• Welcome to OGBoards 10.0, keep in mind that we will be making LOTS of changes to smooth out the experience here and make it as close as possible functionally to the old software, but feel free to drop suggestions or requests in the Tech Support subforum!

Wake Forest Football Recruiting

Always wondered how athletes "commit" to Ivy League schools. They don't offer athletic scholarships; instead need based grants. There is no NLI day for Ivy League recruits. When someone commits to Harvard is that anything more than the coach telling him that the admissions department is likely to admit him or does that mean that applied and were admitted early?

Verbal commitments to Ivy League schools are just like verbals anywhere.

From the Ivy League "Prospective Athlete Information" web page, " Prospective students who have decided on their first choice may apply to one Ivy League school by November 1 in order to receive notice of Early Decision or Early Action in December. Students may also apply under the Regular Decision application process to receive a decision in late March. Under certain circumstances institutions may issue a letter prior to the final admissions decision indicating that a candidate is “likely” to be admitted."

LOI equivalent would be the student-athlete replying to the letter of acceptance from the school in December or March and sending in the required pre-enrollment deposit.
 
Not super tall. Perhaps yet another slot receiver. Will be interesting to see if we try to move one or two to CB.

We indeed seem to have a lot of slot receiver type guys. Going to be small at CB if they move even if they beef up and fill out.
 
Maybe a campanaro type? Or a Jax Landfried? Being that his name is Jackson and he’s....

He's a little taller and thinner than Camp, but has a similar 40 time and vertical leap, so athletically they are comparable. Has Bachman's height/weight with Camp's athleticism.
 
Todd May was from Pikeville. Josh Shoemaker was from that general area. Coal mine country.
 
He's a little taller and thinner than Camp, but has a similar 40 time and vertical leap, so athletically they are comparable. Has Bachman's height/weight with Camp's athleticism.

He doesn’t look that fast on film but he ran a 4.48. Appears to be a faster Bachman type rather than a slot. We are loaded at slot.
 
Todd May was from Pikeville. Josh Shoemaker was from that general area. Coal mine country.

Shoemaker was from Gate City, Va. which is basically Tri-Cities, TN area. Not really coal country, but not really much if anything else either. Only reason it’s a town is because of the shipping lanes on the Holsten River and where the railroads came through Big Moccasin Gap.
 
He's a little taller and thinner than Camp, but has a similar 40 time and vertical leap, so athletically they are comparable. Has Bachman's height/weight with Camp's athleticism.

Dude, sarcasm. White WR compared to white WR joke.
 
Lots of offers going out in the last two or three weeks. Really getting tired of seeing that ugly blue beat us out for kids
 
UNC will always recruit better than us, but that won’t necessarily translate to on-field success as evidenced this year. Also, state usually has higher rated classes than us, but we’ve beaten them three years in a row. Recruiting absolutely matters and is the lifeblood of a program, but Is not everything.
 
I am pretty sure these two are 2020 kids, one a CB and the other a DT/OL

So we are not expected to land Jackson Hensley? If so, that’s disappointing because he appears to be every bit as good as Gosnell from East Surry. And faster.
 
He decommitted from Harvard after visiting Wake last weekend and I think that is a good sign for us
 
If he had played with Jefferson Boaz, based on his Hudl film, he would have likely put up similar numbers as Gosnell. He played at a small school in Pikeville, Ky and played WR, QB, safety and returned punts and kickoffs. Gosnell is two inches taller but not as fast. According to a Les Johns 247 article, he performed well at a WF camp last summer.
 
If he had played with Jefferson Boaz, based on his Hudl film, he would have likely put up similar numbers as Gosnell. He played at a small school in Pikeville, Ky and played WR, QB, safety and returned punts and kickoffs. Gosnell is two inches taller but not as fast. According to a Les Johns 247 article, he performed well at a WF camp last summer.

Gosnell is taller and heavier, and runs a 4.48 40 just like Hensley.
 
Back
Top