GaSt Signing Day

[The Cats]

Since it wasn't posted, I thought you guys might like to see how well Bill Curry did in his second signing class...

"In addition to the 23 who inked their letters Wednesday, head coach Bill Curry's program has also added six transfers who are already enrolled this semester for a total class of 29. This year's group marks the program's second recruiting class, which joins the 70 players, including scholarship athletes and walk-ons, who have been on campus since August."

"The class represents high schools and junior colleges in eleven states (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, California, Ohio and Kansas) as well as Canada."

The complete list:

Name Height Weight Position Hometown School
Christo Bilukidi 6-4 295 Defensive End Ottawa, Ontario St. Patrick's HS/Eastern Arizona JC
Ulrick John 6-4 260 Offensive Line Hinesville, Ga. Bradwell Institute
Cole Moon 6-2 235 Running Back Atlanta, Ga. St. Pius X
Aaron Gambrah 6-2 200 Linebacker Locust Grove, Ga. Riverside Military
Alex Findura 6-5 235 Defensive End Stockbridge, Ga. Woodland HS
Blake James 6-1 220 Linebacker Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Central HS
Sherrod Loud 6-1 285 Nose Guard Albany, Ga. Worth County HS
Eric Odonkor 5-11 210 Defensive Back Duluth, Ga. Peachtree Ridge HS
Jamal Ransby 5-8 165 Cornerback Newnan, Ga. Newnan HS
C.J. Stephens 6-4 255 Defensive Tackle Woodland, Ala. Woodland HS
Patrick Baker 6-0 170 Kicker Vero Beach, Fla. Vero Beach HS
Isaiah Howard 5-11 165 Defensive Back Boynton Beach, Fla. American Heritage HS
Jarrell Robinson 6-2 205 Linebacker Portal, Ga. Portal HS
Drew Pearson 6-5 222 Tight End Lindale, Ga. Pepperell HS
Arthur Williams 6-4 275 Tight End Miami, Fla. Carol City HS/Palomar College
Demarius Matthews 5-10 165 Cornerback Powder Springs, Ga. McEachern HS
Tim Wynn 6-3 270 Offensive Line Atlanta, Ga. Mays HS
Khiry Karriem 6-3 270 Defensive Tackle Columbus, Miss. Columbus HS/Itawamba CC
Justin Hughes 5-9 165 Defensive Back Port St. Lucie, Fla. Treasure Coast HS
LaDeven Kirkland 6-5 340 Offensive Line Miami, Fla. Booker T. Washington HS/Yuba College
Terrance Woodard 6-2 300 Offensive Line Ocilla, Ga. Irwin County HS
Jeff Holmes 6-3 295 Defensive Tackle Cincinnati, Ohio Hughes Center HS/Independence CC
Albert Wilson 5-9 185 Defensive Back Port St. Lucie, Fla. Port St. Lucie HS

Jocquez Fears* 5-9 208 Defensive Back Fairburn, Ga. Creekside HS/Northeastern
Kalan Jenkins* 6-3 245 Tight End Midlothian, Texas Midlothian HS/Navarro College
Olufemi Opanubi* 6-1 210 Linebacker Los Angeles, Calif. University HS/West L.A. CC
Jake Muasau* 6-1 243 Linebacker Sierra Vista, Calif. Buena HS/Phoenix College
Louie Muasau* 6-0 235 Linebacker Sierra Vista, Calif. Buena HS/Phoenix College
Evan Bostic* 6-3 230 Linebacker Shelby, N.C. Crest HS/Jones County JC

* - indicates already enrolled at Georgia State for spring semester

[Tribe4SF]

Do the GSU folks know how many of the high school kids signed for the first two classes are partial scholarships? Weren't there around 28 high school signees last year? There must be quite a few partials, or GSU may run into the problem CCU did with overloading their scholarships early on, and seeing a big dropoff when their first two classes finished their eligibility. I assume Curry has a plan for this, which makes me think alot of partials.

[BearIt]

Name Height Weight Position Hometown School
Christo Bilukidi 6-4 295 Defensive End Ottawa, Ontario St. Patrick's

That's a huge defensive end!

[GA St. MBB Fan]

Do the GSU folks know how many of the high school kids signed for the first two classes are partial scholarships? Weren't there around 28 high school signees last year? There must be quite a few partials, or GSU may run into the problem CCU did with overloading their scholarships early on, and seeing a big dropoff when their first two classes finished their eligibility. I assume Curry has a plan for this, which makes me think alot of partials.

I don't have a number - but it is possible that many of the GA highschool kids will get partials if they have B averages due to the GA HOPE scholarship ( See: http://www.gacollege411.org/Financial_A ... rview.aspx ). So the HOPE scholarship will cover the tuition and most fees. Also Curry targeted more JUCOs and transfers this time around to help balance the classes.

[GA St. MBB Fan]

Name Height Weight Position Hometown School
Christo Bilukidi 6-4 295 Defensive End Ottawa, Ontario St. Patrick's

That's a huge defensive end!

Some more detail on the recruits:
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2010/02 ... ing-class/

[GA St. MBB Fan]

Do the GSU folks know how many of the high school kids signed for the first two classes are partial scholarships? Weren't there around 28 high school signees last year? There must be quite a few partials, or GSU may run into the problem CCU did with overloading their scholarships early on, and seeing a big dropoff when their first two classes finished their eligibility. I assume Curry has a plan for this, which makes me think alot of partials.

I don't have a number - but it is possible that many of the GA highschool kids will get partials if they have B averages due to the GA HOPE scholarship ( See: http://www.gacollege411.org/Financial_A ... rview.aspx ). So the HOPE scholarship will cover the tuition and most fees. Also Curry targeted more JUCOs and transfers this time around to help balance the classes.

Curry's statements in the AJC:

The class includes 10 junior college transfers and one four-year
transfer (Jocquez Fears from Northeastern) as the Panthers looked to add
experience for their first season.

“Bringing in junior college players this year was important for two
reasons,” said Curry. “Number one is obvious – we needed to add some
experience so we are not running on the field with all freshmen and
redshirt freshmen.

“Number two, we needed to balance our roster so that all of
scholarships are not in one or two classes.”

http://blogs.ajc.com/2010/02/03/georgia ... daylf_artr