Updates
Brandan Bishop Commits!

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
*** Morgan Alexander (Cartersville HS) Cartersville, GA 5-10.5/160/4.47
*** 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
** William Pratcher (Cedar Grove HS) Ellenwood, GA 5-10/180

FB
No offers

WR
*** Quintin Payton (T L Hanna HS) Anderson, SC 6-4/190
*** Bryan Underwood (Cleveland Heights HS) University Hts, OH 5-8.5/162/4.62
**** Justin Brown (Concord HS) Wilmington, DE 6-3.5/210/4.48
*** Kinsman Thomas (Marlboro County HS) Bennettsville, SC 6-3/210/4.59
*** Carvin Powell (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-2.5/198/4.50
**** Jheranie Boyd (Ashbrook HS) Gastonia, NC 6-3/185/4.45 UNC

TE
** Anthony Talbert (Winton Woods HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-4/225
*** Asa Watson (Rock Hill HS) Rock Hill, SC 6-4/200

OT
***** Xavier Nixon (Jack Britt) Fayetteville, NC 6-6/285
***** Marcus Hall (Glenville HS) Cleveland, OH 6-5/293/5.35
**** Travis Bond (Bertie HS) Windsor, NC 6-6/330
*** Kadeem Custis (St. John Neumann HS) Philadelphia, PA 6-5/270/5.00
*** Andrew Tiller (Nassau) Garden City, NY 6-6/320/5.00
*** Duran Christophe (Woodstock HS) Woodstock, GA 6-5.5/257/5.59

OG
*** Denzelle Good (Gaffney Senior HS) Gaffney, SC 6-4/295
**** Quinton Washington (Timberland HS) Saint Stephen, SC 6-4/322
* Gus Handler (Barrington HS) Barrington, IL 6-3/265

C
No Offers

DT
*** Brian Slay (Stone Bridge HS) Ashburn, VA 6-3/275
*** Tyson Chandler (North Plainfield HS) North Plainfield, NJ 6-6/315
*** Nathan Mageo (New Mexico Military) Roswell, NM 6-4/280/4.96
**** Edwin Herbert (CC of San Francisco) San Francisco, CA 6-3.5/295
*** Frankie Davis (East Ridge HS) Clermont, FL 6-3/270
*** Deion Roberson (Tucker HS) Tucker, GA 6-2/275
*** Raynard Randolph (Gwynn Park HS) Brandywine, MD 6-3/295
*** Akeem Spence (Ft. Walton Beach HS) Fort Walton Beach, FL 6-1/290
* Conor O'Neal (Newsome HS) Lithia, FL 6-3/300

DE
*** Ricky Dowdy (High Point Central HS) High Point, NC 6-3/225
*** Sylvester Crawford (Victory Christian Center Sch.) Charlotte, NC 6-5/215
** Darryl Cato-Bishop (Lawrence Academy) Groton, MA 6-4/230
**** 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
*** 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
** Luke Sager (Niceville Senior HS) Niceville, FL 6-4/240
** Josh Jackson (Gainesville HS) Gainesville, GA 6-1/242/5.00
**** Duane Chisolm (Beaufort HS) Beaufort, SC 6-2/250 South Carolina

MLB
*** Ryan Cheek (Lancaster HS) Lancaster, OH 6-0.5/232/4.51
** Julian Burnett (Westside HS) Macon, GA 5-9.5/222/4.66
**** Hawatha Bell (David W Butler HS) Matthews, NC 6-0/225 UNC

SLB
*** Luke Kuechly (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/205
*** Antwon Higgs (Pompano Beach HS Institute) Pompano Beach, FL 6-2/243/4.94
*** LeRon Furr (Carver HS) Columbus, GA 6-3/213 Oklahoma State

WLB
**** Jamil Merrell (Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Tec) Newark, DE 6-4/210/4.60
*** Robert Nelson (Stone Mountain HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-0/205

S
*** Hans Rice (Eufaula HS) Eufaula, AL 6-3/195/4.5
*** Brandan Bishop (Boca Raton HS) Boca Raton, FL 6-1/197/4.66 thanks bro
**** Jonathan Meeks (Hargrave Military Academy) Chatham, VA 6-2/185
** Boogie McCray (Lake Taylor HS) Norfolk, VA 6-2/210
* Jarrell Harrison (CC of San Francisco) San Francisco, CA 6-2/210/4.55
* Donald Coleman (The Hun School) Princeton, NJ 6-0/207/4.46
**** David Batts (El Camino) Torrance, CA 6-2/200/4.50 Nevada

CB
*** Dean Haynes (Northwest Whitfield County HS) Tunnel Hill, GA 6-0/200
*** Jarvis Byrd (Pahokee HS) Pahokee, FL 5-10/170/4.65
** Rashard Smith (Dublin HS) Dublin, GA 5-10/175
*** Dale Peterman (Ursuline HS) Youngstown, OH 5-11/176/4.67
*** Jairus Jones (Wharton HS) Tampa, FL 6-1/205/4.60
** Keith Reaser (Miami Killian HS) Miami, FL 5-10/-/4.44
**** Terry Shankle (South Stanly HS) Norwood, NC 6-0/180 UNC
**** Travis Hawkins (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 5-11/185/4.42 Maryland

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


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Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-20 2009 Commits
-2 Rejoining Team (Sam Jones and John Ware if he requalifies)
+3 Class of 2008 who didn't qualify (Palmer, Everett, Mangram)
+6 Transfer or Left Team (Jaradat, Locust, Golder, Burke, T. Barnes, Linney)
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3 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 1
Backfield - 2
Receivers - 3
Linemen - 1
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Total Offense - 7

DEFENSE
Linemen - 6
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 5
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Total Defense - 12

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 1

Geographical Diversity
Alabama - 1
Florida - 3
Georgia - 4
Massachusetts - 1
New Jersey - 1
New Mexico - 1
North Carolina - 3
South Carolina - 2
Ohio - 3
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 0
3* - 16
2* - 4
1* - 0
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Average Stars - 2.8

12/12/2008 1:06:25 PM

dammit my premium membership just ended and have no money no renew

12/12/2008 1:28:36 PM

apparently boogie mccray (hs ATH, recruited as a S) has committed but has grade issues, so no tellin if he'll be here in the fall or not. right now i don't think he projects as a full qualifier.

Quote :

" North Carolina State has taken a football commitment from Boogie McCray, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound running back from Norfolk's Lake Taylor who was named Eastern District offensive player of the year. McCray had 273 rushing attempts for 1,531 yards and scored 22 touchdowns in 13 games."

we have officially offered AJ Ferguson from South Brunswick HS. not rated by scout yet, and i doubt his offer list is up to date. rivals has him as a 2*. an older article about him mentions he had been hearing from us, ECU, VT and UNC.
http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=3996266

12/12/2008 1:56:30 PM

Julian Burnett commits to GT

12/12/2008 3:24:25 PM

Jarvis Byrd now a 4* on rivals

12/12/2008 3:37:56 PM

How nice of rivals to "reevaluate" Byrd after FSU offers him

12/12/2008 4:07:03 PM

^ Proof positive TOB can land 4*'s. They're just 4*'s nobody knew were 4*'s at the time. Haha.

12/12/2008 4:12:35 PM

Two big losses today

Edwin Herbert commits to Florida

Jonathan Meeks commits to Clemson

12/14/2008 2:22:06 PM

fuck

i was really hoping we'd get Herbert.

well, maybe that leaves room for Michael Lemon. He would be just as good, probably better....he's a big boy.

12/14/2008 2:28:43 PM

^Let's hope he has his life in order now. He was dismissed from Georgia this year after a felony battery charge. He was also dealing from the death of his mother who was killed by her fiancee the year before. With Mangram and Palmer at GMC, maybe they can let him know if he wants to play ball here, he has to play by TOB rules.

12/14/2008 2:38:58 PM

i was hoping for meeks

12/14/2008 3:06:30 PM

yeah, well, Lemon beat the shit out of some dude after having some terrible shit happen. Noone is perfect.

dudes a beast.

12/14/2008 3:14:34 PM

Xavier Nixon in action on News 14 right now

12/14/2008 3:21:26 PM

too bad we have no shot in hell

12/14/2008 3:22:53 PM

Another JuCo off the board

Ryan Davis commits to Cal

12/15/2008 9:47:37 AM

Count on Jarvis Byrd ending up at Fl St.

12/15/2008 9:51:02 AM

it would be nice if you would post something as to why he is going to end up FSU instead of just some statement.

12/15/2008 9:56:31 AM

he spoke to fabalus who confirmed this.

12/15/2008 10:16:01 AM

i figured they must be roomies

12/15/2008 10:48:08 AM

So even though there are only 3 scholarships left we'll probably sign 25 or more players just b/c of the usual attrition right?

12/15/2008 10:57:25 AM

We have Reed visiting Byrd today. But after reading the last bit from Byrd, it really sounds like FSU is going to steal this one like Clemson took Culliver a couple of years ago.

He said his childhood dream was to play for FSU and that it might be too good of an opportunity to turn down.

We might have gotten screwed over when they set the Miami game to noon so he couldn't come visit during a game, think had he made it to see us beat Miami we'd have locked him up. As it stands now I'm not sold on us getting him either.

Coleman is hard to read, he said the only difference between us and Iowa appears to be the city structure with Iowa being in a small college town and us being in a larger city, but couldn't get a read to which he preferred.

We had a couple of good weeks there but right now we're missing on a lot of people. Hopefully we can beat Rutgers and carry a lot of momentum for the 2010 class which I have a feeling is going to be huge for TOB.

12/15/2008 11:23:26 AM

^^ some of our recruits will enroll in January, so they can be counted on last year's 25

12/15/2008 11:28:41 AM

Well I was commenting more on how many scholarships we have left.

12/15/2008 12:16:52 PM

That would suck to lose byrd. I was pumped about him as well as the some other commits before they were upgraded. The film on some of our guys so far is insane.

I kind of like these under the radar commits that we're getting where you watch the film and go "god damn". Much better than these combine freak 4*s where you watch the film and go "I just don't see it"

[Edited on December 15, 2008 at 12:23 PM. Reason : ]

12/15/2008 12:22:21 PM

Quote :

"He said his childhood dream was to play for FSU and that it might be too good of an opportunity to turn down. "

oh man, now thats a solid reason on why he might jump ship. that doesnt look to good on keeping him running with the Pack

12/15/2008 12:42:05 PM

Yeah it sounds like now we're going to have to convince him NOT to go to FSU instead of FSU trying to convince him to leave.

Either way I'm sure TOB and staff will work hard. I figured we'd beat out Wake for his services with no problems but FSU is going to be very tough. Hopefully he understands loyalty and realizes FSU probably didn't know about him until he committed to us.

Think AJ Ferguson might have committed but that hasn't been confirmed yet.

12/15/2008 1:53:58 PM

Hopefully Reed will stress the opportunity to play early that our football program can present to him.

12/15/2008 2:09:34 PM

Quote :

"I kind of like these under the radar commits that we're getting where you watch the film and go "god damn". Much better than these combine freak 4*s where you watch the film and go "I just don't see it""

haha, like Greg Little right? Total freak of nature, chizzled and runs a 4.5 for 6'3 220.....but can't play football for shit. Watch his tape and he doesn't have a position, doesn't make plays. But hes an athletic freak. So he is a 4*.

Watch Brandan Bishops film. Flying around, laying hits like a motherfucker and yet hes a borderline 3*.

Trust this staff......when it comes to finding players, trust this staff....

12/15/2008 2:20:15 PM

jarvis byrd is now listed as a "soft verbal" on rivals. i can understand the kid wanting to change his mind if FSU is his dream school, but you would think BB would have kept in touch with him early and let him know he might get an offer later in the year.

12/15/2008 2:28:32 PM

sucks

12/15/2008 2:32:45 PM

Quote :

"NC State was the first school to offer Southport (N.C.) South Brunswick defensive end A.J. Ferguson, and all the attention paid off as the in-state product verbaled today to the Wolfpack."

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/

So, I guess that guy that we just offered was pretty quick to commit.

12/15/2008 3:26:20 PM

Nice to have another Ferg

12/15/2008 3:28:56 PM

here's some film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ublSHT3Ucs

the footage isn't too good (quality-wise), but i can imagine he'd be a serviceable TE or DE

12/15/2008 3:40:37 PM

He has played LB, DE, and TE in high school and he appears to be a solid athlete. I think after a red-shirt year he'll be a solid player for us. If not on the 2-deep at DE I could see him being a contributor on special teams. Apparently he's over 250lbs and on the 200-meter relay team. Hopefully another "diamond-in-the-rough" type player for us.

12/15/2008 4:08:11 PM

Scout has us listed as no interest for Leon Mackey, along with CU, UT, and Arkansas. Georgia, LSU, and UNC are listed as medium interest. This seems odd since he already took 3 of his OVs to Arkansas, CU, and State, leaving Mackey only two OVs left.

Remaining uncommitted players holding an offer from State (Medium Interest or higher):

Xavier Nixon - ***** - OT

Marcus Hall - ***** - OT

Justin Brown - **** - WR

Travis Bond - **** - OT

Jason Ankrah - **** - DE

Quinton Washington - **** - OG

Jamil Merrell - *** - WLB

Luke Kuechly - *** - SLB

Antwon Higgs - *** - SLB

Asa Watson - *** - TE

Raynard Randolph - *** - DT

Izaan Cross - *** - DE

Julius Forte - *** - DE

Akeem Spence - *** - DT

Kadeem Custis - *** - OT

Kinsman Thomas - *** - WR

Duran Christophe - *** - OT

Jairus Jones - *** - S

Clinton Simpkins - *** - DE

Carvin Powell - *** - WR

Greg Pratt - *** - RB

Andrew Tiller - *** - OT - JC

Jarrell Harrison - *** - S - JC

Frankie Davis - *** - DT

Deion Roberson - *** - DT

Luke Sager - *** - DE

Dale Peterman - *** - CB

Travis Small - *** - RB

Josh Jackson - ** - DE

William Pratcher - RB

Brian Jordan - ** - DE

Gus Handler - ** - OG

Conor O'Neal - ** - DT

Donald Coleman - ** - S

12/15/2008 5:21:58 PM

Quote :

"it really sounds like FSU is going to steal this one like Clemson took Culliver a couple of years ago."

It was USC IIRC, but i see your point.

12/15/2008 5:31:12 PM

^Yeah my bad, but yeah you got the point.

I'd go ahead and knock out the first 4-5 names on that list you posted. Nixon will end up at Florida, Hall took us off a while back I think. Don't think we're really in it with Brown and I think everyone feels Bond is UNC bound. I've heard rumblings about Ankrah but I don't think we're really in it anymore.

And go ahead take off Jarrell Harrison, he's eliminated us because of distance today along with Arizona.

We'll likely take 4-5 more this class and I'm hoping some of those are along the OL and maybe another S.

12/15/2008 7:49:40 PM

Oh and we're out of it with Mackey because he doesn't have the foreign language requirements to enter State. I think some rumblings lately has been he's a silent verbal to Clemson.

12/15/2008 7:57:04 PM

I just read the 'nolesdigest article on Byrd. It amazes me that a school can ignore a player their entire career and just show up after the fact, promise him the world, and steal him from the team that went out on a limb to give him his first bigtime offer. His comments are rather pathetic considering that FSU didn't really talk to him until he committed to NC State.



We're gonna have to get him laid a dozen times on his official to keep him.

12/15/2008 11:06:50 PM

^can you post the article plz?

or pm it too me if its not safe to post

[Edited on December 15, 2008 at 11:19 PM. Reason : pm]

12/15/2008 11:19:12 PM

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081215/ARTICLES/812150265/1005?Title=A_J__Ferguson_will_stay_in_N_C__for_football

A.J. Ferguson will stay in N.C. for football


South Brunswick senior defensive end A.J. Ferguson verbally committed to play for N.C. State on Monday.

The 6-foot-3, 265-pound defensive end helped lead the Cougars to a 10-3 record and the third round of the 2AA state playoffs. It is the deepest postseason run the program has made.

“He’s worked very hard, he’s become a better athlete,” said coach Gordon Walters. “I just think N.C. State is getting a good person and a good football player.”

Ferguson, a four-year starter, said he was also getting interest from Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina and Western Carolina. He picked the Wolfpack because it was close to home and he likes the coaching staff.

“They showed me a lot of love,” he said, “and I just like the movement they’ve got up there.”

The Wolfpack won its final four games of the regular season and will play in the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 29.



Ferguson had been hearing from ECU, VT, and UNC. It's pretty hard to get noticed where he's at. The South Brunswick program plays in 2AA and hasn't been all that great. He attended three games this year. The Wake game was the last game he went to. He seems to really love State. I want those kinds of guys here, the ones that generally love the school, the campus, and the program. Watch this guy end up being all-conference by the time TOB is done with him and UNC's guys loaded up with STAAAS will wish they were as productive as this guy.

South Brunswick past records
04-05: 1-9
05-06: 3-5
06-07: 6-6
07-08: 7-4
08-09: 10-3 (lost to #2 seed Forrest Hills in the third round of the 2AA state playoffs)

12/16/2008 12:14:52 AM

Sounds like a prototypical 3-4 DE.

The one constant I love is that all the recruits we're getting seem to be high character leaders.

12/16/2008 12:27:26 AM

no one cares about that shit. what really matters is how many stars he has

12/16/2008 12:53:16 AM

how many stars do college freshmen have?

12/16/2008 1:02:07 AM

^^^ it's amazing how much that perspective changes in the basketball recruiting thread.

12/16/2008 1:33:50 AM

^stars matter much more in college basketball. Its easier for kids to get noticed in college basketball because of the MILLIONS and MILLIONS of AAU tournaments and invitationals, etc, etc, etc. This allows all the top players to play each other which really shows who the best of the best is. Also, Its just ALOT easier for the analysts and experts to see all of the major basketball players than it is for analysts to see all the major football players.

12/16/2008 2:49:09 AM

it's a lot easier to be optimistic about football right now.

12/16/2008 2:58:12 AM

Our OL recruit Good rated as #2 player for first day of Shrine Bowl practice behind J. Boyd (UNC - WR).

12/16/2008 8:59:16 AM

Yeah Good was considered a major diamond in the rough when he first signed with us as a 2-star. He was then rated by Burke of Scout as a 4-Star G. This led to a lot of discussion as to why he hasn't been moved all the way up to 4-star and is instead the first 3-star on the board because of various people needing to move down and crap. I really think Good is going to be a great pick-up and in a few years he'll be a major contributor in the middle of our potentially awesome OL.

It looks like we're also in good shape with 3* S Jarius Jones but it will be a while before he takes his OV(Jan) so who knows where he'll end up.

12/16/2008 9:57:32 AM

Quote :

"no one cares about that shit. what really matters is how many stars he has"

it first i was

but then i

12/16/2008 10:06:46 AM