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Already mentioned in Josh Moore's thread, but from more of a recruiting perspective:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Atlanta (Ga.) Marist four-star Josh Moore flips from Stanford to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USC</a>. Talks about his commitment to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trojans?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trojans</a> here: <a href="https://t.co/orz5QLkbxo">https://t.co/orz5QLkbxo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gmartlive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gmartlive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/insidetroy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@insidetroy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisNTrevino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisNTrevino</a> <a href="https://t.co/HMExa5iw65">https://t.co/HMExa5iw65</a></p>— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) <a href="https://twitter.com/SWiltfong247/status/1314628284857057283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
https://247sports.com/Article/USC-f...h-Moore-flips-Stanford-Clay-Helton-152662962/
Apparently switching sides of the ball from S to WR.
This drops the Tree to 12 commits, 71st overall, 11th in Pac12 in the composite for 2021.
Looking at their offer list for uncommitted prospects:
-3star WR Makai Cope's recruitment seems far from the finish line even though Biggins submitted a CB for him in May. Utah looks to be making a big push for him as well.
-Drew Kendall, 4star Guard, has a top 3 of BC, Stanford, and Michigan.
-Aaron Armitage, 4star Dline, announced commit date of 11/3/20. All signs point to SC.
-They trail Cal and Washington for a DT, low 3star #644 overall.
-Their "most likely next" commit is a full back/d lineman, not nationally ranked, #93 SDE. He is also listed as considering Wash St and BC.
-Recent offer in August on the 813th overall player, an ILB from Georgia on the same day as Arkansas. He also holds offers from Pitt, South Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky, K State, and Colorado. He is without a published leader.
-It appears to be between Utah and ND right now for Kahanu Kia, out of a host of west coast options for the Hawaiian although Stanford offered one day after us.
-The recruitment of Ceyair Wright is anyone's guess even as SC has all the CBs at the moment. The future Space Jam 2 costar is on record about his desire to continue said acting career. Therefore Troy seems like a reasonable landing spot, but his recruitment appears open from the outside. ASU, Michigan, and Stanford are a few of the named hopeful alternatives.
-An August offer on the 113th athlete, unranked overall, from Utah, hasn't displaced BYU's lead.
Recapping the above would appear to conclude an expansion of their board as sound logic if they intend on taking close to 20. However, in the not so recent past, Shaw and company took in a class of 14 prospects in 2017 (upcoming starter Gabe Reid came back from a mission this year too). I find it hard to see them landing more than 2-3 of the above. With the NCAA allowing additional eligibility without further details, numbers will be difficulty to analyze.
Their remaining 2021 DBs are lower 3stars. The 32nd and 45th safety, 50th cornerback, and also another safety who isn't ranked in the top thousand overall. After parting ways with Ayden Hector this spring, their best DB commit since Adebo, due to an unfortunate incident, their DBs on the roster consist of two 4stars, eight ranked 3stars, three unranked overall 3stars, and two former walk-ons now on scholly for a rather shallow 2 deep.
Currently, 2021 is on pace to be the worst class since their 52nd ranked, 11th of 12 PAC teams in 2013. At least that year was book ended by 7th and 13th overall classes in 2012 and 2014 respectively. . Taking Hector and Scotty Edwards (going on LDS mission) off the 2020 group, drops them to 23 players and 22nd overall according to the class calculator. Their trend appears downward from their peak as the 2019 class was 19th and 2018 group was 40th overall.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Atlanta (Ga.) Marist four-star Josh Moore flips from Stanford to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USC</a>. Talks about his commitment to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trojans?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trojans</a> here: <a href="https://t.co/orz5QLkbxo">https://t.co/orz5QLkbxo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gmartlive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gmartlive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/insidetroy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@insidetroy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisNTrevino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisNTrevino</a> <a href="https://t.co/HMExa5iw65">https://t.co/HMExa5iw65</a></p>— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) <a href="https://twitter.com/SWiltfong247/status/1314628284857057283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
https://247sports.com/Article/USC-f...h-Moore-flips-Stanford-Clay-Helton-152662962/
Apparently switching sides of the ball from S to WR.
This drops the Tree to 12 commits, 71st overall, 11th in Pac12 in the composite for 2021.
Looking at their offer list for uncommitted prospects:
-3star WR Makai Cope's recruitment seems far from the finish line even though Biggins submitted a CB for him in May. Utah looks to be making a big push for him as well.
-Drew Kendall, 4star Guard, has a top 3 of BC, Stanford, and Michigan.
-Aaron Armitage, 4star Dline, announced commit date of 11/3/20. All signs point to SC.
-They trail Cal and Washington for a DT, low 3star #644 overall.
-Their "most likely next" commit is a full back/d lineman, not nationally ranked, #93 SDE. He is also listed as considering Wash St and BC.
-Recent offer in August on the 813th overall player, an ILB from Georgia on the same day as Arkansas. He also holds offers from Pitt, South Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky, K State, and Colorado. He is without a published leader.
-It appears to be between Utah and ND right now for Kahanu Kia, out of a host of west coast options for the Hawaiian although Stanford offered one day after us.
-The recruitment of Ceyair Wright is anyone's guess even as SC has all the CBs at the moment. The future Space Jam 2 costar is on record about his desire to continue said acting career. Therefore Troy seems like a reasonable landing spot, but his recruitment appears open from the outside. ASU, Michigan, and Stanford are a few of the named hopeful alternatives.
-An August offer on the 113th athlete, unranked overall, from Utah, hasn't displaced BYU's lead.
Recapping the above would appear to conclude an expansion of their board as sound logic if they intend on taking close to 20. However, in the not so recent past, Shaw and company took in a class of 14 prospects in 2017 (upcoming starter Gabe Reid came back from a mission this year too). I find it hard to see them landing more than 2-3 of the above. With the NCAA allowing additional eligibility without further details, numbers will be difficulty to analyze.
Their remaining 2021 DBs are lower 3stars. The 32nd and 45th safety, 50th cornerback, and also another safety who isn't ranked in the top thousand overall. After parting ways with Ayden Hector this spring, their best DB commit since Adebo, due to an unfortunate incident, their DBs on the roster consist of two 4stars, eight ranked 3stars, three unranked overall 3stars, and two former walk-ons now on scholly for a rather shallow 2 deep.
Currently, 2021 is on pace to be the worst class since their 52nd ranked, 11th of 12 PAC teams in 2013. At least that year was book ended by 7th and 13th overall classes in 2012 and 2014 respectively. . Taking Hector and Scotty Edwards (going on LDS mission) off the 2020 group, drops them to 23 players and 22nd overall according to the class calculator. Their trend appears downward from their peak as the 2019 class was 19th and 2018 group was 40th overall.
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