re: 2014 Arkansas Recruiting Thread - Football & Basketball Commits

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Supposedly there is another RB that we have at least talked to. The 247 guys won't say anything yet though

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Dyer?

Yeah they finally posted it. Looks to be a big time back but has a lot of work before the NCAA is going to clear him.

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says he signed with VT

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tweet I just saw on his 247 page said he didn't sign.

RD says it won't happen. RD knows what he's talking about. Oh well. At least I didn't get a chance to fap.

From 247 on Shorter:

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Newton (Texas) athlete Kevin Shorter has long had a top three of Arkansas, LSU and Texas A&M and the Top247 prospect kept changing his top school among the three.

He has gone a bit silent as of late though. He does say LSU is his leader at the moment but his offer from the Tigers is not likely a committable one at this point.

That leaves Arkansas and Texas A&M. The Aggies are working hard to get him on campus and like him as a running back.

However, Arkansas is the one to watch in this race.The Razorbacks signed athlete DJ Dean out of Newton in February and he and Shorter are very close. That could very well be the deciding factor in the end. The Razorbacks are also in very, very good position with Gonzalez (La.) East Ascension running back Sione Palelei.

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I'm gonna do a little baseball recruiting update here for people who don't follow it.

Signees:

Andrew Benintendi, 5-10/170, OF - Cincinnati, Ohio
Ranked #336 in the PG top 500
2010 Stats: .513, 1 HR, 38 RBI, 19 Stolen Bases in 29 games
2011 Stats: .526, 1 HR, 24 RBI, 32 Stolen Bases in 25 games
2012 Stats: .564, 10 HR, 47 RBI, 23 Stolen Bases also went 6-2 with a 1.94 ERA

Note: Hold Ohio state records for hits and runs scored for career, will be the starting CF day 1 should he make it to campus

Matt Brown, 6-2/200, 3B - St. Louis, Missouri
Ranked #500 in the PG top 500
2010 Stats: .350, 6 HR, 25 RBI
2011 Stats: .319, 7 HR, 21 RBI
2012 Stats: .348, 2 HR, 31 RBI

Note: Rated 9 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Corey Campbell, 5-11/180, OF - Pottsville, Arkansas
Ranked #396 in the PG top 500
2011 Stats: .455, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 8 Stolen Bases
2012 Stats: .352, 3 HR, 25 RBI, 16 Stolen Bases

Note: Pre-Season Under Armour AA the past two years, rated 9 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Jonathan Denney, 6-2/205, C - Yukon, Oklahoma
Ranked #9 in the PG top 500
2010 Stats: .448, 8 HR, 41 RBI
2011 Stats: .405, 9 HR, 45 RBI
2012 Stats: .327, 12 HR, 36 RBI

Note: On every single AA team, also rated 10 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale. Projected to go in the top 15 in the 2013 MLB draft. 0.0000000000000000001% chance he makes it to campus

Tre Edwards, 5-9/175, INF - Moore, Oklahoma
NR in the PG top 500
2010 Stats: .371, 4 HR, 41 RBI
2011 Stats: .461, 3 HR, 56 RBI
2012 Stats: .397, 5 HR, 59 RBI

Note: Chose Arkansas over a football scholarship to Tulsa, 8 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Chris Falwell, 6-5/180, P - Round Rock, Texas
NR in the PG top 500
No stats found

Note: Rated 9 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Zach Johnson, 6-3/200, P - Tulsa, Oklahoma
#482 in the PG top 500
2012 Stats: 13-1 with a 1.28 ERA
37-3 career record

Note: Rated 9 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Andrew Kelley, 6-8/220, P - Spring, Texas
#201 in the PG top 500
2011 Stats: Batted .469
2012 Stats: .510, 1 HR, 15 RBI - 7-1 with a 1.89 ERA

Note: Rated 10 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Alex Phillips, 6-3/225, P - Nacogdoches, Texas
#500 in the PG top 500
2011 Stats: .431, 3 HR, 20 RBI - 12-1 with a 1.73 ERA
2012 Stats: 10-1 with a 1.22 ERA

Note: Rated 9.5 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Teddy Stankiewicz, 6-4/215, P - Keller, Texas
#4 in the PG top JUCO 100
Signed with Arkansas out of HS, drafted in the 2nd round. Enrolled in JUCO for one season to help draft stock

Note: Surprisingly resigned with Arkansas last fall, rated 10 out of 10 on Perfect Game Scale

Jacob Stone, 6-0/205, P - Fort Worth, Texas
#31 in the PG top JUCO 100
2011 Stats: 9-1 with a 1.22 ERA
2012 Stats: 5-3 with a 1.83 ERA

Note: Drafted in the 39th round by the Reds in 2012, went JUCO for season

Dominic Taccolini, 6-3/230, P - Sugar Land, Texas
#97 in the PG top 500
2012 Stats: 7-1 with a 0.57 ERA

Note: Named Rawlings All-Amercian in 2012-2013



That's just some of the top prospects signed with Arkansas.

Teddy is 3-5 with a 2.18 ERA at Seminole with 58K's in 53.2 innings and 47 hits allowed.

Not having a very good year.

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2.18 isn't bad.

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47 hits in 53 innings is.

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What's the story on this guy? says he signed with VT. Did he get a release?

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Signed with VT out of HS in 2012. His school had changed some of the course descriptions which caused his transcript to get flagged by the NCAA. They said he was ineligible so he went prep school last year. They are still trying to work out everything with the NCAA and he is currently taking courses at a juco.

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RD says it won't happen. RD knows what he's talking about. Oh well. At least I didn't get a chance to fap.

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I agree with him on this one but this is no different than some of the articles he writes about prospects we have no shot with.

Thomas committed to Maryland.