Updates on Class of 2008; Kemoeatu
By BluenGoldOutlaw on Feb 17, 2008 in Featured, Football, Recruiting
Hey Mountaineer fans and a great day for another Huggs and company win.
First off, there are no updates on Kemoeatu from anyone I’ve contacted regarding his LOI. Although I have heard faintly among the discussions and I hope it’s true, is that he and his family have been tied up with other issues and have not yet had a chance to address his LOI. We certainly hope that everything is OK for them and we can’t wait to see him in Morgantown.
Big stir up for the boys in gold and blue. As of this morning WVU has moved to 36th on the rankings of signed players via scout.com. I’m sure that will add fuel to the fire for Coach Stew and the gang up there and make it even more exciting as we get to spring practices.
Speaking of stir, the Mountaineers are adding a couple of players from in state as invited walk on’s. Josh Culbertson, who played this previous year at the University of Charleston, and Jordan Roberts of Scott High School are the latest additions to the program. Both are previous winners of the Kennedy Award, which is the state’s top prep football player, are both hellacious on the field.
In his freshman year with U.C., Culbertson rushed for 568 yards and 9 touchdowns while Roberts ran to a new state single season record of 3,826 yards breaking the previous record that Culbertson had set in 2005 while he played for Nitro. Talk about high octane football! These guys will help ignite the field, as well as add depth to the running game with a distinct possibility of one of the two playing defense. Our former coach extended a invitation to walk on to Culbertson back in 2006, but he declined and decided on playing for U of C. This time, when the call was sent for him to come to Morgantown he grabbed his pads and helmet and made the dash. Both made it vocal how much they wanted to play for West Virginia and now they have their chance.
The walk on invitation to these two young gentlemen is a testimony of what Doc Holliday and Coach Stew want to do with recruiting and search the state of West Virginia over first then move outward. A really nice move on both their parts to grab some great in state talent for the 2008 season along with all the effort given by Stew and the staff on the road.
We here at WVMountaineerSports.com would like to be among the first to welcome these young men to the fold, along with all the committed recruits who decided to come here and play a role in the success of our football program. Let’s Go Mountaineers!
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jwilson | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIP7a9Z-YBM&NR=1
jwilson | Feb 19, 2008 | Reply
My above comment is supposed to go on a different post. My comment for this post:
Invited walk ons (this could be post on its own):
As a former recruiter for a small Division 2 school in WV, I have very mixed emotions about players becoming “invited walk-ons” to WVU (or any other D1 school). The problem is, if the players were good enough to play at WVU, they would be scholarship players. What this does is deprive very good Division 2 programs great kids.
Had I been given the chance to be an invited walk-on at WVU, it would have been VERY hard to turn that down… but in reality I think the choice for most kids is holding a blocking dummy for 4 years with an outside chance at playing special teams (and telling your friends you play for WVU) vs. getting significant playing time at good Division 2/3 school, and enjoying your college career on and off the field.
This is sort of like the old days when colleges had unlimited scholarships. They would just go out and recruit tons of players so that other teams wouldn’t get them. This is not much different, except your taking them from 1-AA schools and D2 instead of from other D1 teams.
Just a thought..