The visitors this weekend are mostly 2019 recruits with a couple prominent 2020 prospects as well. Here is who I expect to be on campus for the USC game:
Uncommitted
Elijah Higgins: This is a big development for Stanford, in my opinion. The Cardinal have for a long time been considered either the leader or one of a couple strong favorites to get the fast rising four star wide receiver. I still project Higgins to be in the class.
Walter Rouse: I know the Notre Dame folks are beating the optimism drum here, but I might reach Luke Wypler (sorry for the trigger) level shock if Rouse commits to ND over Stanford. This is his fourth visit to Stanford.
Zachary Larrier: The Sacramento area athlete is an elite student and has camped at Stanford as a WR/CB/RB this summer. He badly wants an offer and is a fantastic kid.
2020 Geirean Hatchett: The four star offensive lineman makes his return trip after a successful first visit in March. I believe Stanford is doing well with Hatchett and his recruitment became national during the spring and summer. It's still most likely Stanford vs. Washington right now.
2020 RB Chris Tyree: An outstanding athlete and one of the best running backs in the country, the Virginia native has said that Stanford's Ron Gould is one of the coaches recruiting him the hardest. (He described Stanford as one of the schools recruiting him the hardest in this video and said going to school far from home doesn't bother him.)
2020 John Humphreys: He's much better than his three star rating. This will be the third recruiting visit for the legacy receiver at Corona Del Mar since the spring. CDM didn't fare well versus JSerra Catholic but his highlights were impressive. Also, here are his highlights against Palos Verdes.
2020 Brady Feeney: The Missouri native camped at Stanford this summer and did well. He's a great student (4.6 GPA). He doesn't have a Rivals profile and only reports a couple offers so far. But I think it's great for Stanford to build a strong relationship with Feeney given 2020 probably needs to have another big OL class.
Joshua Pakola: (EDIT) I included Pakola in the committed list. That was a mistake on my part and I can honestly say he hasn't committed, yet. I've considered him a member of the class for so long that I put him in that group without thinking. My apologies.
Committed
Colby Bowman: Stanford's first commit of the 2019 class is locked in and ready to join his fellow commits in recruitment mode.
Austin Jones
Stephen Herron
Branson Bragg
Tristan Sinclair
Kyu Kelly
(2020 WR) Bryce Farrell
Walk-on kicker/punter Ryan Sanborn
It's a really talented group of visitors and I think the ratio of committed/uncommitted is right. It's not easy for coaches to give much time to recruits this weekend. Their peers have to put in the work. Fortunately for Stanford probably the strongest recruiters in the class are the California guys who can more easily get to campus. Jones, Pakola, Bowman and Sinclair are a really strong group of advocates on Stanford's behalf.
It's great that Herron is back on campus. He has name recognition bask East and it will help to have someone like Herron talk to Tyree.
I like Stanford's chances to land Higgins and Cornelius Johnson for the 2019 wide receiver class.
The fact that Humphreys and Farrell are on campus together yet again brings to mind the incredibly strong position Stanford is in for 2020 wide receiver recruiting. If Stanford gets a fourth receiver in the 2019 class I agree with posters in the recruiting notes thread that the Cardinal aim for two in 2020. Well, unless the university ceases to exist in two years I don't see Farrell de-committing. Humphreys will probably look around but his actions are making his feelings pretty clear. But the board of receivers in that class is plentiful with recruits interested in Stanford. I'm in favor of taking three and allowing for the possibility that Humphreys takes on more of a tight end role once in college.
Stanford needs Hatchett. And they need to put out more 2020 offensive line offers. Right now I feel good about where Stanford stands with Hatchett and Jake Majors. It's Ok with Chad Lindberg but there's no visit date set as of my last check this week. Myles Hinton will visit for a third time this fall but don't count on landing a mega whale until he's signed. And Luke Wypler was adamant to Rivals' Chad Simmons that his recruitment is over.
Uncommitted
Elijah Higgins: This is a big development for Stanford, in my opinion. The Cardinal have for a long time been considered either the leader or one of a couple strong favorites to get the fast rising four star wide receiver. I still project Higgins to be in the class.
Walter Rouse: I know the Notre Dame folks are beating the optimism drum here, but I might reach Luke Wypler (sorry for the trigger) level shock if Rouse commits to ND over Stanford. This is his fourth visit to Stanford.
Zachary Larrier: The Sacramento area athlete is an elite student and has camped at Stanford as a WR/CB/RB this summer. He badly wants an offer and is a fantastic kid.
2020 Geirean Hatchett: The four star offensive lineman makes his return trip after a successful first visit in March. I believe Stanford is doing well with Hatchett and his recruitment became national during the spring and summer. It's still most likely Stanford vs. Washington right now.
2020 RB Chris Tyree: An outstanding athlete and one of the best running backs in the country, the Virginia native has said that Stanford's Ron Gould is one of the coaches recruiting him the hardest. (He described Stanford as one of the schools recruiting him the hardest in this video and said going to school far from home doesn't bother him.)
2020 John Humphreys: He's much better than his three star rating. This will be the third recruiting visit for the legacy receiver at Corona Del Mar since the spring. CDM didn't fare well versus JSerra Catholic but his highlights were impressive. Also, here are his highlights against Palos Verdes.
2020 Brady Feeney: The Missouri native camped at Stanford this summer and did well. He's a great student (4.6 GPA). He doesn't have a Rivals profile and only reports a couple offers so far. But I think it's great for Stanford to build a strong relationship with Feeney given 2020 probably needs to have another big OL class.
Joshua Pakola: (EDIT) I included Pakola in the committed list. That was a mistake on my part and I can honestly say he hasn't committed, yet. I've considered him a member of the class for so long that I put him in that group without thinking. My apologies.
Committed
Colby Bowman: Stanford's first commit of the 2019 class is locked in and ready to join his fellow commits in recruitment mode.
Austin Jones
Stephen Herron
Branson Bragg
Tristan Sinclair
Kyu Kelly
(2020 WR) Bryce Farrell
Walk-on kicker/punter Ryan Sanborn
It's a really talented group of visitors and I think the ratio of committed/uncommitted is right. It's not easy for coaches to give much time to recruits this weekend. Their peers have to put in the work. Fortunately for Stanford probably the strongest recruiters in the class are the California guys who can more easily get to campus. Jones, Pakola, Bowman and Sinclair are a really strong group of advocates on Stanford's behalf.
It's great that Herron is back on campus. He has name recognition bask East and it will help to have someone like Herron talk to Tyree.
I like Stanford's chances to land Higgins and Cornelius Johnson for the 2019 wide receiver class.
The fact that Humphreys and Farrell are on campus together yet again brings to mind the incredibly strong position Stanford is in for 2020 wide receiver recruiting. If Stanford gets a fourth receiver in the 2019 class I agree with posters in the recruiting notes thread that the Cardinal aim for two in 2020. Well, unless the university ceases to exist in two years I don't see Farrell de-committing. Humphreys will probably look around but his actions are making his feelings pretty clear. But the board of receivers in that class is plentiful with recruits interested in Stanford. I'm in favor of taking three and allowing for the possibility that Humphreys takes on more of a tight end role once in college.
Stanford needs Hatchett. And they need to put out more 2020 offensive line offers. Right now I feel good about where Stanford stands with Hatchett and Jake Majors. It's Ok with Chad Lindberg but there's no visit date set as of my last check this week. Myles Hinton will visit for a third time this fall but don't count on landing a mega whale until he's signed. And Luke Wypler was adamant to Rivals' Chad Simmons that his recruitment is over.
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