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Wake Forest Football Recruiting

godeacsplate said:
Offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Penn State, USC, VaTech, UVA et al??
How is he a 3-star??
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I've read there is a massive increase in uncommittable offers recently. Now that whole idea is stupid, but apparently it is routine in recruiting.
 
bernbp5 said:
I've read there is a massive increase in uncommittable offers recently. Now that whole idea is stupid, but apparently it is routine in recruiting.
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Well, it tells kids that schools are "sorta interested." However, if I was a recruitable athlete and got such an offer from my dream school, I might be upset. Do we know when kids find out whether a particular offer is commitable?
 
Deaconblue said:
Well, it tells kids that schools are "sorta interested." However, if I was a recruitable athlete and got such an offer from my dream school, I might be upset. Do we know when kids find out whether a particular offer is commitable?
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it depends - sometimes a few weeks after they commit
 
It blows my mind that a kid would get an offer and commit on Twitter but not commit to the coach.
 
PhDeac said:
It blows my mind that a kid would get an offer and commit on Twitter but not commit to the coach.
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I can posit a thought process like the following:

The recruiter/coach almost always follows the recruit on Twitter etc. Therefore, publicly announcing a commitment on Twitter informs the recruiting coach.
 
That is horrible logic. But yeah, they may be what they’re thinking.
 
Deaconblue said:
I can posit a thought process like the following:

The recruiter/coach almost always follows the recruit on Twitter etc. Therefore, publicly announcing a commitment on Twitter informs the recruiting coach.
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This sounds like agreeing to a business contract via Twitter rather than actuality signing a document. Don’t think that would work to well in the real world…….and it’s not working well for too many high school players.
 
Dekin said:
This sounds like agreeing to a business contract via Twitter rather than actuality signing a document. Don’t think that would work to well in the real world…….and it’s not working well for too many high school players.
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They can't officially sign the Letter of Intent until signing days in December and February. Verbal/internet commitments are all that can happen the rest of the year.
 
Resilient Deac said:
https://247sports.com/player/demond-claiborne-46108983/

This kid is committing somewhere today. It was understood UVA had a lead on us over the last couple of months but there's some chatter we **might** have made up some ground. He'd be a tremendous commit if he chooses us.
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When I looked at the linked profile, I was surprised to see Wake had 8 RB on roster, with one commit. When I looked at the Wake roster, surprise, six, yep 6 of te listed RB's are freshmen! That seems like a lot of guys in one class for a position where Wake mostly uses one guy at a time.
 
Huge win over UVA. Claiborne has a nice offer list:

WF
UVA
WV
VT
Vandy
Purdue
And essentially every good non-Power V program on the East Coast.
 
Is Claiborne our highest ranked RB recruit since they've been ranking them?

Carney/Claiborne will be a VERY nice duo in the backfield for 4 years.
 
Resilient Deac said:
Is Claiborne our highest ranked RB recruit since they've been ranking them?

Carney/Claiborne will be a VERY nice duo in the backfield for 4 years.
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I'm excited about Claiborne, but Josh Adams blows his recruiting profile away. Top-150 national recruit, top-10 RB, offers from LSU, UGA, and a ton of others.
 
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