CCS DI/DIAA 2020 recruits

[PALbooster]

Out of the 1,500 plus seniors that play football in the CCS only 17 - 20 seniors will play DI or DIAA football next year - a little over 1%. At this point of the recruiting year very few DI spots are open. Potential for a few more signees in 1AA. Probably lots of CCS seniors will continue their careers in DII and DIII.

Pac-12 - 9 signees (7 HS, 2 JC)
Justin Anderson - Menlo-Atherton -Washington State
Moon Ashby - Valley Christian - Washington State
Jackson Lataimua - Serra - Washington State
Andres Dewerk - Los Gatos - USC
Louis Passarello - Palo Alto - Colorado
Daylin McLemore - Serra - Arizona State
Beau Gardner - Saint Ignatius - UCLA
Alton Julian - Valley Christian - College of San Mateo - Oregon State
Bennett Williams - St. Francis - College of San Mateo - Oregon

Mountain West 5 Signees (4 HS, 1 JC)
Frank Poso - Branham - Nevada
Isaiah McElvane - Valley Christian - San Diego State
Mose Vavao - Saint Francis - Fresno State
Terrence Loville - Serra - San Jose State
Dion Leonard - Milpitas - Foothill JC - San Jose State

Big 10
Carl Richardson - Salinas - Northwestern

ACC
Nusi Malani - Serra - University of Virgina

D-IAA
Teddye Buchanan - Saint Ignatius - UC Davis
Kavir Bains - Valley Christian - UC Davis
Tevita Moimoi - Sacred Heart Prep - Dartmouth
Nate Azzopardi - Serra - Idaho

D1 or 1AA offered but not signed
Jamir Shepard - Palo Alto - Fresno State
Danny Ryan - Saint Ignaius - University of San Diego
Nate Sanchez - Serra - Stetson

 

[NorCalSportsFan]

You forgot-

Anthony Villegas, Palma RB has USD offer (visiting UC Davis this week and would not be surprised if they offer. A few other universities have interest - Ivy league and SJ State but haven't offered)
Micah Olivas, Palma WR, also has USD offer at WR

 

[PALbooster]

Thanks for adding the two Palma players. They both had great high schools careers, but I had not seen anything on them on any of the recruiting sites in terms of being rated or being listed as having received offers from a DI or DI-AA school.

DI-AA can be a little tricky in terms of what an offer means. In DI schools can have 85 players on scholarship and have 85 scholarships to offer. There are no partial offers.

In DI-AA schools have up to 63 scholarships to offer and can have up to 85 players on scholarship and they offer many partial scholarships. DII have 36 scholarships to divey up among 85 players and usually offer few, if any, full scholarships. DIII offers no scholarships.

Most DI-AA schools end up with 40-45 players on full scholarships and the remaining on partial scholarships. Most of the kids they sign in the early signing period or at the beginning of the February period are on full scholarship and they try to fill out their class with kids willing and able to accept partial scholarships. On most recruiting sites you will see these schools initially list 10-15 signees.

University of San Diego is even trickier to figure out. Like an Ivy League school they don't offer any football scholarships. All of the kids they offer are eligible for financial aid based on their family's financial circumstances and the school's financial aid criteria. Unlike the Ivy League, the admissions standards aren't as rigorous and the financial aid is not as generous as the school is not nearly as well endowed as an Ivy League school. An offer at USD is still an opportunity to play DIAA football. So congratulations to these young men on being able to continue their football careers.

 

[NorCalSportsFan]

Thanks for adding the two Palma players. They both had great high schools careers, but I had not seen anything on them on any of the recruiting sites in terms of being rated or being listed as having received offers from a DI or DI-AA school.

DI-AA can be a little tricky in terms of what an offer means. In DI schools can have 85 players on scholarship and have 85 scholarships to offer. There are no partial offers.

In DI-AA schools have up to 63 scholarships to offer and can have up to 85 players on scholarship and they offer many partial scholarships. DII have 36 scholarships to divey up among 85 players and usually offer few, if any, full scholarships. DIII offers no scholarships.

Most DI-AA schools end up with 40-45 players on full scholarships and the remaining on partial scholarships. Most of the kids they sign in the early signing period or at the beginning of the February period are on full scholarship and they try to fill out their class with kids willing and able to accept partial scholarships. On most recruiting sites you will see these schools initially list 10-15 signees.

University of San Diego is even trickier to figure out. Like an Ivy League school they don't offer any football scholarships. All of the kids they offer are eligible for financial aid based on their family's financial circumstances and the school's financial aid criteria. Unlike the Ivy League, the admissions standards aren't as rigorous and the financial aid is not as generous as the school is not nearly as well endowed as an Ivy League school. An offer at USD is still an opportunity to play DIAA football. So congratulations to these young men on being able to continue their football careers.

Former Palma RB Emilio Martinez a soph at USD is doing well and over two years as frosh made FCS Jerry Rice Award Watch List and named to Named to All-PFLSecond Team Offense (as Freshman and Soph). Next season they have one major recuit and maybe at least one other and maybe 3 to 4 total that could play on.

 

[Bubba3000]

Would love to see a similar list for NCS seniors

 

[Bubba3000]

Thanks for adding the two Palma players. They both had great high schools careers, but I had not seen anything on them on any of the recruiting sites in terms of being rated or being listed as having received offers from a DI or DI-AA school.

DI-AA can be a little tricky in terms of what an offer means. In DI schools can have 85 players on scholarship and have 85 scholarships to offer. There are no partial offers.

In DI-AA schools have up to 63 scholarships to offer and can have up to 85 players on scholarship and they offer many partial scholarships. DII have 36 scholarships to divey up among 85 players and usually offer few, if any, full scholarships. DIII offers no scholarships.

Most DI-AA schools end up with 40-45 players on full scholarships and the remaining on partial scholarships. Most of the kids they sign in the early signing period or at the beginning of the February period are on full scholarship and they try to fill out their class with kids willing and able to accept partial scholarships. On most recruiting sites you will see these schools initially list 10-15 signees.

University of San Diego is even trickier to figure out. Like an Ivy League school they don't offer any football scholarships. All of the kids they offer are eligible for financial aid based on their family's financial circumstances and the school's financial aid criteria. Unlike the Ivy League, the admissions standards aren't as rigorous and the financial aid is not as generous as the school is not nearly as well endowed as an Ivy League school. An offer at USD is still an opportunity to play DIAA football. So congratulations to these young men on being able to continue their football careers.

PALbooster outstanding explanation of the scholarship differences between FBS, FCS D2 and D3. I know at Cal Poly 80% scholarships are pretty common, which means they can sign 5 players for the price of four scholarships.

 

[PALbooster]

Bubba,

Thanks for the kind words. In talking to D-IAA coaches they utilize different strategies. The Cal Poly method would make for a better locker room where everyone is treated pretty much the same. Schools that give 50% of the team full scholarships and the other 50% scholarships can have a little bit of a divided locker room if it is not managed well. But aggressive D1AA programs go after mid-level DI kids with full offers and hope that academics/location better chance of playing earlier is enough of an enticement to allow them to attract higher level kids. You tend to see these kids be early signees and then they go to work with the scholarships they have left and try to fill out the rest of the class.

 

[Bubba3000]

Bubba,

Thanks for the kind words. In talking to D-IAA coaches they utilize different strategies. The Cal Poly method would make for a better locker room where everyone is treated pretty much the same. Schools that give 50% of the team full scholarships and the other 50% scholarships can have a little bit of a divided locker room if it is not managed well. But aggressive D1AA programs go after mid-level DI kids with full offers and hope that academics/location better chance of playing earlier is enough of an enticement to allow them to attract higher level kids. You tend to see these kids be early signees and then they go to work with the scholarships they have left and try to fill out the rest of the class.

Don't get me wrong Cal Poly has many full ride players, my own son being one of them. There's an old saying in football recruiting that says no coach ever lost his job over guys he wasn't able to sign. They lose their job when too many players on scholarship fail to crack the starting lineup

 

[thatch62]

Isn’t the Ivy League D-1 not D-1AA?

 

[PALbooster]

Ivy is 1AA in football. 1AA only exists in football. 1AA football schools are DI for other sports. The Ivy league does not allow its champion (or teams that might get an at-large berth) to play in the year end 1AA National championship tourney for football. This is a shame as in some years they would have pretty competitive teams. The Ivy Champion usually is ranked in the top 10-15 of 1AA schools each year.

 

[1227Elevation]

Isn’t the Ivy League D-1 not D-1AA?

The NCAA doesn't use the terms D-1A and D-1AA anymore. Division 1 schools for football are now classified as either FBS or FCS. The Ivy League schools are Division 1 FCS.

https://web3.ncaa.org/directory/memberList?type=12&division=I

http://www.ncaa.org/about/who-we-ar...nces-and-history-multidivision-classification

 

[kshepp]

Danny Ryan from St. Ignatius has signed as a PWO at USC

 

[colhenrylives]

Impressive.

 

[Bubba3000]

Impressive.

Not to take anything away from Danny but USC has been lagging in recruiting as of late

 

[aztecpadre]

You forgot-

Anthony Villegas, Palma RB has USD offer (visiting UC Davis this week and would not be surprised if they offer. A few other universities have interest - Ivy league and SJ State but haven't offered)
Micah Olivas, Palma WR, also has USD offer at WR

Maybe it's because USD does not offer athletic scholarships?

 

[Bubba3000]

Maybe it's because USD does not offer athletic scholarships?

Never underestimate a USD offer they get some good talent that gets overlooked by scholarship programs. Here's a great example

http://www.nfl.com/player/rossdwelley/2561060/profile

 

[MJ2014]

Congrats!

The challenge will be getting on the field. They have the fastest WR group in the PAC-12. Great school.

 

[Bubba3000]

Congrats!

The challenge will be getting on the field. They have the fastest WR group in the PAC-12. Great school.

Getting on the field is always the big challenge in college where everyone is a stud and there's very little difference between them athletically. Most times it seems to boil down to who wants it more, unlike in high school where only one or two players on the team will go on to compete at the D1 level

 

[aztecpadre]

Carmel High's JT Byrne has a couple offers from Orgegon State and Cornell so far. 3 sport stud since freshman year. Next year will be a senior.

 

[MCIC]

I've had two boys in the USD football program in the past 6 yrs. It is correct that they don't offer athletic scholarships, however they do offer plenty of financial assistance with grants, etc. I can attest I would not be able to put two kids through USD at the tune of $70k/yr. Based on my personal experience, there are student-athletes receiving anywhere from 25%-90% towards their education cost commitments. The attraction of an excellent education, campus, location, and financial assistance makes for a favorable choice over a lot of full scholarship FCS programs. Regarding talent, there is plenty. Two NFL players in the last 3 years (most likely on par or better with other FCS scholarship schools) with Jamal Agnew, all-pro returner at Detroit, and Ross Dwelley TE at SF. Also, which I believe is the most important component of this topic, is the quality of young men entering and graduating through the program. There is no doubt that education is the primary focus with these individuals, which creates fantastic networking opportunities in their post-football lives.

 

[SPortela24]

John Bolles, Jefferson HS, Daly City

https://247sports.com/player/john-bolles-46099641/

 

[1315]

I've had two boys in the USD football program in the past 6 yrs. It is correct that they don't offer athletic scholarships, however they do offer plenty of financial assistance with grants, etc. I can attest I would not be able to put two kids through USD at the tune of $70k/yr. Based on my personal experience, there are student-athletes receiving anywhere from 25%-90% towards their education cost commitments. The attraction of an excellent education, campus, location, and financial assistance makes for a favorable choice over a lot of full scholarship FCS programs. Regarding talent, there is plenty. Two NFL players in the last 3 years (most likely on par or better with other FCS scholarship schools) with Jamal Agnew, all-pro returner at Detroit, and Ross Dwelley TE at SF. Also, which I believe is the most important component of this topic, is the quality of young men entering and graduating through the program. There is no doubt that education is the primary focus with these individuals, which creates fantastic networking opportunities in their post-football lives.

When folks say “full ride” or “90% scholarship “ it clarifies to state whether that’s tuition only or plus room and board. Too many folks get the notion that a FCS scholly only includes the former.