Refresh of my 10/9 post. Bold = uncommitted prospect. Yes, I have taken a stab at position placement.
Major edit to this post at 1218am.
On its surface it seems we have just 7 slots left to get to 25. However, I believe Ofori-Nyadu as a mid year enrollee will count towards the 2017 cap. Looking back, I think we have 24 enrollees from the 2017 class before Ofori-Nyadu after accounting for Zavier Scott, Santana Sterling and Eli Thomas (with Fortt actually counting towards 2016 as a mid year enrollee). I believe adding Ofori-Nyadu to the 2017 limit, puts as at 25 for that cycle (PS no idea what any of this means for Mason Donaldson who I don't have as part of either the 2017 or 2018 class with respect to this limitation).
This is all based on this story I found here about the 25 space annual cap and the ability to tap unused prior year slots and how mid year enrollment is treated.
SEC learning to live with new 25-player signing cap
So the net-net is that I think we have 8 slots still remaining which I'm guessing will be distributed as 2 RBs, 1 TE, 3 DL and based on our recent offers, 2 more OL.
QB - 1 - Krajewski
RB - 3 - Gillespie,
two of Smoke/McDuffie/Wells/Chuckwuneke (how about Clayton Scott - Millville NJ - remember him?) or Jo El-Shaw (former Syracuse 3 star commit now at Lackawanna)
OL - 5 - Rooney, Maloney, Nyadu,
Jefferson or Beebe (for center position), and perhasp one of or Niedrowski, Moran or Ingle.
WR - 3 - Jeffreys, Robinson, Maurisseasu-ONeil,
TE - 2 - Bemiy (looking at his early 2018 tape, still looks like an offensive player to me, playing RB and TE this year) plus one of
Brayden Willis, Corey Thomas (former WV commit now at ASA Juco in Brooklyn) or Casey Rogers.
DL - 5 - Pace, T. Jones (or place him on OL), two of
McCracken/Choloh/Daley/Welshcof/Turay + a tbd JUCO transfer.
LB - 4 - K. Jones, Harris, Webb, E. Thomas (Juco - already on campus)
DB - 4 - Banks, Morrison, Carroll, Lazarus
total = 27*
*Total includes Eli Thomas and Ofori-Nyadu who counts towards the 2017 annual cap as early enrollees.
- Maybe the staff should be looking at Clayton Scott for RB. Has some nice plays at DB too.
247 has Clayton Scott as a Rutgers heavy lean.
Clayton Scott on Hudl
Clayton Scott, Millville, Running Back
- Next big targets seem to be McCracken and Daley, both of whom are visiting this fall. Plus the Welshcof stakes should be know by end of the month (probably going P5).
- I love Turay's tape and size, but he seems to have several p5 suitors, so doesn't he seem likely at all.