Signing day deserves its own thread.

So far have the following LOIs:

NAME HT WT POS. HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL FILM
Morgan Alexander 5-10 170 ATH Cartersville, Ga. Cartersville HS
Jarvis Byrd 5-10 170 CB Pahokee, Fla. Pahokee HS
Tyson Chandler 6-6 340 OL North Plainfield, N.J. North Plainfield HS
Ryan Cheek 6-2 230 LB Lancaster, Ohio Lancaster HS
A.J. Ferguson 6-3 250 DL Southport, N.C. South Brunswick HS
Quintin Payton 6-4 190 WR Anderson, S.C. T.L. Hanna HS
Deion Roberson 6-2 275 DT Tucker, Ga. Tucker HS
Brian Slay 6-2 278 DT Ashburn, Va. Stone Bridge HS
Rashard Smith 5-10 175 CB Dublin, Ga. Dublin HS
Anthony Talbert 6-4 230 TE Cincinnati, Ohio Winton Woods HS
Chris Ward 6-1 170 P Fayetteville, Ga. Stars Mill HS
Asa Watson 6-4 200 TE Rock Hill, S.C. Rock Hill HS
Camden Wentz 6-3 280 OL Marietta, Ga. Lassiter HS

THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS ARE ALREADY ENROLLED.
Donald Coleman 6-0 207 SAF Detroit, Mi. The Hun School (N.J.)
Sam Jones 6-7 295 OL Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Fuquay-Varina HS/Hargrave Milt. Acad.
Nathan Mageo 6-4 280 DT Pago Pago, American Samoa Samoana HS/NM Military JUCO
James Washington III 6-0 180 RB Orlando, Fla. Boone HS



Feel free to have all discussion for signing day in this thread (NCSU and others).


GoPack.com has the best feature in awhile (signing day central): http://www.gopack.com//ViewContent.dbml?SPSID=41956&SPID=3730&&DB_OEM_ID=9200&CONTENT_ID=24201

2/4/2009 10:17:22 AM

Just got:

Duran Christophe 6-5 257 OL Woodstock, Ga. Woodstock HS

2/4/2009 10:18:38 AM

257 pound O lineman

that dude better post up in Fountain

2/4/2009 10:20:27 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/02/03/recruiting-wire/index.html?eref=T1

Another useful link.

The Ol' Ball Coach stole one away from Southern Cal.

Quote :

"Brown was one of the first prospects to commit to the Gators in this class. The West Gadsden (Quincy, Fla.) player is the No. 23 prospect in the class and the fifth-ranked recruit in the Sunshine State. Four-star wide receiver Alshon Jeffery switched from one USC to another Wednesday morning. Jeffery announced he will sign with South Carolina after being committed to Southern California since the summer. Jeffery is the fourth-ranked player in South Carolina out of Calhoun County (St. Matthews, SC). "

Clemson got Tajh Boyd

Quote :

"8:13 a.m. -- Boyd signs with Clemson Clemson fans can rest easy when it comes to Rivals100 quarterback Tajh Boyd. The Phoebus (Hampton, Va.) standout sent his Letter of Intent the Tigers this morning."

2/4/2009 10:23:24 AM

Quote :

"257 pound O lineman that dude better post up in Fountain"

Easier to beef them up than make them quicker.

2/4/2009 10:26:07 AM

Wow that actually looks pretty nice. I was looking around trying to find something with live coverage. WRAL has this one for triangle students, but none of them are coming to NCSU:

http://www.highschoolot.com/content/asset_gallery/4338551/

2/4/2009 10:27:30 AM

ANY NEWS ON JOHN WALL

2/4/2009 10:30:11 AM

James Washington isn't any relation to Bobby Washington is he?

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=626285

2/4/2009 10:30:40 AM

Sam Montgomery goes to ...


i have a feeling UNC



that means LSU, with Richardson

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 10:37 AM. Reason : d]

2/4/2009 10:33:28 AM

Quote :

"257 pound O lineman that dude better post up in Fountain"

Rivals says that he is 6-6 275. He'll still need to beef up some though. I think his all-star game coach said that he may even be 6-7 now.

2/4/2009 10:48:16 AM

10:40 a.m. DE Sam Montgomery just made his announcement on ESPNU, and the rich are getting richer. The No. 2 defensive end in the country selected the LSU Tigers over several other powers in the Southeast. In the days leading up to his decision, it sounded as though the South Carolina prep star was going to play for Butch Davis at UNC.

2/4/2009 10:50:30 AM

oh shit... UT got Myles, sweet!

2/4/2009 10:52:29 AM

^^ Yep, most thought Montgomery was a UNC lean but apparently he really wants to play with his buddy Richardson. Oh well.

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 10:53 AM. Reason : ]

2/4/2009 10:53:01 AM

I wish I could be at home parked in front of my 46" flat panel HDTV with ESPNU on, and a ham and cheese sandwhich in my hands. And I'm talking a good ham and cheese sandwhich on a garlic bread roll, with swiss and cheddar, smoked ham, slightly warmed in the microwave for 15 seconds. Mmmm...I'm getting hungry.

2/4/2009 11:06:43 AM

^damn you

2/4/2009 11:07:22 AM

im going home to do that on my lunch break

2/4/2009 11:10:37 AM

1. PG OT Sam Jones (enrolled)
2. JC DT Nathan Mageo (enrolled)
3. PG S Donald Coleman (enrolled)
4. #83 RB James Washington (enrolled)
5. #90 DT Tyson Chandler
6. #30 MLB Ryan Cheek (solid kid here)
7. #62 DT Brian Slay (our first verbal - glad to see he stuck with it)
8. NR P Chris Ward
9. #12 C Camden Wentz (great center; arm length concern but can play anywhere on OL)
10. #115 RB Morgan Alexander
11. #102 TE Anthony Talbert
12. NR CB Rashard Smith
13. NR DE A.J. Ferguson
14. #86 CB Jarvis Byrd (was at once thinking Noles so good pickup here)
15. #99 DT Deion Roberson
16. #284 WR Quintin Payton
17. #10 TE Asa Watson
18. #80 OL Duran Christophe
19. DE Sylvester Crawford
20. DB- Dean Haynes
21. OL- Denzell Good
22. LB- Rickey Dowdy
23. Everett Proctor- QB
24. Raynard Randolph- DT
25. Hans Rice- LB
26. NR DE Darryl Cato-Bishop


[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM. Reason : are all in ]

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 12:33 PM. Reason : entire list]

2/4/2009 12:26:44 PM

Just a little Tennessee news...

IN:
3* Robert Nelson [LB - Stone Mtn, GA]
4* Eric Gordon [DB - Nashville, TN]
4* Marsalis Teague [ATH - Paris, TN]
3* Greg King [LB - Memphis, TN]
4* Darren Myles [S - Atlanta, GA]
3* Mike Edwards [DB - Cleveland, OH]
4* James Green [WR - Tallahassee, FL]
4* Jerod Askew [LB - Chesapeake, VA]
4* JerQuari Schofield [OL - Aiken, SC]
3* Zach Rogers [WR - Nashville, TN]
3* Nyshier Oliver [ATH - Jersey City, NJ]
3* Arthur Jeffrey [DT - Sarasota, FL]
3* Kevin Revis [OL - Evensville, TN]

3* Toney Williams [RB - Alpharetta, GA] - Already Enrolled at Tennessee
3* Nigel Mitchell-Thornton [LB - Stone Mtn, GA]- Already Enrolled at Tennessee
3* Rae Sykes [DE - Coffeyville, KS]- Already Enrolled at Tennessee
Montori Hughes [DT - Murfreesboro, TN] - Already Enrolled at Tennessee

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 12:48 PM. Reason : +1]

2/4/2009 12:38:42 PM

Te'o picks Notre Dame.

wow. If Burfict leaves USC for ASU, USC will have whiffed on two supposed locks for them.

2/4/2009 12:49:49 PM

so far all but 2 are in

2/4/2009 12:56:45 PM

Donald Coleman is rated by Scout as the #3 post-graduate safety I believe.

2/4/2009 1:14:16 PM

God I wish it was football season...

2/4/2009 1:17:43 PM

pretty proud of Clemson pulling off a top20 class amidst our coaching change and all

2/4/2009 1:37:39 PM

Tennessee got Nu'Keese Richardson from Florida, big surprise... Teague too

2/4/2009 2:27:43 PM

Nu'keese

are you kidding me

2/4/2009 2:29:30 PM

I think hes Irish

2/4/2009 2:32:51 PM

Neuheisel and Chow just brought in a top 10 class.

2/4/2009 3:01:17 PM

looks like we got all 27 LOI's in.

goddamnit i wish it was football season.

2/4/2009 3:13:15 PM

^We used to sit through footbal season and pray for basketball to come sooner...

I'm dissapointed in our signing class so far...at least we got a new kicker.

2/4/2009 3:21:14 PM

What is there to be dissapointed in? Not enough bling-bling 5 star recruits? This is a solid class that will fill problem spots on our roster.

2/4/2009 3:22:06 PM

Did they really just make a Monty Python reference on ESPN2?

2/4/2009 3:29:11 PM

^^ AND HIS NAME IS CHRIS WARD!


amiright?

2/4/2009 3:32:23 PM

Quote :

"I'm *dissapointed in our signing class so far...at least we got a new kicker."

are you trolling or just .... durrrr

2/4/2009 3:39:19 PM

Quote :

"at least we got a new kicker."

Why does everyone hate on Czajkowski?

He went 15/18 FGs and didn't miss an extra point and this was only his sophomore year.

2/4/2009 3:39:23 PM

^a month or two ago somebody posted a story about our new kicker on the wolfpack football recruiting thread. he's supposed to be fantastic!

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 3:55 PM. Reason : i meant punter]

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 4:16 PM. Reason : who can find this article i speak of?]

2/4/2009 3:51:28 PM

^we didn't get a new kicker, we got a new punter. Ward is a punter. Czajkowski is serviceable.....they didn't ask him to kick many deep ones last year.

2/4/2009 3:53:22 PM

^Because we had no faith in him for the longer kicks. His longest made all year was 42. Having a guy who can potentially make a 47-50 yarder can effect the entire game.

2/4/2009 3:55:02 PM

maybe we can pick up that deraney kid

2/4/2009 3:58:26 PM

Quote :

"they didn't ask him to kick many deep ones last year"

because they realize he couldn't kick for shit.

2/4/2009 3:59:32 PM

He missed from 49 against SCar and only attempted 2 more over 40 all year (41,42, made them both).

But there were multiple times when we went for it on 4th down not because we thought we could make it, but because we had to because our kicker was shit (we were 6-16 on 4th down)

2/4/2009 4:02:04 PM

thats one of the stupidest things posted in this thread^

we went for it when it was a close chance or big time need to make it on 4th

other times we either kicked a FG or PUNTED which is what this kicker is

please do your research before you come in here asking OMGWTF is TOB doing?

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 4:06 PM. Reason : there is a thing called punting, which we did many times we couldnt kick a FG]

2/4/2009 4:05:04 PM

Quote :

"thats one of the stupidest things posted in this thread^"

The guy just posted the stats. Nothing stupid about stats.

Quote :

"we went for it when it was a close chance or big time need to make it on 4th"

What is a close chance?

Of course we fucking went for it when we needed to go for it

Quote :

"please do your research before you come in here asking OMGWTF is TOB doing? "

wat

2/4/2009 4:08:04 PM

Quote :

"please do your research before you come in here asking OMGWTF is TOB doing? there is a thing called punting, which we did many times we couldnt kick a FG"

I'm not criticizing TOB...I'm critizing Czajkowski.

And we wouldn't have to punt so much if our kicker could make it anywhere from our side of the 50.

2/4/2009 4:13:24 PM

^seriously??? how many fucking college kickers do you know that can make a FG "Anywhere from our side of the 50"???

Gimme a kicker that can consistently make FG's b/t 35-45 yds and i'll be happy.

2/4/2009 4:15:33 PM

oh my god we need a punter.

is Pierson his name?

watchign him punt makes me want to

2/4/2009 4:20:31 PM

jesus, if the kid is kicking inside our 50 then he must have some freak of nature leg

the only college kid that i can think of that could hit from that length consistently was Janikowski at FSU

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 4:23 PM. Reason : sadf]

2/4/2009 4:20:34 PM

^exactlNugent, wont ever forget him kicking it thru the FG post here on kickoff

Quote :

"The guy just posted the stats. Nothing stupid about stats."

I was talking about him saying our kicker was terrible...he wasnt that bad really, pretty decent.


and a good chance is 4&1 or less...thats what i would call a good chance or when we, of course, HAD to go for it.

I bet in reality on trying on 4th 16 times is pretty low compared to other teams in the nation, possibly, ACC. & n

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM. Reason : g]

2/4/2009 4:22:01 PM

I thought of Crosby from CU and Nugent from tOSU, but even that was 2-3 years ago.

2/4/2009 4:22:14 PM

How about just in the ACC?

FSU - Graham Gano (5-5 in the 40's, 5-7 in the 50's)
Miami - Matt Bosher (2-3 in the 50's)
VT - Dustin Keys (6-10 over 40)

And then Duke had this Joe Surgan guy last year who only came out for the 50+ shots (2-4)...but I think he's graduating.

And earlier I meant to say from the opponent's side of the 50, the side we're trying to score on.

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM. Reason : -]

2/4/2009 4:22:43 PM

i dont know what all this kicking talk is about but the punter we signed is the best one in the nation for this high school class so....that will affect games without a doubt

2/4/2009 4:23:28 PM