Our recruiting visit sucked they didn't do a very good job recruiting my son. He was looking forward to that visit. He was hoping to find a home there.

 

Where did he end up?

Where did he end up?

 

He hasn't committed to anywhere yet.

He hasn't committed to anywhere yet.

Good luck to him, I hope he finds what he is looking for. What other options is he considering?

 

EKU seemed to have stepped up their game with in state recruits. I'm curious, where did they blow it with your son? What sucked about the visit?

Good luck to him, I hope he finds what he is looking for. What other options is he considering?

 

EKU seemed to have stepped up their game with in state recruits. I'm curious, where did they blow it with your son? What sucked about the visit?

 

EKU offered a PWO before the visit, but once we arrived on campus no one engaged him on the visit so it was like he was just on a campus tour. Now keep in mind all the other recruits where being engaged, so it bothered the big fella that no one had anything to say to him.

 

Offers from Ky State, U of Indy, GTown, UPike, KCU, CCU, Tiffin and some new contacts this week.

Thanks for replying @lamontab

 

I hope he finds the right fit. Best of luck to him. :thumb:

3rd option? Behind who?

 

Louisville and (like it or not) UK.

Before Coach Elder it had been YEARS since EKU had a recruiting presence in Louisville, not since the 80's, just crazy imo.

 

Oh, you don't have to tell me.

 

What happened for many of those years was they had a GREAT run of kids from Louisville area (TJ Pryor, Garnett Phelps, and Brandon Gathof just to name 3 I know personally) all of whom they convinced to either WALK-ON or GRAYSHIRT so they could save their scholarships for out-of-state kids. Those three all ended up being 1st team All-OVC and holding school records. But to get a full ride (not until Soph or Jr year), it required one of their out-of-state studs to eventually peter out due to grades or disciplinary action.

 

I guess they saw it was worth it NOT to give actual offers to Ky. kids when in this state there are so few other 1AA options (Murray also did very little for Ky. kids outside Western part of state). It really hurt those kids in state not quite good enough for UK/UofL but better than NAIA/D2. (Thank God Coach Brohm at WKU started plucking kids like Taylor from PRP, Wales from Central, etc.).

 

Whether getting them to walk-on and not offering was an actual deliberate policy at EKU or not, it seemed to be a trend so I stopped recommending EKU to my players as a place to ever walk on and worked HARD to get them looked at by schools that played EKU (like SEMO, Austin Peay, So. Illinois, Tenn. Tech, etc.). I know of 4 players during that time EKU refused to offer that ended up at SEMO and Tenn. Tech and were key contributors in WINS against them.

Take it from personal experience, stay away from Murray...

Why does EKU have so many 1-2 year Senior players that come from other schools to play out their careers?? Example last year they had like 7 QB's on Roster, 4 seniors I think, Ben Mauk from Mizzu, Benny Conney from UC another from UConn...etc... Why...

Why does EKU have so many 1-2 year Senior players that come from other schools to play out their careers?? Example last year they had like 7 QB's on Roster, 4 seniors I think, Ben Mauk from Mizzu, Benny Conney from UC another from UConn...etc... Why...

 

They come there for a chance to play.

Van Horn from Conner is listed as a Dlineman.