BillySee58

Correct Blueshirts means a player comes in as a walkon but is put on scholarship pretty much immediately, never having to pay for any school. The catch is they can't have come in on an official visit, paid for by the school, at any point, or been officially introduced by the school as a signee.

What I can tell you is you get 25 scholarships a class, unless you signed less than 25 the class before in which case you can back count that many. We introduced 19 on signing day. We've received five 2016 commitments since, which brings our total up to 24. Makes sense, in theory. The uncertainty stems from Littrell stating that we had just one or two (can't remember) scholarships left available for the class after signing day. My theory on that goes back to the 2015 class. We were able to sign a full class despite having four walkons put on scholarship prior to spending two seasons at UNT as walkons. Such players took up four scholarships in the 2014 class (Buyers, Kirby, Caldwell, Macek), so theoretically four more should've taken up spots in 2015 (Wade, Flusche, Keena, and Banogu). But they didn't and we signed a full 25 of just high school and JUCOs. My next theory was that those spots were deferred to the 2016 class, and those walkons that should've counted towards the 2016 class would be deferred to the 2017 class (Sam Rice and Daniel Khan). I'm not 100% sure how the walkon rule works, or if it has changed and I am not motivated enough to do the research on it. JayD also pointed out that these players may be blueshirts, and as long as they never took an official visit they would qualify since I don't think the school has formally introduced them. Just means they would technically come in as walkons but get put on scholarship right away.

Commits to UAB

Officials don't start until the fall. As far as an unofficial visit goes, I don't know if he has a scheduled one upcoming.

I disagree. Are we supposed to believe that current high school kids are just inherently more fickle? No, it's that recruiting is getting more competitive and kids are being pressured to commit way earlier than they ever were. It used to be where recruiting didn't really start until after one's senior season ended. There was no time to decommit. The decision was made then boom, it's signing day in a few weeks. Now kids are being heavily recruited and pressured to commit as 15 and 16 year olds, when they can't sign for months, or even years from their commitment. This has nothing to do with the kids themselves and everything to do with the way modern-day recruiting is. If high school sophomores and juniors in the 70s, 80s, and 90s were pressured and wooed to commit early the way they are now, there would've been a lot of decommitments then too. They just weren't.

Below average is putting it nicely. And hearing him on air is a beating. Not just that he's not a good color man, but he doesn't get it. I'm sure he's a good guy, but not the guy who can maximize our potential.

That's a question for whoever would be providing the content.

That may not be a bad idea. Although, for that it wouldn't be just an upfront donation. It would have to be assurance that our fans would continue to pay for the insiders for the content, not just an up front payment.

It's just auto updated. Every school has one. If 247 reports an offer, it goes to that page automatically. Unfortunately still no actual active subsites with the major recruiting sites.

Plus, Shanbour is technically still a walkon. With QB, you always have to project your QB depth years in advance. That always bit Mccarney and crew in the rear. What do you mean we were supposed to be developing our own QBs? Who do we have at QB for 2017? Before we got this dude, Fine was our only current scholarship QB you really expect to be in the mix by then. I'm still thinking it's likely we get a high school QB and a grad transfer/JUCO this upcoming class. Future of our QB position still needs a lot of work.

Ha, not even close http://northtexas.247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/Offers

5'11" 173 lb corner/receiver from Denton high. Spare verified 4.50 40-time. We have offered. Holds 13 offers, including Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, Houston, and Boise State. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3872241/chris-miller http://247sports.com/Player/Chris-Miller-90436 http://www.scout.com/player/204852-chris-miller https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/maple/190161

6'1" 170 lb corner from Central high school in Beaumont, Texas. We have offered. Also holds offers from Rice, UTSA, Fresno State, Lousiana Lafayette, New Mexico State, Army, and Lamar. Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/6596709/vance-vallair http://247sports.com/Player/Vance-Vallair-87460

6'4" 220 lb linebacker from Katy high school. We have offered. A recent Iowa State decommit, also holds offers from 13 schools including Boise State, Kansas State, and Boston College. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4288592/breydon-boyd http://247sports.com/player/breydon-boyd-87772 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/13205 http://www.scout.com/player/201258-breydon-boyd

6'2" 240 lb defensive tackle from Sachse high school. We have offered. Also holds offers from Fresno State, Nevada, Air Force, Lamar, and Northwestern State. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3897682/tony-krasniqi http://247sports.com/Player/Tony-Krasniqi-92184 http://www.scout.com/player/208575-tony-krasniqi

From reading @MeanGreen1984's post, and he knows that school well, he likely won't start at Liberty Christian until his senior year.

6'5" 247 lb defensive end from Langham Creek high school in Houston, Texas. We have offered. Holds 7 other offers, including Iowa State, Cincinnati, Kansas, and UTSA. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3901060/chidi-ogbonnaya http://247sports.com/Player/Chidi-Ogbonnaya-86265

6'2" 285 lb offensive lineman from Dallas Skyline. We have offered. As have Alcorn State, Prairie View, and Texas Southern. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3906168/seth-scott http://247sports.com/Player/Seth-Scott-91680

6'2" 298 lb guard from Euless Trinity. We have offered. So has Navy. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3146099/manase-mose http://247sports.com/player/manase-mose-92528

6'3" 300 lb offensive lineman from Collins high school in Klein, Texas. We have offered. Also holds offers from New Mexico, Tulsa, Bowling Green, and UNLV. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4070377/dante-bivens http://247sports.com/Player/Dante-Bivens-78167 http://www.scout.com/player/198027-dante-bivens

6'4" 270 lb offensive lineman from Round Rock high school. We have offered. Decommitted from Texas Tech in late March. Also holds offers from SFA and Texas State. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3277904/tyler-castaneda http://247sports.com/Player/Tyler-Castaneda-77246 http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/204192/tyler-castaneda

6'4" 280 lb offensive tackle from Alief Taylor high school in Houston. We have offered. Has 17 D1 offers, including Kansas, Southern Miss, UNLV, and Tulane. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3878985/eleasah-anderson http://247sports.com/Player/Eleasah-Anderson-89500 http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/220201/eleasah-anderson

5'11" 164 lb receiver. We have offered. Also holds offers from Missouri, Tulane, and Bowling Green. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3907918/highlights/297922390 http://247sports.com/Player/Roderick-Ford-91180

6'0" 185 lb running back, Sparq verified 4.62 40 time. We have offered. Also holds offers from Oklahoma State, Colorado, Purdue, New Mexico, Texas State, and Colorado State. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/5645411/alex-fontenot http://247sports.com/Player/Alex-Fontenot-87999 http://www.scout.com/player/206714-alex-fontenot https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/maple/186933

5'8 164 lb running back with a Sparq verified 4.75 40 time. We have offered. Also holds offers from Colorado State, Houston, Kansas, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Monroe, and SMU. highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4188938/terio-brown http://247sports.com/Player/Terio-Brown-75206 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/19166