CAT5Coming
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It's been widely reported that due to Covid waivers/super seniors there will be a giant reduction in the number of football players receiving scholarships in the 2022, maybe 30 to 40% less. Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel discussed this on their Audible podcast a few weeks back and after interviewing a group of coaches they speculated that most top programs were planning to sign 15-18 players in the class.
Also here is a quote from Greg Biggins of 247 Sports which gets right to the point:
This means a lot of top quality kids that are waiting for the Bama, Clemson, OSU offer that would be forthcoming in a normal year are going to have to go to plan B. You add in the fact that college coaches haven't seen most of these kids play in an actual football game in person you are going to have even more missed evals than usual and kids emerging after breakout HS senior seasons.
So while all the CIS recruiting board chicken littles get in their feelings this July there is a unique, legitimate and strategic advantage to having open spots in your 2022 signing class, and it must be acknowledged this is a completely different year than any before it numbers-wise.
You can say what you will about Manny's results on the field, but he has certainly been strategic and calculating off the field, with the transfer portal and NLI. Bolden, Phillips, King, Rambo, Stevenson, Deandre Johnson, Cody Brown, Isiah Wilson, Jarrid Williams - show me a program that has better leveraged an unknown like the portal to its advantage. There have certainly been misses this cycle already, but no need for Canes tears because the rollercoaster is just getting started. Enjoy the ride fellas we will be fine.
Also here is a quote from Greg Biggins of 247 Sports which gets right to the point:
"Now, the '22 class however, you've got to get back to that 85-man [roster]. Basically, you're looking at a very small 2022 class for a lot of schools. It's also not just the seniors re-classifying. It's everybody, so you're not going to have a lot of space available for that 2022 class. It could be between 10 and 15, so a lot of colleges are maybe being careful on how many rides they offer. And if you're a player, you better jump on that quick, right, because you don't know how many spots you have. If you're a quarterback especially you want to be quick and jump on the school you like. That's why I keep saying that the 2022 class is going to be a smaller one."
This means a lot of top quality kids that are waiting for the Bama, Clemson, OSU offer that would be forthcoming in a normal year are going to have to go to plan B. You add in the fact that college coaches haven't seen most of these kids play in an actual football game in person you are going to have even more missed evals than usual and kids emerging after breakout HS senior seasons.
So while all the CIS recruiting board chicken littles get in their feelings this July there is a unique, legitimate and strategic advantage to having open spots in your 2022 signing class, and it must be acknowledged this is a completely different year than any before it numbers-wise.
You can say what you will about Manny's results on the field, but he has certainly been strategic and calculating off the field, with the transfer portal and NLI. Bolden, Phillips, King, Rambo, Stevenson, Deandre Johnson, Cody Brown, Isiah Wilson, Jarrid Williams - show me a program that has better leveraged an unknown like the portal to its advantage. There have certainly been misses this cycle already, but no need for Canes tears because the rollercoaster is just getting started. Enjoy the ride fellas we will be fine.