I talked to a couple of people involved with Mason Cobb’s recruitment after Kyle Boone wrote about it here yesterday. Some notes from those conversations.
• His visit to Stillwater over the weekend was really good, and he loved the staff as well as his time in Stillwater.
• OSU really wants him and thinks he would be a perfect fit for what they do, which kind of makes me wonder if he could be a Kolby Peel type. Cobb is bigger coming into college, but I could see similar roles.
• They also like his demeanor and the way he fits in culturally. Seems like a classic Gundy player. Probably doesn’t talk much etc.
• It seems like it’s down to OSU and Louisville, and OSU is confident about where it stands currently. I would be surprised if Cobb didn’t pick OSU on Wednesday morning when he makes his selection.
• If OSU gets him, he would be the second-lowest ranked player in this class but he would bump them into the top 40 overall.
Edit: IDK if it changed since I looked or I just looked at it wrong, but Cobb would be seventh-lowest, not second-lowest.
Most services include class size as metric when rating, so this means there are classes ranked ‘higher’ than us due to quantity instead of quality.
Personally, I think we should focus on the smaller class size moving forward with so many quality guys hitting the transfer portal. I believe it would be benefit us to leave 4-5 spots open each year and go sign higher star guys that are transferring from blue-bloods; especially if they’re granted immediate eligibility. It would be an attainable short-term solution to increase the mix of 4/5 star recruits each class is pulling in.
Transfers are going to get us into trouble, from a numbers standpoint. Hopefully the ncaa looks at this at some point. We’ve lost 3? So far? If you can only spend 25 scholarships per year and you’re taking transfers with less years to play, while losing your own transfers, it’s a race to the bottom.
Four: Boomer (TBD), Jeter (TXST), Player (TBD), Cardwell (UTSA, likely)
And we do need to be careful about transfers. Personally, I think that if you lose players to transfer, you should be able to replace their scholarship with a transfer without penalty, since it’s a 1-1 trade.
I think this kid will be good. I’ve read he’s likely to be state defensive player of the year in Utah. He’s likely ranked low because of lower level of competition, and people who create the recruiting rankings don’t spend a ton of time scouting in states like Utah. He’s got a good offer list and his tape looks great. I think this kid would be a great pick up and I hope he picks OSU.
I follow (and agree mostly with) your sarcasm there; however, there is some truth to it as well. BYU and the University of Utah tend to get a lot of their best players from adherents from outside the state (specifically their deep reach and connection with Polynesian cultures). Also, the best of the LDS players from Utah are generally listing BYU #1 and Utah #2 and breaking into that is exceedingly difficult. I suspect scouts look for areas with lower hanging fruit first.
Said this since the budget increase was put in place…If I’m Holder, I am NOT happy with my ROI for FB recruiting in 2020 …2020 is 1st real recruiting class you can use as a metric …very. very, very disappointing
Because individually we are signing one of the highest rated recruits in the history of the program, have the best OL class since Wickline left, and are still heavily in the race for one of the best running backs in the class…
Overall… it’s not a bad class, and is geographically spread out, which means the increase in budget was worth it.
41st according to 247. If we land Ngata and Cobb that’ll give us a team score of 203.04 which will greatly improve our overall ranking and move us to 27th just behind Florida State.
Here is some perspective on oSu’s approach to ILB recruiting in 2020. Cobb will join Jeff Roberson at the spot this recruiting period. Cobb replaces Josh White who decommitted.
