New offer out on 3 star DB Chris Mitchell from Mission Viejo. Interestingly enough, we're his only offer as of right now despite the fact that Scout has him ranked as the 14th best CB in California and 79th nationally. I'm sure that he will start receiving a bunch of offers soon.

Most of the athletes that we offer get at least some attention from FBS programs to a certain degree. Many FCS programs regularly put out offers on "shoot for the moon" athletes early on in the recruiting year. I hope we can land a couple of these guys, I just wouldn't hold your breath.

That being said, Hawkins has an infectious personality and I think he will really be able to sell what he's trying to build here. Let's aim for a winning season sooner rather than later.

I'm not saying that we should sell ourselves short, but we as fans should have realistic expectations about the motives of these athletes. Athletes want to win games, championships, ect. and we currently don't have that reputation. Like I said, academics will help us with some athletes but Hawkins will really need to step up the success of the program before we consistently land recruits like the ones that we are putting out offers on right now. I do hope we can steal a couple of these guys.

The academic reputation of Davis definitely helps in landing some athletes, but a lot of these guys are looking to go to a big name programs. I mean, some of these guys that we put offers out on won't even consider us in our current state. Hopefully Hawkins can turn us into a power FCS program, but even that won't happen immediately.

Another new offer out this evening on OL Jake Parks out of San Juan Capistrano. Similarly to most of the recruits we're putting offers out on right now, he's already receiving interest from FBS programs.

New offer out on 3 star safety Quinn Brinnon from Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland. Seems like a lot of the athletes we're putting out these early offers out on are on guys that are receiving a ton of interest from bigger programs. Not likely that we land them, but you have to appreciate the attempts from the coaching staff.

New offer out on WR Justin Kraft out of Rocklin. Had over 1,000 yards receiving last season, we're his first offer.

New offer out on OL Nico Sarale out of Oakdale High School. Not the biggest guy, some reports say he could make the switch to DE in college. Being smaller though, he has a ton of burst of the line.

I haven't seen anything from Davis, but Brock announced back in Feb that he transferred here. I missed it back then too.

https://twitter.com/11brockjohnson/status/835329644270243842

Well, this is a big opportunity for someone to step up big time. We have some guys returning like Justin Williams and Mitchell Layton (unless they're not coming back either and we just haven't heard yet) but we also have talent coming in as freshman and transfers. Namane Modise could be a name to watch.

Wait, really? I thought I still saw him on the roster. That would really hurt if he did leave.

I looked back at his tape too. Before he wore #3 at Long Beach City College, he wore #15 for Sacred Heart. Keelan Doss is currently wearing #3 so I think #15 could be Maier... maybe.

The roster is showing that #12 is Brock Dale and that #15 is unassigned. Is Jake Maier on campus already? He might be the mystery #15 cause if I remember correctly he looked like a real gunslinger from his tape.

New offer out on 3 star LB Isaac Hall. He already has a decent handful of FBS offers out on him, looks like he will be a hot commodity.

New offer out on DE Jonah Welch out of Honolulu, Hawaii. Have we ever had an offer out to someone from Hawaii before?

Whatever you think is best. Thanks, I appreciate it. I would like to say that I don't do it on my own though. I miss things sometimes and you guys definitely help me out so it's not a 1 man show or anything! I look forward to seeing what Hawk and company can do with a full year of being able to set up recruiting networks. Gould was always touted as a good recruiter, but there seems to be more energy and excitement with Hawk at the helm. Maybe we're just excited that there's change, we'll see!

Sorry guys, I've been out travelling recently. We have several offers out already and I'll start putting the list together tonight.

If there's anything you want included on the list be sure to let me know!

Coach Braun is moving on to Northern Iowa

https://twitter.com/Coach_Braun/status/846710417078599680

Good pick up for ISU. I think he did well with our guys.

It looks like we have a new addition to the coaching staff. Brandon Huppert from the University of Washington will be coaching D line. Is Coach Braun leaving?

https://twitter.com/AggieCoachHupp/status/845025635491708928