UConn Football Class of 2024 - NLI Early Signing Day Thread/Info (12/20/23>12/22/23)

[huskymedic]

 

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[CL82]

Welliver to Montgomery feels like could be a good combination.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Stinger92860]

Richter was featured in an offense that averaged 40.1 points per game, and 337.1 yards per game.

We can dream!

 

[Skiblets]

Any surprises?

 

[huskymedic]

Any surprises?

Not yet… I guess the Hopper decommit could be characterized as a surprise but he was a late UConn commit (12/4) and JMU just offered a few days ago. All bets are off these days.

 

[Skiblets]

Potentially losing commits to JMU says everything. No vision. No grand aspirations.

 

[freescooter]

Potentially losing commits to JMU says everything. No vision. No grand aspirations.

How can that happen? They only play 1 P4 and it was a dreadful Virginia team.

Look this happens all the time. Guys change their minds. USC lost somebody to Colorado I think.

 

[How Sway?!]

Potentially losing commits to JMU says everything. No vision. No grand aspirations.

You mean too 25 jmu team?

 

[Banta55]

You mean too 25 jmu team?

Exactly, really good JMU team..They won't miss a beat with Chesney..

 

[Banta55]

Potentially losing commits to JMU says everything. No vision. No grand aspirations.

Makes no sense.

 

[Bongo Fury]

JMU is likely a nice desirable place but UConn is trying to buy a team. Some of the recruits that come here is because UConn wanted them more and are willing to give them a better deal than elsewhere.

 

[CTFIRERETIRED]

You know it's pretty embarrassing when you crow over getting 3 star recruits, when all the programs your chasing are stockpiling 4 and 5 star recruits. It also appears that only 1 Connecticut high school recruit committed to the UConn football program. I understand that you have to crawl before you walk, but the football program has been crawling for many years, with little to show for their efforts.
It is what it is.

 

[Windham4th]

Improved CT High School recruiting will not solve the recruit rating discrepancy, it will likely make it worse.
No offense to CT high school players, but there just arent as many truly great players coming out of this state.

 

[spsct]

Good Lord it's pretty sad that some people have to dump on a thread that should be about young men making the most exciting step of their lives so far. We have a hundred other threads to be cranks in but nope, gotta whizz in one that should be an optimistic new start. smh

 

[ZooCougar]

You know it's pretty embarrassing when you crow over getting 3 star recruits, when all the programs your chasing are stockpiling 4 and 5 star recruits. It also appears that only 1 Connecticut high school recruit committed to the UConn football program. I understand that you have to crawl before you walk, but the football program has been crawling for many years, with little to show for their efforts.
It is what it is.

Who are we “chasing” that is landing 5 stars?

 

[DoctorWho85]

First I'd like to say that it doesn't bother me too much having someone flip to JMU. They were one of the best FCS teams in the country and they continued their winning ways moving up to FBS.

The recruits we got are great and make me excited for next year. Welcome dogs.

 

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[DoctorWho85]

And once again, I'm hyped for next year. I don't know if I'm a masochist, an optimist or eternally ignorant, but lets gooooooooooooo

 

[freescooter]

You know it's pretty embarrassing when you crow over getting 3 star recruits, when all the programs your chasing are stockpiling 4 and 5 star recruits. It also appears that only 1 Connecticut high school recruit committed to the UConn football program. I understand that you have to crawl before you walk, but the football program has been crawling for many years, with little to show for their efforts.
It is what it is.

We are a G5 program. We aren’t recruiting against Ohio State and Georgia. We are recruiting against The MAC, AAC Sunbelt and we might steal a guy from BC, Wake or Vanderbilt, at the bottom of the P4. Which, by the way, is why trying to play 4 or 5 of those teams is not a ticket for success. I’m no expert but it looks like we landed a pretty nice class. Meets our needs. Some guys will redshirt and some (Montgomery kid) will likely play early. I tend to think most recruiting ratings have some bias. A guy who signs wis UConn will be ranked lower than if he signed with NC State. Finally I think there were something like 15 kids who went to school in Connecticut who singed LOI’s for FBS schools. That includes a bunch of prep school kids whose hometowns are in other states. I only counted 6 CT “natives” though I concede that might be an error. In any case zero of the local kids, whether born here or merely attending prep school signed with G5 programs. The kid we signed being the exception of course. So it wasn’t like Chucky Tackle from Glastonbury chose Temple over UConn.

It also seems that high school football, at least in the northeast, is following the pattern established in basketball. Fewer and fewer of the top recruits stay at their local high school. Either from the get go or after a year or 2, they leave the local scene and end up at one of the preps. It is even noticeable at some of the “old powers” like Xavier and Southington I have been told. The top players who 5-10 years ago who went to Xavier now show up at Avon Old Farms or Cheshire or someplace.

 

[AllHusky]

Any thoughts on how well we recruited(to date)?

 

[mikedog10]

So it wasn’t like Chucky Tackle from Glastonbury chose Temple over UConn.

Chucky Tackle is a great name for a football player, a hometown hero whose name will pay for itself in NIL. Offer that kid the bag, and his younger brother Chunky Tackle too!