2019 Football Recruiting Tracker - June Update

It has been a tough 6 weeks since the last post, with the top 3 targets on my list committing elsewhere, and no new commits in the meantime. With summer almost here and the camp schedule picking up I figured I would do an update on the list with some new names. As always, this list is without #sauces. It is based on reading through TKP and other sites such as 247, TSL, and others.

Class List:

Name Position Stars Composite Score Notes
Tahj Gary RB 3 0.8538 GA
Jordan Houston RB/ATH 3 0.8577 Warm, 4/14 visit
Isaiah Hazel WR 4 0.9261 Warm, in top 4
Tayvion Robinson WR 4 0.8902 Favorite, 757, 1/14 visit
Elijah Bowick WR 3 0.8709 Committed
Nick Gallo TE 3 0.8739 Hokie Brother
Donavan Beaver OT 3 0.8577 VA, multiple visits
Bryan Hudson OG 4 0.9154 Committed
Riley Simonds OG 3 0.8809 Buford, GA, 3/17 visit
Jesse Hanson OG 3 0.8749 Committed
Tre'Mon Morris-Brash DE 4 0.9028 Goode's HS
D'Von Ellies DT 3 0.89 DeJuan Ellis teammate
Adarious Jones DT 3 0.8739 757, Bishop Sullivan, 3/24 visit
Mario Kendricks DT 3 0.8527 Warm, FL
Nyquee Hawkins CB 3 0.8892 Committed
Mike Sainristil CB 3 0.8635 Committed
Khalid Martin S 3 0.881 Warm, in top 4, 4/14 visit
Jahad Carter WR/DB 3 0.8572 Committed

Others to Watch:

Name Position Stars Composite Score Notes
Zonavan Knight RB 4 0.8942 Nadir's HS teammate
Keshawn King RB 3 0.8777 FL
Jamious Griffin RB 3 0.8735 NC St commit, Hokie brother
Michel Dukes RB 3 0.8333 SC
Jacoby Pinckney WR 3 0.8732 Warmer, 6'3"
Cam Hart WR 3 0.8556 6' 3", MD
Ryan Coll OT 6/3 workout, not yet offered
Savion Jackson DE 4 0.9775 2/2 visit, top 3
Logan Cash DT 3 0.8516 GA
Jaden McKenzie DT 3 0.8516 Not Yet Offered, Kane HS teammate
Gio Paez DT 3 0.8466 Not Yet Offered
Zaylin Wood DT Not Yet Offered
Jayree Hardy DT Not Yet Offered
Traveon Freshwater ILB 4 0.8895 Warm, in top 5
Jaylon Scott OLB 3 0.8556 Not Yet Offered, Dax HS teammate
Dean Ferguson OLB 3 0.8416 Warm
Semar Melvin CB 3 0.8653 Warm, in top 2
Myles Bell CB 3 0.8427 Warm
Anthony Harris S 4 0.9298 Warm, 1/14 visit
DeMarcco Hellams S 4 0.9582 Warm
JR Walker S 4 0.9001 NC

Last year, our overall composite score according to 247 was .8746. I said earlier in the cycle that with this being a smaller class I wasn't going to judge the success of this class on the class ranking, but rather on if the composite score. If we were to land everyone on the first list our composite score would be .8784 (which would equate to about the 34th ranked class according to last year's numbers). That's still an increase, though not as large of an increase as I was hoping for earlier in the cycle. I was also hoping more quietly for at least one higher profile recruit on each side of the ball (such as Ford on offense and Smith or Jackson on defense). I'm not holding my breath for that any more, but if we were to land everyone on that top list I think it would improve just about every position group we recruited for:

RB – Improvement (Houston and Gary would complement each other really well)
WR – Improvement (I love Hazel's film, I think he's underrated even at .9261, and the staff loves Bowick and Robinson apparently, it's a well-rounded group)
TE – Push (I like Gallo, think he might ended rated about where Mitchell was last year)
OL – Improvement (Hudson, Simonds, and Hanson are all studs, and I really like Beaver or Coll)
DT – Improvement (Ellies and Jones could possibly push for time right away, and I think Kendricks is a perfect fit for our system)
DE – Push (No one seems to know anything about Brash, and if we don't get him I'm not sure we get a DE, which is a little scary)
DB – Improvement (I think Sainristil is our most underrated recruit, Stroman 2.0. Staff seems to love Carter, and I think Hawkins is a 4 star. If we could somehow pull Hellams that would be a great group)

With holes in the 2019 class at QB, DE, and LB that puts an emphasis at those positions for the next cycle, and I would also include DT in that group to continue to build depth.

So overall, I think this can still be a really solid class that will improve the positions we are recruiting, but it may not have the headliners we were all hoping for that could take this class to the next level.

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