2009 Commits

[SANJAY]

In addition to the stars, the currents commits consist of 2 current Rivals 250 players (Bradley Battles and James Green) and one former Rivals 250 player (Adaris Bellamy).

Ricardo Dixon is listed on the Scout 300.

We have the chance to get up to 6-7 kids on each list, although I would expect more like 3.

[Rizman]

Green is out, is that not correct?

[SANJAY]

Green is out, is that not correct?

yeah, i just took him off.

[Bull^Shark]

I will post these as I see them.

Lee LB and USF Committ Ivan Nicholas named to All First Coast Team - First Team Defense.

Comment: Finished with 84 tackles and made huge plays (three sacks, two punt blocks, two fumble recoveries and 12 tackles for a loss).

[E.T.]

Good addition Shark !

[Bull^Shark]

More recent updates on committed players.

-Ricardo Dixon

December 21, 2008

Dixon Firm With Commitment

By Eric Guimaraes

DB Ricardo Dixon (6-0 175) of Hollywood, FL is still committed to South Florida and says he is firm. Though he committed early, Dixon still planned on taking all of his official visits. He says that USC backed off of him after his commitment to USF and so he will not take a visit to Columbia. Dixon has already taken an official to Ole Miss on December 4th and loved his visit. "The coaching staff and players are one big family," he said. "The area is pretty nice and not too big so you really can't get into too much trouble up there. I could deal with that." Dixon says that Ole Miss, Rutgers, and West Virginia never stopped recruiting him and that is why he will visit each school. He goes to USF on January 10th, West Virginia the following week and Rutgers the week after that. Dixon confirmed his commitment but says he wants to make sure of his decision by seeing what else is out there. All four schools have visited him in Hollywood this month.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20081221/PSPORTS02/812210294/1018/SPORTS?Title=Dixon_Firm_With_Commitment

-Tyrone Williams

http://www.timesenterprise.com/sports/local_story_359141049.html

The Thomasville senior, who has committed to the University of South Florida, was named by the region coaches as the region defensive player of the year.

-Just saw this Dec. 12th article by Tom Luginbill espn.com - Nothing groundbreaking...

South Florida (17 verbal commitments/one ESPNU 150 prospect)

Obviously, South Florida's success on the field has provided significant exposure and an upgraded perception of the program in prospects' eyes. As a result, USF continues to add speed and athleticism -- although many of the players they've brought in have been a bit undersized. Athlete Victor Marc (Hallandale, Fla.) and CB Ricardo Dixon (Hallandale, Fla.) are big pickups. Although RB Bradley Battles (Marianna, Fla.) doesn't have ideal measurements, he can really scoot and is a great athlete with corner-type change-of-direction skills. DE/OLB Demi Thompson (Lake Mary, Fla.) is on the shorter side, but he is a football player. In order for the Bulls to truly turn the corner in recruiting, however, they need to finish on the field and win the Big East outright.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/columns/story?columnist=luginbill_tom&id=3764748

Our committment from Edgard Theliar (Butler CC) may help pull in his teammates Rudell Crim and Carlos Savala.

And if you did not see it, the 2008 All Suncoast Team. (Hillsborough,Pinellas,Pasco,Hernando)

Plenty of our recruits can be found scattered throughout the list. And some for next year also.

Check it out..

http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2008/PDFs/allsunfoot.pdf

First team selections such as recruits: Ryne Giddins, Jaquez Jenkins.. and a lot of players we should be pulling in.

Plenty of Juniors we need to keep our eyes on too.. Plant LB Mike Mirabella and WR Allen Sampson

and Armwood DL Alton Bailey and Theodore "Man-Man" Jackson. And Nature Coast RB Tevin Drake.

[windbane]

    Commit              Position          Date            School                              Stars

1. Adaris Bellamy                  RB            3/8/08          Dunedin        4-Rivals/3-Scout

                    http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/03/dunedins-bellam.html

                    http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/42735

2. Chase Griffiths                    LB              5/13/08          North Fla. Chris.        3-R/3-S

                  http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/05/tallahassee-lin.html#comments

                http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/SPORTS01/805210335

3. Bradley Battles                  RB              6/10/08            Marianna HS        4-R/3-S

               

                http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/06/marianna-rb-bat.html#comments

                  http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/marianna-rb-commits/

4. Kamran Joyer                  OG                6/16/08      Wesley Chapel            3-R/3-S

                  http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/06/joyer-commits-t.html#comments

5. Ricardo Dixon                  CB                6/21/08          Hallandale                              3-R/3-S

6. Victor Marc      QB/ATH        6/21/08            Hallandale                                      3-R/3-S

7. Tyrone Williams              LB                6/21/08            Thomasville, GA                  2-R/2-S

8. Demi Thompson            DE                6/21/08          Lake Mary HS                      3-R/2-S

9. Jaquez Jenkins              CB/S              6/24/08            Lakewood HS                      3-R/3-S

10. Ivan Nicholas                  S                  7/12/08          Jacksonville Lee                    2-R/ 2-S

11. Gerard Atkins                TE                7/13/08            Dixie Hollins                          2-R/ 2-S

                http://url=http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/07/dixiepipeline.html#comments]                                                  blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/07/dixie-pipeline.html#comments

12. Kendall Kelly                  OL                  8/4/08              Gaineville HS                        2-R/3-S

                http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/08/first-practic-1.html#comments

                http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2008/08/be-prepared-to.html#comments

               

13. John McGhin                OL                10/7/08            FSU School                            2-R/2-S

14. Edgard Theliar              WR                10/15/08          El Dorado JuCo                      3-R/3-S

15. Leslie Stirrups                DT                11/19/08          EMCC                                3-R/4-S

16. Khyri Thornton              DT                12/11/08          Hargrave Military                  4-R/3-S

17. Luke Sager                    DE                12/30/08          Niceville                              3-R/2-S

For the starwatchers as of 12/30/08: Rivals - 3 4-stars and 9-3stars; Scout- 1 4-star, 10 3-stars.  Not included is Ishmael Grant who Rivals reported as a commit and is a 3-star.  Also not included are OL-Daron Rose (former 4-star) who transferred out of FSU to HCC and will be here  in May and DT-Anthony Hill (former 3-star) who committed to FSU but never enrolled and will be here in January.  I also took out WRs Dwayne Difton (3 star on R/S), Leon Woods (3 star on R/S) and James Green (4star on Rivals and 3 on Scout) who decommitted.

18 now with Giddens!

[cottonbull]

Don't forget about Stirrups, a former 4 star.  And possibly Claude Davis- an underrated 3 star.

[SANJAY]

Don't forget about Stirrups, a former 4 star.  And possibly Claude Davis- an underrated 3 star.

Davis will be next season at earliest.

[Ruger7mmmag]

Got to hand it to CJL and the rest of the staff, they are doing an incredible job if these commitments stick and we even add some more.  If they can coach these guys up, we should be looking at a pretty bright future for a long time at USF as we build that recruiting base which is where it all starts.