Wolfpack Football Insider Recruiting Update 10/23

Latest Recruiting News:

With Riley Nicholson’s retirement from football, we can now take another LB in this year’s class.
On that same note, Target 4* LB Eriq Gilyard is scheduled to announce on October 22nd.

Known LB Targets still left:

4* Keshon Artis
3* Fa’najae Gotay
3* Case Gatlin
4* Payton Wilson
4* Eriq Gilyard

Official Visitors Left:

11/4 – LB Keshon Artis
12/9 – WR/S/ATH Joe Wilkins Jr. (see video below)

I think Wilkins could be a steal in this class if we can get him to commit.  His recruitment is blowing up. His team is rated the #27 overall team in the country.

A fellow State fan posed a question to me after the Louisville Game: Who can take over for J-Sam as a multiple position kind of player in the future? Here’s my thoughts:

On Current Roster –

Damontay Rhem – He has the a similar size to J-Sam and was electric with the ball in his hands not only in the spring game but also on film at his prior school.  He is redshirting this year.   Dylan Parham – Converted QB who is playing some at FB/H Back this year.  He made an outstanding catch earlier this year and is used for blocking a lot this year.  He has great size and athleticism (6’4″) and could be a matchup nightmare if he can develop at his current position.

Future Players (2018 class) –

I’m going to go with Josiah Provillon or Daveon Robinson. Possibly add Joe Wilkins to this list if we can get him to commit.  Provillon has the greater speed, Robinson has great size (6’4″), and Wilkins just has tremendous athletic ability.

Recruiting Ranking Updates:
Commit DE Joe Babros was just evaluated by Scout.com and he is now the #35 SDE in the country, a very solid 3* (as I thought he would be).   He is also rated a mid-range 3* by Rivals.com.

Ritter’s Bold Predictions:
• We will MISS on:  4* LB Eriq Gilyard and he will wind up at Central Florida

• We will HIT on:  4* LB Payton Wilson, 4* LB Keshon Artis, 3* ATH Joe Wilkins, 4* OG Jovaughn Gwyn

• When evaluations are done after this season, we will have at least 6 4-star players in this cycle (Person, Leary, and Provillon are already 4* on at least one site).