National Recruiting Thread

[ResLife Hero]

Thought this was interesting:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oregon&src=hash">#Oregon</a> head coach Mark Helfrich: "We let recruits pick their position." <a href="http://t.co/45pvRaLn1f">http://t.co/45pvRaLn1f</a></p>— Chris Vannini (@CoachingBuzz) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachingBuzz/statuses/458583601152397313">April 22, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Mark Helfrich on position changes: “We always tell guys, in recruiting, ‘You can start wherever you want to.’ Guys come in, and they’re going to have more confidence doing what they think is best. They’re going to be more comfortable. Usually, it’s a year cycle. You go through a fall, you go through a spring, and there are 27 DBs and one tailback. Do you want to go compete for that job? We leave that totally up to them in recruiting. Once they’re here, it’s kind of the same thing. This kid’s maybe put on some weight or whatever changes have happened or there are injuries and try to find an opportunity to get everybody involved.”

 

[bigedefense]

I would not hold my breathe on Lewis making it to T Town. We haven't had much success in Miss with their top recruits... I been telling them our bag man needs to be replaced. Our money doesn't seem to go too far in the Magnolia State.

Your bag man isn't bartering with the right stuff! Here in 'Tha Sip', if you wanna bribe someone, you gotta have chickens, store bought cooking oil, new/still on the roll barb wire (or as it's known down here, bobwire), or if they are in the mood for romance, a goat! That should help your bag man tremendously!

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Your bag man isn't bartering with the right stuff! Here in 'Tha Sip', if you wanna bribe someone, you gotta have chickens, store bought cooking oil, new/still on the roll barb wire (or as it's known down here, bobwire), or if they are in the mood for romance, a goat! That should help your bag man tremendously!

Reps, mon frère! Maybe the funniest thing I have seen all day, or at least since the lastest time I been to the Sip!

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>D'Anfernee McGriff is an <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Auburn&src=hash">#Auburn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Tiger&src=hash">#Tiger</a> (link) <a href="http://t.co/1ohcJa7HKe">http://t.co/1ohcJa7HKe</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/Niebuhr247">@Niebuhr247</a></p>— JC Shurburtt (@jcshurburtt) <a href="https://twitter.com/jcshurburtt/statuses/458678643083202560">April 22, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Huntr]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Help me offer thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/ChipBrownOB">@ChipBrownOB</a> for 6 years of tremendous service at Orangebloods. He'll be leaving OB at the end of the week.</p>— Geoff Ketchum (@gkketch) <a href="https://twitter.com/gkketch/statuses/458985518336716800">April 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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ETA: He's joining Scout.

 

[woolybug25]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Help me offer thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/ChipBrownOB">@ChipBrownOB</a> for 6 years of tremendous service at Orangebloods. He'll be leaving OB at the end of the week.</p>— Geoff Ketchum (@gkketch) <a href="https://twitter.com/gkketch/statuses/458985518336716800">April 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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ETA: He's joining Scout.

Big loss for OrangeBloods, imo. While universally hated by UT fans (because they're idiots)the guy has been dead nuts on his reporting. He was first on the scene with Mack retiring, Saban' interest in UT, conference realignment, Longhorn Network, Patterson becoming ASU's AD and a ton of college football news outside of Texas as well.

I wonder where he's going? Maybe I should write a letter to 247, asking them to replace Loy with him.

edit - Homerun hire for Scout.

 

[koonja]

Any idea what scout/rivals/247 sports analysts get paid? I have zero info but would guess around 40K.

 

[ResLife Hero]

Any idea what scout/rivals/247 sports analysts get paid? I have zero info but would guess around 40K.

There was a listing on Glassdoor for a Rivals recruiting editor that put it at about 4K/month. Not sure how close that is to the analysts, but they can't make too much considering Sapp had to give it up for a job in sales.

 

[IrishLax]

Any idea what scout/rivals/247 sports analysts get paid? I have zero info but would guess around 40K.

Depends on the guy, and I'm sure it's WAY more than that for some.

If you're a lead guy for a big team that draws tons of eyeballs and subs I'm sure you make pretty good money. For example, the MSU 247 team site (good representation of a "meh" major team) gets darn near 300k unique visitors I think. And that's an old number, probably more now. Let's assume that of that 300k they have 10k subscriptions.

10k subs at $10/month = $1.2/year revenue not counting ad traffic or anything else. Then assume that bout 80% of that is going to 247/overhead. You've got about $300k for staffers... and most sites have 3-5 guys.

All of these numbers are imaginary, but suffice to say I think "top" analysts for a major team site make between $60k-$120k. Big dogs like Wiltfong probably make somewhere between $80k-$150k.

 

[Huntr]

And Brown is a big dog. To be sure, Scout is shelling out some coin to grab him.

Agree w/wooly, big loss for OB. Dude knows what's up in Austin (and elsewhere).

 

[gkIrish]

Depends on the guy, and I'm sure it's WAY more than that for some.

If you're a lead guy for a big team that draws tons of eyeballs and subs I'm sure you make pretty good money. For example, the MSU 247 team site (good representation of a "meh" major team) gets darn near 300k unique visitors I think. And that's an old number, probably more now. Let's assume that of that 300k they have 10k subscriptions.

10k subs at $10/month = $1.2/year revenue not counting ad traffic or anything else. Then assume that bout 80% of that is going to 247/overhead. You've got about $300k for staffers... and most sites have 3-5 guys.

All of these numbers are imaginary, but suffice to say I think "top" analysts for a major team site make between $60k-$120k. Big dogs like Wiltfong probably make somewhere between $80k-$150k.

You would know more than me about this but I find it hard to believe any of these guys make much more than 80K. $80K is a very high salary for a job that doesn't require a graduate degree or special license. I think you are overestimating the amount of subscribers they have and/or the amount allocated to the actual employees.

 

[koonja]

Depends on the guy, and I'm sure it's WAY more than that for some.

If you're a lead guy for a big team that draws tons of eyeballs and subs I'm sure you make pretty good money. For example, the MSU 247 team site (good representation of a "meh" major team) gets darn near 300k unique visitors I think. And that's an old number, probably more now. Let's assume that of that 300k they have 10k subscriptions.

10k subs at $10/month = $1.2/year revenue not counting ad traffic or anything else. Then assume that bout 80% of that is going to 247/overhead. You've got about $300k for staffers... and most sites have 3-5 guys.

All of these numbers are imaginary, but suffice to say I think "top" analysts for a major team site make between $60k-$120k. Big dogs like Wiltfong probably make somewhere between $80k-$150k.

Like I said, no info, but I think those estimations are high.

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Texas Football Recruiting: Bryce English Decommits from 2015 Class <a href="http://t.co/3C8yseplfc">http://t.co/3C8yseplfc</a></p>— @BarkingCarnival (@BarkingCarnival) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarkingCarnival/statuses/459012671321276416">April 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[GBdomer]

Just doing this for fun where I think top 100 guys will end up. I doubt any of you give a shit but I just want to put this on record

1. Trenton Thompson- UGA
2. Josh Rosen- UCLA
3.Bryon Cowart- USC
4.Damien Harris- Bama
5. CeCe Jefferson- UF
6.Kelvin Toliver- LSU
7.Daron Payne- Bama
8.Ricky Town- USC
9.Minkah Fitzpatrick- Bama
10. Iman Marshall- USC
11.Calvin Ridley- Bama
12. Rasheem Greene- USC
13.John Houston- USC
14.Mitch Hyatt- Clemson
15.Shameik Blackshear- USCjr
16. George Campbell- FSU
17. Rashad Roundtree- UGA
18.Tavarus McFadden- UGA
19. Maea Teuhema- LSU
20. Albert Huggins- USCjr
21. Martez Ivey- UF
22.Malik Jefferson- UT
23. Christian Kirk- A&M
24. Kahil McKenzie- ND
25.Shy Tuttle- UNC
26. Terry Goodwin- Auburn
27.Kendall Sheffield- A&M
28. Jerome Baker- OSU
29. Mehki Brown- Bama
30. Tyler Carr- Auburn
31. DaMarkus Lodge- LSU
32. Drew Richmond- UTjr
33. Derwin James- fSU
34. Sterling Jenkins- PSU
35. Terry Beckner Jr.- Mizzou
36. Jalin Barnett- OU
37. Daylon Mack- A&M
38. Jalen Dalton- UNC
39. Ronald Jones- Okie St. I hope we get him to visit
40. Soso Jambo- OU
41.Garrett Taylor- UM
42.Jacques Patrick- FSU
43. Tryon Johnson- LSU
44.Tyrek Cole- FSU
45.Darian Roseboro- ND
46. Christian Wilkins- ND
47. Justin Hilliard- ND
48. Jarrett Stidham- Tech
49. Torrance Gibson- Auburn
50. Kerryon Johnson- Auburn
51. Kyler Murray- A&M
52. Alize Jones- UCLA- will visit ND again
53. Osa Masina- Utah
54. Chuma Edoga- Georgia
55. John Burt- FSU
56. Tim Settle- OSU
57. Jeffery Holland- Florida
58. Larry Scott- Michigan State
59. Natrez Patrick- Georgia- ND will get last visit
60. Richie Petitbon- Bama
61. Leo Lewis- Bama
62. Sherrod Pittman- USCjr
63. Jamal Peters- Ole Miss
64. Blake Barnett- ND
65. Eric Swinney- Auburn
66. Austin Clark- UTjr
67. Mason Veal- UNC
68. Josh Sweat- FSU
69. Joshua McCillion- Bama
70. Clelin Ferrell- Va Tech
71. Brady White- ASU
72. Rodney Anderson- A&M
73. Shawn Burgess-Becker- Bama
74. Josh Wariboko- OU
75. Keisian Lucier- South- Michigan
76. Marcus Lewis- UF
77. Roquan Smith- UGA
78. Taj Griffin- Oregon
79. Stanley Norman- UCLA
80. Jake Fruhmorgen- Clemson
81. Javon Patterson- Miss
82. Da'Vante Phillips- FSU
83. Jacob Daniel- USC
84. John Ledbetter- Bama
85. Trent Irwin- Stanford
86. Chad President- Baylor
87. Jashon Cornell- ND
88. Darrion Daniels- UT
89. Russell Ude- Oregon?
90. Jahvoni Simmons- Va Tech
91. Jack Jones- UTjr
92. Kelly Bryant- Clemson
93. Byce Love- UNC
94. Desherrius Flowers- Bama
95. Derrius Guice- LSU
96. Lorenzo Nunez- OSU
97. Deionte Thompson- Bama
98. Cam Smith- USC
99. Brian Cole- MSU
100. Ricky DeBerry- OSU

 

[GBdomer]

We finally offered Josh Sweat today as well. I am to lazy to make a profile

 

[Riddickulous]

Bored, GB?

 

[GBdomer]

Bored, GB?

You have no idea. For some reason I took 3 days off this week and I am going nuts.

 

[Riddickulous]

How Bama doesn't beat every team by 40 is beyond me. They're on track to land what... their fourth consecutive number one class?

 

[GBdomer]

How Bama doesn't beat every team by 40 is beyond me. They're on track to land what... their fourth consecutive number one class?

I actually think USC gets the top class this year. It will be a battle between USC and Bama.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

We finally offered Josh Sweat today as well. I am to lazy to make a profile

I don't understand how we just offered that kid.

 

[NDPhilly]

I'd be fucking ecstatic if thts who we get GB. Tht DL is stacked

Cornell-Wilkins-McKenzie-Roseboro

My god

 

[GBdomer]

I'd be fucking ecstatic if thts who we get GB. Tht DL is stacked

Cornell-Wilkins-McKenzie-Roseboro

My god

Ya I really went out on a limb with McKenzie. I think we get Cornell, great shot with Wilkins and Roseboro if we can get him on campus.

 

[Cpnd1]

@TG__7: I will be announcing my commitment tomorrow

Teammate of the kid that committed to SC, would be a great start to recruiting for Sark to get two of the top kids from GA.

 

[GBdomer]

He's going Oregon

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Christian Bell committed to Bama. Bama is rolling

 

[Riddickulous]

Christian Bell committed to Bama. Bama is rolling

What else is new?

 

[T Town Tommy]

Christian Bell committed to Bama. Bama is rolling

Roll Tide

Still look for Ledbetter to decommit and also to pick up another La recruit or two. Nothing like watching the swamp kitties go through their annual Bama recruiting meltdown.

 

[Luckylucci]

Roll Tide

Still look for Ledbetter to decommit and also to pick up another La recruit or two. Nothing like watching the swamp kitties go through their annual Bama recruiting meltdown.

Ledbetter, why?

 

[T Town Tommy]

Ledbetter, why?

Been a lot of off the record talk for a while that he was considering other schools. Nothing concrete but at this point the general consensus is that he won't stay committed to us. He has gotten friendly with Auburn and right now they seem to be the biggest threat to flip him. Who really knows at the end of the day?

 

[Luckylucci]

Been a lot of off the record talk for a while that he was considering other schools. Nothing concrete but at this point the general consensus is that he won't stay committed to us. He has gotten friendly with Auburn and right now they seem to be the biggest threat to flip him. Who really knows at the end of the day?

Not sure you guys really have to worry, you'll get somebody else. I've like what I've seen from him so far.