2025 Duke Football Recruiting

Just being at the table is still something. Kinda crazy to think that if we could just get some real momentum behind this program (not ND level, but something closer to a Stanford) we probably land him. There is real demand by players for a top academic university in the SE with real football. The demand is there
 
chrishoke said:
I beg to differ. V.O. was rated 0.9410 by 247. The composite rating for Bryce is 0.9698.
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Vince was a mega recruit, I don't care about "composite ratings" from 247. Vince was our biggest get ever. 247 has Scott Bracey and Brandon King as two of our top four recruits ever, enough said. That should tell you a lot.
247 didn't even exist until 2010!
 
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budwom said:
Vince was a mega recruit, I don't care about "composite ratings" from 247. Vince was our biggest get ever. 247 has Scott Bracey and Brandon King as two of our top four recruits ever, enough said. That should tell you a lot.
247 didn't even exist until 2010!
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I bow to your greater wisdom.
 
Ok, not much news lately but perhaps that is to be expected this time of year. Stipulating that the recruiting class rankings by 247, Rivals, etc., are flawed, I'm curious where those more knowledgeable than I feel we will land. In recent years we've been in the 50s or 60s, but right now we seem to be hovering in the low 40s. Any chance that might stick? I'm no expert, but it seems to me that if Manny can regularly land in the 40s it would be an encouraging sign. I don't ever expect to secure a top 10 recruiting class in football, but I think with proper leadership and investment we can eventually regularly get into the 30s and occasionally even the 20s.
 
I wonder if Diaz will be able the mine the contacts he has in football rich Pennsylvania or if that only came from the credibility he had with Penn State. I think he did well this year considering his comparatively late start.
 
CameronBornAndBred said:
www.espn.com

Ranking college football's 40 best 2025 recruiting classes: Auburn makes a late-summer run

We stacked the top 2025 recruiting classes in the country. Here are the schools putting together top groups.
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On offense, Duke added a pair of high three-star wide receivers out of Georgia in Gerritt Kemp and Jaivon Solomon.
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Gerritt Kemp has flipped to the Wolfpack. Sorry for the bad news, but I came across this while looking at other NC State stuff.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1825686192903344488

It's too bad. He was only 10,000 percent committed to Duke, so a change was imminent.
 
brevity said:
Gerritt Kemp has flipped to the Wolfpack. Sorry for the bad news, but I came across this while looking at other NC State stuff.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1825686192903344488

It's too bad. He was only 10,000 percent committed to Duke, so a change was imminent.
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www.on3.com

NC State flips WR Gerritt Kemp from Duke

A little over two months ago, Dacula (Ga.) Hebron Christian Academy wide receiver Gerritt Kemp committed to Duke He took his official visit to Durham, loved the feeling and committed to the Blue Devils. At the time, Kemp committed to Duke over Michigan State and Ole Miss, the schools he took...
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Gerritt states the Pack stayed in contact better than Duke😡
 
Earlier today Nate Sheppard (Mandeville, LA) committed to Duke. The other finalists were Cal, Cincinnati, Northwestern, and Tulane.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827046757320057323

He's listed by 247 Sports and On3 as a 3-star running back in the 2025 class. He also had offers from Colorado (where his brother is a receiver) and Louisiana Tech (where his parents were student-athletes). Other power conference offers came from Georgia Tech, Houston, LSU, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, UCF, and Vanderbilt.
 
brevity said:
Earlier today Nate Sheppard (Mandeville, LA) committed to Duke. The other finalists were Cal, Cincinnati, Northwestern, and Tulane.
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Nate Sheppard made his announcement live on his Instagram account, but it wasn't there as a replay when I posted yesterday's news. Enter the YouTube account of Louisiana vs. All Y'all. (I live in Louisiana, but I gotta say I don't like that matchup. I would prefer the chances of the other 49 states, not to mention every other country, planet, galaxy...)

Anyway, they have the replay of the announcement, along with an interview with Sheppard afterward, and his highlights from a Mandeville scrimmage Friday night against Jesuit.


www.nola.com

Big plays make all the difference in the Jesuit-Mandeville scrimmage

Mandeville senior Nate Sheppard ran for a pair of scores during a scrimmage against Jesuit
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Mandeville senior and Duke commitment Nate Sheppard rushed for 139 yards on eight carries, including highlight-reel touchdowns of 67 and 36 yards after sitting out the controlled portion of the scrimmage.

“I sat the first 40 plays, so I was able to coach my teammates up and watch what they were doing,” said Sheppard, who also had a 28-yard TD run called back by a holding penalty. “Once I stepped on the field, I turned it up a little bit, and we got going. Getting in the end zone is always exciting, but I’ve got to thank the O-line for doing their job. Everyone was blocking out there tonight.”
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