BRob82

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"Whats the best place to get updates today?"

probably in the shower, where the water feels sOOOooooooo good

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2/2/2011 9:11:59 AM

I've never been more proud than having a guy who decommitted from Navy to go to NC State being called a steal for the Pack.

2/2/2011 9:12:51 AM

Signed so far:

OT Alex Bar
DE McKay Frandsen
TE Benson Browne
LB Michael Peek
QB Brian Taylor
CB Tyrrell Burriss
LB Brandon Pittman
P Wil Baumann
DE Mike Rose
ATH Hakim Jones

[Edited on February 2, 2011 at 9:18 AM. Reason : .]

2/2/2011 9:15:52 AM

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"I've never been more proud than having a guy who decommitted from Navy to go to NC State being called a steal for the Pack. "

I think it's only a steal because it really is....a steal. It's not like he's a highly regarded recruit, we just took him from a lower program. He's still only a 2/3 star commit. We do need LBs, so that's why it is somewhat of a big deal.

I don't think anyone can be ecstatic about this class, but I'm content with it. We seem to be filling all of our needs with very solid players. Let's just hope we follow it up next with year a really good class. I'm not all about the STAAAAAASSSSS...but you can't deny the fact that lots of the 4/5 star kids are game changers.

2/2/2011 9:34:26 AM

in some ways, yes, but not always. UNC has NFL talent every year and they have yet to sniff a division title, or hell, beat us. Wilson was a 2 star. I dont' know what Rivers was rated, but we were like the only ones that wanted him to play QB and we all know how his career turned out.

It would be nice to have the 4/5's looking and signing for the exposure though.

2/2/2011 10:00:09 AM

OT Alex Bar
DE McKay Frandsen
TE Benson Browne
LB Michael Peek
QB Brian Taylor
CB Tyrrell Burriss
LB Brandon Pittman
P Wil Baumann
DE Mike Rose
ATH Hakim Jones
WR Hakeem Flowers
DE Dave Mann

2/2/2011 10:03:11 AM

nice, so GT couldn't sway Mann!

2/2/2011 10:04:11 AM

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"I dont' know what Rivers was rated"

3 star IIRC. Most schools wanted him to switch to TE because of his butt-ugly delivery. Glad we weren't one of them

2/2/2011 10:05:02 AM

Underwood did sign with UNC, at least according insidecarolina.

2/2/2011 10:05:06 AM

This class looked like it was going to be awful about 2 months ago and it's turning out pretty well. Obviously having Florida State or Texas' recruits would be great but given what we were looking at I'm pretty happy with how this class ended up

[Edited on February 2, 2011 at 10:08 AM. Reason : ]

2/2/2011 10:07:37 AM

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"Whats the best place to get updates today?"

http://www.gopack.com/ot/signing-day-central.html

2/2/2011 10:09:07 AM

A lot of times the 4 and 5 stars come in thinking they are great and don't put in the effort not realizing that they aren't playing high school kids anymore. Those who are 2 and 3 may have a drive to do better, perhaps they have more upside because their coaching in high school wasn't great, or perhaps they weren't playing against the best competition so that works against them. The best teams are ones who are able to spot the right guys for their system and to work as a team.

2/2/2011 10:10:57 AM

Solid across the board, see the depth chart near the top:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=178&f=2515&t=6797451&p=28

(that doesn't include Peek, and its not showing who has or hasn't signed a LOI yet)

2/2/2011 10:11:32 AM

Chris Jones to Illinois

per: http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/raines-high-has-news-for-unc-pack

2/2/2011 10:51:28 AM

and it doesn't reflect that Chris Jones signed with Ill


somebody on PP said we backed off...


[Edited on February 2, 2011 at 10:53 AM. Reason : oops^^]

2/2/2011 10:52:02 AM

i dont typically follow recruiting, but im watching this on ESPNU and it looked like it ranked the NCSU class last in the ACC

2/2/2011 10:55:38 AM

That's what you would expect.

2/2/2011 10:57:38 AM

media bias.

2/2/2011 11:01:11 AM

Chris Jones apparently had a drug charge that wasn't disclosed previously. Once we found out about it, we rescinded his offer.

2/2/2011 11:02:24 AM

This type of stuff is all good until we have another down year on the field. Then the haters will point to recruiting as exhibit A.

2/2/2011 11:03:20 AM

Juston Burris has signed

2/2/2011 11:10:41 AM

We had some big, big misses in this class. People like Underwood, Anthony, Ellerbe, Ragland, Councell, etc. For some reason they just weren't interested this year.

My thoughts? A lot of it stemmed from having a crappy year last year and uncertainty of if O'Brien would still be around.

2012 should be a good year as we had a good year on the field and have stability. Hopefully we hire a good coach and recruiter at the RB slot.

2/2/2011 11:11:18 AM

OT Joe Thuney has signed

2/2/2011 11:22:55 AM

Clemson is killing it today

2/2/2011 11:29:04 AM

Anthony just committed to Clemson.

His high school uniforms looks just like Clemson too. I always had a feeling that he would end up going there.

2/2/2011 11:49:03 AM

Clemson is on fire. Really impressive.

2/2/2011 11:49:48 AM

Unreal how these guys commit to a coach that shouldn't have a job....

I guess it's the stadium/tradition/fans they are attracted to because they really haven't been a stellar ACC team in recent years.

2/2/2011 11:52:35 AM

UNC might be getting the number one player in the country

2/2/2011 11:55:24 AM

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"Unreal how these guys commit to a coach that shouldn't have a job...."

Butch Davis?

2/2/2011 11:55:49 AM

Simmons' recruitment is especially strange.

2/2/2011 11:59:29 AM

@Jaybee1200 - Good, speaks even better for us when we extend our winning streak on the Tar Heels to 5-0!

...or so I hope!

2/2/2011 12:03:19 PM

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"Five-star defensive tackle Delvon Simmons of McKeesport (Pa.) High returned from his official visit to USC, and after meeting with his coach …added a school to his list. “I can tell you that North Carolina has been added,” McKeesport coach Jim Ward said. “We had a meeting behind closed doors and that is all I can say. The rest stays there.”"

Nothing strange about that...

2/2/2011 12:04:11 PM

Clemson has 3 QB's in this year's class

2/2/2011 12:04:17 PM

^^^What is this...twitter?

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2/2/2011 12:04:37 PM

^^^Yeah, just adding a team 3 days ago and signing without visiting?

Sketch.

2/2/2011 12:05:34 PM

Anyone else in the pipes that we're looking out to add?

2/2/2011 12:13:25 PM

yes, a new RB coach

2/2/2011 12:31:51 PM

Looks like UNC got that 5 star DT.

2/2/2011 12:32:06 PM

Sade hasn't signed yet? Everything's still good there, right?

2/2/2011 12:33:50 PM

According to gopack he has:

Signee No. 15
Niklas Sade • 6-3 • 190 • Placekicker
Wake Forest, N.C. • Wakefield HS
Tagged as the third-best kicker in the country by Scout.com ... Named Cap 8 Conference Special Teams Player of the Year as a senior ... Competed at the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Rated as a three-star prospect by Scout.com ... Hit 83 of 85 extra point attempts and 13 of 17 field goal attempts during his high school career ... Named all-conference as a junior ... Three-year starter on the varsity squad at Wakefield HS under coach Jason Dinwiddie... Named high school athlete of the week by the Raleigh Sports Club in January 2011 ... Selected to the 2010 HighSchoolOT.com All-OT Team... Trained under two-time Lou Groza candidate Dan Orner, who also instructed former Wolfpack kicker Josh Czajkowski ... A native of Germany, he grew up playing soccer in Munich and switched to football during middle school after moving to the Raleigh area ... Maintains a 3.9 GPA.

http://www.gopack.com/ot/signing-day-central.html

2/2/2011 12:36:52 PM

^

2/2/2011 12:36:58 PM

Oh whew

2/2/2011 12:39:31 PM

Niklas Sade sent in his LOI at 11:42 am

The only ones we're missing now are:

DT Carlos Gray
DT Ty McGill
DB/LB Rodman Noel

2/2/2011 12:39:53 PM

just wondering, but how does a kicker that makes 13/17 in his high school career become the #3 kicker in the nation

2/2/2011 12:43:14 PM

I am really excited about Sade

2/2/2011 12:47:38 PM

^^ scouting camps... they have them a lot for special teams players

2/2/2011 12:48:14 PM

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"Five-star defensive tackle Delvon Simmons of McKeesport (Pa.) High returned from his official visit to USC, and after meeting with his coach …added a school to his list. “I can tell you that North Carolina has been added,” McKeesport coach Jim Ward said. “We had a meeting behind closed doors and that is all I can say. The rest stays there."

wow, really?? this needs to be posted again, what the hell is going on over there

2/2/2011 12:52:13 PM

Also, have you seen his kicking chart (I haven't)? It's possible he was trying them from 50+ yards. There is a lot more than kicking percentage to defining who is the best kicker.

I mean if a guy has a Janikowski leg but shanks one extra point is he a bad kicker?

2/2/2011 12:52:57 PM

They might be getting Clowney too

2/2/2011 12:54:46 PM

^That would be crazy and I would hope would signal red flags. Especially since last I read he canceled his scheduled OV there in favor of a trip to LSU.

2/2/2011 12:59:07 PM