Portal intakes

[iceeater1969]

Usually I check to see if a guy making a jump up to P5 has played against anyone on this level. This season, Mercer played against 'Bama. It looks like Manley did not play that game. In 2023, they played Ole Miss. Manley did not register any stats.

Keep in mind, he was a freshmen in 2023, and is a sophomore now. You take chances with highly productive non-P5 guys. This guy was productive his sophomore season, and with P5 level development, could be an impact contributor.

EDIT:

This guy was an athlete in HS. Probably why he was overlooked. Reminds me a lot of Eric Henderson who played QB and defense in HS because he was the best athlete on the team. Manley represents a high ceiling player that's just tapped into his potential.




He closes QUICK:

In the DL we just need a group of angry violent men.

 

[orientalnc]

This is a local kid that I saw play in HS. Do I remember him? No. But our QB who played against him says he is really good.

 

[bobongo]

ah. The classic tech guy. Point out the exception not the total average. You. Are. Fired. Engineers analyze on the percentages. Not the one offs.

And he isn’t.

Could he workout against the odds. Absolutely. I hope he does. But the going in disposition is backup.

God. It hurts to be real. Lol

Yeah, thing is he isn't the "average". He's the Sou Con defensive player of the year. I'm thinking he's a good bet to help us out on the DL, and I think that's being "real".

 

[Buzzforlife]

Logan George off to Ohio St.

 

[Tdrake]

I mean. Small conf guy. Who knows. Lets pray.

Offense is and will be top 10-15 team legit. We may destroy alot of teams.

I love the secondary

And. Now. The linebackers look legit

DL. Eh.

This is really close to a 11-1 10-2 team ya’ll.

It may be playoff time.

DL with Jess Simpson is a plus. He’s an excellent coach and he’s got guys to work with.

 

[MonroeJacket]

Logan George off to Ohio St.

Is this for HS, transfers, or both?

 

[apatriot1776]

Is this for HS, transfers, or both?

Applies to both. No visits or in-person contact with coaches. Dead does not totally dead though, news will still come in. Coaches can still call/text and players can still make decisions. Like for example, early NSD was in the middle of a dead period.

Dead period for transfers ends 1/1, for recruits ends 1/6.

 

[57jacket]

SoCon defensive player of the year joining the Yellow Jackets

Brayden Manley, a 6-foot-2, 245-pound defensive end, announced that he plans to transfer to Tech for the 2025 season.

www.ajc.com

 

[MonroeJacket]

SoCon defensive player of the year joining the Yellow Jackets

Brayden Manley, a 6-foot-2, 245-pound defensive end, announced that he plans to transfer to Tech for the 2025 season.

www.ajc.com

I dunno if this is under the radar or not, but it should be noted that a lot of these guys we’re bringing in are a collection of all conference, conference POTY, team captain types at their previous stops, including an FBS 3rd team all American. Albeit, at smaller schools and conferences, I think this bodes well for our program. I think our staff has a nose for sniffin out these dudes who are obviously great players, but match the fabric of a player in our program.

 

[minorityoption]

https://247sports.com/Player/Malachi-Hosley-46139660/

As much as I dislike the new normal, more objective eyes suggest we are doing quite well in the portal. Net gain so far

 

[buzz_wiser©]

https://247sports.com/Player/Malachi-Hosley-46139660/

As much as I dislike the new normal, more objective eyes suggest we are doing quite well in the portal. Net gain so far

this is a huge pickup!!

 

[iceeater1969]

Imo, last year key and buster were planning on passing more, but pre start of season injury to Sithers and the failure of blackburn to fully recover changed us to more ball control to protect the defense. We played error free we won - one or 2 awsxxx and we lost. [Then qb got nicked and we were playing hurt. Per his dad after unc the plan was to rdhab while playing so be ready for uga and the post season. ]

Also we had a very young rb room because we were sure we could spread the field w passes. Without sithers and blackburn teams gradually throttled our rb and it became qb run the ball
The uga game showed the rehab worked enough to get offense going againt the #4 seed in cfp ( with back up qb they are #4!).


This year
So far not much movement in rb room


In TE room if we assume sithers is healthy, harpiring is stronger, and 2 new guys are serviceable they should be about equal in run game and improved in pass game.

Our wr.room will have two more experienced w receivers ( second guy from fic and stockton ) and will have real possibility of impact by 2 young wr..

Also we found that our back ip qb is "goiing to be a baller" ( per haynes king)

I think Key will have offensive tools to throow and runn thee bawwl.

Come on defense an special teams!

Whoa!! Edit time
Just added a good rb. Key and buster have even more choices. GT IS GETTING BETTER

 

[apatriot1776]

https://247sports.com/Player/Malachi-Hosley-46139660/

As much as I dislike the new normal, more objective eyes suggest we are doing quite well in the portal. Net gain so far

UPenn not Penn St, point still stands.

 

[gtchem05]

Massive! Dude reportedly had a bunch of P4 interest. Really liking our portal strategy favoring production (i.e. players with on-field success at lower-tier schools) over potential (highly-rated high school athletes who didn't pan out at a P4 school).

 

[kg01]

https://247sports.com/Player/Malachi-Hosley-46139660/

As much as I dislike the new normal, more objective eyes suggest we are doing quite well in the portal. Net gain so far

Yeah, folks can hate the system all they want but it ain't changing so may as well play it as it lies (pause for effect).

I'd say the coaches are doing a good job filling needs. Get me another DL (or 2) and I'll be happy.

 

[kg01]

Massive! Dude reportedly had a bunch of P4 interest. Really liking our portal strategy favoring production (i.e. players with on-field success at lower-tier schools) over potential (highly-rated high school athletes who didn't pan out at a P4 school).

We're definitely taking that approach. Probably also allows us to avoid major NIL outlays. I recall Key mentioning last year that they prefer to use it to reward guys already on the roster.

 

[Sheboygan]

I suppose this is what happens when too many old Tech nerds are on vacation at the same time.

What we need is a real sheriff around here.

Yup. The good old days

 

[gtchem05]

Yeah, folks can hate the system all they want but it ain't changing so may as well play it as it lies (pause for effect).

I'd say the coaches are doing a good job filling needs. Get me another DL (or 2) and I'll be happy.

Wouldn't surprise me if we buck the trend of this season's transfer strategy on the interior DL and take a player or two from a P4 school who didn't see the field as much. Size matters a lot on the interior DL, and it's just hard to find players big enough from lower-tier schools to fill the gaps (figuratively and literally). May be that we're waiting on athletes from playoff teams to enter the portal and/or the spring portal opening.

 

[gtee91]

We're definitely taking that approach. Probably also allows us to avoid major NIL outlays. I recall Key mentioning last year that they prefer to use it to reward guys already on the roster.

Reminds me of the movie Moneyball...develop a plan and stick to it, do not chase shiny objects.

 

[kg01]

Wouldn't surprise me if we buck the trend of this season's transfer strategy on the interior DL and take a player or two from a P4 school who didn't see the field as much. Size matters on the interior DL, and it's just hard to find players big enough from lower-tier schools to fill the gaps (figuratively and literally). May be that we're waiting on athletes from playoff teams to enter the portal and/or the spring portal opening.

Makes sense. It's rare that a guy with a lot of size and skill would be at a lower-tier school after being productive. Probably better to target that from p4 spots.