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2024 DT Board (2024 Edition) [Mario: This Time Its Personal]

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The whales took a dump on Mario and his staff. The experts told us he was a recruiting specialist. Well, he has gotten us to third in the ACC and a 5-7 record on the field. Some coaching gawd I tell you. This would feel like Randy as head coach, but Randy got a number one class-not a top 20 class.
 
Odin said:
We may get another highschool kid like you say and if FSU has another good season they will likely flip Jones.Even Dmoney said he doesn't trust him sticking just based on where he's from.After this year we lose Taylor,Deen,Hunter,Licht and Campbell.All we return is Moten and Horton.We have no choice but to keep beefing up Acheapong and will need 3 or maybe even 4 portal DTs,not what any of us hoped/expected coming into this class.
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JFC didnā€™t realize it was this bad
 
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Missed on the big ones Stone, Scott and Franklin.

Not only did we manage to fumble on that but we also allowed Auburn to get Dimitry Nicolas who shouldā€™ve been a take IMO. Thereā€™s no way you can say a guy like Daylen Russell is a take and Nicolas isnā€™t. Nicolas seems like the kinda kid that will probably go on to be an All-SEC DL and we will look back in a few years and say he f***** us when in reality we didnā€™t recruit or push for himā€¦
 
Gables Canes said:
We havenā€™t landed DT whales in the portal either. Lichtenstein? Gore? Good grief. I think Deen could be solid, but none of these dudes are comparable to the whales we are recruiting and striking out on.

What makes us think we can make up for these recruiting misses with the portal at DT?
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Agree,maybe we get lucky again and find another Jackson type.
 
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Handsome Squidbum said:
Give Dennis Smith's job of recruiting coordinator to Salavea, hire a better DT recruiter. Maybe Taylor shares some blame, but he's new to recruiting so I'm willing to give him a mulligan this cycle.
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There is no blame for anyone. 2 years ago we would not have even recruited this type of kid. You don't go from that to batting 750 on a position group every team sees as he need every year. We were making steady forward progress which is not the time to make emotional decisions.
 
TpaBayFlyFisher said:
The whales took a dump on Mario and his staff. The experts told us he was a recruiting specialist. Well, he has gotten us to third in the ACC and a 5-7 record on the field. Some coaching gawd I tell you. This would feel like Randy as head coach, but Randy got a number one class-not a top 20 class.
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You guys expect us to recruit like Alabama after the last 20 years of bull**** on the field. This thing is going to take a few years to change the culture personnel and every other god**** thing that has plagued this program for 20 years.

I know this sounds crazy but all the other college football programs have elite recruiters too yet You expect Mario to win out on every kid he has a conversation with or you consider it failure.

It's honestly frustrating and embarrassing to read. Go Canes!
 
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Honestly, the staff just needs to get Stone. There isn't another choice.
 
lindend said:
2023 HS DT recruiting was an unmitigated disaster. Time to lick our wounds and look forward to 2024 recruiting which hopefully will have a different approach.

@DMoney From the February 3, 2023 Bank:

As much as the fans focus on the DT position, Mario is even more locked in. It is his personal mission to add five-star talent to that room. This will be one of the major stories of the 2024 class.​

2024 Targets


The initial list came from the 2023 DT board prospects listed by @Paranos & @Liberty City El. If you know of other names, please let me know.

[TABLE=alternate]
[TR]
[TD]Recruit[/TD]
[TD]Stars[/TD]
[TD]Priority[/TD]
[TD]UVs[/TD]
[TD]OV[/TD]
[TD]Committing[/TD]
[TD]HS[/TD]
[TD]School[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]David Stone[/TD]
[TD]5*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]June 10*[/TD]
[TD]August 26[/TD]
[TD]IMG[/TD]
[TD]OK[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aydin Breland[/TD]
[TD]5*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]June 9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]Mater Dei[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Justin Scott[/TD]
[TD]5*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]June 16-18[/TD]
[TD]July 2[/TD]
[TD]Chicago[/TD]
[TD]O$U[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Artavius Jones[/TD]
[TD]4*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]June 23[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]Blountstown[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]T.A. Cunningham[/TD]
[TD]4*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]July 22[/TD]
[TD]Central[/TD]
[TD]PSU[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jayden Jackson[/TD]
[TD]4*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]June 16-18[/TD]
[TD]July 13[/TD]
[TD]IMG[/TD]
[TD]Oklahoma[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alex January[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD]YES?[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]June 3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]Duncanville, TX[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jordan Thomas[/TD]
[TD]4*[/TD]
[TD]YES?[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]June 13[/TD]
[TD]Don Bosco, NJ[/TD]
[TD]UGA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Landen "Meat" Marshall[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]June 7[/TD]
[TD]AL[/TD]
[TD]GTech[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Deyvid Palepale[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD]YES?[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]PA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dimitry Nicolas[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]August 17[/TD]
[TD]Norland[/TD]
[TD]Auburn[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jericho Johnson[/TD]
[TD]4*[/TD]
[TD]YES?[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]June 16[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]Fairfield, CA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dā€™antre Robinson[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Orlando Jones[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dominick McKinley[/TD]
[TD]5*[/TD]
[TD]YES?[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Lafayette, LA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Champ Thompson[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Norcross, GA[/TD]
[TD]Clemson[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Daylen Russell[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Columbus[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jordan "Supa" Cardentey[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Atlanta[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Omar White[/TD]
[TD]4*[/TD]
[TD]NO[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]GA[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jowhar Franklin[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]New Orleans, LA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sean Sevillano Jr.[/TD]
[TD]3*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Clearwater[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jabari Dukes[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Champagnat[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Xavier Porter[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hevin Brown-Shuler[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dā€™Nas ā€œDeboā€ White[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Darrion Smith[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]St Frances MD[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marcus Downs[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]SC[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Terrance Hibbler Jr[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]MS[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kamron Beavers[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]MS[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

* Tentative OV date


2025 DTs to monitor

RecruitStarsPriorityUVsOVCommittingHSSchool
Anthony "Man Man" Smith2Dillard
Tyler Parker1CA
Brandon Brown1Melbourne
Ethan Utley4*1Nashville, TN
Davion Dixon4*1Palmetto (via Belen)
Xavier "X' Ukponu
Tarrell GreeneDillard
Myron CharlesPort Charlotte
Justus ā€œJayā€ TerryGAUGA
Trenton WilsonMD
Charles HouseNC
Randy Adirika4*1Central
Jarquez Carter1Newberry, FL


Sorting the Tables

The tables above can't be sorted by columns right now other than the default. However, you can copy the table into the clipboard and sort it yourself in Google Sheets or Excel.

Steps.
  1. Copy table into the clipboard
  2. Paste into Google Sheets
  3. Optionaly hightlight (i.e. bold) the column header (first row)
  4. Under the Data menu, select Sort, then advanced range sorting option
  5. Click on data has header row (i.e. the row you bolded in step 3)
  6. Select the column that will be the primary sort column (i.e. OV date, commit date etc.)
  7. Click on sort
  8. Profit
Rasta & Dave break down 24 DTs

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Time to crank up the 2025 DT board because so far 2024 has been an unmitigated disaster. One bright spot with Artavious Jones and we better hope we keep him.
 
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