Newest additions

Jarvis Byrd (whew)
Rashard Smith
AJ Ferguson

2/4/2009 9:17:51 AM

woooooooooooooot

2/4/2009 9:22:13 AM

Probably one more of these left because everyone else should be gone after signing day

Updates
No longer recruiting Boogie McCray
Greg Pratt commits to Troy
William Pratcher commits to Middle Tennessee
Dale Peterman commits to Syracuse
Keith Reaser commits to Florida Atlantic
Akeem Spence commits to Illinois
Marcus Hall commits to Ohio State
Quinton Washington commits to Michigan

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 Enrolled Spring Semester
*** Morgan Alexander (Cartersville HS) Cartersville, GA 5-10.5/160/4.47
*** Travis Small (Cheraw HS) Cheraw, SC 5-10.5/184/4.50
*** Greg Pratt (Naples HS) Naples, FL 5-9/165/4.40 Troy
*** Rolandan Finch (St. Xavier HS) Louisville, KY 5-10/200/4.50 BC
** William Pratcher (Cedar Grove HS) Ellenwood, GA 5-10/180 Middle Tennessee

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

OT
*** Duran Christophe (Woodstock HS) Woodstock, GA 6-5.5/257/5.59
*** Andrew Tiller (Nassau) Garden City, NY 6-6/320/5.00
***** Marcus Hall (Glenville HS) Cleveland, OH 6-5/293/5.35 Ohio State[b]

OG
[b]**** Denzelle Good (Gaffney Senior HS) Gaffney, SC 6-4/295
**** Quinton Washington (Timberland HS) Saint Stephen, SC 6-4/322 Michigan

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 Enrolled Spring Semester
*** 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 Illinois

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
*** Clinton Simpkins (Chancellor HS) Fredericksburg, VA 6-3/215/4.60
** Brian Jordan (Great Bridge HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-4/207
** Josh Jackson (Gainesville HS) Gainesville, GA 6-1/242/5.00

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

SLB
No Offers

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 Enrolled Spring Semester

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 Syracuse
** Keith Reaser (Miami Killian HS) Miami, FL 5-10/-/4.44 Florida Atlantic

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


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


Scholarships Count
16 Available for 2009
-27 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)
-------------------------------------
-4 Scholarships Remaining

Recruiting Breakdown
OFFENSE
QB - 1
Backfield - 2
Receivers - 4
Linemen - 3
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Total Offense - 10

DEFENSE
Linemen - 9
Linebackers - 1
Secondary - 6
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Total Defense - 16

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers - 1

Geographical Diversity
Alabama - 1
Florida - 3
Georgia - 7
Maryland - 1
Massachusetts - 1
New Jersey - 2
New Mexico - 1
North Carolina - 4
South Carolina - 3
Ohio - 3
Virginia - 1

Star Count (highest of the two sites)
5* - 0
4* - 3
3* - 18
2* - 6
1* - 0
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Average Stars - 2.89

2/4/2009 10:06:22 AM

So whats the deal with Larry Raper? Not that we necessarily need him, we look to be pretty stacked at wideout for awhile.

2/4/2009 10:19:33 AM

Premium board said he visited Toledo recently. Not really sure what happened with him.

2/4/2009 10:22:27 AM

why does scout not show check marks by our commits? It does for other schools... should I use another site?

2/4/2009 10:30:55 AM

Raper looks like he might play as a receiving back out of the backfield possibly - or even see time on defense maybe.

2/4/2009 10:47:47 AM

he might end up at like WCU

2/4/2009 10:49:55 AM

One of the students at the school I work at i think signed a LOI to WCU.

2/4/2009 12:31:20 PM

one of my good friends from HS signed with WCU last year.

2/4/2009 12:40:10 PM

Darryl Cato-Bishop | DE
Notes:
May try to walk-on to N.C. State's basketball team.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=64833&season=2009&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d64833%26season%3d2009

2/4/2009 12:47:31 PM

I heard from a friend of Adam Beasley that he left Campbell and is back here at NC State this semester... and is possibly going to rejoin the team in the fall.

2/4/2009 2:47:53 PM

Who is Adam Beasley

2/4/2009 2:54:00 PM

Who is Adam Beasley?

2/4/2009 3:03:05 PM

Adam Beasley is who?

2/4/2009 3:09:47 PM

http://vanderbilt.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=53658

??

never heard of him. if thats him in the link, i'm not impressed.

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM. Reason : asd]

2/4/2009 3:15:44 PM

Adam Beasley spent the 2008 season as a member of the Campbell football program and the 2007 season as a member of the North Carolina State football program ... A three-year varsity football letterwinner at North Raleigh Christian Academy... an all-conference selection as a senior...also played defensive line and was awarded the school’s d-lineman award as a junior...also participated in track where he earned a varsity letter as a junior.

2/4/2009 3:22:29 PM

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41956&SPID=3730&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=1467936

He doesn't show up on the old roster but there's his bio.

2/4/2009 3:41:43 PM

TOB just said Geron James is gonna transfer

2/4/2009 4:20:15 PM

will toney baker play in 09??

i haven't really heard anything about him since they declared him out for the season last year.

2/4/2009 4:29:06 PM

this adam beasley guy won't be on scholarship, who ever it is. I don't think he's coming here because he thinks he can get PT

2/4/2009 4:51:43 PM

Tony is ready to go

2/4/2009 4:52:15 PM

nice

2/4/2009 4:56:55 PM

Harrison Beck and defensive lineman Jamaine Clemmons would not be returning to the team next season

2/4/2009 5:05:44 PM

TOB on Primetime with the Packman right now!
http://player.play.it/player/player.html?id=61&onestat=wfnz-am

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 5:10 PM. Reason : ]

2/4/2009 5:09:53 PM

^^really?

2/4/2009 5:36:31 PM

BECK OUT

PEACE MOTHERFUCKER

2/4/2009 5:38:18 PM

i posted about it 1/26 ... im glad what i heard was right

2/4/2009 5:39:46 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/notebook?page=notebook/signingdaypreview

Category ACC
Best recruiter Billy Napier, Clemson
Best closer Randy Shannon, Miami
Best facilities NC State (I expect Lee Fowler jizzed in his pants when he saw this)
Best stadium Clemson (Memorial Stadium)
Best game-day atmosphere Virginia Tech
Best chance to play as freshman Miami
Best uniforms Wake Forest
Best academics Duke
Best campus life North Carolina
Most tradition FSU
Most likely to get players to NFL Miami
Most exposure Miami

2/4/2009 5:51:31 PM

How come Scout says we have 28 LOI when all I've read was about 27 recruits?

2/4/2009 6:00:54 PM

^sam jones didn't play anywhere this year, so he wasn't in the scout database, however he is an LOI.

2/4/2009 6:02:31 PM

WHAT WAS THE GIST OF TOB TALK ON PACKMAN? I missed it

2/4/2009 7:06:09 PM

I didn't know Asa Watson was a Jedi. Damn he's gonna be the most awesome tight end we've ever had. He'll come up to the line and convince the player covering him to let him go, then pull out his lightsaber to slice of the DBs arms on his way to the endzone. He'll use a force push on the player he's blocking to open up a hole for the running backs. Also whenever someone is called for a penalty he'll go up to the refs, during their conference to figure out who the player is that got the penalty, and it'll be like:

Ref: Let me see your number.
Asa: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to see his number.
Ref: We don't need to see his number.
Asa: These aren't the players you're looking for.
Ref: These aren't the players we're looking for.
Asa: He can go about his business.
Refs: You can go about your business.
Asa: Move along.
Ref: Move along... move along. [head ref turns to the press box] There is no flag on the play.




[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 7:33 PM. Reason : ]

2/4/2009 7:31:48 PM

Woot

2/4/2009 7:34:48 PM

Nice breakdown of the commitments
http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=908075

2/4/2009 7:44:58 PM

Sylvester Crawford

2/4/2009 8:38:42 PM

"It really came down to Coach [Don] Horton and Coach [Tom] O'Brien and how many offensive linemen they have put in the NFL. I get in the car, I looked to Duran and said, 'It would be stupid not to play for coaches like that.' So we both pulled the trigger. There could be a few guys still out there so why wait. I called Coach [Andy] McCollum and said, 'Coach, I wanted to be part of the Pack.'" -- Camden Wentz

2/4/2009 9:08:29 PM

I personally like FSU's stadium more than Clemson's, color me crazy.

2/4/2009 9:13:43 PM

^^ Yeah I read that and 'd. Wish more guys like Nixon would think like that.

2/4/2009 9:15:22 PM

Rashard Smith

Defensive Back
Dublin (Ga.) High

Notes:
Chose NC State over offers from Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Western Michigan, UAB and North Carolina … Committed on Dec. 3 after having made four unofficial visits to Raleigh before then …Also a very good point guard in basketball.

ding ding ding

2/4/2009 10:26:40 PM

Maybe we should send TOB to visit John Wall and Demarcus Cousins.

2/4/2009 10:32:29 PM

I've got to say that I was never worried about Byrd sticking with the Pack. Brandan Bishop, who lives on the other side of the county talked to him and Bishop said this, "He (Byrd) said we have to put on a Wolfpack show at the Outback Bowl." Plus everything I heard about us still being his number 1 school, and his father liking us made me think there was very little chance that he would go elsewhere.

2/4/2009 10:35:24 PM

^^I saw Smith's dunks on that youtube video he's got out. Holy shitballs.

2/4/2009 10:39:32 PM

he trying to walk on too?

2/4/2009 10:44:13 PM

Quote :

"Notes: Selected NC State on Nov. 30 over offers from South Florida, Temple, New Mexico State, Cincinnati and Maryland … Recruited as a defensive tackle but could end up at offensive line … The first football player at his high school since 1968 … Also plays basketball."

Huh?

2/4/2009 11:04:29 PM

Quote :

"^sam jones didn't play anywhere this year, so he wasn't in the scout database, however he is an LOI."

They must of added him, they also ranked him as a 4*

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=3305225

2/5/2009 7:58:01 AM

^^ What they meant to type was that Chandler is the first football player from his high school to go D-I since 1968.

2/5/2009 8:04:16 AM

Good article in the N and O (for once) this morning about TOB and his lack of concern about the rank of the recruiting class.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/prepsnow/rankings-dont-concern-packs-obrien

2/5/2009 9:23:57 AM

Quote :

""It (ranking by recruiting analysts) is important because a lot of people pay attention to it. But that's never been one thing that's been of great importance to us. If we like a guy, we like a guy. I don't care whether you like him or not." T.O.B. 2/4/09."

2/5/2009 9:27:56 AM

I wasn't aware our class ranked 10th in the ACC. I thought I read it was something more like 6th or 7th. *shrug*

2/5/2009 9:38:25 AM