Early Signing Day Thread (Wed ~6am)

[DCfeatherbutt]

It’s 7:00 and that big LT from Utah has not sent his letter in yet. The center has. Now the worry sets in. Gonna be a crappy day at work for me. Allie I’ll do is worry.

You’re stressing yourself out for no reason. There is no doubt that Kingsley is signing with the Ducks. He has a live signing event at 9am.

Thanks. I will calm down now.

[JIDuck97]

Ty Thompson is in.

[thomas time]

Matavao, Davies, Franklin and Bassa all in

[chapelhillduck]

Kinda low key excited about Buckner...feels like he has that Nick Reed motor


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[thomas time]

Kingsley, Thornton and David in too

[thomas time]

20 LOI's in, only Flowe hasn't and not sure when he is going to

[UOducksTK1]

20 LOI's in, only Flowe hasn't and not sure when he is going to

Yup all are in, I read in 247 yesterday that he isn’t planning on signing in early period.

[bigsugarduck]

20 LOI's in, only Flowe hasn't and not sure when he is going to

Yup all are in, I read in 247 yesterday that he isn’t planning on signing in early period.

So, is that it? Any long-shot flips or announcements to keep an eye on throughout the day?
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[greenyellow]

20 LOI's in, only Flowe hasn't and not sure when he is going to

Yup all are in, I read in 247 yesterday that he isn’t planning on signing in early period.

So, is that it? Any long-shot flips or announcements to keep an eye on throughout the day?
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Oregon is pretty much done for the day as everyone else they're after are deciding on a later date.

[cmmadness]

# 3 on rivals. officially based class ever as I understand it?

Also curious what y'all think about Seven McGee and what position he will most naturally fill.

Given the less than stellar production from our running backs this year, do you guys see him
as potentially thriving in that spot or would his size limit him a bit???

[ICamel]

20 LOI's in, only Flowe hasn't and not sure when he is going to

Yup all are in, I read in 247 yesterday that he isn’t planning on signing in early period.

Word on the interwebs is that Flow isn't academically eligible right now, and that he will sign in February when he meets the requirements.

[GoDucksTroll]

Tomorrow is my birthday, so I'd love a nice birthday gift from a surprise 5 star recruit, one can hope right?

Aren't Ty Thompson and Kingsley Saumataia 5 stars?

I wouldn't get my hopes up for a big new fish, the ones we are still in on are all signing in the winter

A quick scan of the lists shows:

247 gives 34 "five stars" in it's "composite". Oregon has #35, #36, and #39, so, oh so very close. In its own top 247, it has 12 "five stars", Oregon's at #28, #49, #62.

For comparison, Rivals has 26 "five stars" and Oregon has two of them (#9, #23) as well as #28. ESPN has 13, and (keeping up with tradition) has Oregon's top recruits at #58, #65, #69.

Really lots of differing opinions. Personally I like to look at the 247 composite and look at top 50, then top 300, then 300-900. The early commits include: 3 top 50, 14 top 300, and all 21 in the top 780. As has been discussed, really an excellent class in terms of landing great prospects.

Good overview TDuck.

ESPN rankings are almost useless to me. I don’t think they should be part of the composite anymore, but since 247 absorbed Scout they still need three. ESPN used to be decent although still bad: 247 had Mariota as a 4-star and they’re the ones who had him as a 2-star. Colt Lyerla was a 3-star, Arik Armstead was a 4-star while being #2 overall on another site, Dillon Mitchell was one of our lower commits one year on ESPN. What happened is they had been laying off their recruiting people for years and now I think they only have one or maybe two guys doing the whole thing.

I prefer the composite, or just combining Rivals and 247’s in house rankings. Both have their biases. Or they just make up a ranking, like the fake recruit on twitter who kept getting offers and Rivals made him a page and ranked him. I’ve been working on something with Rivals recruiting head and I’ve been tempted to ask about that. I won’t so I don’t look like a dick. While 247 is best overall they tend to ignore a lot of west coast guys - I think it’s to pander to their bigger SEC subscription base.

Troy Franklin was a composite 5-star, he got dropped a few spots. Must have really disappointed in his non-existent senior season.

[Phalanx]

I'm sure this ship has sailed for Oregon, but I notice that Xavier Worthy hasn't signed yet. Last I heard, he was down to Michigan and Alabama, but Alabama appears to be in the process of flipping an LSU receiver, and it made me wonder if Oregon could get back in the mix with Worthy now that Kyron Ware-Hudson is gone. Kid is from Fresno, which is only about a 9 hour drive from Eugene. He could carpool with that DE we got from Clovis.

[StevensTechU]

I'm sure this ship has sailed for Oregon, but I notice that Xavier Worthy hasn't signed yet. Last I heard, he was down to Michigan and Alabama, but Alabama appears to be in the process of flipping an LSU receiver, and it made me wonder if Oregon could get back in the mix with Worthy now that Kyron Ware-Hudson is gone. Kid is from Fresno, which is only about a 9 hour drive from Eugene. He could carpool with that DE we got from Clovis.

I haven't been as fanatical about this class as I have years past, but I will admit that it would be great if I could get closure that there is no chance Oregon gets Worthy. I keep holding out hope, and think him and Troy Franklin, plus Kris Hutson from this past class, would give Oregon USC-like receivers.

[greenyellow]

Worthy recommitted and signed with Michigan at around 1 PM PST so he's off the board.