Official : How many can we sign.....

[Sabanocchio]

Okay. So I and others do not have to answer this question over and over and over here is the final word on how the numbers work out this year.

We can sign a maximum of 30 players in this class. That means that the list of our 2010 recruiting class can have up to 30 names on it.

The maximum number of prospects we can enroll into school at UT this year is 27. That's 25 for this class plus 2 of the guys that are already here count towards last year's class.

The reason you would sign more than 27 is that there may be one or two guys who do not qualify and they would be sign and place candidates.


Right now we are sitting with 25 commitments. I expect at least 1 of those to switch their commitments to another school which will open another spot.

 

[WeekendWarrior]

very nice...

 

[MSCE09]

Can the 3 guys that aren't on the roster be "grey shirted"? Where they pay their way until December and then are given a scholarship in January or do I have that confused?

 

[governmentmule]

thanks,but what does sign and place candidates,mean ?

 

[ORANGE KOOL-AID]

Thanks!!

 

[twotofly]

Thanks for the great explanation! Looks like it's gonna be a very good class.

 

[Crew]

Hey Mods, can we get a sticky?

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

thanks,but what does sign and place candidates,mean ?

That means that they count towards the number of the class, the sign an LOI, but do not qualify for whatever reason to enroll at UT. Therefore, they either have to go to JUCO or a PREP school.

 

[VOLNPA]

thanks,but what does sign and place candidates,mean ?

They go to prep school and we go after em again next year

 

[MAJOR_ORANGE]

thanks,but what does sign and place candidates,mean ?

It means that we can sign them but they would have to go juco or prep school.

 

[Indianavol4eva]

Okay. So I and others do not have to answer this question over and over and over here is the final word on how the numbers work out this year.

We can sign a maximum of 30 players in this class. That means that the list of our 2010 recruiting class can have up to 30 names on it.

The maximum number of prospects we can enroll into school at UT this year is 27. That's 25 for this class plus 2 of the guys that are already here count towards last year's class.

The reason you would sign more than 27 is that there may be one or two guys who do not qualify and they would be sign and place candidates.


Right now we are sitting with 25 commitments. I expect at least 2 of those to switch their commitments to another school which will open 2 more spots to sign guys.

sticky?

and which two do you expect to switch?

 

[governmentmule]

That means that they count towards the number of the class, the sign an LOI, but do not qualify for whatever reason to enroll at UT. Therefore, they either have to go to JUCO or a PREP school.

hmmm so you can back count them next year then ?

 

[Burhead]

Can someone explain to me why coaches do the sign and place? It really doesn't look that smart because you know other schools will recruit the play the following season and he might not land with the school again...

 

[governmentmule]

It means that we can sign them but they would have to go juco or prep school.

so we would be actually losing them then ,right ?

 

[Indianavol4eva]

Can someone explain to me why coaches do the sign and place? It really doesn't look that smart because you know other schools will recruit the play the following season and he might not land with the school again...

why not sign and place them? its not like it hurts anything.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

so we would be actually losing them then ,right ?

Yes. The SEC Rule is signing 28 players per year, whether they all can enroll or not. That does not include guys you can back count, which in our case is 2. So, we can back count 2 of the 30, but only enroll 25, according to NCAA rules, that give us a total of 27 that can get into school and 3 that have to go PREP or JUCO because they can't enroll.

 

[volstexans]

Thanks, Sab.

Much needed sticky, imo.

 

[governmentmule]

ok I got it

 

[Sabanocchio]

Can the 3 guys that aren't on the roster be "grey shirted"? Where they pay their way until December and then are given a scholarship in January or do I have that confused?

I didn't check to see if this was answered earlier, but certainly. That's the situation Alabama got in last year, Lacey (amazingly) and some other guys qualified and they had to greyshirt some guys.

 

[Sabanocchio]

Yes. The SEC Rule is signing 28 players per year, whether they all can enroll or not. That does not include guys you can back count, which in our case is 2. So, we can back count 2 of the 30, but only enroll 25, according to NCAA rules, that give us a total of 27 that can get into school and 3 that have to go PREP or JUCO because they can't enroll.

OR greyshirt. That's a common occurrence.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

OR greyshirt. That's a common occurrence.

True, but it's not likely to happen with out of state guys because of the tuition costs.

 

[Indianavol4eva]

who are the two you think we lose sab?

 

[Sabanocchio]

True, but it's not likely to happen with out of state guys because of the tuition costs.

Greyshirts can delay entry into school until the following January. They do not have to attend school the first semester.

 

[PowerT83]

Thanks. Who are the 2 that might back out of their commitment?

 

[Sabanocchio]

who are the two you think we lose sab?

Williams and Jones are gone for sure, I think.