It happens every time. I go on a short vacation and mass recruiting movement happens.
Now that I’ve recovered from a 1,001 mosquito bites and avoided Jason Voorhees for two nights at Big Lake here goes.
The Oregon State football team picked up three verbal commitments – two from Texas and another one from North Carolina, plus a late greyshirt from the usual recruiting grounds of Southern California.
WR Kenzel Doe of Oak Ridge Academy joins his teammates WR Chris Lampkins and CB Jeremy Reynolds in the 2011 class, according to their coach Otis Yelverton.
Doe is an unranked 5-foot-8, 171-pounder. He chose the Beavers over Wisconsin. He attended camps for both schools before picking.
“He’s like the Rodgers brothers,” said Yelverton, describing Doe’s ability. “You are not going get guys who take a chance on a 5-8 guy. That’s one thing about coach (Mike) Riley, he takes a chance on the little guys.”
Rivals.com reported the Texas athletes to be dual threat QB Peter Ashton from Faith Christian High in Keller and RB Storm Woods from Pflugerville. (See above highlights).
Ashton is an unranked 6-3, 185-pounder who had offers from Eastern Kentucky and North Texas. He was first-team all-state as a safety, and punted. Ashton threw for 960 yards and 12 TDs, and rushed for 914 yards and eight TDs.
Dallas Cowboys QB Jon Kitna recommended him to Riley, who invited Ashton to a camp to evaluate him.
Woods is an unranked 6-foot, 200-pounder who made an unofficial visit to campus. He had an offer from Tulane with Oklahoma and Louisiana State starting to show interest, but Woods claims to be a solid commitment.
LB Josh Williams from Salesian High in Los Angeles was another who was impressed after a visit. The 6-2, 210-pounder could have been in the 2010 class, but he needed a better test score and didn’t know it until it was too late.
Williams plans to take care of the test score in the fall and enroll in January as a greyshirt. So he’s technically not part of the recruiting class.
The Beavers are up to eight commitments for this class. There’s a QB, RB, three WRs, two OLs and one CB.
11 comments
angrybeaver says:
May 18, 2012
Cliff, do you update your rss feeds?
ckirkpatrick says:
Jul 5, 2010
No. Any updates are done automatically.
mxpx5678 says:
Jul 2, 2010
Are these more examples of Riley's staff really not caring what the scouting sites have to say about guys? Or is it bad recruiting? (I guess we have to wait a couple years to see)
ckirkpatrick says:
Jul 3, 2010
If you are talking about their lack of stars, I believe the stars will come up later. And, yes, the Beavers don't look at stars. Their offers are out before players are ranked.
And to truly answer, you'll have to see what these guys do four and five years from now.
beavfan05 says:
Jul 3, 2010
I think a better way of evaluating is who's offered the kids. If the big time programs have offered and the kid chooses OSU, it's a good sign. Beating out Eastern Kentucky and North Texas isn't something to get excited about.
angrybeaver says:
Jul 3, 2010
correct. though, ashton looks good other than throwing off his back foot too much. his low high school completion percentage is curious, too.
SanDiegoBeav says:
Jul 3, 2010
I disagree. If I recall correctly, Victor Butler wasn't recruited by one big time program. Either was James Rodgers. I have to give Riley the benefit of the doubt based on his ability to find solid recruits that are passed up by the "big time" programs.
beavfan05 says:
Jul 3, 2010
Riley has the ability to get big time recruits (Phillips, Akuna). We need to be beating out other Pac 10 programs for recruits not low D1 programs. Otherwise OSU risks becoming WSU. A few great years on the field but not being able to capitalize on that success in recruiting leads to well……..
sdbeav says:
Jul 4, 2010
Cliff, any insight into this seemingly sudden North Carolina connection? I love that the Beavs are expanding their reach but just curious as to what brought them to this particular school.
angrybeaver says:
Jul 4, 2010
Some people want to move west (I know I did). I think the effort/money required by the coaches to recruit the east is what keeps them from doing it. There are probably hundreds of kids willing to do this; it's a matter of finding them.
ckirkpatrick says:
Jul 4, 2010
Their coach told me in this story: http://gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/art… that he takes his players on an annual West Coast camp swing, and this group just liked OSU. He placed guys at Oregon and Cal already.