Oversigning Recruits

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Harbaugh's Michigan

Harbaugh's Michigan

Background
Jim Harbaugh is a known commodity from his Stanford days. He's a winner, which he demonstrated this year, turning the team around with minimal contribution from the 2015 class of fourteen. To put it mildly, he is aggressive in recruiting and in his roster management. The transfers started soon after he became head coach, ending in five total with three transfers in. One player retired due to concussions. A sixth player transferred rather than accept a medical scholarship.

2015 Scholarship Count
Michigan had eighty-two scholarship players last year.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
Harbaugh used ten satellite camps allegedly for education and skills to bring Michigan to all parts of the country. He racked up twenty-two verbal commitments by the time the season began. Most Michigan sites predicted a class size of 16-20. He then parlayed those commitment counts and Michigan's on-field success to attract higher-ranking recruits, gradually eliminating most of those who committed during the summer. Ten players have "decommitted" so far. He used a pipeline to New Jersey and success in South Florida recruiting paired with national recruits to build a class that could reach over twenty-five scholarships.

Current Class of 2016 (1/27/16)
With twenty-five verbal commitments, Michigan's scholarship count would then be eighty-six now. Michigan has already had ten decommits so far. Only one more is possible from the summer commitment list in addition to those three who are taking visits elsewhere.

Targets/Needs
Harbaugh is not stopping there.
Needs - Michigan is targeting six to seven more recruits - TE (1), WR (1), DL (2), DB (1-2), LB (1) Ten of their targets are considering Michigan among their final choices and have had Official Visits already. Nine targets are scheduled for visits in January.

Michigan among their favorites
247 CBs project that Rashan Gary (DT), Jonathan Jones (LB), Terrence Davis (OG), Keyshawn Young (WR), David Stewart (WR), and Lavert Hill (CB) to Michigan. Two TEs also have Michigan in their favorites with one more TE recruit to visit this weekend. Connor Murphy (DE) also has Michigan in one of his favorites.

Scholarship Counts/Attrition
Adding six more recruits for targeted needs to the current class of twenty-five would put Michigan at ninety-two scholarship players.

Losses - Michigan loses thirteen graduating Seniors and one player has transferred. They have ten redshirt Seniors, though seven of those ten are starters. If the three non-starter potential fifth years are not offered another year, with further needs filled (6-7 more), Michigan will have eighty-nine scholarship players.

So, Michigan's scholarship situation will be dynamic until NSD for the Class of 2016. The large 2016 Class will pressure the current roster players. The Big 10 allows a scholarship count of eighty-eight after NSD. There will be further attrition from current players.

Harbaugh's Michigan should end up leading the nation in "decommits" and raise questions as to how he will reach eighty-five as did Ohio State last year.

 

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Urban Meyers' Ohio State

Urban Meyers' Ohio State

Background
Urban Meyer pushes the envelope each year. Previous recruiting classes' enrollment counts from 2012-15 were 25, 24, 23, 25. Last year's class put Ohio State on the brink of oversigning despite four players given medical scholarships and two not returning for their final year. Jamel Dean had to transfer out, after signing in the Class of 2015, due to Meyer's refusal to take him for medical reasons. One signee did not qualify.

2015 Scholarship Count
Ohio State had eighty-five players on scholarship last year among much discussion on how they would get down to eighty-five without pushing out some players. By the end of bowl season, Ohio State had seventeen verbal commits and has had four decommits (three were four star recruits). It looked like Meyer would need attrition to get to eighty-five again.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
Losses - Ohio State lost twelve players to graduation. Then came declarations for the NFL draft. Ohio State had nine players declare as early entrants (Cardale Jones, Ezekiel Elliott, Joey Bosa, Jalen Marshall, Michael Thomas, Eli Apple, Darron Lee, Tyvis Powell and Vonn Bell) - all starters. The Buckeyes will have lost sixteen starters from this year's team. They also have two Redshirt Seniors both of whom are not on the two deep.

So, Ohio State may well take another full class of twenty-five.

Current 2016 Status (1/27/16)
Ohio State has twenty-two verbal commitments for 2016 now. To fill out the class they should be targeting DBs with Damar Hamlin, Jordan Fuller and Brandon Burton as realistic possibilities.

 

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USC Scholarship count

USC Scholarship count

2015 Scholarship Count
Despite a full class of twenty-five in 2015, USC feel short with eighty-three scholarships for 2015. Three scholarships were allotted but the players were not part of the team - Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick, who was academically ineligible, Ricky Town, who participated in fall practice before transferring, Bryce Dixon, whose scholarship was reinstated but not reinstated to the team. Five more scholarships went to walkons.

USC's 2015 contained only seventy-six scholarship players recruited from Classes 2011-15.

Scholarship to Give Out for 2016
Losses - USC lost fifteen Seniors without any eligibility left. One player (Su'a Cravens) has declared for the draft. Those three players who were not part of the team will drop off. Helton also has the two scholarships short of the eighty-five. Four of the walkons are Juniors, so there is some wiggle room. Three of the walkons are special teamers.

It should be apparent that USC can take another full class of twenty-five scholarship recruits without difficulty.

Current 2016 status (1/27/16)
USC has five blueshirts that have to be counted towards 2016. Currently, USC has thirteen verbal commitments. So, they can take another seven players in the Class of 2016.

 

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Stanford's Scholarship Count

Stanford's Scholarship Count

2015 Scholarship Count
Stanford struggled to get over eighty scholarship players, with five graduate transfers and some players turning down fifth year scholarship offers. The Class of 2015 enrolled twenty-one freshmen. Shaw gave out three scholarships to walkons to get to eighty-one.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
Losses - Stanford has nineteen players graduate. One player is entering the NFL draft early. One Redshirt Junior is leaving on a graduate transfer. Additionally, three Seniors with eligibility left will probably move on.

Stanford could have up to twenty-four scholarships to give for the Class of 2016.

Current 2016 status, Needs (1/27/16)
Currently, Stanford has nineteen verbal commitments. Remaining Needs - WR, OL, LB. Stanford needs another WR, since Simi Fehoko will go on a mission, leaving only one WR in the class. Four OL starters are graduating. Stanford has only two OL verbal commitments. Two of the three starting LBs are graduating and Stanford has only one LB commitment.

Of note, Stanford accepts LDS players who sign and then proceed on their two year mission and generally return to Stanford.

 

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Charlie Strong's Texas

Charlie Strong's Texas

Having covered a couple of teams from the Big Ten and the Pac 12, it's time to look at scholarship counts, recruiting pattern and losses/incoming class verbals.

Background
Strong, as has been frequently publicized, established a new culture at Texas, resulting initially in dismissals (9), suspensions (3) and transfers (12 so far) with subsequent decrease in scholarship counts at Texas. Four players were arrested in Strong's first year - two for sexual assault (eventually dismissed), one for felony assault and one for shoplifting.

2015 Scholarship Count
Texas only reached a total scholarship count of eighty-two, despite a Class of twenty-eight LOIs (twenty-six enrolled) last year, . That included a summer addition to the class, one walkon awarded a scholarship and two transfers out in August.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
Losses - Texas had fourteen players graduate. Attrition for 2016 has included a graduate transfer and an early entrant into the NFL draft (2). Plus, he has the three scholarships to get to eighty-five. At least three of eleven redshirt seniors may not be offered fifth years.

Strong has at least twenty-two scholarships to give out and could well give out twenty-five.

Current 2016 status (1/27/16)
Currently Texas has thirteen verbals and, with a number of top recruits favoring Texas, could close out strong.
They've recently offered a number of A&M verbal commits, trying to take advantage of A&M's perceived instabilities. The last time Texas finished in the top ten recruiting classes was in 2011.

Texas no longer rules their state in recruiting with Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, Baylor, Houston, as well as A&M, TCU and the Oklahomas poaching top talent.

 

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TCU's Scholarship Count

TCU's Scholarship Count

Background
TCU has had a significant upswing in their recruiting following their successes on the football field. After switching to four WR sets, TCU has recruited five WRs in each of the last two classes, though they are not adverse to moving them to other skill positions, e.g. Trevone Boykin. They are now competitive in recruiting with the other Texas schools. Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma currently rank first, second and third in conference recruiting rankings. TCU is ranked fifteenth nationally. They've never finished higher than twenty-six (2011) and generally are ranked in the thirties. Most recruits come from Texas with some success in Louisiana.

2015 Scholarship Count
After NSD, TCU had eighty-six scholarship players, counting transfers with an incoming class of twenty-one. By fall, they were at eighty-five. Transfers and JC players have been a significant part of TCU's recruiting. Transfers in have recently included Josh Doctson, Aaron Green, Aaron Curry, Bram Kohlhausen, Ja'Juan Story, Kenny Hill, Matt Joekel and others.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
TCU graduated twenty-two Seniors and accepted two transfers in (Diarse, WR, a grad transfer from LSU and Benjamin Banogu, DE from ULM). TCU has had no attrition so far. Attrition averages two-three players per year. TCU seems to offer defacto four year scholarships. It's been over three years since a player was switched to a medical scholarship.

Current 2016 status (1/28/16)
TCU has twenty-two commitments to this class. Nine of those have signed LOIs for early enrollment. Five of those nine are from Community Colleges. Additionally, there are the two transfers in and one grayshirt from last year, which counts for this class. The 2016 class is almost completed. They would love to round it out with a top DT commitment, who has TCU in his top three. But a TCU class with only three WRs?

Previous posts on Big Ten (Michigan, Ohio State), PAC 12 (USC, Stanford) and the other Big 12 team (Texas) were edited and updated.

Next up: ACC - Clemson and Florida State

 

[Irish YJ]

I wish ND would make this thread....
I has a sadz every year...

 

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Clemson Scholarship Count

Clemson Scholarship Count

Background
Clemson recruits players for four years, graduates a high number of them and clears recruits academically before NSD. More Clemson players enter the NFL draft with some early entrants. Clemson usually has around twenty-three signees per year. Swinney has a lot of change to deal wtih each year and manages it well. (see below)

2015 Scholarship Count
Swinney went into NSD 2015 knowing twenty Seniors were graduating. But he had just about completed the Class before the season started with twenty-five verbals. He got a couple more recruits to fill remaining needs and only lost one of those who verballed by August.

By NSD, graduation (20) and attrition (4) had left Swinney with twenty-four scholarships vacancies. In the end, twenty-six players signed LOIs with three of those accepting grayshirts. Twelve of those were four or five star recruits. Four more players lost to attrition after NSD were replaced with scholarships to four walkons to reach eighty-five.

Filling twenty-eight new vacancies and then leading an undefeated Clemson to the national championship shows why Swinney won coach of the year.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
Clemson has ten graduating Seniors this year. But they lose another seven players who are entering the draft early. So far, two other players will not return for their Senior year, one player was dismissed and another is transferring. Swinney has three scholarships from walkons who got a scholarship last year, if he wants. Swinney may cap this class off at twenty-three, allowing for some attrition that will allow room for continued scholarships to his walkons.

Current 2016 status (1/31/16)
Clemson has fifteen commitments for 2016 with eleven of those who are ranked four or five star recruits. The class ranks tenth nationally. (We rank ninth with twenty-two commits.) Swinney is looking to finish the class out with four to six blue chip recruits. None are bigger than the top rated recruit, Rashan Gary, who just visited and was hosted by three other five star recruits. Clemson has had only six official visitors in January - all blue chippers.

 

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Florida State Scholarship Count

Florida State Scholarship Count

Background
Jimbo Fisher continues to stack Florida State’s roster with blue-chippers from the talent-rich South. On his current squad, Fisher has nineteen players who were four or five stars and twenty on defense. Florida State returns every starter on offense and seven on defense. FSU has not fallen out of the top ten team recruiting rankings since 2009. They were ranked third last year. Florida State retains its players for at least two years with only two lost from the last two classes.

2015 Scholarship Count
Florida State had seventy-eight recruited scholarship players in 2015 after signing a class of twenty-one and attrition. FSU ended up at eighty-one with walkon scholarships and transfers in. Fisher saved those four for this year’s class. They’ve lost only two players as an early entrant to the NFL draft . Last year they lost five as early entrants. Fisher usually has a number of early enrollees with this year no different (8). Last year seven recruits enrolled early. FSU has taken only three players from Community Colleges in the last five recruiting classes.

Scholarships to Give Out for 2016
Florida State lost eleven Seniors to graduation. They currently have sixty-four scholarship players on the roster with twenty commits, so they are almost technically full. So, there is some attrition or Redshirt Seniors not offered a fifth year.

Current 2016 status (2/2/2016)
They look to finish strong expecting to sign four more blue-chippers on the offensive and defensive lines and will also add a cornerback. FSU usually loses 1-2 players per year as transfers. This class should end up to be tweny-three or twenty-four recruits and finish in the top five, contending for the number one ranking.

Note: Two teams each from four Power Five conferences have been reviewed. Next Up: the SEC after NSD as well as updated information on the others on scholarship counts.

 

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Scholarship Counts after NSD - Eight teams above

Scholarship Counts after NSD - Eight teams above

Two teams selected from each of four Power Five conferences (Big 10, Pac 12, Big 12, ACC).

Note: Scholarships to walkons in 2015 are not counted for 2016.

Florida State
Scholarship Count - 89 after a '16 class of twenty-five. No scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - 2 Early Entrants, 1 Quit
--- Redshirt Seniors not on 2 deep - 2. Other - 1 medical, second string
--- Class of '16 attrition - 5 decommits, 1 of whom recommitted

Michigan
Scholarship Count - 88 after a '16 class of twenty-eight. Three scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - 5 graduate transfers, 1 other transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - 3
--- Class of '16 - One more commit yet to qualify (not counted). Twelve decommits.

Ohio State
Scholarship Count - 87 after a '16 class of twenty-four. No scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - nine Early Entrants, 1 medical, 1 retire,
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - 0
--- Class of '16 - One grayshirt, four decommits

Stanford
Scholarship Count - 85 after a '16 class of twenty-five. No scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - One Early Entrant, one graduate transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - three
--- Class of '16 - One from 2015 who did not qualify last year. One signee will go on a LDS mission. Six decommits, 1 of whom recommitted

Texas
Scholarship Count - 85 after a '16 class of twenty-four. No scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on current roster in 2015.
--- Attrition so far - One graduate transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - three
--- Class of '16 - One decommit

Clemson
Scholarship Count - 85 after a '16 class of twenty-two. Six walkons have scholarships.
--- Attrition so far - Seven Early Entrants, two graduate transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - none
--- Class of '16 - One grayshirt. One decommit who recommitted.

TCU
Scholarship Count - 84 after a '16 class of twenty-two. No scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - none
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - none
--- Class of '16 - One signee yet to qualify. Six decommits.
--- Other - Two transfers in.

USC
Scholarship Count - 80 after a '16 class of twenty-five (includes five blueshirts from last year). Four scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - One Early Entrant
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - none
--- Class of '16 - Includes five blueshirts to twenty signees. Seven decommits with one of them recommitting.

Assuming all walkons will have their scholarships renewed, USC's scholarship count is eighty-four.

Only Florida State, Michigan and Ohio State are over eighty-five. Big Ten rules allow for eighty-eight scholarship players after NSD.

Next: SEC East (Georgia, Florida)

 

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Notre Dame's Current Scholarship Count

Notre Dame's Current Scholarship Count

Notre Dame’s Scholarship Chart — For Now

When including possible fifth- and even sixth-year players with the 23-man scholarship recruiting class signed this week, Notre Dame is unofficially at 90 grant-in-aid players, or five over the NCAA limit.

Between now and the opener at Texas Sept. 3, there needs to be at least five deletions to reach 85 (or, per usual, go under it). Yet the possibility of five-star Georgia receiver Demetris Robertson signing with the Irish remains. Here is the numbers breakdown at each position group by class, with the parentheses after the name indicating number of years eligible.

Potential fifth (and sixth) year Seniors:
Jarron Jones
Chase Hounshell (sixth)
Avery Sebastian (sixth)
Mark Harrell
Scott Daly

Walkons given scholarships in 2015 (currently counted)
Montgomery Van Gorder (Junior)
Josh Anderson (potential fifth year)

 

[RDU Irish]

Notre Dame’s Scholarship Chart — For Now



Potential fifth (and sixth) year Seniors:
Jarron Jones
Chase Hounshell (sixth)
Avery Sebastian (sixth)
Mark Harrell
Scott Daly

Walkons given scholarships in 2015 (currently counted)
Montgomery Van Gorder (Junior)
Josh Anderson (potential fifth year)

You are missing John Turner and Nicky Barrati in your Fifth year list. Those two, Harrell, Van Gorder, Anderson, and probably Hounshell get us to 84. They may have a medical, transfer or football dropout already in mind too.

Also do we know for sure Daly is back?

 

[dad4aa]

You are missing John Turner and Nicky Barrati in your Fifth year list. Those two, Harrell, Van Gorder, Anderson, and probably Hounshell get us to 84. They may have a medical, transfer or football dropout already in mind too.

Also do we know for sure Daly is back?

From everything I have read and those I have talked with...yes.

 

[Legacy]

You are missing John Turner and Nicky Barrati in your Fifth year list. Those two, Harrell, Van Gorder, Anderson, and probably Hounshell get us to 84. They may have a medical, transfer or football dropout already in mind too.

Also do we know for sure Daly is back?

I don't know how I missed those two. Thanks, RDU.

ND has a higher number of players eligible for fifth years who are not on the two deep than the other schools. That makes it easier to reach eighty-five.

I expect Michigan, for instance, with eighty-seven and three potential fifth years who are not on their two deep, to reach eighty-five. However, they have had most of their attrition with five graduate transfers and one other transfer already.

So, we end up with Florida State and Ohio State to watch from the eight above.

 

[ulukinatme]

I can't say how we're going to get there, but I expect we'll be at 75 by the Texas game. Tradition and all that.

 

[Legacy]

2016 Roster and Scholarship Breakdown with Recruiting (Irish Envy post)

Kudos to NewEnglandGuy!

 

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SEC East - Georgia and Florida Scholarship Counts

SEC East - Georgia and Florida Scholarship Counts

Coaching SEC East: The SEC East coaching landscape has been remade with Mark Richt (15 years), Gary Pinkel (15 years) and Steve Spurrier (11 years) leaving their respective tenures at their SEC teams. All three were replaced by Assistant Coaches. In fact, only two teams in the SEC East have hired Head coaches with prior head coaching experience (Jones at Tennessee, Muschamp at South Carolina). The current seven SEC East coaches have a total of nine years experience at their SEC East teams. Compare that to the forty-one years of experience of Pinkel, Richt and Spurrier.

Georgia
Scholarship Count - 82 after a '16 class of twenty. No scholarships to walkons in 2015 (who are on the current roster). Georgia had enrolled twenty-eight recruits last year with attrition of only one for the class so far.
--- Attrition so far - One Early Entrant, one Transfer, one Grad Transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - one
--- Class of '16 - Eight decommitments (four in December or January).
--- The class ranked (247) seventh nationally (fourth in the SEC but the top-ranked class in the SEC East).

They did lose out on more top in-state players in 2016 than in 2015. Kirby Smart concentrated on the top targets for 2016, missed on a few and saved scholarships for 2017 for his first full recruiting year.

Other: Smart is in the catbird’s seat for recruiting next year. The state of Georgia had thirty-three four or five star players in 2016 (five five stars & twenty-eight four stars).

Florida
Scholarship Count - 87 after a '16 class of twenty-five. Three scholarships to walkons in 2015 who are on the current roster.
--- Attrition so far - Five Early Entrants, one Transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - Two
--- Class of '16 - Nine decommitments.
--- The class ranked (247) fourteenth nationally (sixth in the SEC, second in the SEC East).

Florida is fertile recruiting ground with forty-six four or five star prospects in 2016. But, unlike Georgia, Florida has powerful in-state rivals as well as out-of-state powers to contend with for prospects. Of the top twenty-three in-state recuits in 2016, FSU signed four, Miami another four, Clemson signed three and Florida signed just two - the same number as Ohio State, LSU and Auburn.

Note: Florida should reach eighty-five simply with not offering the two reserve redshirt seniors scholarships. Further attrition may allow for offering scholarships to the walkon scholarship players from last year.

Next Up: SEC West - Alabama and LSU

 

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Five years later, SEC not hurt by its football recruiting signing cap

The sky was supposed to fall on the SEC. That's what some SEC football coaches would've had you believe in 2011 when the conference tightened its rules on teams signing more football recruits than available scholarship spots....

“What's your problem with 28?” Alabama coach Nick Saban asked reporters at the 2011 SEC spring meetings. “Y'all are creating a bad problem for everybody because you're going to mess up the kids getting opportunities by doing what you're doing. You think you're helping them, but you're hurting them. You take one case where somebody didn't get the right opportunity, but you need to take the other 100 cases where somebody got an opportunity because of it.”...

The truth is the new signing cap rules were never going to severely handcuff the SEC. The conference's schools have too much money, TV exposure, talented coaches and rabid fan bases to allow a slight reduction in signees to dramatically sway results on the field. Plus, the SEC is still signing more players than any conference.
The sky hasn't fallen on the SEC. The clouds are just getting counted a little differently.

In the five years from 2007-11, SEC teams averaged 25.4 players per signing class. In the five years following the adoption of the new rule, the SEC’s average has only dropped by -1.2, to 24.2.

Only three non-SEC schools matched or exceeded that average over that span: West Virginia (25.0), Ohio State (24.6) and Iowa State (24.2).

 

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SEC West - Alabama and LSU

SEC West - Alabama and LSU

Alabama
Scholarship Count - 90 after a '16 class of twenty-five . The 2016 class includes one grayshirt from 2014. No scholarships were given to walkons in 2015.
--- Attrition so far - Two Early Entrants, two Grad Transfers.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - none
--- Class of '16 - Seven decommitments (four in the week prior to NSD). The class ranked first nationally.
--- Nick Saban has announced Alabama would take a graduate transfer RB.

Note: As sure as the sun rises, Nick Saban will take twenty-five scholarship players per year, which he has since 2009. Last year, getting to eighty-five worked itself out more quickly. But in those years without a higher number of Early Entrants, disciplinary or medical problems and no potential fifth years absent from the two deep as this year is shaping up to be, Saban’s job to get to eighty-five is more difficult.

Any insights from those in the know?

LSU
Scholarship Count - 89 after a ‘16 class of twenty-three. One scholarship to a walkon in 2015 who are on the current roster
--- Attrition so far - One Early Entrant, One Grad Transfer
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - four
--- Class of ‘16 - Four decommitments (two recommitted). The class ranked third nationally. One commit has not signed yet possibly due to academics.

Miles dominated talent-rich Louisiana for fourteen of his twenty-three signees. Eleven of the top sixteen Louisiana recruits chose LSU - all four or five stars. One other who had verballed to LSU flipped to Texas on NSD. Miles missed on a top-ranked QB.

Despite averaging twenty-five signees for the past three years, LSU found itself with seventy-nine scholarship players before the regular season due to transfers and dismissals. Eighty was reached with a scholarship to a walkon. This year, a smaller senior class with the near maximum has once again put Miles over eighty-five.

Unlike Saban, Miles gives scholarships to special teamers - kickers, punters, long snappers.

Like Florida and Michigan, LSU can reach the roster limit by simply not offering redshirt seniors who are not on their two deep.

Next Up: Scholarship Counts for all twelve Power Five conference teams.

 

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Notre Dame Scholarship Count

Notre Dame Scholarship Count

To be consistent, I am evaluating the Irish the same way as the other teams - no walkons are counted and all redshirt Seniors are counted. I am also assuming Jaylon Guyton is not going to be on this team. Two players may be granted a sixth year, but are not counted.

Notre Dame
Scholarship Count - 86 after a '16 class of twenty-three . Two scholarships were given to walkons in 2015.
--- Attrition so far - Four Early Entrants, one Transfer, one suspension with assumed transfer.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - two
--- Class of '16 - No decommitments. The class ranked (247) fifteenth nationally.

One prospect has yet to decide with ND among his favorites.

 

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Getting to 85 - Twelve schools above and Notre Dame

Getting to 85 - Twelve schools above and Notre Dame

Alabama - 91. '16 class size - 25 (including 1 - Grayshirt from '15 class.) One Transfer In.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - None

Florida State - 89. '16 Class Size - 25.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - Two.

Michigan - 87. '16 Class size - 29.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - None

Ohio State - 87. '16 Class size -24. (One grayshirt to '17)
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - None

Florida - 87. '16 Class size - 25
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - Two

LSU - 86. '16 Class Size -- 23.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - Three

..........

Clemson - 85. '16 Class Size -- 21 + 1 Grayshirt
--- Assumes five walkons with scholarships last year have those renewed.

Notre Dame - 85. '16 Class Size -- 23
--- Does not include any scholarships to walkons.

TCU - 84. '16 Class Size -- 23
--- Includes all Redshirt Seniors

Georgia - 83. '16 Class Size -- 20
--- Includes all Redshirt Seniors

Texas - 82. '16 Class Size -- 24
--- Includes one sixth year player, and one walkon with a scholarship.

USC - 82. '16 Class Size -- 25 (Includes five Blueshirts from last year)
--- Assumes five walkons with scholarships last year have those renewed

Stanford - 81. '16 Class Size -- 24
--- Includes all Redshirt Seniors and one walkon who had a scholarship last year.

 

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Alabama gets a graduate transfer in - Gehrig Dieter....

Alabama lands graduate transfer WR coming off 1,000-yard season


Current scholarship players - 91

 

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Two WRs transfer from LSU.

Current Scholarship players - 88. Subtract the four RS Seniors not on the two deep and LSU is at 84.

 

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Two players added to Michigan's total - Ryan Glasgow, a starter but a walkon who had a scholarship last year, and Dytarious Johnson, Class of '16, until any further word.

Current Scholarship Count - 90

Possible transfers include: Lawrence Marshall, Ty Isaac, Reon Dawson, Shane Morris, Jaron Dukes, Derrick Green, Freddy Canteen.

 

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Two of Texas's RS Seniors not on their two deep are transferring. One Soph is also transferring.

Current Scholarship Count - 82


Stanford - Zach Hoffpauir returns to Stanford for his final year after giving up his baseball career with Arizona.

Stanford Scholarship Count - 84

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Ty Isaac coming to ND?

 

[Legacy]

With Spring Practice a few weeks ahead, I made some assumptions and stats on Post 820 adjusted.
Clemson - all six walkon scholarships renewed - at 85
Texas - both walkon scholarships renewed - at 85
Stanford - all Redshirt Seniors included - at 84
Georgia - all Redshirt Seniors included - at 83
USC - one walkon scholarship renewed - at 82

Attrition accounted for since 2/17 -
Germone Hopper transferred from Clemson
Tyler Catalina - transfers in to Georgia
Steve Elmer - will not return for final year at ND

 

[Legacy]

Scholarship list numbers adjusted for:
Stanford - OT Nick Davidson, DL Nate Lohn, WRs Dontonio Jordan and Connor Crane not returning for the '16 season. Luke Kaumatule took a redshirt year.
Stanford Scholarship Count - 81

Michigan - Blake Bars and Da'Mario Jones taken off scholarship list. Ryan Glasgow and Andrew David are not counted (given scholarships in '15). Glasgow was originally a walkon. David may have funding from non-football scholarship.
Michigan Scholarship Count - 87

Texas - Sheroid Evans given sixth year.
Texas Scholarship Count - 86

 

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Concentrating on those teams over eighty-five at this time

Concentrating on those teams over eighty-five at this time

Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep are counted, but counts could be reduced by their numbers if scholarships not renewed for fifth year.

Alabama - 89. '16 class size - 25 (including 1 - Grayshirt from '15 class.) One Transfer In.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - None

Florida State - 89. '16 Class Size - 25.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - Two.

Michigan - 87. '16 Class size - 29.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - None

Ohio State - 87. '16 Class size -24. (One grayshirt to '17)
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - None

Florida - 87. '16 Class size - 25
--- Redshirt Seniors not on the two deep - Two

LSU - 86. '16 Class Size -- 23.
--- Redshirt Seniors not on two deep - Three

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Three SEC teams, two Big Ten teams, one ACC team

 

[Bishop2b5]

We typically see 1-3 players who are buried on the depth chart transfer after spring practice if they don't make a major move up the ladder during the spring. That won't get us down to 85, but will likely take us a long way in that direction.