We're in the home stretch for 2022 recruiting. It's debatable if stars and rankings mean anything related to on-the-field performance. That said all you have to do is follow Mullin's firing at Florida to understand Mullin's laissez-faire attitude towards recruiting appears to be a major reason for his downfall.
For a school like Furman to be competitive at the SoCon level and at the FCS national level, a few things have to happen. You have to recruit, sign, and develop players that fit your needs and your system, let's put them in the under-recruited bucket. Furman has a consistent history of these types of players. From Ivory to Uhaa to Roberto. Roberto had two offers Elon (LB), Furman (RB). Jace Wilson had three offers, I think a few things kept his offers low. Committing very early, and changing schools right before his senior season, and COVID.
Under CCH and staff, Furman for the third straight class is consistently picking up commitments from players that were courted by FBS schools, and not just the academies. Example Bryce Stanfield and Joshua Harris. The current 2022 class has two 3-star commits in the stable.
Transfers… let's not forget that Dominic Morris (DB) a member of the SoCon All-Freshmen Team is a transfer from Air Force.
Maybe the most overlooked aspect of Furman's recruiting in the last several years—the coaches are no longer recruiting scholarship players with the goal of moving them into another position (Quarterback to a DB, Safety to an LB, LB to DE).
If you watched Clay's last Monday football chat of the season he shared where he feels issues are related to player needs. Pass rush and coverage. Furman has to be very happy where they are with the 22 class. Next is the hard part hold on to these commitments. Furman did have one DB de-commit and then commit to FBS Kent St. Furman has two defensive back commitments, I think Furman will sign one more - to fill the 3rd DB slot. Furman has three public defensive line commitments, I believe there could be a fourth. I base this on a player-parent conversation. Furman has several wide receiver/athlete offers out there, I think this comes down to two players Furman wants. I expect these players' decisions won't happen till signing day. If you're into twitter reverse engineering you can make some interesting discoveries. All I'll say is Furman coaches are following several players in the transfer portal.
