Reality or Fiction: Javion Hilson may recommit to Florida State
Rivals nationwide recruiting director Adam Gorney is joined by nationwide recruiting analyst Greg Smith together with Patrick Burnham of TheOsceola.com and Erik Hansen of InsideNDSports.com to deal with three matters and decide whether or not they imagine every assertion is FACT or FICTION.
1. Javion Hilson may find yourself re-committing to Florida State.
Gorney’s take: FACT. There isn’t a telling what Javion Hilson goes to do in his recruitment after early commitments to Alabama (very early) after which Florida State didn’t work out. However it’s undoubtedly intriguing that the five-star defensive finish from Cocoa, Fla., was again in Tallahassee for one more go to over the weekend. One thing simply looks like he actually desires to play for the Seminoles however stays intrigued by others. UCF is certainly a participant however Texas can be the group to observe if a re-commitment to FSU doesn’t occur because it’s undoubtedly potential.
Burnham’s take: FACT. Might Hilson find yourself re-committing to Florida State? The quick reply is sure. And the Seminoles must really feel like they’ve an opportunity to get Hilson again as a part of the 2025 class now that he visited for the Clemson sport over the weekend.
FSU can promote him one thing that a lot of the different groups concerned in his recruitment cannot, the chance to play early. Having stated that, the trajectory and the optics of the second half of Florida State’s season may play a component in how this seems when they’re going head-to-head with Texas, Florida, Alabama, UCF and others for top-of-the-line prospects within the nation. Hilson had decommitted from two faculties already, so it doesn’t matter what occurs over the following a number of weeks, his recruitment is not going to be over till nationwide signing day in December.
2. Oregon is an actual menace to flip Kansas State TE commit Linkon Remedy.
Gorney’s take: FICTION. Not but. Oregon is making a push for the elite four-star tight finish who’s dedicated to Kansas State and that may all the time be compelling however till Linkon Remedy really schedules a go to and will get to Eugene (after which there may be some actual chatter a few flip to the Geese) then I can’t contemplate Oregon a “actual menace.” There isn’t a doubt Remedy has been very intrigued by the Geese all through his recruitment and he may have picked them the primary time round. He didn’t. So the small-town Kansas child nonetheless feels locked in with Kansas State but when a go to is scheduled then it is going to be one thing to observe.
Smith’s take: FACT. It could have all the time felt inevitable that Remedy was going to select Kansas State when he dedicated over the summer season. Nevertheless, that call was a lot harder than most gave it credit score for. Remedy has improbable relationships at Kansas State and it really looks like house. However on the opposite facet of this recruitment, Oregon has been constructed right into a powerhouse in a approach that’s unlikely to occur for the Wildcats. There’s additionally a chance that Remedy is intrigued by making it exterior of his consolation zone in Kansas.
Coach Dan Lanning and his employees do a fantastic job connecting with prospects and they’re very harmful once they need to flip a participant. That is undoubtedly a scenario that’s price watching intently as we transfer nearer to signing day. Remedy doesn’t have a return go to to Eugene set but however I’m informed it’s “very potential” that it occurs. If he makes it again to Eugene for a go to, all bets are off.
3. Notre Dame undoubtedly must take a quarterback in 2025.
Gorney’s take: FICTION. Marcus Freeman won’t need to return to the switch portal however he might need to delay that opinion for yet one more yr after Deuce Knight flipped to Auburn.
The Irish are most likely going to make a run at Duke commit Dan Mahan or North Carolina pledge Bryce Baker amongst another potential names and whereas that’s not a horrible thought, why not faucet again into the portal yet one more time for a game-ready starter from Day 1?
Knight’s flip put Notre Dame in a extremely robust spot – it simply occurred at a extremely dangerous time heading into nationwide signing day in early December. Just about each 2025 quarterback has determined and flipping somebody midseason is hard.
Perhaps the most effective reply right here is to attend till after the season the place some elite quarterbacks could possibly be out there and push again the portal thought of not taking a QB there yet one more yr.
Hansen’s take: FACT. Notre Dame undoubtedly believes it must take a top quality quarterback within the 2025 class, and so do I.
That stance has each short-term and long-term considering in thoughts. Begin with sheer numbers. Irish third-year head coach Marcus Freeman desires to have 4 scholarship quarterbacks on the roster heading into every season. With starter Riley Leonard’s eligibility expiring after the season, that would go away simply three for 2025 — present junior Steve Angeli, sophomore Kenny Minchey and freshman CJ Carr. And that’s if none of them switch within the offseason.
The longer-term objective is that Freeman has said he’d just like the Riley Leonard expertise to be the final foreseeable time that the Irish flip to the switch portal for a beginning quarterback. Notre Dame has completed so three of the previous 4 seasons (Jack Coan in 2021, Sam Hartman in 2023 and Leonard in 2024).
Bringing high quality to ND in every cycle retains {that a} reasonable aspiration whereas additionally holding the competitors within the quarterbacks room excessive, like Irish QBs coach Gino Guidugli desires. The situation with 2025 four-star QB Deuce Knight’s current decommitment and flip to Auburn has a few of the similar vibes because the 2023 cycle, when five-star Dante Moore’s sturdy lean to ND ended up dissipating in the summertime. And the Irish went out and flipped Kenny Minchey out of Pitt’s class within the fall. There are some good choices this fall, although dedicated elsewhere, and the Irish have two months with which to shut the deal.
