Class of 2026 OT Javeion Cooper (FL) COMMITTED TO SYRACUSE (12/10/24)

[Libero2]

Honest question: if he had picked, say, Clemson, and we kept after him, would you say it would be hard for Clemson to hold onto him, on account of our pursuit?

Even the “big boys” have that narrative because they get dudes flipped away as well. Not often compared to the middle road P4 squad but it does happened. Georgia just got flipped by Texas for that DT a couple days ago, and of course Penn State lost an OT very important to them not so long ago.

Recruiting does not stop at the verbal commitment, heck now a days it doesn’t even stop with the NLI as kids choose to transfer all the time.

The best players in the country have lots of suitors and they are the most difficult to keep committed because they are getting attention and offers from everywhere. The best recruiters keep the vast majority of kids invested, but even the best still have a couple stolen away.

To directly answer your question, would I be saying it would be a fight to the end to keep them committed if they verbaled to Clemson? No I wouldn’t, but that’s because I generally stop tracking kids who commit elsewhere. But would Clemson fans? I’d like to think they would. If they do, that means he’s a top notch kid they want to keep in the fold, and that is exactly who we want coming to Cuse

 

[TheHaze315]

The other thing is... when you stack high rated OL, it builds forgiveness into the roster. You don't need them all to hit. For a lot of our program's history it's been painful when our top rated guys on the line didn't pan out. If you get 2-3 of those per class though, you start stacking the odds in you favor. If 2 out of the 3 whiff and you have one guy hit that's a lot better than counting on one guy that ends up whiffing.

I thought Qadir White was going to be an NFL player.

 

[bnoro]

Why is the narrative still "they will be hard to hold onto"?

Because Javeion is still talking to other schools.

 

[javadoc]

Because Javeion is still talking to other schools.

Due diligence? Doesn't mean it will be hard to hold onto him. I sense a lingering inferiority complex, separate from legitimate questions about recruits and commitments, among the group here.

I am genuinely curious about (but don't have the time to research) metrics on how hard it is to keep a commitment. What is the flip rate, how does it vary based on star rating, number of offers, lead time of original commitment, etc. If 4* kids flip, on average, 25% of the time, is that "hard to hold onto"? Etc.

Doesn't Fran have a pretty good keep rate for us, right now?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I thought Qadir White was going to be an NFL player.

Exactly.

 

[CuseLegacy]