Updates
DT Nathan Mageo signs LOI
Luke Sager commits to South Florida

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
**** Larry Raper (Shelby HS) Shelby, NC 5-10/153/4.24
*** 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

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

OT
*** Duran Christophe (Woodstock HS) Woodstock, GA 6-5.5/257/5.59
***** 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
*** Andrew Tiller (Nassau) Garden City, NY 6-6/320/5.00

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 Colorado

C
*** Camden Wentz (Lassiter HS) Marietta, GA 6-3.5/280/5.35

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 Signed LOI
*** 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
** A.J. Ferguson (South Brunswick HS) Southport, NC 6-3/250/4.80
*** Julius Forte (Boca Ciega HS) Gulfport, FL 6-2/221/4.66
*** 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
** Josh Jackson (Gainesville HS) Gainesville, GA 6-1/242/5.00
**** Jason Ankrah (Quince Orchard HS) Gaithersburg, MD 6-4/240/4.79 Nebraska
*** Izaan Cross (Flowery Branch HS) Flowery Branch, GA 6-4/250 Georgia Tech
** Luke Sager (Niceville Senior HS) Niceville, FL 6-4/240 South Florida

MLB
*** Ryan Cheek (Lancaster HS) Lancaster, OH 6-0.5/232/4.51

SLB
*** Luke Kuechly (St. Xavier HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-3/205

WLB
*** 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
** Donald Coleman (The Hun School) Princeton, NJ 6-0/207/4.46
** Boogie McCray (Lake Taylor HS) Norfolk, VA 6-2/210

CB
**** Jarvis Byrd (Pahokee HS) Pahokee, FL 5-10/170/4.65
*** Dean Haynes (Northwest Whitfield County HS) Tunnel Hill, GA 6-0/200
** 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

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


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Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-24 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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-1 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 1
Backfield - 2
Receivers - 3
Linemen - 3
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Total Offense - 9

DEFENSE
Linemen - 7
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 6
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Total Defense - 14

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 1

Geographical Diversity
Alabama - 1
Florida - 3
Georgia - 6
Massachusetts - 1
New Jersey - 2
New Mexico - 1
North Carolina - 4
South Carolina - 2
Ohio - 3
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 2
3* - 16
2* - 6
1* - 0
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Average Stars - 2.83

[Edited on January 4, 2009 at 11:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/4/2009 11:21:13 PM

Could Mageo potentially have an asterisk for him coming out of New Mexico? I mean that's just where he did his JUCO, he's originally from American Samoa. Did you know that a 2002 article from ESPN estimated that a Samoan male (either an American Samoan, or a Samoan living in the 50 United States) is 40 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American? Just an interesting statistic that I found and thought I'd share.

1/5/2009 12:10:00 AM

It should be an interesting offseason for carolina. Just by looking at their eligibility chart on scout, I noticed that they have 98 scholarships given out for next year, which includes 26 commits this year. On paper, I would think this would be their best recruiting class ever, which got even better when another 4* OL committed a few days ago.

Of course, the problem is that you can only have 85 scholarships. 98 - 85 = 13 scholarships over the limit. That's a hell of a lot of attrition for one year. I guess Butch is taking a page from the TOB playbook

1/5/2009 2:40:36 AM

you sure you said that right?

1/5/2009 2:48:32 AM

I was reading http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=2&c=827393 and it really struck me how horrible his last name is, McPhail.

1/5/2009 2:45:40 PM

^Sounds like a nickname that McDonald's marketing folks have for terrible ideas that don't work out.

1/5/2009 3:25:37 PM

he's either going to come to state where his last name will be accurate or he'll go somewhere else where his last name will be ironic.

1/5/2009 3:57:00 PM

Just saw on PackPride frontpage that we have four enrolling early. I can't read the story (no premie) but it looks like:

OT Sam Jones
DT Nathan Mageo
RB James Washington
S Donald Coleman

Can anybody confirm this?

[Edited on January 5, 2009 at 5:30 PM. Reason : ]

1/5/2009 5:29:56 PM

correct

1/5/2009 5:34:25 PM

Leon Mackey to Clemson

1/6/2009 9:49:30 AM

At least it's not UNC

1/6/2009 9:59:52 AM

Byrd is still committed to us thank god at this time ( PP reporting)

this is funny too:
former UNC signee A.J. Blue will not enroll at UNC in January as originally hoped after still failing to qualify

1/7/2009 10:21:22 AM

Mackey wasn't going to make it in to a UNC System school

1/7/2009 10:49:36 AM

No, this is the really funny part:

Quote :

"After failing to qualify coming out of Dallas (N.C.) North Gaston High, Blue, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound athlete, enrolled at Chatham (Va.) Hargrave Military Academy with the hope of prepping just one semester. However, the courses Blue enrolled in ended up becoming year-long (two semester) classes. Blue is enrolled in four courses, in addition to taking ACT/SAT prep classes."

How does a class that is supposed to be a semester end up becoming year-long? When you fail the first time.

1/7/2009 10:51:09 AM

HAHA Farms is only a soft verbal to UNC now and is taking visit to Auburn

1/10/2009 6:36:34 PM

Welcome DT Deion Roberson!

1/11/2009 7:07:26 PM

Roberson is a 3* on Rivals and ranked the #59 DT nationally. Scout has him as a 2* and the #89 DT nationally. Another guy from Georgia.

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Alabama
Auburn
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Florida
Notre Dame
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Clemson
Michigan
Louisville
North Carolina State
West Virginia
East Carolina
Duke
Maryland
Memphis
Michigan State

Defensive tackle
Tucker (GA) Tucker
Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 258 lbs
Forty: 4.9 secs
Bench max: 335 pounds
Vertical: 18 inches
GPA: 3.4

1/11/2009 7:46:23 PM

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 7:56 PM. Reason : nm]

1/11/2009 7:50:49 PM

we suck

1/11/2009 7:51:59 PM

I'm guessing the staff hopes to fill one of those spots with Asa Watson.

1/11/2009 7:55:55 PM

HOLY SHIT WE GOT RAYNARD RANDOLPH TOO!

1/11/2009 8:15:02 PM

Raynard Randolph is a 3* on Scout and the #55 DT nationally. Rivals has him as a 3* and the #48 DT nationally. Great pickup with a sick offer list too.

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
N.C. State
Penn State
Tennessee
West Virginia
Connecticut
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse

Defensive tackle
Brandywine (MD) Gwynn Park
Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 300 lbs (320 on Scout)
Forty: 5.2 secs
Bench max: 325 pounds
Squat max: 450 pounds

1/11/2009 8:22:19 PM

that is quite the offer list.

1/11/2009 8:24:34 PM

^I'll say

i'll add in a Fuck yea for that one!

1/11/2009 8:25:36 PM

One more spot for Watson.....

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 9:49 PM. Reason : ...]

1/11/2009 9:45:35 PM

so . . . that's a lot of defensive line guys in one class. Are some of them projecting to be moved to offense?

1/11/2009 10:55:53 PM

we're thin at DL and DB

we needed depth in this class, and got it

1/11/2009 11:11:23 PM

I still think we need more help at CB, even if Boyd signs with us. But getting all these big guys is awesome.

Anybody know if Larry Raper has re-scheduled an official visit with us? Him and Watson would be nice final touches on this class. (and Bond too).

1/11/2009 11:31:47 PM

offer list means more than star rating. so, those last two pickups seem great

1/11/2009 11:32:36 PM

Frankie Davis to UCF

Although I think we're good now at that position

1/12/2009 12:55:26 AM

The only one left that I want us to get now is Asa Watson.

We've done a really good job filling up our needs this year.

1 QB
1 True RB
2 Slot WR
1 WR
2 TE (Cato-Bishop will be TE or DE)
3 OL (including one C)
4 DT (one JUCO ready to play next year)
2 DE
2 LB
2 S
2 CB
1 P

Cato-Bishop could play DE and we could still take Watson as a TE.

1/12/2009 8:48:59 AM

Supposedly Micheal Lemon is coming to State:

[link]http://media.http://www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2009/01/09/News/Indicted.ExUga.Football.Player.Looks.To.New.Opportunities-3582794.shtml[/link]

1/12/2009 9:03:28 AM

So we have 26 commits right now. 4 have already enrolled, which would allow us to bring in 4 more guys if we so chose to do. You can only have 25 players come in a class, but since 4 enrolled early they can count against last year's total. If we can take 4 more players then the ones that I think the staff would take commitments from would be Asa Watson first and foremost, Jairus Jones, Quandon Christian, and Larry Raper.

There are reports though that we may take former Georgia DE Michael Lemon. Lemon was dismissed from UGA after punching a fellow student 5 times in the face at a pool party. Lemon confronted the student about rumors that were swirling around that he had been with Lemon's girlfriend at the time. Lemon was charged with felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor battery. A felony gets an automatic dismissal from UGA. His eye Prior to this incident Lemon's mother was shot and killed by her boyfriend, and her remains were found in the burnt down house of Lemon's. A fund was started by the athletic department to help Lemon cover the expenses he would face during the remainder of his time at UGA. Lemon was by all accounts a soft spoken guy up until this incident.

Lemon attended Georgia Military College last season and played football there. This is the same school that Tobias Palmer and Roy Mangram are doing their JUCO at and were former State player Merci Falaise is a graduate assistant. Lemon would have 2 years to play 2 and would enroll for classes in May.

1/12/2009 9:34:38 AM

damn that is awful about what happened to Lemon's mother. I can understand why he might be a little on edge. Hopefully TOB can funnel that fury into crushing skulls on the ball field.

1/12/2009 9:43:49 AM

yes. I hope this guy is not a "lemon"

1/12/2009 9:44:27 AM

Lemon is a fucking monster.

when you're making plays for UGA as a R-FR, I think you can contribute up here in Raleigh.

I think that if he makes it into the program, we got a fucking steal.

1/12/2009 10:04:35 AM

This might sound like a cop out, but that Lemon guy doesn't sound like a bad guy from Mark Richt's comments on him:

“My goal for Michael is for him as he leaves this program is to go somewhere where he can continue his education and play football,” Richt said. “I hope for him that it can be at Georgia (in the future) because that’s what he wants, and I love him very much.”

1/12/2009 10:46:26 AM

Richt's a pretty honest dude, I'd have to think that he's not bullshitting in the above quote.

1/12/2009 10:52:10 AM

Richt is the man

1/12/2009 10:57:08 AM

Richt said that dismissing Lemon was the toughest disciplinary decision he had to make while at Georgia. We gave Shea McKeen a second chance and he's kept his nose clean and has contributed right away.

1/12/2009 11:40:47 AM

not exactly recruiting, but i talked to Andrew Wallace today on the way to class, dude said he's up to 300. He's a lot bigger than i remember him being in high school.

1/12/2009 12:24:32 PM

Quote :

"Steve Spurrier and the South Carolina Gamecocks are “no longer welcome” at Tucker High, one of the state’s top producers of college football prospects. Tucker coach Franklin Stephens told the AJC of his proclamation after speaking with Spurrier on Sunday night. It had to do with Tucker linebacker Jonathan Davis, who had committed to South Carolina but was told on Friday that the Gamecocks had withdrawn the scholarship offer.""

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/shared-blogs/ajc/cfbrecruit/entries/2009/01/12/steve_spurrier.html

1/12/2009 1:38:50 PM

Quote :

"Larry Raper"

1/12/2009 5:21:02 PM

^^talking about classless.

1/12/2009 7:36:49 PM

Conor O'Neal is off the board. He committed to Wisconsin today. We were the first school to offer O'Neal and he enjoyed his trip to State over the weekend, but we probably didn't have space for him since Randolph and Roberson committed first. Once we offered O'Neal received scholarship offers from Wisconsin, Boston College, Michigan State, Buffalo, Georgia Southern, and some interest from South Florida. Although he can't run with the Pack I'm glad NC State helped him get noticed enough to get scholarship offers elsewhere. It's just a testament to TOB & Co.'s ability to evaluate talent.

One thing that's kind of ironic is that Wisconsin's 2009 class already has a guy named Conor O'Neill.

[Edited on January 12, 2009 at 8:04 PM. Reason : ]

1/12/2009 8:02:37 PM

DE Julius Forte is off the board. He's headed to USF.

1/12/2009 8:10:34 PM

Asa Watson will be visiting this weekend. If you see him at the Georgia Tech basketball game show him some love. He'd be a great pickup and could do well alongside Anthony Talbert, Mario Carter, and George Bryan in the coming years. That'd be on paper one of the better TE corps in the ACC. We'd have athleticism, strength, good blocking, and good hands all around.

1/12/2009 8:18:56 PM

^^^ that's wierd about O'Neal, packpride just had an article up about him yesterday where he was quoted talking about not picking his school until he took his last visit (to BC). oh well, i think our class is done at DT anyway.

1/13/2009 7:55:36 AM

Which Pack commits from last year such as Everrett, Palmer, Mangram, Locust will be coming back and when? I thought I remember there being different circumstances with each so it wasn't just two years juco and back. Anybody else I am forgetting?

1/13/2009 11:43:11 AM

I think Palmer and Mangram are 2010. Not sure about the others.

1/13/2009 11:45:36 AM