So, BG has its first two football verbals. It might seem late, but you don't really see us getting many verbals until now...in fact, it is a little bit early, as far as that goes. Two things here. Coach Babers alluded to this in his signing day presser, but from what I hear he has a very different recruiting style. He likes to get to know the players very well...the players and their families. This makes the process slower, but hopefully more effective and yielding players who are good fits for the program. We shall see on that.
The other thing is that most of the teams in the MAC have a small number of verbals right now. The exception, of course, would be the Kalamazoo Boat Rowers who have 13 verbals already, with 2 decommits. We shall see about that, too, but Fleck's early results are good, for sure.
For BG, the recruiting season started with Kyree Calli, a 2-star WR from Bishop McDevitt HS in Harrisburg, fondly remembered as the HS home of BG's championship QB, Matt Johnson. He looks to be a nice fit for our offense, at 6'4" and just a nudge under 200 pounds. He was very productive as a JR, catching 36 passes for 10 TDs and 20 yards per reception on a team that went 14-1.
According to his profile, he was also an all-Mid Penn WR as a junior. He had interest from a number of schools, including Ohio and Buffalo. The bias here is FOR players from Pennsylvania, and Calli would appear to be a great fit. (Update: Here is a PennLive article about Cali.)
The other player is Sharif Saleem, a DE from Cleveland Central Catholic. He's tall...6'7" and therefore an imposing pass rusher, either from the edge or blocking lanes in the middle of the line. He's not heavy--210 pounds based on what I found online--but there's time to build that out once he gets here. His stats only show him playing 3 games last year, but he transferred from Cleveland Heights, so that could have played a role or maybe the stats are wrong.
Anyway, welcome to the Falcons, Kyree and Sharif.
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