Datone Jones opened up his committment a couple weeks ago. He is planning on making 3 more officials - ND, ASU, and Oregon. He's already visited UCLA and Colorado. When he took his visit to Colorado, it was the first time he'd been outside the state of CA, first flight he's ever been on, and first time he's ever seen snow.
The Guy committment is huge. He now allows us to have a solid rotation at DE with Dexter Davis, Luis Vazquez, Eric Tanner, James Brooks, and now Lawerence Guy.
Erickson is working a lot of recruits now that us fans have no idea about. However, here are some notables that Erickson & Co. have a real good shot at landing:
Covaughn Deboskie - Hamilton product, 4 star RB. He dressed up as Sparky for Halloween and he has told many that he will be a Devil. He will announce his decision at the Army All-American game on January 5th between us and Cal.
Gerrell Robinson - Hamilton product, 4 star WR. People believe that he will follow Deboskie to ASU as we've made up tons of ground the last 2 months. Notre Dame is hard after him as well as Oregon. Like Deboskie, he will make his decision at the Army All-American game between ASU, ND, and Oregon
Aundre Dean - Houston area, 4 star RB (7th in country). Former Texas A&M commit (decommitted after Franchione got fired) and former UCLA commit (decommitted after Dorrell got fired) is Ryan Torain version 2 but with more speed. Dean is a MAJOR prospect and would be a huge get. He has us high on his list and is taking a visit in January. He is starting to get attention from big time schools such as Texas, LSU, Florida, etc... I don't know how good our chances are but ASU as of now is one of the only schools he's visiting in the near future.
Milton Knox - Southern Cal area, 4 star RB. UCLA soft verbal is taking a visit here in January. Long shot to land him but he's giving us a look. He's a mirror image of Maurice Jones-Drew (short, powerful, fast, and hard to tackle).
Ryan Bass - Southern Cal area, 4 star RB. UofA commit who recently said that he favors ASU over uofa. He is a great all-around RB but has major academic issues. I have no idea why he's commited to uofa as he has repeatedly said he likes ASU more than uofa. Stoops must have told him he can get him into school because it doesn't make any sense. If he can somehow get the grades/test scores to get into ASU, he will be a Devil (mark my words). I love taking recruits from browntown, it's too easy.
Herman Davidson - Southern Cal area, 4 star Safety. Big, physical safety who tore onto the recruiting scene with a HUGE senior season. Played at the infamous Polytechnic HS in Long Beach and has landed offers from ASU, Michigan, Miami, and North Carolina. He held Michigan highly due to Ron English but now that he will most likely be gone (Rich Rodriguez will most likely bring in his own defensive coordinator) we could very well land him. He is coming to Tempe in January for a visit and I wouldn't be surprised if we land him because he can play early.
Sean Renfree - Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale), 4 star QB (10th best QB in the country). Was a Georgia Tech commit until Chan Gailey got fired. He wants to come to ASU and the Elways have given the OK for Erickson to bring in another QB in the same class as Jack Elway. We don't need Renfree as he would be our 6th QB but it's tough to pass on a local with so much talent. He is getting attention from teams across the country so it should be interesting to watch how this plays out. If we sign Elway and Renfree out of this class, look for 1 or 2 of our current QB's to transfer
Dion Jordan, Chandler HS, 4 star TE - Was a blue chip TE prospect but an accident that resulted in severe 3rd degree burns to his lower body has slowed down his recruiting. He still holds all his original offers and will choose between ASU, Cal, and Oregon. I'm not too high on him because he is more or less a tweener. He has great size at 6'6 but he only weighs 190 lbs. He is too slow to be a WR so he will need to get in the weight room and bulk up. I have no doubt he can do this but I think he is more of a project than people think. However, I have no doubt that he can develop into a red zone nightmare for opponents.
Jamaar Jarret, southern cal area, 4 star DE. In an interview, he said he had a great time on his visit to Tempe last weekend. He has ASU on his short list and said he can see himself playing in Tempe the next 4 years. He still has visits to Colorado, Cal, and Michigan lined up and has already visited Oregon. I have no idea how this will play out but he would be a huge get.
Overall, I really like how Erickson is focusing on recruiting the trenches. We have 5 known OL commits and 2 DL commits with Erickson still pursuing several more DL prospects. USC has focused in this area which is why they are so dominant. If we can land one out of Jarret or Jones, one of the JC DT's we are after, Davidson, and 1-2 of the RB's we are recruiting, our class will be complete. On paper, it would be one of the best classes ASU has had in a long time. It's a very exciting time to be a Devil footbal fan! Now go beat Texas
