We have 2 young, proven studs.

Well as soon as Peterson's letter comes through I think that will probably do it for today. Thanks for the help with the list everyone. We'll do it again in February to see who finishes out the class.

Great job, CA Forever! :cheer:

Awesome work!

Aww shucks. I enjoy doing the recruiting stuff and there is a lot to be excited about with Hawk at the helm.

Thanks CA Forever - admittedly this is easily the subject as it relates to UCD football and the FCS that I know the least about and dont follow it as closely. I learned a lot today.

I'm no expert. I just follow twitter and the recruiting sites and compile it here.

Kind of strange that Davis hasn't put out any mention of Peterson's signing yet? I've found other stories on twitter about him signing this morning. Those stories also confirm him to be playing WR. 3 WRs and 3 TEs.

I wonder if some of these TE's might end up playing some other positions. Seems like we have a bumper crop of TE's.

ref: All-Conf DE Nolan de Graaff, had a big senior year with the switch...and an even better post-graduate set of years, he's a CEO now I believe in AZ.

Well I know a lot of TEs also played like DE in high school but you would think that we would have just recruited them as DEs if that was the case. The announcement tweet specifically have them at TE. I suppose it was one of the thinner positions we had. 2/4 TEs that were on our roster last season are going to be seniors this next year.

Great job, CA Forever

Thanks PA!

QB Jeff Widener signed with Northern Arizona. He looked like a very strong passer. That being said, I'm not too broken up about it since we got Hastings and Tompkins.

Levelle Bailey as predicted signed with Fresno State

Official release on the players we signed today. Peterson not included, that leads me to believe that he signed a letter of intent as a preferred walk-on which some players do. That being said, there are wonky rules about teams being able to officially announce them as part of the team if they are a PWO.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/12/18/football-big-sky-champions-strengthen-program-with-11-nli-signees.aspx

Surprised NAU signed two more QB’s - they have a lot on the roster now. (Cookus return still a ??)

Question: this is second year of early signing. How many signed last year at early signing Point vs in Feb? Anyone know?

I would have to go back and look at last year's thread to look at the breakdown, but a lot of the recruiting twitter accounts I follow basically say that the early signing date has become the standard signing date and the February date has basically become a supplementary signing date. That being said it is going to vary greatly from team to team based on how many scholarship spots they need to fill. I think NDSU signed 25 today... Sac State signed 2.

I think 2/3 today, 1/3 in Feb.

Last year’s February additions out of class of 18.
Lots of quality late
#98 John Aloma
LS 6' 0" 205 lbs Sophomore
#80 Lance Babb II
WR 6' 0" 195 lbs Freshman
#67 Malik Banks
OL 6' 4" 260 lbs Freshman
#88 Matthew Hyman
TE 6' 5" 240 lbs Junior
#60 Jake Parks
OL 6' 3" 290 lbs Freshman
#69 Josiah Suani
DL 6' 0" 329 lbs Freshman

Thanks all!

Last year’s early signings
#65 Jordan Ford
OL 6' 2" 270 lbs Freshman
#13 Da'Von Frazier
DB 6' 1" 185 lbs Freshman
#82 Justin Kraft
WR 5' 10" 170 lbs Freshman
#90 Cade Peacock
DL 6' 3" 240 lbs Freshman
#15 Tyler Saikhon
DB 6' 1" 180 lbs Freshman
#63 Ari Sallus
OL 6' 2" 270 lbs Freshman
#42 Jack Shippy
DB 6' 0" 185 lbs Freshman
#89 Robert Simkins
WR 6' 0" 165 lbs Freshman
#14 Chris Venable
DB 6' 2" 175 lbs Freshman

I think the late signers made the greater first year impact.

Split decision.

Okay so we are bound to pick up some more offers but here are some of my thoughts on the guys that are remaining on the current list.

ATH Casey Granfors - he's liked some of UCD's football posts on twitter, but we are stacked at WR already and added 3 more this class so far.
ATH Sean Harlston - made an official visit to Davis and enjoyed it. He's looking for a school where he can play D1 football and basketball and I'm not sure I see that happening at Davis.
ATH Dawson Hurst - he's been following Davis news, but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up at Cal Poly with his brother Mason.
ATH Evan Williams - really talented WR and DB. His older brother was offered by Davis but ended up at Illinois (has since left that team). On 247 his interest in Davis is listed as "warm".
OL Clayton Ingram - at one point he seemed really interested in Davis, but has been following EWU news more closely and has been picking up PWO to MW and Pac12 schools.
RB Tyler Van Arden - talented fullback, but I have no clue on this kid. He has several FBS offers according to 247 but his twitter is completely devoid of activity.
TE Charlie McBride - he has been following Sac State news closely since Taylor's hiring. We already have 3 TEs in this class anyway.
TE Kyle Patterson - he's a huge body and has been racking up FBS offers. I would say 0% chance Davis gets him. He recently went on an official to Washington.
DB Terrell Hayward - he seems really interested in Davis and EWU. He's on the smaller side but a really dynamic player.
DB Dorien Mars - he's another guy that I don't really have a good read on. He was following recruiting today but hasn't given any clues as to what he's thinking on his own offers.
DB Tuasivi Nomura - similarly to Patterson above, he's been bringing in big time offers from FBS programs. Doubt Davis has much of a chance here.
DE Cade Albright - it was mentioned in an article that I was reading that UCLA was his dream school. He's received an offer from them. I think that's probably where he ends up in February.
DE Zach Kennedy - our most recent offer. He has a PWO from Washington State but has started following some of our signees on twitter.
DE Ben Seymour - as far as I can tell Davis is still his only offer but outside of that I haven't been able to find anything else about his recruitment.
LB Jackson Cloyd - he's received a PWO from Michigan, but he has been follow Davis news closely. We're just about the only school he retweets stuff about.
LB Drew Fowler - he's been accepted at Stanford and made a visit there so I wouldn't be surprised if that's where he ended up.
LB Jhasi Wilson - he's liked a bunch of UCD football news throughout his recruitment process. He has numerous offers but he could be a guy to keep our eye on.

Great summary!

It’s curious that we don’t have an offer to a defensive tackle. We lost Cloud to graduation. We’ve got tons of linebacker/defensive ends as linebackers and weak side defensive ends are similar physical body types.

Coach Tucker has had some twitter activity with a top Juco DB a few months back.

I believe DeAndre Morgan was hurt this year, so he should be back, w young bucks Suani and C. Peacock. I would expect a few D additions. We don't know what youngsters are shining as redshirts / scout team.

Go Ags!

We got 1 more CRUCIAL commitment yesterday! :lol: