Note that UMass was 3rd in league in signing recruits that had BCS offers (10).
The Minutemen were fifth in the MAC in signing recruits that had other offers (10).
Not a great year for MAC recruiting. Kent State, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan in particular, had a brutally weak year.
With transfers, it looks like UMass did pretty well relative to the MAC with the limited time available. We'll have to do better to contend for the top of the league, not to mention playing 3 or 4 BCS teams a year.
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One recruiting area we got our asses kicked this year was Massachusetts.
This link has ESPN's Bay State recruits. Except for Jarell Addo and Dan DiNicola, both ESPN two-star recruits, UMass did not sign any of Massachusetts top players.
I think the training video and professor Max Page combined to make it a tough year for UMass recruiting in our home state.
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When Whipple was here before, he recruited heavily in Florida. In 2003, the Minutemen had 15 players from Flordia, second in numbers only to Massachusetts.
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Hopefully, Whipple can reestablish UMass in the Florida recruiting market. The other MAC teams do not recruit Florida heavily.
This year the Minutemen signed two Florida recruits: Zeke Edmonds and Jean Sifrin.
Edmonds was the 17th ranked recruit in Palm Beach County.
Sifrin, a three star recruit, put on a show in this game in September 2013.
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