'15 JUCO DL Jareid Combs (Iowa)

BillySee58 · January 14, 2015

6'3" 248 lb defensive end from Iowa Central CC. Tallied 17 sacks last season. We have offered and he will visit this weekend. Also holds offers from Cincinnati, New Mexico, Buffalo, Idaho, and South Alabama. Apparently we lead for him, per his interview with Vito. Kevin Patrick is his lead recruiter. Will graduate from Iowa Central CC in May.

Highlights:

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3094921/jareid-combs

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Jareid-Combs-157525

http://247sports.com/Player/Jareid-Combs-75719

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/203779/jareid-combs

http://idaho.scout.com/player/7993709n-jareid-combs

Edited February 2, 2015 by BillySee58

BillySee58 · January 14, 2015

Vito's article:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/01/top-juco-defensive-end-to-visit-unt-this-weekend.html/

Harry · January 14, 2015

Official visits are the next step for Combs and he will take a handful in January.

"I'll take visits in January to North Texas, New Mexico, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh," he revealed to Scout. "I'll also probably take one to Utah."

"Utah has been reaching out more lately and they say I'm a target rising up their board because of how impressed they are by my film," Combs added. "They've had a great season so it's definitely a school I want to give a lot of interest back to. That'd be a great offer so I hope it comes through."

Read more: http://recruiting.scout.com/story/1488207-combs-is-emerging

Harry · January 14, 2015

http://www.rctcyellowjackets.com/landing/bowl-game

GOMG2013 · January 14, 2015

Buffalo offered and that is where the new DC Cosh came from. I dont think its a coincidence that Patrick has been on him for a month and Cosh has been here about a month. Has some good schools looking at him.

greenminer · January 14, 2015

Want

MEANGREENCOACH2 · January 15, 2015

at 1:27 in one of his films does a phenomenal job of recognizing the counter and spilling both the guard and tackle.. ends up actually making the tackle on the RB as well. You can tell by that alone that he takes coaching and using technique. (This move is not done on accident it has been taught)

NT03 · January 16, 2015

(Iowa Central CC) JUCO DE @Combs_Era Jaried Combs will visit Cincinnati this weekend HL http://t.co/BS55nqefFA pic.twitter.com/oYQs4c8pFc
— Juco Football Frenzy (@JUCOFFrenzy)
January 15, 2015

UNT90 · January 16, 2015

So... Not coming here?

BillySee58 · January 16, 2015

Uh oh

Marty · January 16, 2015

Vito's blog today says he will visit either this weekend or the next. Looks like it will be the next (24th).

BillySee58 · January 21, 2015

Combs is set to visit this weekend, per scout.

BillySee58 · January 23, 2015

Going down to Texas today to visit UNT! #MeanGreen
— Jareid Combs (@Devine_combs7)
January 23, 2015

greenminer · January 23, 2015

God I hope we get this kid.

I can't even nitpick about potential/star ratings anymore. I have concerns about numbers/depth in the trenches.

Billy, am I being overly paranoid?

Edited January 23, 2015 by greenminer

MEANGREENCOACH2 · January 23, 2015

God I hope we get this kid.
I can't even nitpick about potential/star ratings anymore. I have concerns about numbers/depth in the trenches.
Billy, am I being overly paranoid?

Im not Billy obviously, but YES depth is a reason to be paranoid. Dline is a position of high probability to get injured IMO.

BillySee58 · January 23, 2015

God I hope we get this kid.
I can't even nitpick about potential/star ratings anymore. I have concerns about numbers/depth in the trenches.
Billy, am I being overly paranoid?

I think everyone should just about ditch star ratings if you're a UNT fan, in favor of offer lists. They're just much better indicators of how good a kid is, IMO. Sites just don't give us the time of day when it comes to reevaluating and re-ranking our commits. I've even come up with my own rating scale for kids based on offer lists.

As for Combs, he is the real deal. He has a better offer list than any JUCO we've signed under Coach Mac. The two best JUCO offer lists have been James Jones and Andrew Power, and they both were 2-year starters and one was all-CUSA (Jones). Offer lists have proven even more accurate predictors of success for JUCOs than high school kids. Hopefully we get him.

FirefightnRick · January 24, 2015

I think everyone should just about ditch star ratings if you're a UNT fan, in favor of offer lists. They're just much better indicators of how good a kid is, IMO. Sites just don't give us the time of day when it comes to reevaluating and re-ranking our commits. I've even come up with my own rating scale for kids based on offer lists.
As for Combs, he is the real deal. He has a better offer list than any JUCO we've signed under Coach Mac. The two best JUCO offer lists have been James Jones and Andrew Power, and they both were 2-year starters and one was all-CUSA (Jones). Offer lists have proven even more accurate predictors of success for JUCOs than high school kids. Hopefully we get him.

Which makes Dillman our highest recruit then.

Rick

MeanGreenHoops · January 24, 2015

I've even come up with my own rating scale for kids based on offer lists.

Would love to see this posted not only for this year but all of Mac's classes.

BillySee58 · January 24, 2015

Which makes Dillman our highest recruit then.
Rick

He is our highest rated recruit too, off of star ratings. But those schools offered him at QB. As a tight end, we were the only school who offered him.

BillySee58 · January 24, 2015

Would love to see this posted not only for this year but all of Mac's classes.

Yeah, I can. I've talked about it a little before, but I've been sort of perfecting it.

Here's how it is. It's a letter grade scale. Starts at C, and goes through B and A with B+ and A+ as possibilities.

"C" - A recruit who either comes in as a walkon, has no other D1 offers besides us, or has no more than 1 other FBS* offer. If a player has 4 total D1 offers but we are the only FBS school to offer them (i.e. their 4 offers were us and 3 FCS schools) then that player remains a "C" recruit.

"B" - A recruit who has at least 3 total D1 offers (including our offer) but no more than 5 total FBS offers. At least one of these offers must be from an FBS school besides us to be considered a "B" recruit.

Example: Derek Akunne - offers from North Texas, Colorado State, Western Kentucky, and Air Force.

Some other examples: Austin Orr, Fred Scott, Tillman Johnson, Nate Brooks, Ashton Preston

"B+" - A recruit who still fits in the parameters of a "B" recruit (between 3 D1 offers and 5 FBS offers), but has an impressive quality of schools who have offered. If a recruit has exactly 5 total FBS offers than he is considered a "B+" recruit automatically.

Example: Zach Orr - offers from North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Tulsa, UTEP, and San Diego State.

Some other examples: Lance Dunbar, Mason Y'Barbo, Darvin Kidsy, Syd Moore

"A" - A recruit who has at least 6 FBS offers, but less than 10 total D1 offers.

Example: Creighton Barr - offers from North Texas, Arkansas State, Air Force, Eastern Michigan, Nevada, and Fresno State.

Some other examples: Cyril Lemon, Chad Davis, Fonzale Davis, Willy Ivery

"A+" - A recruit who has 10 or more offers. These are elite recruits who will be considered among the top signings in all of CUSA.

Example: Chris Miles - offers from North Texas, Houston, Texas State, San Diego State, Navy, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico, Nevada, UTEP, Pennsylvania, Yale, and Harvard.

Other examples: Tee Goree, Caleb Chumley (as a tight end), Kevin Dillman (as a quarterback)

*note the difference between FCS and FBS. FCS schools compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly 1AA) and FBS schools compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly 1A).

The main fault in this system is that some kids' offer lists may be innacurate, but for the most part they are right and they confirm which schools offered when they interview with Vito. Ashton Preston has a Notre Dame offer on his ESPN profile, but that's obviously not a legitimate offer so I wouldn't count it. However, I would count his verified SMU and Idaho offers.

Also, since joining CUSA we've had 8 players voted First or Second Team All-CUSA. 6 of the 8 players were at least a "B" recruit out of high school, and one of the other two was James Jones, who had a very impressive JUCO offer list which would require another grading scale. Brelan Chancellor was our only "C" recruit to make an All-CUSA team.

MeanGreenZen · January 24, 2015

Yeah, I can. I've talked about it a little before, but I've been sort of perfecting it.
Here's how it is. It's a letter grade scale. Starts at C, and goes through B and A with B+ and A+ as possibilities.
"C" - A recruit who either comes in as a walkon, has no other D1 offers besides us, or has no more than 1 other FBS* offer. If a player has 4 total D1 offers but we are the only FBS school to offer them (i.e. their 4 offers were us and 3 FCS schools) then that player remains a "C" recruit.
"B" - A recruit who has at least 3 total D1 offers (including our offer) but no more than 5 total FBS offers. At least one of these offers must be from an FBS school besides us to be considered a "B" recruit.
Example: Derek Akunne - offers from North Texas, Colorado State, Western Kentucky, and Air Force.
Some other examples: Austin Orr, Fred Scott, Tillman Johnson, Nate Brooks, Ashton Preston
"B+" - A recruit who still fits in the parameters of a "B" recruit (between 3 D1 offers and 5 FBS offers), but has an impressive quality of schools who have offered. If a recruit has exactly 5 total FBS offers than he is considered a "B+" recruit automatically.
Example: Zach Orr - offers from North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Tulsa, UTEP, and San Diego State.
Some other examples: Lance Dunbar, Mason Y'Barbo, Darvin Kidsy, Syd Moore
"A" - A recruit who has at least 6 FBS offers, but less than 10 total D1 offers.
Example: Creighton Barr - offers from North Texas, Arkansas State, Air Force, Eastern Michigan, Nevada, and Fresno State.
Some other examples: Cyril Lemon, Chad Davis, Fonzale Davis, Willy Ivery
"A+" - A recruit who has 10 or more offers. These are elite recruits who will be considered among the top signings in all of CUSA.
Example: Chris Miles - offers from North Texas, Houston, Texas State, San Diego State, Navy, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico, Nevada, UTEP, Pennsylvania, Yale, and Harvard.
Other examples: Tee Goree, Caleb Chumley (as a tight end), Kevin Dillman (as a quarterback)
*note the difference between FCS and FBS. FCS schools compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly 1AA) and FBS schools compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly 1A).
The main fault in this system is that some kids' offer lists may be innacurate, but for the most part they are right and they confirm which schools offered when they interview with Vito. Ashton Preston has a Notre Dame offer on his ESPN profile, but that's obviously not a legitimate offer so I wouldn't count it. However, I would count his verified SMU and Idaho offers.
Also, since joining CUSA we've had 8 players voted First or Second Team All-CUSA. 6 of the 8 players were at least a "B" recruit out of high school, and one of the other two was James Jones, who had a very impressive JUCO offer list which would require another grading scale. Brelan Chancellor was our only "C" recruit to make an All-CUSA team.

Bravo. I vote we formally adopt this system.

FirefightnRick · January 24, 2015

What about the recruit who's an incredible talent that either the FBS kids have missed, like the Morgan kid from Mesquite Horn, Booger,..etc, or the kid everyone wants but hasn't qualified yet as of Feb 4th..( or whenever the signing day is), such as Cody Spencer?

Rick

Edited January 24, 2015 by FirefightnRick

GOMG2013 · January 24, 2015

You will also have schools that are truly interested in a recruit, but are waiting on test scores. Some give players deadlines. Some will offer, but then they will move if the score is not made by a certain time. Some will wait for the scores to come in or wait for a visit to offer.

Some schools wont offer while you are committed either. The hs coaches talk recruits into decommitting so more offers can come.

BillySee58 · January 24, 2015

What about the recruit who's an incredible talent that either the FBS kids have missed, like the Morgan kid from Mesquite Horn, Booger,..etc, or the kid everyone wants but hasn't qualified yet as of Feb 4th..( or whenever the signing day is), such as Cody Spencer?
Rick

Even this is not a perfect science. But it's more accurate, for us in particular, than star ratings. FBS schools will miss kids. But that's the exception. Brelan Chancellor was a "C" recruit, so it's possible for a kid to go from "C" to all CUSA, but our other guys all had offer lists that would've been at least "B". Most were "B+" recruits or better.

There are still going to be exceptions, but the kids with the good offer lists are more than usually your players with all CUSA potential. And signing a class with, say, 6 "C" players, 8 "B" players, 3 "B+" players, 3 "A" players, and 2 "A+" players is much, much more likely to leave you better off than if you're signing 13 "C" players, 6 "B" players, 2 "B+" players and 1 "A" player.

jtm0097 · January 24, 2015

I am thinking he might of committed or is on the verge per Coach Patrick's last tweet. Doesn't mention him by name but states he "he is still a mean green linemen".

Edit* He is probably referring to RD Wegman.

Edited January 24, 2015 by jtm0097