RB/LB O’Mar Hawkins of Hernando High School in Dade City, Fla. Rivals stars: none
LB Robert Hill Bronson of Hernando High School in Dade City, Fla. Rivals stars: none
RB Josh Joyner (5-10, 185) of Hunt High School in Wilson Rivals stars: none
DB Ralph Stovall (6-1, 168) of Highland Springs High School in Highland Springs, Va. Rivals stars: none
TE/DE Sheldon Fleming (6-4, 245) of East Lee County High School in Lehigh Acres, Fla. Rivals stars:
RB Martin Stafford (5-9, 183) of Jonesboro High School in Jonesboro, Ark.; Rivals stars:
WR Rodney Morris (6-3, 212) of Alpharetta High School in Alpharetta, Ga.; Rivals stars: none
OL Will Robertson (6-4, 270) of North Rowan High School in Spencer; Rivals stars: none
LB Jalen Forrest (6-1, 215) of East Forsyth High School in Kernersville; Rivals stars: none
QB Quay Boyd (6-5, 210) of Lafayette High School in Lafayette, Ala.; Rivals stars: none
WR Trent Bostick (6-1, 187) of Richmond Senior High School in Rockingham; Rivals stars: none
RB John Brown (5-10, 187) of Jordan High School in Durham; Rivals stars: none
OL Brian Stryffler (n/a) of Lee County High School in Sanford; Rivals stars: none
ATH Josh Nobles (5-11, 170) of Landmark Christian in Atlanta (last updated Nov. 7, 2012); Rivals stars: none
DB Ryan Carter (5-10, 175) of Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga.; Rivals stars: none
OL Lucas Holder (6-5, 265) of Carroll County High School in Hillsville, Va.; Rivals stars: none
TE/DE Dustin Bowens (6-4, 235) of Palm Coast High School in Flagler, Fla.; Rivals stars: none
QB Tyler Roberson (6-2, 205) of Augusta Christian in Augusta, Ga.; Rivals stars: none
RB Ahmad Mitchell (5-6, 168) of Salem High School in Conyers, Ga.; Rivals stars: none
RB Ken McDowell (5-8, 185) of Gray's Creek High School in Hope Mills; Rivals stars: none
DE Andrew Mayton (6-3, 230) of North Davidson High School in Welcome; Rivals stars: none
DE Kenneth Melton (6-4, 220) of Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City; Rivals stars: none
WR Demetrius Oliver (6-2, 200) of Ashbrook High School in Gastonia (posted Oct. 10, 2012); Rivals stars: none
QB Brandon Goodson (6-0, 180) of Dacula High School in Dacula, Ga. (posted Oct. 12, 2012); Rivals stars: none
WR/TE Rontavius McClure (6-6, 215) of Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C. (posted Oct. 13, 2012); Rivals stars: none
K/P Will Johnson (5-11, 160) of High Point Central High School in High Point (posted Oct. 14, 2012); Rivals stars: none
RB Matt Breida (5-10, 170) of Nature Coast Tech in Brooksville, Fla. (posted Oct. 18, 2012); Rivals stars:
RB Torry Clayton (5-10, 200) of West Virginia University by way of South Dade High School in Homestead, Fla. (posted Oct. 19, 2012) Rivals stars:
QB Garrett Young (6-2, 180) of East Lincoln HIgh School in Catawba Springs Township (posted Oct. 19, 2012); Rivals stars: none
WR Trey Gattison (6-0, 175) of Hartsville High School in Hartsville, S.C. (posted Oct. 25, 2012); Rivals stars: none
P/K Manning Burton (6-2, 160) of Shelby High School in Shelby (posted Oct. 27, 2012); Rivals stars: none
RB/KR Darius Hammond (5-9, 185) of Strom Thurmond High School in Johnston, S.C. (posted Oct. 30, 2012); Rivals stars: none
QB Ross Jeffries (6-1, 185) of Myers Park High School in Charlotte (posted Nov. 2, 2012); Rivals stars: none
QB Bryan Bailey (6-1, 170) of Woodruff High School in Woodruff, S.C. (posted Nov. 6, 2012); Rivals stars: none
WR Keinan Lewis (6-0, 185) of Belton-Honea Path High School in Honea Path, S.C. (posted Nov. 7, 2012); Rivals stars: none
OL Parker McKeithan (6-4, 295) of Salisbury High School in Salisbury (posted Nov. 8, 2012); Rivals stars: none
DB Shane Samuels (5-8, 160) of Byrnes High School in Duncan, S.C. (posted Nov. 8, 2012); Rivals stars: none
LB/DB Michael Wamer (6-3, 205) of Woodland High School in Dorchester, S.C. (posted Nov. 9, 2012); Rivals stars:
WR Daryl "D.J." Wilson (6-2, 180) of Hendersonville High School in Hendersonville (posted Nov. 9, 2012); Rivals stars: none
RB Jo-Nathan Alford (5-10, 185) of Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Ga. (posted Nov. 10, 2012); Rivals stars: none
QB Vincent Jefferies (6-1, 166) of Garner High School in Garner (posted Nov. 24, 2012); Rivals stars: none
OL Royus Amos (6-5, 250) of Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Fla. (posted Nov. 29, 2012); Rivals stars: none
DB Jordan Quebe (6-0, 170) of Cape Coral High School in Cape Coral, Fla. (posted Nov. 30, 2012); Rivals stars: none
LB/DE/TE Solomon Jackson (6-2, 235) of Tucker High School in Tucker, Ga. (posted Oct. 21, 2012, last updated Dec. 10, 2012); Rivals stars:
DB Chocolate Wilson (5-9. 160) of Myrtle Beach High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (posted Dec. 12, 2012); Rivals stars:
DB Brandon Pinckney (6-0, 170) of Dorman High School in Spartanburg, S.C. (posted Dec. 13, 2012); Rivals stars: none
ATH Tshumbi Johnson (5-11, 185) of Immokalee High School in Immokalee, Fla. ... (posted Oct. 17, 2012, last updated Dec 15, 2012); Rivals stars:
DL David "D.J." Jones (6-2, 291) of Wren High School in Piedmont, S.C. (posted Oct. 11, 2012, last updated Jan. 2, 2012); Rivals stars: none
DB Jordan Howard (5-10, 175) of Ventura Community College in Ventura, Calif. via Pensacola, Fla. (posted Jan. 2, 2013); Rivals stars:
TE/OL Zach Riggs (6-5, 248) of Mann High School in Greenville, S.C. (updated Jan. 6, 2013); Rivals stars: none
DB/WR Will Buckley (5-10, 180) of East Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill (posted, Jan. 11, 2013); Rivals stars: none
DB Deondre Singleton (6-0, 175) of Archer High School in Lawrenceville, Ga. (posted Jan. 12, 2013); Rivals stars:
ATH Lee Wright (6-0, 195) of York Comprehensive High School, McConnells, S.C. (posted Jan. 13, 2013); Rivals stars: none
RB David Gaydosz (5-11, 195) of Cabell Midland High School in Ona, W.Va. (last posted Jan. 15, 2013); Rivals stars:
RB/DB Tyrell Brown (5-11, 190) of Lovejoy High School in Hampton, Ga. (posted Jan. 18, 2013); Rivals stars: none
OL Colby Gossett (6-6, 290) of North Forsyth High School of Cumming, Ga. (posted Jan. 18, 2013); Rivals stars: none

[eggers76]

Thanks, Firemoose

Tyrell Brown's highlights:

Colby Gossett's highlights:

Brown reminds me a little of the film you posted for another recruit, Lee Wright. He is very quick to the ball. Looking around the web, Lovejoy is a loaded team that finished state runner-up in GA's largest school classification. He apparently visited UAB last weekend and also holds offers from Coastal, Furman, among others.

[asumike83]

Colby Gossett could be a nice get. He seems a bit raw on tape but you can't teach 6-6, 290. I'd like to see what Coach Ledford can do with him.

[asutrnr81]

Was also told that we are really looking for a RB since we lost one of our biggest targets this week. Fernando Van Hook committed to Central Arkansas so the big board is being reloaded. We are also looking to get one more QB in case Johnson stays with his commit to Cincinnati. That's not as high up the board as RB is now but is still up there. If I hear anything else I'll let everyone know.

We have now lost our top two RB targets.....oh but for a few more GPA or ACT points.........and now Van Hook!!!!!

Said it Earlier in the week....We need a RB Bayd!

[CaptainZZ]

Anybody have any info/comments on Ken McDowell? His last two years at Grey's Creek he rushed for over 4,000 yards and 55 touchdowns.

[AppGrad78]

Nice photo of the recruiting display at the Athletic Complex:

[asumike83]

We do need more depth at RB but if Holloway stays healthy, I believe the feature back job is his to lose unless we really get a big-time signing in this class. He is only a redshirt freshman but graduated early and has been with the team since December 2011.

The back-up job seems pretty wide open though. Frazier, Davidson and Magloire will be in the mix and when he was originally being recruited, I remember hearing that Marcus Cox was being looked at as either a slot receiver or running back.

Has anyone heard what position Cox is expected to play? On tape, he looks like a talented ball-carrier and with all the depth we have at WR, I'd think he could be put in the mix at RB as well.

[ASU_MBA]

Yes we need a RB but rarely if ever does a freshman running back make an impact. What we have, is what we will probably go with.

[firemoose]

OK…I can give a little more information, not as much as I would like but I am working on it. There were 7 recruits today. Lamb and Nunn were the only commits. As I said last night Tyrell Brown and Colby Gossett were also there. Beau Nunn’s brother, a TE walk on prospect, was there too. That leaves two others and I am still working on confirming who they were. I hope to have something on that later tonight.

Just for information, was told that the next two weeks will go as follows. Next week’s group will again be mostly potential scholarship players with a couple potential walk on players thrown in. The final weekend will be walk on and backups for any possible de-commits. They seem to have backups for most of our commits just in case but are really working the RB position hard and are still talking to a couple athlete/QB’s to possibly bring in. It’s still pretty fluid right now. I still want to see some DL’s brought in and hopefully we will have a few next weekend. I will update as I find out any info.

[ASU_MBA]

Moving to a dedicated 3-4, we really don't need but maybe one DL player. Woody runs a different 3-4 than Stale Dale ran. We could use maybe a DE or two.

NT position has an overflow of players
Soph. Burns
Soph. Bronson
Soph. Millhouse
Fresh. Darian Smalls
Soph. Devante Harris (I don't think he has the quickness off the edge to play DE in Woody's system)

DE position is a little weaker
Jr. Blair
Soph. Greg Hall
Fresh. Tashion Singleton
Jr. Duece Robinson

We are super thin at LB, I expect one of the DBs like Henry Barnes, Middleton, or Alex Gray to add some weight and move to OLB

Woody in the past has used smaller very quick players at the DE spot.

[ASU_MBA]

It sucks that Adam Scott and Karl Anderson gave up their last year of football. Glad they got degrees but both would have been starters in Woody's system. The more I look at our D the more nervous I get about the front 7 in particular.

[firemoose]

Moving to a dedicated 3-4, we really don't need but maybe one DL player. Woody runs a different 3-4 than Stale Dale ran. We could use maybe a DE or two.

NT position has an overflow of players
Soph. Burns
Soph. Bronson
Soph. Millhouse
Fresh. Darian Smalls
Soph. Devante Harris (I don't think he has the quickness off the edge to play DE in Woody's system)

DE position is a little weaker
Jr. Blair
Soph. Greg Hall
Fresh. Tashion Singleton
Jr. Duece Robinson

We are super thin at LB, I expect one of the DBs like Henry Barnes, Middleton, or Alex Gray to add some weight and move to OLB

Woody in the past has used smaller very quick players at the DE spot.

I was referring to DE's more than DT's or NT's. Sorry, I should have been a little more specific. They are working on LB's also. We do have a few players who would be able to move in, as you pointed out. Not knowing exactly who the DC was going to be slowed us down a bit. It's moving now but I agree that we are going to have to shuffle some now that Woody is the DC. Anytime you change a coordinator it is going to take a little time to get their type of player in the system. Said the same thing about Scott last year.

[AppDawg]

Here is a potential RB recruit who could step in and contribute from day 1. Malcome slated to be the starting RB for UGA this year, but then the NC boys gurley and Marshall flexed their muscle. I think we should at least talk to Ken Malcome as he will be looking for a FCS landing spot so as to not lose a year of eligibility.


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[TRMojowammy]

Ths QB, Luke Papilion, from Colorado may be visiting soon.