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2025 Recruiting Thread

Kadeezy said:
Good catch, maybe to avoid the negative backlash about the weed arrest on a larger scale? Nothing is real until the "Signed" release comes from the school, even then, dudes walk/get walked off all the time. lol
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I believe this is one of those gray areas in recruiting. When I was involved in coaching an NCAA staff could not announce a commit themselves until they were a signee, but you would see all these tweets about “BOOM” or something that the staff would put out indicating they got a commit. You’ll notice that the SacHornetsFB page is not ever the ones announcing the commit themselves and I don’t believe the coaches are either. The graphics are posted first from the players page and then I’ve seen the Hornet staff and Co. do retweets which could be that gray area. And hence why you saw Agiye post his graphic like all the other FBS commits we’ve had.
 
BuckeyeHornetFan said:
Until proven otherwise, I’m going to default to Coach Marion knowing what he’s doing in this situation and trust in that.

I’d also assume that whatever amount of slack (in the proverbial rope) Coach Marion has granted to Agiye Hall will be quite short. I hope the kid makes the most of a 2nd, 3rd or whatever the number of chances this is.

Lastly, the most likely reason this program would even be in position of landing a talent of this caliber is when numerous red flags and/or a checkered resume come attached.
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Agreed, how this all plays out and who Coach Marion and his staff bring into the portal is on them. That said, I'm not a fan of brining a player with a history like that of Hall and hopefully the coaches are vetting the players they are bringing in. I don't know the guy so maybe (hopefully) he found Christ and has truly turned his life around. We'll see how this plays out.
 
FootballAlum84 said:
I believe this is one of those gray areas in recruiting. When I was involved in coaching an NCAA staff could not announce a commit themselves until they were a signee, but you would see all these tweets about “BOOM” or something that the staff would put out indicating they got a commit. You’ll notice that the SacHornetsFB page is not ever the ones announcing the commit themselves and I don’t believe the coaches are either. The graphics are posted first from the players page and then I’ve seen the Hornet staff and Co. do retweets which could be that gray area. And hence why you saw Agiye post his graphic like all the other FBS commits we’ve had.
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You are incorrect -- the account announces the signees when they are official.... they are all over that page.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1876126279432613909
https://twitter.com/x/status/1875667145042067963
https://twitter.com/x/status/1875585240728817931

I can keep going.
 
stingthemgood said:
You are incorrect -- the account announces the signees when they are official.... they are all over that page.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1876126279432613909
https://twitter.com/x/status/1875667145042067963
https://twitter.com/x/status/1875585240728817931

I can keep going.
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I believe official signees are being conflated with commitments.

The official signees are indeed posted on the official Sac State football twitter account, as well as the hornetsports website. But when it comes to players announcing a commitment, like the several that were announced then later revoked with their recruitment re-opened, they are typically posted on the players twitter home page then re-posted by others.

@FootballAlum84 is describing the commitment process, not an official signing. Best I can tell, Agiye Hall has only committed, not signed — unless something has changed in the past 20 hours.

If/when he does officially sign, it’ll be posted to that same twitter account. Just like everyone else.
 
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^^ There’s still several names from the above list that have yet to officially sign thus they haven’t been posted to the official twitter account page.

Scott and Firebaugh’s official signings were posted last night and today.

By my count, they’re still missing Agiye Hall, Tim Conerly, Ikaika Ragsdale, Jordan Williams, Damien Henderson, and Chase Brackney — among others whom have also committed.
 
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BuckeyeHornetFan said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1876100879293763938

^^ There’s still several names from the above list that have yet to officially sign thus they haven’t been posted to the official twitter account page.

Scott and Firebaugh’s official signings were posted last night and today.

By my count, they’re still missing Agiye Hall, Tim Conerly, Ikaika Ragsdale, Jordan Williams, Damien Henderson, and Chase Brackney — among others whom have also committed.
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Ragsdale has decomitted. Announced on twitter today.
 
HeavyistheClown said:
Ragsdale has decomitted. Announced on twitter today.
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Well, that explains his absence then. We’ll see how many of the others end up officially signing or de-committing as Ragsdale did.

With the volume of commitments they’ve had since Marion was hired, I feel like we’re going to continue to see de-commitments as others of the same positional group beat others to the proverbial signing punch.
 
BuckeyeHornetFan said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1876100879293763938

^^ There’s still several names from the above list that have yet to officially sign thus they haven’t been posted to the official twitter account page.

Scott and Firebaugh’s official signings were posted last night and today.

By my count, they’re still missing Agiye Hall, Tim Conerly, Ikaika Ragsdale, Jordan Williams, Damien Henderson, and Chase Brackney — among others whom have also committed.
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Whoever is recruiting the state of Texas on staff (Marion?) is really swinging for the fence. Maybe our Director of Player Personnel based on the tweet below? Maybe it’s an appearance thing and will get more kids out there talking about us we probably never had a shot with.

Jamarion Phillips class of ‘26 LB from South Oak Cliff HS in Dallas, reporting offers from 18 FBS school including Ohio State, OU, FSU, Missouri and Texas A&M to list a few… and now the Hornets! Shoot for the stars land on the moon.


https://twitter.com/x/status/1879666309778243619
 
FootballAlum84 said:
Whoever is recruiting the state of Texas on staff (Marion?) is really swinging for the fence. Maybe our Director of Player Personnel based on the tweet below? Maybe it’s an appearance thing and will get more kids out there talking about us we probably never had a shot with.

Jamarion Phillips class of ‘26 LB from South Oak Cliff HS in Dallas, reporting offers from 18 FBS school including Ohio State, OU, FSU, Missouri and Texas A&M to list a few… and now the Hornets! Shoot for the stars land on the moon.
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There’s no doubt they are taking an aggressive approach wrt recruiting.

Earlier today I saw that they’ve offered a freshman QB phenom named James “Booboo” Armstrong from just outside of Pittsburgh, which is somewhat unusual this early on.

The one football rich State I’ve not really seen them delve much into is Florida. If they’re intent on remaining aggressive, why not really shoot for the stars in Florida?

Clearly the push in Texas and Pennsylvania is due to Coach Marion’s time and familiarity there, but outside of Texas and California — Florida is king. Georgia too.
 
Yeah, it is where the coaches have their contacts.

Also one of those chicken or egg situations. Do you need to be great before your allowed to go after the big recruits or do you go after big recruits to be great.

When you put your school on a list that includes Ohio State, OU and FSU, it is automatic marketing. Pull one or two relatively big names and it can snowball from there. Marion is capitalizing on grabbing Agiye Hall and the buzz it created along with the other 4 star recruits/transfers. Don't be shy now. Spotlight is on Sac State. Build on the momentum.
 
BuckeyeHornetFan said:
There’s no doubt they are taking an aggressive approach wrt recruiting.

Earlier today I saw that they’ve offered a freshman QB phenom named James “Booboo” Armstrong from just outside of Pittsburgh, which is somewhat unusual this early on.

The one football rich State I’ve not really seen them delve much into is Florida. If they’re intent on remaining aggressive, why not really shoot for the stars in Florida?

Clearly the push in Texas and Pennsylvania is due to Coach Marion’s time and familiarity there, but outside of Texas and California — Florida is king. Georgia too.
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Louisiana isnt too shabby either.
 
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