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I'll take Nick Tronti, Morgan Ellison, Jaylond Adams, Bobby Roundtree, and Keontae Jones Edit: add Tancey Richardson in there. Any 4-5 of those guys and it will be a pretty decent class.

Another good one! Commit 19 for the class. Last week coach Allen said the class would be in the low 20's so we should see a few more commits between now and signing day.

From an article about his performance at the Opening Columbus Regional: "In the meantime, he's going to keep putting up big numbers this summer. On Saturday he was laser-timed at 4.69 seconds in the 40-yard dash, had a four-second 20-yard shuttle and a 35.6-inch vertical leap. That vertical was better than Ezekiel Elliott's at the NFL Combine. His SPARQ score of 131.19 is comparable to Derrick Henry's 132.7 at the combine. That's not to compare Ellison to two of the best college running backs in the country last year, because there's more to it than numbers. But it is to show what kind of athlete Ellison is."

Speaks to how much progress was made over Wilson's tenure at IU. I remember us competing with the Ball State's and the Bowling Green's for recruits when Lynch was here. Now it just has to translate into the field. #BreakThrough

South end zone construction has began as well.

I didn't know exactly where to put this so I figured I would just start a thread where we can put all the offseason updates/news instead of starting a new one every time something happens. Anyways, a mod can merge it with another thread if they feel it makes more sense. I'm sure some of you saw Zander Diamont was on WIUX yesterday discussing his career at IU and his opinions on the program and IU in general. Very entertaining and insightful. If anyone has a chance, give it a listen here: http://wiux.org/2017/01/16/the-tall-trio-talks-with-zander-diamont/ Among the highlights from his interview: Butting heads with Coach Wilson Getting in a fight with Chase Dutra Running the "Z-Package" with Natee as well as Natee being a freak athlete Getting to play as a true freshman and playing with some great players like Sudfeld, Coleman, Latimer, Howard, Feeney, etc.

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I think a lot of it will depend on how we do next season. Coach Wilson was close to breaking through and I think a lot of recruits saw that and were starting to want to be part of it. Now with Coach Allen, who has never coached at this level, those higher rated recruits will want to see the direction of the program next season before pulling the trigger.

And a stout offensive line like the Cowboys'! He would have been a strong rookie MVP candidate.

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They gave us every chance to win at the end and we could do nothing. Why does OG wait to go that hard to the rim until the last minute of the game? What a joke.

Impressive list of offers, would be a nice addition to the class! Hope Coach Allen and staff can close the deal!

Not sure where to put this but Tegray Scales just announced he will be returning as well! Losing both Oliver and Scales would have been a big hit, so glad he will be back next season.

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I believe this kid also won Florida Mr. Football this past season. So I'm unsure how he doesn't have any better offers. I believe I read somewhere that he was injured for most of his junior season which limited the exposure. Ponte Vedra's Nick Tronti named Florida's Mr. Football By Brian Jackson - Digital sports reporter Posted: 11:57 PM, December 21, 2016Updated: 11:57 PM, December 21, 2016 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nick Tronti was already going to down as the best quarterback in St. John’s County since Tim Tebow. On Wednesday the Ponte Vedra senior became just our sixth local athlete to be named Florida's Mr. Football. Last week Tronti was named the class 5A player of the year. He won Mr. Football by a large margin over the state’s other seven classes and independents. Tronti led Ponte Vedra to an undefeated season until they came up just short against nationally ranked American Heritage in the State Championship game. He’s the first local to win the award since Deandre Johnson of First Coast High School in 2014. Tronti is committed to UNC Charlotte and finished this season just short of 4000 total yards and tallied 53 touchdowns. Copyright 2016 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

Marcus Oliver just announced he's also declaring for the draft...Welp.

Hopefully we can get another RB drafter for a 3rd straight year! Another reason to keep coach DMC at all costs!

Don't really agree with his decision but best of luck Devine, Hoosier nation will always support you! I mean he did rush for over 1,000 yds. each of the last two seasons and who knows how the O-line will look next season so I understand his decision. Let's see who steps up next season, Camion, Majette, or Williams?

Hopefully Coach Allen and staff can convince him to stay. Does anyone have any idea how DeBord handles TE's in his system?

Take Friday off! That way you can celebrate the victory on Kirkwood after the game.

Now lets hope Tegray comes back too!

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I think Johns tried to work on Lagow's mechanics over the summer and instead of improving, it worsened his accuracy, etc. I know Lagow had some awful games and at times looked like he couldn't read the opposing defenses but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and another off-season to work with Watson/DeBord and see how he looks in the fall before I ask for a QB change.