Who's Next? - 2022 Edition

[NDCrusader]

Tanona & Nickel down

I'm gonna go Sebastian Cheeks

Unless Ziegler, Fleurima, Swanson or Whitenack get offered soon.

[BeauBenken]

Created the the list for these kids in the side panel and updated the 2021 list.


Good few weeks...to be continued let's hope.

[Me2SouthBend]

I’ll say Fitz is next.

[NDCrusader]

Ziegler.

[Luckylucci]

Haha, what this ^ guy said. What's the over/under on how long this takes? 1 week?

[NDIrish88]

Haha, what this ^ guy said. What's the over/under on how long this takes? 1 week?

Yeah if he doesn't commit by Sunday I'll be surprised.

[Luckylucci]

I’ll say that Schrauth beats Cheeks to the punch.

[NDCrusader]

I'm gonna go Cheeks. Freeman wants the juice.

I'll throw Taylor out there with Schrauth too. He's supposedly wanting to take visits but this just makes too much sense and someone's gonna find themselves without a chair.

[Luckylucci]

If either Schrauth or Taylor pops, then I think the other follows fairly soon after. From BGI’s reporting it sounds like Schrauth has been close to pulling the trigger multiple times.

[clashmore_mike]

So Amorion Walker just committed? Can't find a profile for him.

[SoIll]

Lol wtf is right.. I will say, the dude is athletic, long and twitchy as hell. Ranked around the 850 line

[notredomer23]

Seems to have a decent offer list for a recruit rated that low. FSU, and the mid to lower tier SEC is solid.

[Luckylucci]

I was actually going to bump this thread yesterday as Mike Singer at Rivals said he'd take the over on 3 commitment by the end of March. I wouldn't have guess Amorion Walker so maybe it's best I waited, lol.

I'm going to go Burnham on the 17th, nobody beats him to the punch.

Then Schrauth has got to decide soon, right? I'll go with him next.

[Dale]

Hinish. Wagner since he’ll be visiting, if they can hold of OSU in the process

[Luckylucci]

Scratch that, I'm going with Jaden Mickey then Burnham.

[Irish Man3]

Lol wtf is right.. I will say, the dude is athletic, long and twitchy as hell. Ranked around the 850 line

He missed almost all of his junior year with an injury. That accompanied with the fact that there's been no camp circuit, leaves you with a lot of uncertainty with rankings and stars.

Kid is a long and fluid athlete. Good piece to the WR class and. it helps that he has some pretty good teammate on his 7v7 team with ND interest.

[NDCrusader]

Scratch that, I'm going with Jaden Mickey then Burnham.

This.

[stpeteirish]

Hinish. Wagner since he’ll be visiting, if they can hold of OSU in the process

Kurelic CB'd Wagner to OSU within a day of their offer. Not good, Kurelic is usually right when it comes to his Buckeyes.

[Luckylucci]

Kurelic CB'd Wagner to OSU within a day of their offer. Not good, Kurelic is usually right when it comes to his Buckeyes.

His scoop on the CB is pretty plain. Kurelic is good at his OSU CB because OSU is good at recruiting. He basically CB's all guys that the Buckeyes "want" to OSU. He was wrong on Blake Miller and Armani Winfield, for example. He's a homer but happens to be a homer for an elite recruiting program.

[Luckylucci]

Scratch that, I'm going with Jaden Mickey then Burnham.

Seems like this is easy money right now.

[irishandy]

Burnham on Wednesday has to be a lock?

[Luckylucci]

Burnham on Wednesday has to be a lock?

Sure seems like it. So, the Who's Next question is probably more relevant to who's next after Burnham and I think that gets a little foggy. Schrauth is a guy that I think could commit at anytime but it sounds like he wants to visit and commit in person. Maybe he waits to do that, maybe he doesn't. Wesolak's basketball season is over so him and Ford are expected to visit soon and then he goes on commit watch. As LB numbers get tight does that force the hand of Cheeks or Junior, or both?

I'll go with Wesolak as I think he visits soon.

[notredomer23]

I'm greedy, who's next.

[BeauBenken]

I'm greedy, who's next.

Staes might be a good bet. But who knows with this kind of momentum right now.

[Dale]

Sneed said in his 247 interview 1 LB spot left. Following the nuggets that would imply either A) silent commit/spot already accounted for or B) ND is taking 3 LBs. Loy response said ND is not taking only 3 soooo I’d imagine that circled us back to A

[NewEnglandGuy]

It’s definitely not turn away JR, Cheeks, and Jackson if they all want in if Sneed pops.

There’s Major confidence in some high end CBs than we’ve gotten in the past 25 years, along with an impressive front seven. I too hope they have room for all the wanted names like Moss after Wesolak, a 5th LB if they all want in. And at 4/5 more DBs. Can’t take them all, but the numbers will work out.

[stpeteirish]

Sneed said in his 247 interview 1 LB spot left. Following the nuggets that would imply either A) silent commit/spot already accounted for or B) ND is taking 3 LBs. Loy response said ND is not taking only 3 soooo I’d imagine that circled us back to A

another possibility is its simply bad information. happens a lot, sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose.

[Dale]

another possibility is its simply bad information. happens a lot, sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose.

I didn’t give full picture cause didn’t want to post Loy’s whole line here but don’t think it was mistaken case.

I’d guess between guys waiting to visit before committing and guys maybe getting a yellow light from staff we have a handful of guys you’d classify as silent/not quite commits on D

[ResLife Hero]

This is probably a very dumb question at this point, but who is JR?

[317Irish]

This is probably a very dumb question at this point, but who is JR?

I had the same question up until very recently, but I believe that it’s the LB Niuafe Tuihalamaka who is seemingly an ND lock. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong.

[BeauBenken]

This is probably a very dumb question at this point, but who is JR?

Niuafe Tuihalamaka...He goes by Junior.

[IHateMarkMay]

This is probably a very dumb question at this point, but who is JR?

Don't feel dumb, I wondered for a long time until I wrote down all of our our likely LB commits and did a process of elimination based on their names...

[Trait Expectations]

Let's say our DE recruiting ends with Wesolak, Ford and Gobaira. What will their final rankings be and will you be happy?

My guess:

Ford is a top 150 player
Gobaira will be a top 247 player
Wesolak will end as a top 200 or better

That's a class that adds talent to a talented room so I'd be very happy.

[Irish Man3]

Let's say our DE recruiting ends with Wesolak, Ford and Gobaira. What will their final rankings be and will you be happy?

My guess:

Ford is a top 150 player
Gobaira will be a top 247 player
Wesolak will end as a top 200 or better

That's a class that adds talent to a talented room so I'd be very happy.

That'd be the best class since the Lynch/Tuitt/Williams class. I think I'd sign up for that

[IrishLax]

Let's say our DE recruiting ends with Wesolak, Ford and Gobaira. What will their final rankings be and will you be happy?

My guess:

Ford is a top 150 player
Gobaira will be a top 247 player
Wesolak will end as a top 200 or better

That's a class that adds talent to a talented room so I'd be very happy.

Seems about right, although I personally would personally say that Gobaira looks like a top 150 or top 100 player this season. It's weird having "junior year" played in the spring.

[Luckylucci]

Darren Agu. Seems like something is getting setup.

[Luckylucci]

And I’ll be very happy with a DE group of Ford, Gobaira, and Agu. I said a couple weeks back that I think Gobaira is a mid 90’s 4 star so wherever that would rank him. Ford already is. And I think Agu ends up inside the top 247. He’s catching eyes across both networks.

[NDIrish88]

Is Wesoloak leaning somewhere else?

[Ricochet]

I think they’re taking 5 DL in this class. 4 DE and a DT.

My my guess is this has nothing to do with Wesolak but more so to do with the chances of getting Cyrus Moss.

It just might be Agu’s elite size and elite raw athleticism is just too good to pass up to maybe have a chance with Moss

[longliveautrydenson]

Starting to feel like we have a couple silents and we’ve asked them to hold off on publicly announcing until June so we’re popping off commits right and left when the big boys come to town. Big fan of that strategy if that’s how it plays out.

[Luckylucci]

I think they’re taking 5 DL in this class. 4 DE and a DT.

My my guess is this has nothing to do with Wesolak but more so to do with the chances of getting Cyrus Moss.

It just might be Agu’s elite size and elite raw athleticism is just too good to pass up to maybe have a chance with Moss

The paid sites have all but assured us Hinish will be in the class so it will probably be 2 DT's.

[Luckylucci]

Starting to feel like we have a couple silents and we’ve asked them to hold off on publicly announcing until June so we’re popping off commits right and left when the big boys come to town. Big fan of that strategy if that’s how it plays out.

That could certainly be the case but I'd bet it also has to do with some of these guys never visiting before. I don't think the staff wants to accept commitments from a growing group of prospects that have never been to campus before. Especially when visits are right around the corner.

[NDdomer2]

That could certainly be the case but I'd bet it also has to do with some of these guys never visiting before. I don't think the staff wants to accept commitments from a growing group of prospects that have never been to campus before. Especially when visits are right around the corner.

i get it but it does sound funny coming off a year where essentially all of our commits didnt get official visits.

I am looking forward to making a splash in june.

[Luckylucci]

i get it but it does sound funny coming off a year where essentially all of our commits didnt get official visits.

I am looking forward to making a splash in june.

Not really when you consider that they wanted to do the same thing last year. The staff was holding off on taking/pushing for commitments without visits or at least were only willing to accept so many commitments without visits until they realized that visits were very unlikely.

[Dale]

An interesting betting hypothetical would how many commits fo we have on July 1st? Currently at 11. I’d set the Over/Under at 15.5 (and probably take the Over)

[longliveautrydenson]

An interesting betting hypothetical would how many commits fo we have on July 1st? Currently at 11. I’d set the Over/Under at 15.5 (and probably take the Over)

I think I’d take the over. It’s pretty easy to get to 15:

12. Junior
13. Staes
14. Agu
15. Schrauth

Then there are a ton of guys who could get us to 16, although I don’t feel super confident in any single one of them (e.g. Sneed, Cheeks, Raridon, Hinzman, Morrison, etc.).

[Dale]

I think I’d take the over. It’s pretty easy to get to 15:

12. Junior
13. Staes
14. Agu
15. Schrauth

Then there are a ton of guys who could get us to 16, although I don’t feel super confident in any single one of them (e.g. Sneed, Cheeks, Raridon, Hinzman, Morrison, etc.).

Had basically same thought process

[Luckylucci]

Agreed, I’d go over. As noted above we could have that many that have already indicated they’re going to commit with a visit.

[Irish#1]

In the past the number of commits after a summer camp or event is 1 or 2. Will be interesting to see if this changes given the past visit restrictions. Over 5 may be a possibility. I think 4 seems a little more realistic, but I would be happy to be wrong.

[IHateMarkMay]

I might actually stay at 15 as of July 1st. There is a high probability there is at least one silent commit right now, who is to say the staff keeps a few silent for momentum during the season?