Well this should be good for recruiting. 'Awarded each year to the FBS football coach that best embodies the three pillars of success: scholarship, leadership and integrity.'
Interesting that 4 out of 20 are ACC.
Well this should be good for recruiting. 'Awarded each year to the FBS football coach that best embodies the three pillars of success: scholarship, leadership and integrity.'
According to Rivals, Wake has 17th best class in country right now. That is absolutely mind boggling to me.
https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
That's a little misleading because there are only 5 P5 schools ranked lower than Wake that have the same number or more commits than Wake. Plenty of those teams will catch up.
But this class should be better than our usual ranking in the low-60s. As someone pointed out above, we have 9 top 1000 recruits so far. Last year's small class had 5 top 1000 out of 13 (ranked #71). 2021 had 2 top 1000 out of 20 (ranked #68). 2020 had 3 top 100 out of 23 (ranked #63). 2019 had 5 top 100 out of 21 (ranked #60). So this class should end up somewhere in the 40s at least.
Wake got two more commits a few days after that post to get to 15. Other programs have caught up and Wake is 37th now. There are still 5 P5 schools that have 15+ commits. BC, Rutgers, and Colorado are #38-40. MD and Illinois are 45 and 46. I still think Wake will land somewhere in the 40s, 50s if it's a smaller class which would be an improvement.
I think the big deal is that the average is 86.24. There have been a lot of years where a recruit that is rated an 86 would be one of the higher rated guys in the class.
I think the big deal is that the average is 86.24. There have been a lot of years where a recruit that is rated an 86 would be one of the higher rated guys in the class.
Just keep in mind that AT Perry was 83.71, KW III was 81.22 and Tyler Morin 82.09. It feels better to try to find something tangible out of something intangible like HS FB recruiting, but these are just numbers created by guys who can't evaluate HS football players at the same level as the WF staff. Would guess part of the reason for the rating rise of WF's recruits is because WF is considered a better program now. So, if WF offers, the player is considered better than now than three years ago. This is not some objective scale where an 86 in 2022 is materially better than 84 in 2019.
Clawson doesn't BS and he has repeatedly advised that HS football recruiting rankings, at least when it comes to evaluating WF football recruiting in general, are meaningless.
Just keep in mind that AT Perry was 83.71, KW III was 81.22 and Tyler Morin 82.09. It feels better to try to find something tangible out of something intangible like HS FB recruiting, but these are just numbers created by guys who can't evaluate HS football players at the same level as the WF staff. Would guess part of the reason for the rating rise of WF's recruits is because WF is considered a better program now. So, if WF offers, the player is considered better than now than three years ago. This is not some objective scale where an 86 in 2022 is materially better than 84 in 2019.
Clawson doesn't BS and he has repeatedly advised that HS football recruiting rankings, at least when it comes to evaluating WF football recruiting in general, are meaningless.
Also keep in mind that AT Perry was...not very good at the beginning of his career. He seems like a guy we took based on size and athletic potential, who put in the work with our excellent coaching staff and became an elite college WR and leader on the team.
Very similar to Scotty Washington.
I know that ratings are flawed past the top couple hundred guys but my hope is that this raised floor will lead to less developmental time for the players. A lot of Wake's players take 3 years in the program to become playable. If a raised recruiting floor can turn 3 years into 2 years, then that can only improve depth. We have all seen first hand what the lack of depth looks like. (2019 receivers and every year an entire defensive position group)
The other side of this is as we get better players - they need to play early or they will transfer somewhere else. And yes that means true freshman playing over 4th year junior diamond in the rough guys. This is especially true on defense where you can’t out scheme. OL and Interior DL- yeah I would rather have a 5th year Senior out there 90% of the time. Grimes, Claiborne, and Hall need to see some solid reps this year even if that means taking reps from guys like Banks, Ellison, and Smenda.