Here's a breakdown of all 19 kids who came aboard yesterday by which "tier" their best set of offers came from: P5 schools, G5 schools, FCS schools, or just UConn.
QB
Steven Krajewski, Moultrie GA (1 P5 offer: Syracuse)
RB
Khyon Gillespie, Hartford CT (1 FCS offer: Central Connecticut State)
WR
Heron Marriseau, Mastic Beach NY (only offered by UConn)
Elijah Jeffreys, Somerville MA (only offered by UConn)
OT
Dylan Niedrowski, Reading PA (2 FCS offers: Columbia, Stetson)
OG
Noel Ofori-Nyadu, Arlington TX (5 G5 offers: Boise State, Louisiana-Monroe, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Tulane)
Peter Rooney, Atlanta GA (4 G5 offers: Appalachian State, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Georgia State)
DE
Lwal Uguak, Edmonton AB (1 G5 offer: Fresno State)
Jonathan Pace, Boston MA (1 G5 offer: Army)
DT
Travis Jones, New Haven CT (3 P5 offers: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Rutgers)
LB
Kevon Jones, East Hartford CT (1 P5 offer: Boston College)
Hunter Webb, Montoursville PA (2 G5 offers: Army, Massachusetts)
CB
Shamel Lazarus, Jamaica NY (2 P5 offers: Purdue, Rutgers)
Ryan Carroll, Temple Hills MD (3 G5 offers: Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Temple)
O'Neil Robinson II, Hartford CT (1 G5 offer: Army)
Malik Banks, Hockessin DE (3 FCS offers: Central Connecticut State, Howard, Morgan State)
Jeremy Lucien, Moore Township PA (2 FCS offers: Columbia, Davidson)
Keyshawn Paul, Miami FL (1 FCS offer: Duquesne)
S
Jordan Morrison, Hamilton NJ (1 P5 offer: Virginia)
5/19 topped out with at least one P5 offer, 7/19 with at least one G5 offer, 5/19 with at least one FCS offer, 2/19 were only offered by UConn.
I find this other offer stuff silly.
I find this other offer stuff silly.
If a CT, MA, upstate NY kid commits in May-July ... who else has seen him? It’s not like SEC or B1G are scouring scouting the region. There’s basically BC (who frankly ...does not grind the way our coaches do in NE & NY); Don Brown (who will scoop up the highest profiles); and occasionally a assistant or three. A Notre Dame kid from Greenwich or West Hartford. Stanford or Vandy ... who’s parents shoehorn. The region - with justification - gets overlooked. The kids film and games and contact is sparse. I guarantee the kids Buffalo got from West Senaca High or Canisius High MAY have been seen by UConn - but nobody else. UMass portrays a school that’s not doing NE homework; Whipple has a weird mix. And that’s it.
Here come the Usual Suspects of BY posters.
Edsall is going to get more competitive kids with P5 Offers - over time. But the Jonathan Pace / Elijah Jeffreys story is going to be with us today tomorrow and 10 years from now. Are they less of a 5 year prospect because Indiana never found them?
Byron Jones.
I find this other offer stuff silly.
If a CT, MA, upstate NY kid commits in May-July ... who else has seen him? It’s not like SEC or B1G are scouring scouting the region. There’s basically BC (who frankly ...does not grind the way our coaches do in NE & NY); Don Brown (who will scoop up the highest profiles); and occasionally a assistant or three. A Notre Dame kid from Greenwich or West Hartford. Stanford or Vandy ... who’s parents shoehorn. The region - with justification - gets overlooked. The kids film and games and contact is sparse. I guarantee the kids Buffalo got from West Senaca High or Canisius High MAY have been seen by UConn - but nobody else. UMass portrays a school that’s not doing NE homework; Whipple has a weird mix. And that’s it.
Here come the Usual Suspects of BY posters.
Edsall is going to get more competitive kids with P5 Offers - over time. But the Jonathan Pace / Elijah Jeffreys story is going to be with us today tomorrow and 10 years from now. Are they less of a 5 year prospect because Indiana never found them?
Byron Jones.
Star ratings are based mainly on offers. And lots of offers are simply handed out like hot cakes for a myriad of reasons other than actual evaluations. Some schools offer kids because their next door neighbor did. Some schools offer a kid just to throw their hat in the ring then start to evaluate him afterwards- if they find out that the kid wasn’t worth the offer well guess what? They don’t pull it, they simply stop calling the kid yet the offer is still reported. Lots of offers are non committable ones. Others purely given out for marketing purposes- to attach a school’s name to a kid that’s hot at the moment.Have we signed any kids with multiple offers from "big time" schools? That's more of a barometer to me than any stars rating.
Your post made me curious. Take a look at how UMass builds it's roster. I don't know how to explain it. Does this make any sense?
Mass - 29
Fla - 11
NY - 11
Calif - 10
NJ - 10
PA - 8
Texas - 5
Ohio -2
MD- 2
RI - 2
GA - 2
VA - 2
CT - 2
Germany - 2
WV - 1
Wash - 1
Del - 1
Maine -1
NH - 1
Bama - 1
Que - 1
Ont - 1
Australia -1