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Post by mumd on Dec 16, 2021 21:28:32 GMT -5
Thoughts on the new class of Bears?? Looks like they are finally recruiting in South Georgia, with kids from Valdosta and Thomasville signing letters. Good move.
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Post by FUBeAR on Dec 16, 2021 22:01:52 GMT -5
Really like this class.
Would say, not necessarily that they went after S. GA, but seemed to sign a lot of kids from Championship level programs …wherever those were. That’s a great asset to continue building a Championship culture for Mercer Football.
And, overall, from watching the tapes of the signed kids, their metrics, body types, and athleticism all put smiles on FUBeAR’s mug.
Now…the challenge is developing them quickly enough to play & contribute before the siren song of playing on Tuesday nights in an empty stadium for a Team that plays in an NCAA D1 subdivision that is (only) alphabetically superior to FCS Football & Mercer causes their young hearts to go a-pitter-pattering…and they hurl themselves into the Devil’s Portal along with 2000 other too often misguided young men.
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Post by mumd on Dec 18, 2021 6:38:53 GMT -5
Agreed. So now any time a kid has a good year I guess we can look for him to “move up” until he plays for “Saban thagod” (see one Henry To’o To’o). Even P5 schools like Tennessee are not immune to this cancer. Can’t put that genie back in the bottle though.
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Post by BamaBear on Dec 26, 2021 18:34:15 GMT -5
On the transfer portal outs, Ethan Dirrim is transferring to Georgia Southern: Not great, he was actually pretty productive for a freshman.
Caleb Dowden is in the portal as a grad transfer:
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Post by tjhook on Jan 8, 2022 19:11:12 GMT -5
Watched the Augusta area all-star game and There is a kid named Zack Blackwell that is getting underrecruited. He’s a LB/RB who is definitely a player. Prepped at Augusta Christian. If anyone knows the coaches for Mercer, please have them follow up on this young man.
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Post by FUBeAR on Feb 4, 2022 8:36:42 GMT -5
MERCER FOOTBALL 2022 SIGNEE ROSTER #
| FULL NAME
| POS.
| HT.
| WT.
| YEAR
| HOMETOWN
| HIGH SCHOOL
| PREVIOUS SCHOOL
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| Riley Bell
| OL | 6-4 | 280 | Freshman | Tallapoosa, Ga. | Haralson County HS | |
| Xavier Brantley
| Joker | 6-0 | 180 | Freshman | Mt. Vernon, Ga. | Montgomery County HS | |
| Sawyer Burt
| TE | 6-4 | 235 | Freshman | Fort Payne, Ala. | Fort Payne HS | |
| Caden Camese
| DL | 6-3 | 290 | Freshman | Bellevue, Neb. | Bellevue West High School | |
| Marcus Christian
| KAT | 6-4 | 215 | Freshman | Thomasville, Ga. | Thomas County Central HS | |
| Eli Edwards
| OL | 6-4 | 283 | Freshman | Cumming, Ga. | North Forsyth HS | |
| Jose Gonzalez
| OL | 6-3 | 270 | Freshman | Warner Robins, Ga. | Warner Robins HS | | 42
| Christian Hanson
| LB | 6-1 | 226 | Freshman | Sharpsburg, Ga. | Trinity Christian High School | | 14 | Chris Joines
| S | 6-3 | 190 | Freshman | Pfafftown, N.C. | Reagan High School | Myrtle Beach Collegiate Academy |
| Juwan Johnson
| S | 5-11 | 190 | Freshman | Savannah, Ga. | Calvary Day School | | 95 | Robert Johnson
| DL | 6-0 | 265 | Freshman | Carrollton, Ga. | Carrollton High School | Jacksonville State |
| Andrew Lane
| TE | 6-4 | 230 | Freshman | Lawrenceville, Ga. | Archer HS |
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| CJ Miller
| RB | 6-0 | 235 | Freshman | Rainbow City, Ala. | Gadsden City High School | |
| Joe Miller
| LS | 6-0 | 200 | Freshman | Buford, Ga. | Buford High School |
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| Arias Nash
| DL | 6-3 | 260 | Freshman | Belmont, N.C. | Stuart Cramer High School | |
| Josh Pickett
| S | 5-10 | 172 | Freshman | Valdosta, Ga. | Lowndes HS | |
| Isaac Prince
| LB | 6-1 | 215 | Freshman | Snellville, Ga. | Shiloh High School | |
| Cedric Richardson
| OL | 6-3 | 250 | Freshman | Lawrenceville, Ga. | Collins Hill HS | | 17 | Daniel Shoch
| QB | 6-3 | 215 | Freshman | East Coweta, Ga. | East Coweta High School | | 6 | Cam Sims
| CB | 6-1 | 180 | Redshirt Sophomore | Memphis, Tenn. | Lausanne Collegiate | Georgia State |
| Travion Solomon
| ATH | 5-11 | 170 | Freshman | Macon, Ga. | Northeast High School | | 40 | Isaiah Washburn
| KAT | 6-2 | 230 | Freshman | Clearwater, Fla. | Calvary Christian High School | Air Force Prep | 22 | 22 Shi'heem Watkins
| S | 6-0 | 195 | Graduate Student | Columbia, S.C. | Blythewood High School | Coastal Carolina University |
| Kamaree Wells
| S | 6-2 | 190 | Freshman | Richmond, Va. | Varina High School | |
| Myles Weston | CB | 6-0 | 170 | Freshman | Venice, Fla. | Venice HS |
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Post by sowegabear on Feb 5, 2022 21:04:49 GMT -5
Thoughts on the quality of the class and where it ranks in the SOCON?
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Post by FUBeAR on Feb 6, 2022 23:49:12 GMT -5
Thoughts on the quality of the class and where it ranks in the SOCON? FUBeAR thinks this is probably the best class since the 2012 class. Of course that class had over 100, so maybe the %’s weren’t so great, but 20-30 of them turned out to be outstanding Players. Really like the looks of their tapes and just as importantly, the success of their HS programs. Kids that are used to winning and know how to win…expect to win…and that’s really a big part of building the right culture. A little worried about the Joker position. So important to the success of this Offense and looking at the current roster + the signees, don’t know if they have enough there. Wouldn’t be surprised to see another 1 or 2 added that can play that position or perhaps some position moves. No idea where it ranks in the SoCon. FUBeAR doesn’t put a lot of ‘stock’ in such rankings. How about “as good as any; better than most.”
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