FCS fans may think it's too early to talk about recruiting, but with the early signing period that the NCAA instituted (for December), the world of FCS recruiting has accelerated and there are several programs that are already in double digits as far as class size. Today, we rank this year's list of FCS commitments who are projected to play WR or TE.
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SCHEDULE: DL (Thursday, Oct. 4); DBs (Friday, Oct. 5); LBs (Monday, Oct. 8), OL (Tuesday, Oct. 9), RBs (Wednesday, Oct. 10), WR/TEs (Thursday, Oct. 11), QBs (Friday, Oct. 12), Next week (Conference by Conference); OVERALL TOP 150 (Monday, Oct. 22)
How do we come to the WR/TE rankings below? It's a mixture of a couple of things:
- How do the ratings services see them at the time of the commitment? (because many FCS commitments lose their higher ranking status after they commit to this level)
- How many offers does this recruit possess? If a large quantity of college coaches are offering this individual, that holds clout — even over the star rankings.
- Who is offering? If a young man has Power Five Conference offers or multiple FBS offers, that's another key factor in what you see below.
So take a look at the Top FCS WR/TE commitments so far. This is something we will follow through February 2019.
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WIDE RECEIVERS
| RK | FCS SCHOOL | RECRUIT | HOMETOWN | OTHER OPTIONS |
| 1 | TENN-MARTIN | Jaden Gibbs | Knoxville, TN | Kentucky, South Carolina – 9 offers |
| 2 | UC DAVIS | Blake Thorpe | Walnut Creek, CA | Oregon St., 5 FBS offers |
| 3 | CHATTANOOGA | Giovanni Dyer | Johns Creek, GA | Kansas State |
| 4 | MONTANA STATE | Jaden Smith | Kennedale, TX | Navy, Howard |
| 5 | TENN-MARTIN | Rush Lansdell | Columbia, TN | Tulane, Murray State |
| 6 | PRINCETON | Alex Cherry | Norwood, MA | 2 FBS, 13 total |
| 7 | ALBANY | Jordan Irizarry | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Boston College, 5 FCS offers |
| 8 | KENNESAW STATE | Traveon Latimore | Danielsville, GA | 3 FBS and 11 total offers |
| 9 | ALCORN STATE | D'Marious Hicks | Port Gibson | Southern Miss |
| 10 | HOWARD | Trevon Russell | Arlington, TX | Alabama State |
| 11 | NEW HAMPSHIRE | Griffin Helm | St. Johns, FL | Stetson, Jacksonville U. |
| 12 | UC DAVIS | Orlando Ornelas | Temecula, CA | Air Force |
| 13 | WOFFORD | Calvin Jackson | Chattanooga, TN | App State – 12 total offers |
| 14 | DELAWARE | Quincy Watson | Malvern, PA | Holy Cross decommit: 12 FCS offers |
| 15 | STONY BROOK | Shawn Harris | White Plains, NY | Liberty offer, 8 total |
| 16 | ILLINOIS STATE | Lawrence Shadd | Kennesaw, GA | None |
| 17 | NICHOLLS | Chandler Whitfield | Zachary, TX | 6 FCS offers |
| 18 | YALE | Brayden Carey | Sharpsburg, GA | Army, Jacksonville U. |
| 19 | COLGATE | Kobi Russell | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 4 Ivy offers, Mo. State |
| 20 | LEHIGH | Ayir Asante | Jersey City, NJ | Navy, Howard, Hampton |
| 21 | HOUSTON BAPTIST | Justin Hull | Katy, TX | Air Force decommit, Robert Morris |
| 23 | VILLANOVA | Jalen Goodman | Ardmore, PA | 2 FBS, 8 total offers |
| 24 | SDSU | Canyon Bauer | Sioux Falls, SD | USD, UND, NDSU, PWO- Iowa, Minn. |
| 25 | DELAWARE | Ayinde Budd | Richmond, VA | Richmond, VMI, Delaware St. |
| 26 | TENN-MARTIN | Darian Oxendine | Jacksonville, FL | 5 FCS offers |
| 28 | NDSU | Jacob Lippe | Port Washington, WI | 4 MVFC offers |
| 29 | CHATTANOOGA | Michael Mathison | Covington, GA | Alab. A&M, Morgan St., SIU |
| 30 | MONMOUTH | Dante Kiett | Voorhees, NJ | 5 FCS offers |
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| RK | FCS SCHOOL | RECRUIT | HOMETOWN | OTHER OPTIONS |
| 1 | RICHMOND | Ben Castellano | Purcellville, VA | Indiana, Syracuse, 10 FBS, 18 total |
| 2 | BROWN | Hayden Hatten | Scottsdale, AZ | Louisville offer, 3 FBS, 5 total |
| 3 | PRINCETON | Luke Gibson | San Antonio, TX | BowlGreen, Tex St. – 6 offers |
| 4 | HOLY CROSS | Sean Morris | Barnegat, NJ | Kent State, Army – 10 total offers |
| 5 | SOUTHERN ILL. | Avery Taggart | Eureka, MO | BowlGreen, WIU, SEMO, EKU |
| 6 | SOUTH DAKOTA | Mason Fairchild | Andale, KS | Kansas, SIU |
| 7 | DELAWARE | Will Bowen | Hummelstown, PA | 3 FBS offers, 13 total offers |
| 8 | UC DAVIS | Duncan Smith | Burbank, CA | 4 FBS offers, 6 total |
| 9 | MONTANA | Joey Elwell | Meridian, ID | 9 FCS offers |
| 10 | NORTH DAKOTA | Billy Riviere | Plymouth, MN | Air Force, Eastern Mich. |
| 11 | ALABAMA STATE | Gregory Perkins | Pensacola, FL | UAB, Southern Miss |
| 12 | NDSU | Travis Yohnke | Parkers Prairie, MN | Eastern Mich., 6 total offers |
| 13 | HARVARD | David O'Keefe | Chicago, IL | NIU, Cornell, Princeton, Penn |
| 14 | JAMES MADISON | Hunter Bullock | Gaffney, SC | 4 FBS offers, 10 total |
| 15 | HARVARD | Spencer Cassell | Hingham, MA | Rice, Gtown, Brown, Cornell |
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