To zoom out and look at the entire Pete era you get:
California: 63 signees (10.5 per year) (5 of those signees were Juco's I believe, Luciano, Whitford, Rodriguez, Little, E Turner) Washington: 33 signees (5.5 per year) (one of our 2 commits for 2020 as well) Hawaii: 6 signees (1 per year) (all 6 in the past 2 years with 5/6 this year) Oregon: 6 signees (1 per year) (none this year and 2014, at least one all four years in between) Arizona: 5 signees (.833 per year) (all 5 in last 3 classes) Utah: 5 signees (.833 per year) (all 5 in last 3 classes) (1 of the 5 has yet to enroll - Lolohea) Texas: 4 signees (.667 per year) (only 1 in last 3 classes) Idaho: 3 signees (.5 per year) (Yankoff, Manu, James) (one of our 2 commits for 2020 as well) Nevada: 2 signees (.333 per year) (Kaho, Fautano) (only 1 enrolled) Wyoming: 1 signee (.167) (#GrundlesTevis) Montana: 1 signee (.167) (@DisslyDawg) Tennessee: 1 signee (Jackson Sirmon) (.167 per year)
Hawaii, Arizona, Utah and Nevada have really emerged, with all 18 of our signees from those states coming in the last 3 years. Texas has slowed down a tick, though it seems like we're giving out more offers there every year. Tennessee? Lol.
Ultimately, it's about getting the best class possible and part of that for us will be expanding our recruiting footprint. The cold, hard reality is that when it comes to getting elite kids out of California, we'll always be pulling behind SC and UCLA.
The geographic challenges in this class would have signed us up historically to have a very underwhelming class. Being able to get OL out of Arizona and Texas were huge for this class. Huff deserves a ton of credit for that.
It's easy in the moment to say that this class is this or that ... but the reality is that this class is going to be one of the best classes we've ever had and depending on how it ends up could only climb.
At this point, the only real weakness is at DB and that's an exception to the rule really. While we missed on Togiai, this class needed both solid quality and quantity ... and it looks like we're going to get both.
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California: 17
Washington: 8
Hawaii: 6
Utah: 3
Arizona:3
Oregon: 2
Nevada: 2 (which drops to 1)
Idaho: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 1
By averages:
California: 8.5
Washington: 4
Hawaii: 3
Utah: 1.5
Arizona: 1.5
Oregon: 1
Nevada: 1 (which drops to 0.5)
Idaho: 0.5
Tennessee: 0.5
Texas: 0.5
Edit: Sirmon, ya idjit
California: 63 signees (10.5 per year) (5 of those signees were Juco's I believe, Luciano, Whitford, Rodriguez, Little, E Turner)
Washington: 33 signees (5.5 per year) (one of our 2 commits for 2020 as well)
Hawaii: 6 signees (1 per year) (all 6 in the past 2 years with 5/6 this year)
Oregon: 6 signees (1 per year) (none this year and 2014, at least one all four years in between)
Arizona: 5 signees (.833 per year) (all 5 in last 3 classes)
Utah: 5 signees (.833 per year) (all 5 in last 3 classes) (1 of the 5 has yet to enroll - Lolohea)
Texas: 4 signees (.667 per year) (only 1 in last 3 classes)
Idaho: 3 signees (.5 per year) (Yankoff, Manu, James) (one of our 2 commits for 2020 as well)
Nevada: 2 signees (.333 per year) (Kaho, Fautano) (only 1 enrolled)
Wyoming: 1 signee (.167) (#GrundlesTevis)
Montana: 1 signee (.167) (@DisslyDawg)
Tennessee: 1 signee (Jackson Sirmon) (.167 per year)
Hawaii, Arizona, Utah and Nevada have really emerged, with all 18 of our signees from those states coming in the last 3 years. Texas has slowed down a tick, though it seems like we're giving out more offers there every year. Tennessee? Lol.
rip @dnc
didn't lupoi lay the groundwork or something? I remember vaguely. forgive me dennis haven't had my morning coffee