Hoosiers Hot on Recruiting Front

For those of you that don't know the Hoosier currently have 8 verbal commitments for the 2011 football class. The first verbal came back in March with LB Mike Replogle. Last year our first verbal commit didn't occur until May 8th. Usually, the Hoosier staff likes to get rising high school seniors on campus during the summer to evaluate them and hopefully get them committed. This year the Hoosier staff has been much more aggressive much earlier. What impresses me the most if the fact that the Hoosier staff is getting some very high quality talent. The fact that we have grabbed some great recruits is a credit to the staff considering the last two season's haven't been what everyone expected. The facilities must be paying some big dividends now that IU has the largest weight room in the country.

Usually when players commit this early they don't have as many scholarship offers as they would if they let the whole recruiting process play out. However, almost all of the players who have verballed to the Hoosiers have many offers and most of them had offers or interest from major BCS schools. Even the ones who didn't have major offers yet probably would have gotten some when they attended various camps and schools this summer. Give the Hoosier staff some credit, they have tabbed some big recruits so far this spring and in turn has been a domino effect for others to recruit. If you check rivals.com frequently don't be alarmed if you don't see these Hoosier players with stars yet because they won't start evaluating everyone until the summer.