I added three write-ups this morning for O-linemen that I had previously added to the Big Board.
Alex Gellerstedt is interesting. He’s 6’7 and I liked his Hudl highlights. Wake missed being his first Power Five offer by only a few days. He recently went from zero college offers to 4 Power Five conference offers in the span of a week.
I was really torn on including Thomas Hopple. There are a number of signs that this will be a challenging recruitment for Wake. He seems really serious about industrial engineering. He has wanted to play for Clemson since he was a child (they haven’t offered yet though). Both in-state schools have offered, and offered much earlier than Wake Forest. However, he did recently say that Wake Forest was one of 3 schools recruiting him the hardest and he sounds like he will visit Wake soon (presumably for Junior Day).
Jaylen Miller (OT 6’4/280) – Providence School / Jacksonville, FL
Rating: Unrated
Power 5 offers: Wake Forest, Duke, Mississippi State, Mizzou and South Carolina
Recognitions: 2nd team all-state in Florida at the 3A level (as a junior)
Junior Days: South Carolina (January 31)
Recruitment: In December he acknowledged that Duke was standing out to him the most. At the time he had Power 5 offers from Duke and Mizzou. He said that Duke’s academic prestige was a big factor for him. He said he was in contact with Duke approximately twice a week.
Alex Gellerstedt (OT 6’7/255) – Coffman HS / Dublin, OH
Rating: Unrated
Power 5 offers: Wake Forest, Kentucky, Illinois and Pitt
Recruitment: Kentucky was the first to offer on January 29th. Wake Forest was his second power 5 offer just days later (February 3). Those were followed immediately by Illinois (February 3) and Pitt (February 5).
Thomas Jarrett Hopple (OT 6’6/270) – Nansemond River HS / Suffolk, VA
Rating: Unrated
Power 5 offers: Wake Forest, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia
Junior Days: Virginia Tech (February 6). Plans to visit Wake Forest and Virginia, presumably for Junior Day events.
Background: What will make this recruitment challenging for Wake Forest is that Hopple seems to be very serious about studying industrial engineering in college. He has been wanting to go to Clemson since he started playing football. A self-proclaimed “country boy”.
Recruitment: He told an interviewer recently that Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and Virginia were the 3 schools recruiting him the hardest. Virginia was his first Power 5 offer and he visited there this fall.