OT: Why Sammy Jackson chose VCU

[80shusky]

This article highlights something I had been thinking about. If you aren't top 50 in your class, why go to a P5 school and sit the bench behind seasoned 20 year old college players when you could go to a mid-major and get more if not big minutes? If after your freshman year at say VCU, like in the article, you are obviously an NBA talent they will find you. If you put up big numbers in your freshman year but aren't yet NBA ready you could transfer for big NIL $$ to a P5 school and get minutes as a sophomore. There's really not much down side.
Why Sammy Jackson, a top-70 recruit, turned down offers from every power conference to commit to VCU

 

[superjohn]

This article highlights something I had been thinking about. If you aren't top 50 in your class, why go to a P5 school and sit the bench behind seasoned 20 year old college players when you could go to a mid-major and get more if not big minutes? If after your freshman year at say VCU, like in the article, you are obviously an NBA talent they will find you. If you put up big numbers in your freshman year but aren't yet NBA ready you could transfer for big NIL $$ to a P5 school and get minutes as a sophomore. There's really not much down side.
Why Sammy Jackson, a top-70 recruit, turned down offers from every power conference to commit to VCU

It's a good point and at a lot of these P5 schools you're trying to win playing time over seasoned 23 year olds. The college game has gotten older. I expect more kids to take this route. They have the runway for playing time and if they show out at a smaller school they'll have their pick of any big time school in the future.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

An important detail is that VCU apparently offered 5x more than anyone else - presumably p5 schools. So while I agree with the premise, VCU isn’t exactly CCSU.

 

[HooperScooper]

Just read the article and was going to post it. Interesting how recruiting has changed. Pitino supposedly didn't even go out recruiting during the July recruiting period. He was at Wimbledon for some of it.

So, in between games here at Nike's signature grassroots event, Peach Jam, I asked Hodge if he'd noticed whether transfer waivers, NIL deals and revenue sharing have combined to change how power-conference coaches are recruiting high school prospects this summer.

"Yeah, they're not," he said succinctly. "They're not."

On a related note, only 11 prospects ranked in the top 115 in the Class of 2026, according to 247Sports, have publicly committed to a program, as of Wednesday morning. Moreover, one power-conference coach recently told me he doubts he'd accept a commitment from any Class of 2026 prospect right now for reasons I'll explain later. In response to both of these facts, and others, Hodge said his message to his players this year has been a little different than previous messages in previous years.

 

[Beowulf]

I'm shocked we don't see this more, but moreso in football.

Why be a backup qb for two years when you can be the star at UTEP or something and then transfer to a trendy p5 school that wants to compete for a playoff spot your junior year. How many qbs spend their entire career at one school anyways

 

[husky99]

Just read the article and was going to post it. Interesting how recruiting has changed. Pitino supposedly didn't even go out recruiting during the July recruiting period. He was at Wimbledon for some of it.

So, in between games here at Nike's signature grassroots event, Peach Jam, I asked Hodge if he'd noticed whether transfer waivers, NIL deals and revenue sharing have combined to change how power-conference coaches are recruiting high school prospects this summer.

"Yeah, they're not," he said succinctly. "They're not."

On a related note, only 11 prospects ranked in the top 115 in the Class of 2026, according to 247Sports, have publicly committed to a program, as of Wednesday morning. Moreover, one power-conference coach recently told me he doubts he'd accept a commitment from any Class of 2026 prospect right now for reasons I'll explain later. In response to both of these facts, and others, Hodge said his message to his players this year has been a little different than previous messages in previous years.

I read somewhere that peach jam had alot less coaches then in the past. There were some factors like key teams getting knocked out early. But times are changing

 

[Hey Adrien!]

This article highlights something I had been thinking about. If you aren't top 50 in your class, why go to a P5 school and sit the bench behind seasoned 20 year old college players when you could go to a mid-major and get more if not big minutes? If after your freshman year at say VCU, like in the article, you are obviously an NBA talent they will find you. If you put up big numbers in your freshman year but aren't yet NBA ready you could transfer for big NIL $$ to a P5 school and get minutes as a sophomore. There's really not much down side.
Why Sammy Jackson, a top-70 recruit, turned down offers from every power conference to commit to VCU

One benefit of NIL is smaller money conferences are getting better incoming freshman talent. It’s nationwide.

 

[UConnJim]

A friend's son committed to a mid tier D1 school in baseball and I asked if he thought about committing lower, proving himself, and then getting a better deal from a top school. He said no as he thought competing at the highest level was the way to go. If things didn't work out, transfer down and if you are successful, you can still transfer back up.