2021 Bowling Green's Recruiting Summary

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OFFENSE

Position	Name	Stars	Overall	Potential
QB	Melvin Velasquez	4	C	C+
RB	Taylor Brinkley	4	C	C-
WR	Kenneth De Jesus	4	B	C+
WR	Chris Young	3	C	C+
WR	Shake Hamilton	3	C	B
TE	Caleb Sierra	4	C	C+
TE	Bunmi Paulino	3	C	B
OT	Whitney Johnson	4	C	C+
OT	Oscar Norman	3	C	B
OG	Bam Lamp	4	B	D+
OG	Andrew Nieve	3	C	C+
OG	Stefan Gordon	3	C	B
C	Khalid Davis	4	C	C+

Backs - Melvin will join a good QB room, with a returning starter and a stud freshman coming off a redshirt season. He performed well at the Elite 11 camps and will likely redshirt and learn the playbook this year. Brinkley will definitely redshirt, his low potential may give room for a RB to overtake him in the future.

 

Receivers & TEs - It was important to add some depth at the WR position. De Jesus will battle in the spring and fall camps to make the starting lineup, but will being the #3 receiver be enough to prevent him from being redshirted? Time will tell. Tight end was one of the least talented positions on the roster, so it was important to add a couple players there.

 

O-Line - I'm fortunate enough to have a couple very good offensive lineman going into next season. That gives me some runway to redshirt and develop some big boys up front. Having said that, Khalid Davis will contend for a starting position at center this year and Bam Lamp will plug right in at a starting guard spot.

 

All hail Bam Lamp.

DEFENSE

Position	Name	Stars	Overall	Potential
DE	Ty Ivie	4	C	B
DT	Luis Seumalo	3	C	B+
DT	Eli Bedrosian	3	C	C
DT	Gil DeLuca	3	C	B
OLB	Zach Guzman	4	C	C
OLB	Raffy Kahnle	4	C	C+
CB	Donald Dingus	5	B	A-
CB	Richie O'Malley	4	B	C+
FS	Michael Puig	4	C	D+
FS	Spencer Taylor	4	C	C
SS	Austin Pena	4	B	C+

D-Line - I think Ty Ivie will be a stud in the future, but he will likely redshirt this year. I didn't really want to get 3 DTs, especially given that I play a 3-4, but it just kinda worked out that way. It might mean a transition to a 4-3 in the future depending on how things play out.

 

Linebackers - OLB is another one of those weak position so that was a very high priority to address ASAP. Both Guzman and Kahnle will likely redshirt, especially considering I have the nation's leading sack artist returning at OLB (Sandy Rankin). In retrospect I would've liked to get an ILB instead of a DT, but I have good young-ish ILBs now so it can be addressed next year.

 

Secondary - Improving the secondary was the highest priority for the incoming class. The best teams in the MAC throw the ball well and they were able to throw it pretty easily against us last year. In my biased opinion Donald Dingus was the single best high school prospect in the country last year and will immediately move into the starting lineup. Will Richie O'Malley redshirt? Hard to say with 2 returning CBs who played a lot last year. Puig and Taylor may have 4 years of competition to see who gets more snaps and Pena is likely a day 1 starter at SS.

 

SPECIAL TEAMS

Position	Name	Stars	Overall	Potential
K	Evan Carter	3	C	A

 

Special Teams - I largely went with the Scott Frost approach and ignored special teams this year. Carter will redshirt since I have a decent returning kicker, but he'll be a good one for the future, I hope. Considering how OP punting was last year I decided to ignore the position. I'll probably come to regret that once it gets nerfed.