I understand the 85 rule and why we can only sign 13, but

Jan 21, 2017, 12:18 PM

I can tell you I have never seen a year where the other regular top10 to top-15 programs can only sign this few. I have never seen it. Mickey said this week that even though we have five underclassmen leaving early, that number was figured into the recruiting and the number 13. Wow, that tells me that if we didn't have early departures this year, we'd only be signing 8. And the tv people say that should make Clemson fans feel good because it means we are not losing that many people. No, I rather think it is because we get a little to charitable with some people that get a scholarship. I'm not talking about the walkons with potential like the Hunter Renfrows of the world. I'm talking about people on our team that have a scholarship and there is no way they are ever going to play. I think we do more of this than most teams and I think that is why we find ourselves with 13 and sometimes 12 instead of our small classes being 18 or 19.

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you're allowed 25 signees a year but only 85 scholarships. If you do the math, that's attrition of at least 15 players a year (up to 35 if you include the redshirts and count 5 classes on campus at one time) built into the system.

We've had a handful of juniors leave for the NFL early but by and large we've avoided guys who haven't qualified academically, transferred, or have been kicked off the team in the last 5 years. We've hit on the vast majority of guys who we've signed. That's pretty unusual if you really dig into recruiting numbers around the country.

Smaller recruiting classes doesn't necessarily equate giving out more scholarships to walk-ons, it means we have less attrition and more guys who pan out and stay with the program than other schools.

I understand the 85 rule and why we can only sign 13, but

Good lord, not this again. Have a downvote.***

Non-Donor TD! Feel the burn.

Sorry, I forgot that non-donor TDs counted differently.***

They don't count at all.***

That's funny, i never noticed.***

Re: I understand the 85 rule and why we can only sign 13, but

Yeah - with this recruiting strategy, we're never going

Re: I understand the 85 rule and why we can only sign 13, but

Aiken & Burrell graduated. Dunn was awarded scholarship

Re: I understand the 85 rule and why we can only sign 13, but

You're probably juan of the folks who was mad

Sorry, meant to type "too charitable"***

If DW, Gallman,Williams,and Scott were coming back, I would

Re: I understand the 85 rule and why we can only sign 13, but

FACT: We have averaged 24 signees per year under Dabo.

2016 national championship baby!

We just seem to have less attrition than some other schools-

Re: We just seem to have less attrition than some other schools-

85/5 = 17 HTH***

Do you just sit around and think of dumb posts? We just

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