Class of 2025 LB Antoine Deslauriers (QC/GA) COMMITTED TO SYRACUSE (4/26/24)

[PhatOrange]

Because he’s not a 5 star. If you have stars at rivals they are yellow, not gray. And if you look at his ranking to the right it says NR. Which means Not Ranked. Just people being confused and not knowing how to read their site.

I know. That’s why I asked what they were seeing.

 

[AZOrange]

One day when Fran is long retired I am going to ask him how he did this. It’s impossible

 

[GoSU96]

Yet another example of how the "expert" recruiting sites view some of these prospects. I guess no one gave us a chance to land a prospect like this...well with Fran and staff at the helm we know things will be different.

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That offer set tells you all you need to know

 

[wiseman3]

lol

id like to see another example of an unranked person with 5 stars like this as this still makes zero sense to me

This is a 2024 preferred walk on committed to Syracuse. Walk on so obviously unranked. Its how it always is

 

[javadoc]

One day when Fran is long retired I am going to ask him how he did this. It’s impossible

I remember when we came out that first crazy period and some (including me) were wondering if we were out of NIL. I would really really like to know how he is managing that with all these recruits, and how much funding there really is behind the scenes.

 

[mark79]

This is a 2024 preferred walk on committed to Syracuse. Walk on so obviously unranked. Its how it always is

Thanks, now I’m completely convinced lol. Sorry I led everyone astray. When I saw his tape i was thinking five star for sure hence my confusion.

 

[dasher]

One day when Fran is long retired I am going to ask him how he did this. It’s impossible

I don't believe he has done it. I think this is a dream from the night where I learned that Mullen wasn't coming. Because this is impossible.

 

[texascpa]

I remember when we came out that first crazy period and some (including me) were wondering if we were out of NIL. I would really really like to know how he is managing that with all these recruits, and how much funding there really is behind the scenes.

Didn't Fran say just a couple months ago he needs about $2M to compete at a high level and was close to it?

 

[rrlbees]

Didn't Fran say just a couple months ago he needs about $2M to compete at a high level and was close to it?

We’re well past that. Maybe he said $2m more?

 

[upperdeck]

The bigger question is how long can we keep up the NIL pace. Like many other teams you can find money yrs 1-2-3 but SU do it for 5-10-20 yrs to stay in this game?

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

The bigger question is how long can we keep up the NIL pace. Like many other teams you can find money yrs 1-2-3 but SU do it for 5-10-20 yrs to stay in this game?

No school is going to keep this pace. Plumbers and teachers paying for players (who make more than they do) with no ROI is not sustainable.

Something’s going to give in the next 3-4 years.

I think Coach Fran positions us about as well as possible in this environment though.

 

[BomberOrange]

It’s not all NIL, but obviously it’s a big part of it. Coaching relationships are huge as well and I think Fran has figured out that balance. I’m sure we never have the biggest bag, but a nice bag with the coaching relationships seem to be the path he is taking.

 

[SU Mania]

Didn't Fran say just a couple months ago he needs about $2M to compete at a high level and was close to it?

There was a recent basketball article, on an SU site, that said an elite basketball team needed to have $2 million annually for NIL. I don't remember if it said SU basketball had $2 million or not, but the $2 million figure was central to the article. But maybe that's where you picked up the $2 million figure; I would think a football team with 85 scholarship players would need a lot more than $2 million annually for NIL.

 

[SURules]

There was a recent basketball article, on an SU site, that said an elite basketball team needed to have $2 million annually for NIL. I don't remember if it said SU basketball had $2 million or not, but the $2 million figure was central to the article. But maybe that's where you picked up the $2 million figure; I would think a football team with 85 scholarship players would need a lot more than $2 million annually for NIL.

Football needs much much much more than $2MM per year to field a competitive team.

 

[orangetrain]

The bigger question is how long can we keep up the NIL pace. Like many other teams you can find money yrs 1-2-3 but SU do it for 5-10-20 yrs to stay in this game?

The entire landscape will be different in 2-3 years. We need to support SU football to make sure we are relevant and have a seat at the big boy table in year 4. Seems as if football has some NIL horses right now.

 

[BillSU]

Because he’s not a 5 star. If you have stars at rivals they are yellow, not gray. And if you look at his ranking to the right it says NR. Which means Not Ranked. Just people being confused and not knowing how to read their site.

>I thought I’d paste this since not everyone goes into an article and reads it. What we’ve got here is a very serious player. This is a bit about how he got physically and mentally where he is today. It all begins with his mother. If you have read it apologies but this gets into dtails I didn't think everyone knew about.


Roughly five years ago in Quebec, Canada, as the owner and founder of F1RST TEAM performance, Yohan Miron heard from the mother of a young football player looking for significant training.

It was a conversation he’d had many times as a trainer and strength coach.

“She (said), ‘My son is very committed to what he wants to do, and he wants to go pro, he’s very good, he’s very mature for his age,’ Miron recalled.

“I get that speech every time a parent talks about their kids. But until I see the kid and I see how he is, I can't know if it's for real or not.”

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How Notre Dame LB Recruit Antoine Deslauriers Became a National Prospect

To learn more about freakish 2025 linebacker recruit Antoine Deslauriers, Irish Illustrated connected with his longtime trainer and mentor Yohan Miron from F1RST TEAM performance.

247sports.com

 

[GoSU96]

Too bad he can’t reclassify. Sounds ready now

 

[kcsu]

The bigger question is how long can we keep up the NIL pace. Like many other teams you can find money yrs 1-2-3 but SU do it for 5-10-20 yrs to stay in this game?

Winning will increase the pot

 

[Orijinal]

In my mind, if you are a true business person, large NIL payments year in and year out are not sustainable ...especially to unproven high school recruits.

Big NIL money losses on kids that don't pan out are going to damper NIL payments in the coming years, imo.

Big money will probably almost exclusively go to proven commodities over time, and even those might damper if businesses don't see consistent expected returns on investment (i.e., their team failing to win 10+ games/year or make significant runs in the playoffs)

 

[mark79]

If anyone wants to see Lawrence Taylor type hits look at his freshman and sophomore highlight reels. Jeez.

 

[Toga]

Thought I read somewhere about $7-8M for a CFB team. But that was months ago.

 

[All4SU]

In my mind, if you are a true business person, large NIL payments year in and year out are not sustainable ...especially to unproven high school recruits.

Big NIL money losses on kids that don't pan out are going to damper NIL payments in the coming years, imo.

Big money will probably almost exclusively go to proven commodities over time, and even those might damper if businesses don't see consistent expected returns on investment (i.e., their team failing to win 10+ games/year or make significant runs in the playoffs)

I don’t understand. I thought the money was to pay kids for doing TV commercials and autograph signings and such.

 

[GoSU96]

I don’t understand. I thought the money was to pay kids for doing TV commercials and autograph signings and such.

You sweet sumner child

 

[DoctorBombay]

The fact that the stars are grey/white (vs. any of them being gold) means that he doesn’t have a rating at all from Rivals.

Oh, yeah? Well, I knew that...

 

[tep624]

Too bad he can’t reclassify. Sounds ready now

He certainly looks ready. Between this kid and the Colorado St transfer we’ve added 2 players to the program days apart that are NFL size / metrics at their positions. Love it.