Updates
Updated Star Rankings
Offer extend to DT Akeem Spence
TE Mason Johnston commits to Vanderbilt
OG Ryan Spiker commits to West Virginia
Freshmen RB Tobias Palmer, S Roy Mangram, and DT Marty Everett fail to qualify. 3 More Available Scholarships
DT Thomas Locust(JuCo) will not transfer. Available Scholarship++
S Prince Kent commits to Miami
OT John Prior commits to Florida State
OT Colin Rodkey commits to Indiana
Offer extended to CB Dean Haynes

2009 Football Scholarship Offers:
Bold = Commit

QB
*** Everett Proctor (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-2/200

RB
*** James Washington (Boone HS) Orlando, FL 6-0/180/4.40
*** Greg Pratt (Naples HS) Naples, FL 5-9/165/4.40
*** Rolandan Finch (St. Xavier HS) Louisville, KY 5-10/200/4.50
*** Travis Small (Cheraw HS) Cheraw, SC 5-10.5/184/4.50
**** Desmond Scott (Hillside HS) Durham, NC 5-9/179 Duke
* Jontel Evans (Bethel HS) Hampton, VA 5-11/190/4.60 UVA (Basketball)

FB
*** Marcus Green (Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS) Scotch Plains, NJ 6-2/220/4.65

WR
**** Justin Brown (Concord HS) Wilmington, DE 6-3.5/210/4.48
**** Jheranie Boyd (Ashbrook HS) Gastonia, NC 6-3/185/4.45
**** Stephon Gilmore (South Pointe HS) Rock Hill, SC 6-0.5/176/4.50
**** Michael Bowman (Ridgeland HS) Rossville, GA 6-4/206/4.5
*** Laroy Reynolds (Maury HS) Norfolk, VA
*** Quintin Payton (T L Hanna HS) Anderson, SC 6-4/190
*** Kinsman Thomas (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-3/210/4.59
*** Quan Rucker (West Iredell HS) Statesville, NC 6-0/185/4.45 Wake Forest

TE
**** Arthur Fontaine (Dartmouth HS) North Dartmouth, MA 6-5/235/4.93
*** Mason Johnston (The Bolles School) Jacksonville, FL 6-4/235 Vanderbilt
*** Paul Carrezola (Neshaminy HS) Langhorne, PA 6-4/248/4.80 Rutgers

OT
***** Xavier Nixon (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-6/285
*** Kyle Koehne (Cathedral HS) Indianapolis, IN 6-6/300/5.30
**** Travis Bond (Bertie HS) Windsor, NC 6-6/330
*** Colin Rodkey (Gateway SHS) Monroeville, PA 6-4.5/266/5.53 Indiana
*** John Prior (Portsmouth HS) Portsmouth, OH 6-6/280 Florida State
*** Brooks Michel (Carmel HS) Carmel, IN 6-7/280 Minnesota
*** Austen Bujnoch (Elder HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-5/250 Cincinnati

OG
**** Quinton Washington (Timberland HS) Saint Stephen, SC 6-4/322
*** Ryan Spiker (Tri-Valley HS) Dresden, OH 6-4.5/295 West Virginia
*** Will Jackson (Farragut HS) Knoxville, TN 6-4/280/5.10 Georgia Tech

C
No Offers

DT
*** Brian Slay (Stone Bridge HS) Ashburn, VA 6-3/275
*** Eric McDaniel (Calhoun HS) Calhoun, GA 6-1.5/297/5.00
*** Frankie Davis (East Ridge HS) Clermont, FL 6-3/270
*** Josh Elizondo (Naples HS) Naples, FL 6-2/280
*** Deion Roberson (Tucker HS) Tucker, GA 6-2/275
*** Tyson Chandler (North Plainfield HS) North Plainfield, NJ 6-6/315
*** Raynard Randolph (Gwynn Park HS) Brandywine, MD 6-3/295
*** Akeem Spence (Ft. Walton Beach HS) Fort Walton Beach, FL 6-1/290
*** Adam Replogle (Centerville HS) Centerville, OH 6-2.5/250 Indiana

DE
*** Ricky Dowdy (High Point Central HS) High Point, NC 6-3/225
**** Duane Chisolm (Beaufort HS) Beaufort, SC 6-2/250
**** Jason Ankrah (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 6-4/240/4.79
*** Julius Forte (Boca Ciega HS) Gulfport, FL 6-2/221/4.66
*** Izaan Cross (Flowery Branch HS) Flowery Branch, GA 6-4/250
*** Justin Foxx (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC
*** Sylvester Crawford (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC 6-5/215
*** Clinton Simpkins (Chancellor HS) Fredericksburg, VA 6-3/215/4.60
*** Bernardo Nunez (Hoboken HS) Hoboken, NJ 6-2/220/4.70
** Brian Jordan (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-4/207
* James Gayle (Bethel HS) Hampton, VA 6-5/225
*** Demi Thompson (Lake Mary HS) Lake Mary, FL 6-1/240/4.80 South Florida

MLB
*** Ryan Cheek (Lancaster HS) Lancaster, OH 6-0.5/232/4.51
**** Glenn Carson (Southern Regional HS) Manahawkin, NJ 6-3/220/4.60
**** Hawatha Bell (David W Butler HS) Matthews, NC 6-0/225
*** Corico Hawkins (Baldwin HS) Milledgeville, GA 6-0/220

SLB
**** Jerrod Askew (Oscar F. Smith HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-0/215
*** Luke Kuechly (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/205
*** Tariq Edwards (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-3/217/4.75

WLB
**** Jamil Merrell (Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Tec) Newark, DE 6-4/210/4.60
*** Nigel Mitchell-Thornton (Stephenson HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-2/210
*** Hans Rice (Eufaula HS) Eufaula, AL 6-3/195/4.5

S
*** E.J. Banks (Montour HS) Mc Kees Rocks, PA 6.0/175/4.50
*** D.J. Swearinger (Greenwood HS) Greenwood, SC 6-0/190
*** David Sims (Calhoun County HS) Saint Matthews, SC 6-0/208
**** Prince Kent (Norcross HS) Norcross, GA 6-2/193/4.62 Miami
*** Jim Noel (Everett HS) Everett, MA 6-4/180/4.48 Boston College

CB
**** Travis Hawkins (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 5-11/185/4.42
**** Terry Shankle (South Stanly HS) Norwood, NC 6-0/180
**** Jamal Reid (Lafayette HS) Mayo, FL 6-0/175/4.45
*** Dean Haynes (Northwest Whitfield County HS) Tunnel Hill, GA 6-0/200
*** Zach Greene (Leesville Road HS) Raleigh, NC 5-10/170
*** Josh Hunter (Harding University HS) Charlotte, NC 6-1/180
* Rashard Smith (Dublin HS) Dublin, GA 5-10/175


K,P
* Chris Ward (Starrs Mill HS) Fayetteville, GA 6-1/170


------------------------------------------STATISTICS------------------------------------------


Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-6 2009 Commits (Dowdy, Cheek, Slay, Washington, Ward, Proctor)
+1 Ahmad Jaradat left team
+3 Class of 2008 who didn't qualify (Palmer, Everett, Mangram)
+1 Thomas Locust will not transfer from Junior College
-------------------------------------
15 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 1
Backfield - 1
Receivers - 0
Linemen - 0
Total Offense - 2

DEFENSE
Linemen - 2
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 0
Total Defense - 3

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 1

Geographical Diversity
Florida - 1
Georgia - 1
North Carolina - 2
Ohio - 1
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 0
3* - 5
2* - 0
1* - 1
Average Stars - 2.67

[Edited on July 26, 2008 at 11:11 AM. Reason : .]

7/26/2008 11:10:31 AM

I'm trying to decide just how slowly(and poorly) recruiting is going this year. Was last year just so good that it makes this year seem slow and sorry? Or is this genuinely shaping up to be a pitiful recruiting class?

7/26/2008 11:23:33 AM

6 commits before the season starts isn't bad I don't think.

7/26/2008 11:46:20 AM

Quote :

"will beasley be here in the fall or the spring?"

he will be here spring and is competing to play as a true freshmen

7/26/2008 11:49:02 AM

so he can go through spring practice like ellis right?

7/26/2008 12:43:06 PM

sorry, i meant to say fall...he wil be here this fall competing to play

7/26/2008 12:48:18 PM

http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=830624

Here's an article from The Wolfpacker on Beasley, sounds like the NCAA Clearinghouse dropped the ball but it was corrected which is good since we're thin at LB as it is.

7/26/2008 4:41:29 PM

Awesome to hear. Further proof the NCAA hates NC State? I'm glad we have coaches that care as much about the players and work hard like McCollum. He's been a great recruiter for us. Here's to William having a great 4-5 years here, gets a great education, and becomes a great member of the Wolfpack family.

7/26/2008 5:03:27 PM

WR Laroy Reynolds commits to Virginia

7/26/2008 9:52:52 PM

fuck yeah that is some good shit

7/27/2008 3:50:14 AM

WHAT THE MOTHERFUCKING SHIT IS THIS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

http://tinyurl.com/5e6txk

Zach Greene to DUKE?!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Dude you could have followed in your father's footsteps and played for the Pack and graduated from the school your parents went. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

7/28/2008 9:28:54 PM

Honestly, if I were interested in academics and not the NFL, I would pick a Duke scholly over an NCSU one in a heartbeat.

7/28/2008 9:31:31 PM

Well I know he was interested in engineering, don't know what kind though.

7/28/2008 9:32:53 PM

never thought Duke would take a football recruit from us

7/28/2008 9:33:47 PM

it begins

7/28/2008 9:51:39 PM

well we got a football commit dont know anything about him, gaffney good or something like that

and i saw james gayle commited to v tech

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 10:14 PM. Reason : adsfasdf]

7/28/2008 10:13:24 PM

^6-6 325. Had offers from UVA and UMD and apparently looked very good at our camp

7/28/2008 10:18:35 PM

Looks like a good pickup. He plays for Gaffney, which is one of the top football programs in the state of SC. They've got a really nice, new 8,000 seat stadium being built. It will have two video boards to. That thing is nicer than a lot of DI-AA schools' stadiums.

http://tinyurl.com/6gfdox

The offers from Maryland and UVA legitimize this guy. He's obviously got BCS-level talent and just has yet to be seen by the scouts. It's much harder for the scouts to evaluate all the football players out there considering how many there are. That is a big guy though at 6-6 325. Good thing we've got Glennon who will be able to look over all of these big o-linemen for years to come. I wonder if Jaradat leaving helped open up a spot for this guy.

Besides offers from UVA and Maryland he also was hearing from Clemson, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Marshall. It's pretty awesome though that he had offers from UVA and UMD, but liked us so much that he held out for an offer from us. Sounds like he committed right after getting an offer.

Quote :

"NC State football lands a Good one Jacey Zembal TheWolfpacker.com When North Carolina State tight ends coach Jim Bridge extended Denzelle Good a scholarship offer, he had his mind made up. Good became the first offensive lineman in the Class of 2009 to give his verbal commitment to NC State on Monday night. The 6-foot-6, 326-pounder attended one Wolfpack spring practice and participated in their football camp this past June, and fell in love with the program."

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM. Reason : pics]

7/28/2008 10:54:26 PM

Zach Greene is going to Duke. You heard it here first.

7/28/2008 10:54:59 PM

Even though it was said several posts before you and 2 hours earlier?

7/28/2008 10:57:08 PM

^^^that stadium is nuts for high school. Although i know alot of Texas high school stadiums even put THAT to shame

7/28/2008 11:02:15 PM

Well yeah just look at where LaDainian Tomlinson went. But still that is pretty pimp with 2 video boards. Hell UNC only has one. But you've also got to consider that SC also has a smaller population than Texas.

7/28/2008 11:04:37 PM

this dude looks HUGE with the potential to get even bigger

7/28/2008 11:06:09 PM

slavs and polacks

7/28/2008 11:06:34 PM

Waco ISD (Independent School District) Stadium where LT played his high school football. Capacity 11,500, but has a standing room only capacity of 16,500 with people filling in on the hills around the field.

7/28/2008 11:27:54 PM

Jesus christ, isn't that bigger than wake forest?

7/28/2008 11:30:43 PM

Nah, but it gives App's Kidd-Brewer Stadium a run for it's money, especially since it had a much nicer press box/private suites until recently. App was upgrading it all last year. I think it will be open this year. The prior press box at App was pathetic (well at least by our standards ). Waco ISD Stadium though is definitely nicer than WCU's E.J. Whitmire Stadium.

Here's a rendition of what the newly upgraded Kidd-Brewer Stadium will look like. I wonder if App will ever consider moving up to DI-A?


BTW Wake's Groves Stadium (I refuse to call it BB&T Field ) seats 31,500. Here's some fairly new pictures of the nearly completed Deacon Tower.




[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 11:52 PM. Reason : ]

7/28/2008 11:37:12 PM

We are in Delaware WR Justin Brown's Top 7 teams along with Rutgers, Tennessee, Penn State, Kentucky, South Carolina and Oregon. No leaders mentioned out of the group.

7/29/2008 10:02:38 AM

so how the hell did we lose Zach Greene to duke?

as i understand it this guy grew up a wolfpacker.

7/29/2008 10:04:09 AM

Ehhh, student-athlete?

7/29/2008 10:07:00 AM

I really like the look of Wake's new tower. I often wonder why, with all the bricks we've got, we didn't make the Vaughn Towers brick. I personally think it would have looked better than the gun-metal grey we ended up using ... maybe it's just me.

7/29/2008 10:12:17 AM

Quote :

"I wonder if App will ever consider moving up to DI-A?"

it is my understanding that boone, as a town, is holding app back from possibly moving up.

and loosing a football recruit to duke stings a little bit.

7/29/2008 10:16:12 AM

^^ I agree, I wish we had used brick as well, I think the pressbox looks like it was made out of giant legos.

7/29/2008 10:20:16 AM

Quote :

"so how the hell did we lose Zach Greene to duke?"

Excellent recruiting program. Package included up to 5 years of undergrad plus grad school if he opted for it. The long term connections he'd make there outweighed whatever legacy he'd have playing on the same field his father did back in the 80s, and I can't much say I blame him.

Quote :

"Even though it was said several posts before you and 2 hours earlier?"

Good point, I was @ the dinner when he announced his decision, made the phone call and all that jazz, I can see how the media could've picked it up before I got home to post.

[Edited on July 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM. Reason : .]

7/29/2008 11:03:41 AM

Quote :

"Package included up to 5 years of undergrad plus grad school if he opted for it."

lolwut?? you can offer that?

7/29/2008 11:09:37 AM

not surprised about the 5 years, but grad school is a pretty sweet deal.

7/29/2008 11:21:26 AM

yeah, because it's engineering and whatnot. I'm thinking he's leaning towards mechanical or electrical.

7/29/2008 11:59:03 AM

^ uhh, I was thinking more in case he redshirts

7/29/2008 12:05:06 PM

Justin Foxx committed to Duke. That's 6 verbals for the day.

7/29/2008 9:47:47 PM

your mother just verballed to me.

7/29/2008 9:52:55 PM

JCTarheel's mother verballed to me, as well.

7/29/2008 10:07:11 PM

http://www.wral.com/sports/story/3299824/

Denzelle Good didn’t wait very long to decide where he wanted to play college football.

Less than 24 hours after receiving an official scholarship offer from N.C. State, the 6-foot-6, 326-pound offensive lineman gave an oral commitment to the Wolfpack on Thursday.

“I kind of felt it (offer) was coming, but I didn’t know when,’’ Good said. “I knew N.C. State was where I wanted to go. I was just waiting on the offer.’’

Good, who plays at Gaffney High School in South Carolina, chose the Wolfpack over offers from Maryland and Virginia as well as Football Championship Subdivision member South Carolina State.

The commitment is the seventh known one for the Wolfpack and the first from an offensive line prospect.

Good is entering his fourth season as a starter at Gaffney where he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Richard. Richard played tight end for Gaffney in 2005 and 2006.

Denzelle has been recruited to play offensive tackle by the Wolfpack.

“My strength is that I’m a pretty good pass blocker,’’ Good said. “I can run block, too, but I like to pass block better. And, of course, I’m pretty big, so I can drive people off the line.’’

Good is also a standout track and field athlete at Gaffney. He’s recorded a 150-foot toss in the discus and a 45-foot throw in the shot put.

7/29/2008 10:25:22 PM

He likes to pass block because he is a fatass who needs to get in shape!

7/29/2008 10:26:53 PM

Another article on Denzelle.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/pack-gets-huge-ol-commit

Pack gets huge OL commit

Denzelle Good, a huge rising senior offensive lineman from Gaffney, S.C., has committed to N.C. State.

Good is 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds and was rated the ninth-best player in the Class of 2009 in South Carolina by The (Columbia) State Newspaper in February.

Gaffney High coach Phil Strickland said Good plays offensive tackle in high school but was recruited to play offensive guard by N.C. State.

Maryland also offered Good a scholarship, according to Strickland.

“He pass blocks extremely well and just has really good feet to be such a big kid like that,” Strickland said.

7/29/2008 10:28:20 PM

Wait this is odd...

First article

Quote :

"Denzelle has been recruited to play offensive tackle by the Wolfpack."

Second article

Quote :

"Gaffney High coach Phil Strickland said Good plays offensive tackle in high school but was recruited to play offensive guard by N.C. State."

I'm confused.


He's not that fat actually and has ran a 5.0 sec 40 one time, which is about right for an O-lineman. I think he may have ran the 5.0 though back when he was 2 inches shorter and expectedly a little lighter, so the 5.25 sec time on his Rivals profile may actually be more up to date.

7/29/2008 10:36:38 PM

http://tinyurl.com/6ec7qp

At a Nike Sparq Team Challenge held at Boiling Springs, SC, Denzelle was one of the top two scorers of the day and helped his team have the top team score of the day.

Quote :

"Taking the top team score was Gaffney High School with an 80.88 Team SPARQ Rating. Helping Gaffney to this score were the two top scorers at the days events, Joe Craig and Denzelle Good. Craig, a 5’10 quarterback was able to win the competition with an event- best 40 Yard Dash in an amazing 4.7 seconds. By also using his amazing side to side explosiveness, Craig speeded through the shuttle faster than anyone else in a blazing fast time of 4.13 seconds. Only a sophomore, we expect Joe to do great things for Gaffney next year and wish him the best of luck. Close behind Craig was one of the offensive linemen that will be protecting him next year. Denzelle Good was able to take the second spot of the day by posting an incredible 86.97. Denzelle, a 6’6 321lb lineman used a speedy shuttle of 4.97, an explosive powerball toss of 39 feet, and a huge vert of 27 inches in route to his second place finish. The SPARQ team wishes Denzelle the best of luck next season as he protects the pocket. And last, but certainly not least was Boiling Springs sophomore Dylan Thompson."

7/29/2008 10:44:34 PM

DE Justin Foxx commits to Duke

Damn, Cutcliffe is on a huge roll. When's the last time we've lost two recruits in two days to Duke?

[Edited on July 30, 2008 at 1:49 AM. Reason : Whoops, reported way earlier in the thread]

7/30/2008 1:41:47 AM

I wish people would quit freaking out about losing these recruits to d00k. Green hurts from a the standpoint that we thought we had him locked up, but its not like they're going to out recruit us for the year. We'll be fine as long as we win a few games. People on PP are forgetting that we have a pretty good pair of D linemen in Slay and Dowdy in the class already, and a few others on the board still.

7/30/2008 10:00:39 AM

I think the point is Cutcliffe is no stranger to this process and he might be doing this for a while.

I said when they hired him that if anyone could turn them around, it would be him.

He is one of the best offensive minds in the college game.

7/30/2008 10:02:20 AM

The in-state talent this year is not like it was last year, which had can't miss on kind of talent. The only in-state players remaining on the board that I really want are Nixon, Boyd, Shankle, Bond, and Bell. We could whiff on all of them though and still be fine. The main reason why I'd like to get Hawatha Bell is b/c it'd help us get some in-roads into the Butler program, which currently is the second best program in Charlotte after Independence. We nearly got Whitley last year, but it didn't work out. Bell has given us a chance to impress him by making us one of his official visits, but it will be tough to swing him from South Carolina and VT which were the early-on favorites.

7/30/2008 10:38:49 AM