Class of 2023 LB James Heard (PA/NJ) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (12/17/2023)

[RoccoGrosso]

One to keep an eye on.

 

[CuseLegacy]

James Heard on Hudl

Watch James Heard's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: St. Joseph's Prep High School - Boys Varsity Football / DE / Class of 2023 / Philadelphia, PA

www.hudl.com

James Heard Jr on Hudl

Watch James Heard Jr's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Camden High School - Boys Varsity Football / OLB / Class of 2023 / Camden, NJ

www.hudl.com

Looks like he was at Camden HS for his senior year of HS.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[tep624]

Camden kid. Would make sense. Plus anyone that posts something like this as their first post probably knows something

 

[CA Monk]

We currently live in such a Camden-centric football universe.

Camden kid. Would make sense. Plus anyone that posts something like this as their first post probably knows something

 

[djorange1989]

One to keep an eye on.

A fine first post, I welcome more of these from you!

 

[Toga]

Quite the offer list coming out of HS. Anyone have a sense whether offers shown on 2 4 7 are committable offers?

 

[CA Monk]

One to keep an eye on.

Are you any relation to my old gym teacher Tony Grosso?

 

[Franz69]

Something else to keep on the radar long term. Younger brother is class of '27 and already has a PSU offer:

 

[Toga]

Are you any relation to my old gym teacher Tony Grosso?

Out of Henninger and Ithaca College?

 

[cusefan88]

I honestly had no idea how much P5 talent came out of Camden/South Jersey.

 

[djorange1989]

I honestly had no idea how much P5 talent came out of Camden/South Jersey.

Same here, I thought I knew but I didn’t. Fran has such an authentic Camden story to tell these kids(mom giving birth to him at 13, poor, got out alive and look at him now).

 

[RoccoGrosso]

Are you any relation to my old gym teacher Tony Grosso?

I don’t think so.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Quite the offer list coming out of HS. Anyone have a sense whether offers shown on 2 4 7 are committable offers?

He would probably need to be reoffered by those schools if they are interested in him as a prospect.

 

[baggerbob]

Same here, I thought I knew but I didn’t. Fran has such an authentic Camden story to tell these kids(mom giving birth to him at 13, poor, got out alive and look at him now).

That's why I've said if things go well he will stay. He has the ability to be a hero to all the inner city kids everywhere in the country.

 

[SU91]

I honestly had no idea how much P5 talent came out of Camden/South Jersey.

Without being a recruiting guru, it would be hard to know.

But, it’s honestly disappointing to see how removed we were as a program from tapping this abundance in talent in what was, and should be, a traditional recruiting ground for us.

The prior staffs, not just Dino, but Shafer as well, were truly negligent in this regard. I get playing to the strong suit of your assistants, which resulted in us going after players in Ohio, Illinois, Texas, and even Hawaii, but that strategy isn’t sustainable and eventually it’s just becomes lazy. You have to work hard to establish those NE recruiting ties and we never really could do it. Sure, we had Monroe, but take a look at what we were leaving on the table for other programs to pillage and you can see why we were losing.

Dino did ultimately turn to strengthen NJ and the NE overall, but probably too little too late.

Let’s hope Brown can land more than a couple of these recruits and they’re not just “kicking the tires” because we need a serious talent influx.

 

[orangemass]

Heard he was good

 

[sutomcat]

Out of Henninger and Ithaca College?

The Pigeon Toe King! Mr Grosso was the best!

 

[tep624]

Any news on this fella visiting?

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Any news on this fella visiting?

The last several things he liked on Twitter are Syracuse related. There’s that.

 

[CA Monk]

Lately it seems there are more football players from Camden, than there are Taylor Swift fans.

 

[sutomcat]

Any news on this fella visiting?

No. But he is liking some Syracuse related stuff on Twitter, including a tweet from fellow Camden native Braheem Long visiting Syracuse this weekend.

https://twitter.com/JamesHeardjr/likes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

 

[OrgTruckPat]

No. But he is liking some Syracuse related stuff on Twitter, including a tweet from fellow Camden native Braheem Long visiting Syracuse this weekend.

https://twitter.com/JamesHeardjr/likes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

And these guys are following James...

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Without being a recruiting guru, it would be hard to know.

But, it’s honestly disappointing to see how removed we were as a program from tapping this abundance in talent in what was, and should be, a traditional recruiting ground for us.

The prior staffs, not just Dino, but Shafer as well, were truly negligent in this regard. I get playing to the strong suit of your assistants, which resulted in us going after players in Ohio, Illinois, Texas, and even Hawaii, but that strategy isn’t sustainable and eventually it’s just becomes lazy. You have to work hard to establish those NE recruiting ties and we never really could do it. Sure, we had Monroe, but take a look at what we were leaving on the table for other programs to pillage and you can see why we were losing.

Dino did ultimately turn to strengthen NJ and the NE overall, but probably too little too late.

Let’s hope Brown can land more than a couple of these recruits and they’re not just “kicking the tires” because we need a serious talent influx.

I mean making in roads and trying to establish a pipeline to NJ is so much easier said than done. You either have the history, long term relationships and the street cred so to speak or you don't. Hiring one assistant versus a HC and and 3 key assistants who can cover the state are two totally different things. Syracuse went all in and the early results look to be very positive to say the least. The message is being heard loud and clear. What were Dino and Shafer actually ever going to get done in NJ? Like fighting a fire with a garden hose. Dino was a carpet bagger whose true roots were out West. Shafer a midwest guy. These guys are South NJ through and through. Nunzio-North NJ. I mean a couple years I would think the majority of our roster will be NJ kids rather easily

 

[Jake]

I mean if you have a player from Camden on your roster that’s good….