Louisville football recruits to watch on National Signing Day
By Jacob Lane
With National Signing Day being Wednesday it’s time to take one final look at the recruits who could end up being members of the 2019 Louisville football recruiting class.
I don’t know about you but it feels like we’ve been in the 2019 recruiting cycle for the last four years, seeing as how technically there’s been two different “classes” for Louisville football.
Former Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino and his staff put together a fairly average recruiting class during their time on campus for 2019, one that featured mostly 2 and 3 star players. It looked like the star of the class was going to be Jaden Johnson, a three star QB out of Memphis, TN, who was all Cards all the time. But after Petrino was let go, Johnson and several others opted out of their commitments shortly before the early signing period, leaving new head coach Scott Satterfield with just three recruits and a lot of work to do.
Here we are almost two and a half months later, and the new staff has casted nets far and wide looking for the type of players who will fit their new scheme at Louisville. There was a rather large concern from the fans before Satterfield was hired about recruiting and whether the former Appalachian State coach would be able to get the type of players that would allow the Cards to compete annually with the likes of Clemson and Florida State in the ACC.
After the hiring of elite recruiters like Cort Dennison, Frank Ponce, Dwayne Ledford, and Bryan Brown, Louisville is ready to go for the future.
The scholarship limitations that were left behind by Bobby Petrino have made the class of 2019 rather unique, but one that was extremely important for this staff to get right as multiple positions have been depleted of all depth, specifically TE and OL.
The Cards currently hold 5 commitments in the class of 2019, as well as two transfers, to go along with the 4 players that were signed in December (Aidan Robbins, Evan Conley, Zach Williamson, Dorian Jones).
The majority of the work has been done and now the Louisville staff and fans have to sit back and wait to see how things play out over the next 24 hours.
With roughly 4-7 scholarships remaining (maybe more, maybe less) let’s take a look at which players the Cardinal staff will be watching today and tomorrow as final commitments will take place and letters of intent will be signed, making things final.