'16 IL DT Naquan Jones

[Grahambo]

Nah man Brian Kelly sucks.

He doesn't know what he's doing. *Looks at his 216 career wins and 4x coach of the year award*

 

[rtrn2glory]

offers keep going out earlier and earlier and every spring we seem to panic earlier and earlier every winter.......yet we seem to always have 10 or 12 commits by july

 

[CanadalovesND]

offers keep going out earlier and earlier and every spring we seem to panic earlier and earlier every winter.......yet we seem to always have 10 or 12 commits by july

And always finish with a top 10 class to boot. (Or borderline top 10)

 

[ThePiombino]

offers keep going out earlier and earlier and every spring we seem to panic earlier and earlier every winter.......yet we seem to always have 10 or 12 commits by july

I don't think that's gonna happen this year with us taking a smaller class. Valid point nonetheless.

 

[drake29]

And always finish with a top 10 class to boot. (Or borderline top 10)

Pretty sure Kelly has only signed one top 10 class but he hasn't had any outside of the top 20.

 

[dad4aa]

Pretty sure Kelly has only signed one top 10 class but he hasn't had any outside of the top 20.

Class rankings 2011-2015

Rivals Scout ESPN
2011 - 10 - t8 - 9
2012 - 20 - 16 - 9
2013 - 3 - 5 - 4
2014 - 11 - 6 - 11
2015 - 11 - 6 - 13

I would say 4 top 10 with 1 top 5

 

[Crazy Balki]

Class rankings 2011-2015

Rivals Scout ESPN
2011 - 10 - t8 - 9
2012 - 20 - 16 - 9
2013 - 3 - 5 - 4
2014 - 11 - 6 - 11
2015 - 11 - 6 - 13

Definitely a good resume, but to be fair, we definitely didn't get top 10 results out of the 2011 and 2012 classes. Half of those guys weren't even playing in 2014 (or were hurt). 2014 and 2015 were closer to the 6th ranking Scout gave us than 11-13 Rivals/ESPN gave.

 

[Johannes]

Pretty sure Kelly has only signed one top 10 class but he hasn't had any outside of the top 20.

Depends on how you look at it and whose rankings you trust.

According to 247Comp:

Total Points: #9 in 2011, #18 in 2012, #5 in 2013, #11 in 2014 (.1 behind USC at #10), and #13 in 2015.

Avg Points: #17 in 2011, #13 in 2012, #3 in 2013, #15 in 2014, and #6 in 2015.

According to Scout:

Total Points: #t8 in 2011, #16 in 2012, #5 in 2013, #6 in 2014, #6 in 2015

Avg Points: #t7 in 2011, #6 in 2012, #4 in 2013, #6 in 2014, #6 in 2015

According to Rivals:

Total Points: #10 in 2011, #20 in 2012, #3 in 2013, #11 in 2014, #11 in 2015

Avg Points: #11 in 2011, #10 in 2012, #2 in 2013, #12 in 2014, #9 in 2015

Setting aside the debate over whether rankings matter in first place, none of these rankings matter if you cannot hold onto the guys who sign their papers. Look at the attrition from those first two or three classes. Give me a class any year that is "ranked" tenth and stays intact over a class that is third on signing day and loses four or five guys over the next two years for off-the-field issues.

Edit: dad4aa beat me to it, but the point stands.

 

[GBdomer]

Coming this weekend per Owens

 

[ResLife Hero]

Coming this weekend per Owens

Awesome. Hope he earns an offer.

 

[Luckylucci]

Me as well, really like this kid. Mentions of academic hurdles at 247.

 

[OCIrish]

Would like to see him get an offer......

 

[ResLife Hero]

Me as well, really like this kid. Mentions of academic hurdles at 247.

Not specific to Naquan, but how is information about kids' academics so readily available? It seems like a recruit's academic standing is public info these days.

 

[Grahambo]

Not specific to Naquan, but how is information about kids' academics so readily available? It seems like a recruit's academic standing is public info these days.

Depends on who the recruiting service is talking to. Could be family, school, football coach, or recruit himself.

 

[Irish#1]

Depends on who the recruiting service is talking to. Could be family, school, football coach, or recruit himself.

Can't see the school or coach saying anything, but agree a family member, the recruit or a friend even.

 

[Luckylucci]

Can't see the school or coach saying anything, but agree a family member, the recruit or a friend even.

I've seen a lot of coaches mention it.

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>2016 Illinois DT Naquan Jones (<a href="https://twitter.com/thealmightynay">@thealmightynay</a>) looking forward to this weekend's visit to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash">#NotreDame</a> (Premium) <a href="http://t.co/XopKWi7UQB">http://t.co/XopKWi7UQB</a></p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/578204911512498176">March 18, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>2016 IL DT Naquan Jones (<a href="https://twitter.com/thealmightynay">@thealmightynay</a>) recaps today's Junior Day at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash">#NotreDame</a> and potential return. (Free) <a href="http://t.co/0VIdHlIyzf">http://t.co/0VIdHlIyzf</a></p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/579379652252332033">March 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Luckylucci]

Everett Golson's cousin is his trainer so there is a relationship there. They spent time at Golson's house prior to leaving South Bend.

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Naquan Jones (<a href="https://twitter.com/thealmightynay">@thealmightynay</a>) lived up to the billing.
6-3.5, 324 lb DT that kept it simple, couldn't be stopped at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOpening?src=hash">#TheOpening</a> Chicago.</p>— Todd Huber (@ToddHuberSS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToddHuberSS/status/595370788997505024">May 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[jerboski]

Grades holding him back I believe

 

[Luckylucci]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Naquan Jones (<a href="https://twitter.com/thealmightynay">@thealmightynay</a>) lived up to the billing.
6-3.5, 324 lb DT that kept it simple, couldn't be stopped at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOpening?src=hash">#TheOpening</a> Chicago.</p>— Todd Huber (@ToddHuberSS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToddHuberSS/status/595370788997505024">May 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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He was moving very well for that size in Chicago. I really hope he can get his academics straighten out because he's a good one. We need to recruit 3 down players at NT and Naquan fits that bill, IMO. Tillery is a very very good start but we need to keep em coming.

 

[dublinirish]

recently named his Top 5 schools. Which includes 6 schools. Lolz

http://twitter.com/thealmightynay/status/596373226822893568/photo/1

 

[Irishnuke]

Grades holding him back I believe

recently named his Top 5 schools. Which includes 6 schools. Lolz

http://twitter.com/thealmightynay/status/596373226822893568/photo/1

Yep, makes a lot of sense now.

 

[connor_in]

Just chose Sparty...

Four 4 star linemen in 4 days

 

[Luckylucci]

This scenario is completely different than that of Robertson.

 

[Ndaccountant]

 

[Booslum31]

Just chose Sparty...

Four 4 star linemen in 4 days

MSU is ROLLING!

 

[NCND]

Just chose Sparty...

Four 4 star linemen in 4 days

That's more than ND gets in a yr or maybe two years.. lol

 

[BeauBenken]

That's more than ND gets in a yr or maybe two years.. lol

Well that's just not true.

Notre Dame had 4 composite defensive linemen in the 2014 class.