The Next 15

[irishunclebill]

Now that David Poz is Irish, who will be the next 15?

There are 57 offers on the Official Offer List. 13 of the 57 are committed in some form to ND and other schools. This leaves 44 uncommitted recruits on the list. Of these, there are about 14 (Bryant, Brewster, Jones, Holmes, etc.) that have expressed little or no interest in ND, which leaves a list of 30. So, here is the deal. Out of these 30 (The 30 Possibilities) predict who you think will be the next 15 to commit. (The Next 15 List) Then, look at your list of 15, and see if there is anybody of the other 15 that you would rather have on your list, and make that list. (The Preferred 15) If you feel there is someone that is not on the 30 to select from, either a long shot pick that is already offered, or someone presently not offered, just put him in either one of your lists, but try to avoid putting anyone on your lists if you think there is little or no chance of ND recruiting them, e.g. TJ Bryant.

This is just for fun to see the general feel of this forum on the offered and interested recruits thus far this year. It is not intended to be an “expert” prediction that someone will come back to you with later and say you said “so and so” was coming to ND, and he didn’t. I’ll start it with my Next 15, and my Preferred 15.

The 30 Offered Possibilities

Blake Ayles
Brendan Beal
Robert Blanton
Jeremy Brown
Brice Butler
Lane Clelland
Dayne Crist
Steven Filer
Darius Fleming
Michael Floyd
Art Forst
Marcus Forston
Cyrus Gray
Shayne Hale
Ethan Johnson
Kapron Lewis-Moore
Kyle Long
Dan McCarthy
Anthony McDonald
Brandon Moore
Brandon Newman
Trevor Robinson
Etienne Sabino
Darrell Scott
Jamoris Slaughter
Andrew Sweat
Kenny Tate
Carlton Thomas
Hafis Williams
Ryan Williams

My Next 15

Brendan Beal
Robert Blanton
Jeremy Brown
Lane Clelland
Dayne Crist
Steven Filer
Darius Fleming
Michael Floyd
Art Forst
Cyrus Gray
Dan McCarthy
Anthony McDonald
Brandon Newman
Trevor Robinson
Hafis Williams


My Preferred 15

Brendan Beal
Robert Blanton
Jeremy Brown
Dayne Crist
Steven Filer
Darius Fleming
Michael Floyd
Art Forst
Marcus Forston
Dan McCarthy
Anthony McDonald
Brandon Newman
Trevor Robinson
Darrell Scott
Hafis Williams

I would be thrilled with My Next 15 if it ended up that way. The only 2 changes I made to the Preferred 15 would be to get Marcus Forston & Darrell Scott in place of Clelland & Gray. Forston & Scott may well be the top DT & RB in the 2008 class, so who would not want them. Gray would be a great addition, but Scott is a potential All-American. Clelland would be the 3rd rated OL of my next 15 behind Art Forst & Trevor Robinson and may not have a slot available anyway if he waits too long.

My Preferred 15 would have 4 LB’s (Beal, Filer, Fleming, and McDonald) along with Poz, and 3 DL’s (Forston, Newman, & Williams) along with Sean Cwynar to give the Irish defense 9 beasts in the front seven for 4 years straight. Somebody pinch me, wake me up, I must be dreaming, but what a nice dream.

 

[notredomer23]

couldnt have said it any better

 

[Jason Pham]

Don't have a 15 just yet, here are 11 I'm banking on though.

Dayne Crist
Michael Floyd
Lane Clelland
Trevor Robinson
Brendan Beal
Anthony McDonald
Dan McCarthy
Darius Fleming
Brandon Newman
Hafis Williams
Steven Filer

 

[irishunclebill]

Don't have a 15 just yet, here are 11 I'm banking on though.

Dayne Crist
Michael Floyd
Lane Clelland
Trevor Robinson
Brendan Beal
Anthony McDonald
Dan McCarthy
Darius Fleming
Brandon Newman
Hafis Williams
Steven Filer

If I was doing 11 that would be my list as well. The other 4 on my 15 that you did not list are Brown, Forst, Blanton, and Gray, all of whom are going to be tough to get. Brown is so recent, but there seems to be a great connection there already. If they can get Forst on campus, I see him as going Irish. If Blanton shows up again at the B&G game I beleive that ND will have a real solid chance at him as well, and Blanton is going to be a big time recruit. Gray will be tough, but I have to think CW will be able to recruit at least 1 RB, if not Gray, maybe the new offer, Carlton Thomas.

 

[Irishknight1023]

Art Forst will be definently going to Rutgers i predict.

 

[Irishknight1023]

And i also heard that Carlton Thomas has now listed us as his favorite with Auburn, Arkansas ect. behind us. He named his list in order and we were first is what im trying to say.

 

[knute]

Here's my preferred 15.

My Preferred 16

TE
Blake Ayles

LB
Steven Filer
Shayne Hale
Anthony McDonald
Darius Fleming

DT
Brandon Newman
Hafis Williams

DE
Kapron Lewis-Moore
Kyle Long

OL
Lane Clelland
Art Forst
Trevor Robinson

WR
Michael Floyd

DB
Robert Blanton
Dan McCarthy

RB
Carlton Thomas

 

[RichardRiot]

Next 15:
Brendan Beal
Jeremy Brown
Lane Clelland
Dayne Crist
Steven Filer
Darius Fleming
Michael Floyd
Ethan Johnston
Kyle Long
Dan McCarthy
Anthony McDonald
Brandon Newman
Trevor Robinson
Carlton Thomas
Hafis Williams


Preferred 15:
Brendan Beal
Robert Blanton
Dayne Crist
Steven Filer
Darius Fleming
Michael Floyd
Art Forst
Marcus Forston
Kyle Long
Dan McCarthy
Anthony McDonald
Brandon Newman
Trevor Robinson
Darrell Scott
Hafis Williams

If I was to add one to my preferred, I would add back Jeremy Brown. Only took him out because thought there was greater need on the Line than in the secondary; either Brown or Blanton would be a great pick-up, but thought that Blanton was further ahead.

 

[GoIrish41]

HERE'S WHAT I THINK

QB - Dayne Crist

RB - Carlton Thomas

WR - Michael Floyd

TE - Blake Ayles

OL - Trevor Robinson
Art Forst

LB - Darius Fleming
Anthony McDonald
Steven Filer
Etienne Sabino

DL - Brandon Newman
Ethan Johnson
Kapron Lewis-Moore

DB - Robert Blanton
Kenny Tate


HERE'S WHAT I WISH

QB - Terrelle Pryor

RB - Darrell Scott

WR -Michael Floyd
Julio Jones

OL - Trevor Robinson
Art Forst

LB - Arthur Brown
Anthony McDonald
Steven Filer
Andrew Sweat

DL - Brandon Newman
Ethan Johnson
Kapron Lewis-Moore

DB - Robert Blanton
Will Hill


I don't thing the offers are over though, and we'll likely pick up a few that we haven't even offered yet.

 

[irishunclebill]

Oh yeah, there will be a lot more offers, I think as many as 20 more, and as reported earlier, we can all scratch Trev Robinson from our next 15. Did anybody not have Robinson yet?

 

[GoIrish41]

Oh yeah, there will be a lot more offers, I think as many as 20 more, and as reported earlier, we can all scratch Trev Robinson from our next 15. Did anybody not have Robinson yet?

gotta think that reuland, wes kemp and a few more DL will get offers. Also, not many out for DBs right now. I think we need to offer Holley before it's too late.

 

[irishunclebill]

gotta think that reuland, wes kemp and a few more DL will get offers. Also, not many out for DBs right now. I think we need to offer Holley before it's too late.

I agree with the first part, but not on Holley, and here is why. I posted this yesterday on a Holley thread, so I am just copying it.

I don't think the Irish will offer Holley anyway, certainly not if he commits to Florida early. Size is a real issue for Jarred, he weighed in at only 162 lbs. at a combine, and it's obvious that the coaching staff likes Jeremy Brown a lot more at the CB position, and ND seems to have a good shot at getting him out of Florida. I also have a strong feeling that if Marcel Rose's test scores are good that he will get an offer, and most people believe that Rose is an ND lock. Also, I've seen film on Robert Blanton, and although Rivals lists him as a Safety, he is mostly playing CB in the clips. Blanton's size and speed would easily allow him to also play CB in college. I'm not big on judging these guys by the film clips, but from what I have seen Blanton is a much more physical presence than Holley. He also appears to have a strong interest in ND, as he was at Wednesday's practice and there is an unconfirmed report that he will be returning for the B&G game. All of this combined with some pretty decent existing depth is most likely the reason why Holley has not been offered. All indications were that ND was Jarred's favorite and he would have probably accepted an ND offer pretty quickly, but he appears to be the victim of playing a position where there are a lot of guys that the staff feel are better suited for ND, and that ND also has a great shot at recruiting. Jarred at least as far as ND goes falls into the same category as Brett Nagel, Erik LeGrand, and Kris Johnston, in that they would all probably have to wait for the guys that the ND staff rank above them to decide before they would get an ND offer. It is unlikely that any of them except Johnston will wait for that to happen, especially Holley who is the highest rated and most heavily recruited of the guys mentioned above.