Tampa (FL) Leto Athlete Jeremy Deering to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
by FSUSOM on Feb 2, 2010 6:28 PM EST
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PrintTampa Athlete Jeremy Deering picked the Rutgers Scarlet Knights over Florida State. This is a big disappointment for FSU fans as Deering had repeatedly indicated to other FSU commitments that he would sign with the 'Noles.
Why did he sign with Rutgers? There are a few possible reasons. First, Rutgers wanted Deering as a wide receiver. And they could offer a lot of early playing time. Florida State wanted Deering as safety and could not likely offer the early playing time. Deering also has family in New Jersey. FSU recruited this kid hard. Rutgers did too.
The TBO has quotes:
The coaches have told him he will play receiver. "I feel like I'll get the most playing time there my first year." Deering said he wanted a place where he could stand out.
Keep reading to see about Deering if you care to.
Height: 6'2''
Weight: 205
40 Time: 4.5
ESPN Ranking: 80 (4*) # 17 ATH
Rivals: 3*
Scout: 3*
Academics: Not a known concern
Other offers: UF, UNC, Auburn, Arkansas, West Virginia, South Carolina, Rutgers, Louisville
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Recruitment:
Deering was offered by FSU in late May and not much was heard from him after that. He resurfaced on FSU fans' radar after he was visited by Jimbo Fisher in December. He took an official visit to FSU in January and reportedly loved it.
Scouting Report:
He's an excellent athlete with a big frame. Long-legs make him high-cut. Has good football sense. A nice blend of power and speed. Could play safety or receiver at the next level.
Something interesting:
The morning after the keys of Florida State’s football program had unofficially been turned over, new coach Jimbo Fisher sat in the principal’s conference room at Leto High with a handful of coaches, administrators and senior running back Jeremy Deering.
The way Leto recruiting coordinator Frank Rose describes it, Fisher pointed at the clock, then told Deering, one of the bay area’s top recruits: "This is my first day as Florida State head coach, it’s 9 in the morning, and you’re the first recruit I’m coming to see."
http://hometeam.tampabay.com/blog/2010/jan/25/recruiting-series-power-pitch/
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Sucks but...
Playing time played the biggest role and he "didn’t want to go to a school where he would just blend in"
This helps with locking down Dorsey though so dont worry. Good luck to the young man.
I wish the kid GOOD LUCK!
Look forward to seeing him play at Rutgers. We’ll survive.
Wow .....
Something is REALLY wrong with our Tampa recruiting if a top prospect form the area picks RUTGERS instead of us. I know we might get Christian Green tomorrow, but come on, RUTGERS ?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?
I understand your reasoning FSUn
but look at who we are battling and that’s why it hurts. This better be a sign of good things to come tomorrow……
I don't think any one commitment reflects on another in this case
The kid wanted to play a position we couldn’t offer him. It does suck. I’m pissed. The kid is a great safety prospect and is being incredibly shortsighted.
Don't under estimate Schiano either
They’re not an elite program but they are very respectable when you see what he started with.
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by geoffissiffoeg on Feb 2, 2010 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
oh he is a very good coach
if we had lied to the kid and told him wideout and rutgers said safety this would not have been close… err… well… except that we couldn’t offer early PT
This is like other posters being hurt over Mitchell.
When it comes down to playing time, we can’t even come close to matching it. Obvious choice if pt is that important to the recruit.
The early PT deal I'm a bit skeptical about
We had a 6-6 regular season. Only Ponder’s job should be safe
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
If he wanted to play WR, how far back on the depth chart would he be?
If he was ok with playing S, how many others would he be competing with for pt?
I mean in general. If Deering was all hard up to play offense, let him go. We do have too many
I just don’t think we can use that excuse for every recruit that tells us no. UF and Bama don’t have PT. We were 6-6, so therefore we do.
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
UF and Bama are winning championships. Rutgers just had a first round a WR. We’re still in catchup mode. Also UF and Bama weren’t recruiting him as a WR.
I know Bama and UF were not recruiting him as a wideout
I brought them up in order to illustrate a totally different point
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
I disagree with your last statement.
Being a .500 team doesn’t mean you magically have tons of pt for everyone.
Yeah, if you enjoy being medicore
USC got really good due to to not recruiting. But enforcing a strict compete everyday ethic that kept all those 5* recruits on their toes. No ones position was safe week to week so everyone worked harder to either leapfrog move up the depth chart or maintain a starting spot. Same thing at Miami “Don’t get hurt cuz ur backup is probably better than you anyway”
At UF Haden,Jenkins, Demps, and Major Wright all started or saw significant PT as freshmen(Also a good recruiting tool). So if you aspire to be elite, no one’s spot should be safe. If you are satisfied with being .500, trot the same people out there that got you to the breakeven point
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
What you are describing is not early pt.
You’re talking about open competition. We don’t have tons of pt to just throw at Deering.
We don't have tons of PT to throw at ANYONE, they need to earn it
But that doesn’t even apply to Deering since he wanted to play a position other than what he was recruited for by us.
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
Not going in circles with you bub, finished.
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
No reason to let a 17 year old kid
ruin your day…unless that 17 year old is your son/daughter.
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
by pasadenanole22 on Feb 2, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Meaning Deering not Trick
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
by pasadenanole22 on Feb 2, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
I Agree
Some ppl say there is a unwritten rule that u cant lose ya job if you get hurt i say the better man play regardless if u get hurt an someone come n an do better at your position then u better work your butt off to get your position back competition breeds great teams there is nothin wrong with having great playyers at every position
WOW IS RIGHT.....................
This reminds my gut of the feeling it had when( drum roll) …………………wake whipped us 30- zip INOUR STADIUM. years back. we basically QUIT. Now i remember being blown out Dion’s first year i mudville( i think it was 53-14), but at least that was too a credible team. My only tummy tums in this case is that the guy was only a 3 star.
Say what you will about times changing, new scemes, new generations, etc., the rutgers, wakes, dukes, cincy’s, etc. of the football world have ZERO business beating ANY of the state’s big 3.
p.s. greg schino(sp) should have taken a big bucks job at a real school years ago. prime example………wake’s coach!
That was the 1985 FSU FL game
And it was only a 38-14 whipping. However, Deion did return a punt back for the TD. The game was broadcast on a big screen at what was then called the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center. I can only imagine what it looks like today.
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by pasadenanole22 on Feb 2, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Noles need a better Tampa Bay Recruiter
I agree with mantanga. Dawsey is not getting it done there. Keep him as WR coach, but we need to probably send Hudson down there to beat out Holtz
I know its a tough decision for a young man
but if he knew all along he wanted to play WR and FSU was not offering that position he could have let them know his decision sooner so they could have focused on someone else.
seems that would go against popular practice.
Most prospects probably enjoy all the attention they get.
Dawsey
is going to have some explaining to do if this continues in Tampa. At some point…you run out of excuses. Can’t keep losing out on elite talents to USF and Rutgers.
:facepalm:
Dawsey seriously needs to do a better job of recruiting an area we haven’t recruited well in 10 years. How dare he not recruit it better? If tomorrow goes well, Deering would’ve been no better than 3rd string for at least 2 years here. How are we supposed to sell that?
Calm down, people.
Question: Who's fault is it that we lost ground in Tampa/St. Pete?
Angry posters can go beat HIM up!
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 6:53 PM EST up reply actions
Though...
Dawsey landed us McAllister last year. And Dawsey also does a nice job for us in J-Ville. I don’t see how you can continue to misunderstand that this was an issue of position. Deering said FSU was a better option but Rutgers let him play wideout and immediately.
What about McCray, Jones, Sanderson and possibly Green
to go along with McAllister and the 4 FC kids you mentioned.
He has family in Joisy...
at club BadaBing
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by BigSpearDiplomacy on Feb 2, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously though Bud
Tangent question
Looking at this from a normal view (not the view of hellbent Jimbo who wants every coach to be able to coach and be a monster recruiter), I am curious if WR coach is similar to RB coach in that its more of a recruiter job over actually coaching a kid up. I was obviously(hopefully obvious) kidding, but I was wondering this in a general sense.
Yeah, I know Gran can coach
I was just focusing my question on priorities for the position. It has been mentioned here a bunch of times that a team generally stashes their best recruiter at RB coach if they cant excel at coaching another position. I thought WR was more intricate with multiple routes, technique and what have you, but wanted to ask someone who would know, rather than assume.
But yeah, I agree, I remember reading when we got him that he was actually a great coach as well as recruiter. I bet Trick will be happy that he doesnt have to coach the RBs when laying the wood on his Oline.
If he can reel in James Wilder, Jr next year
All will be forgiven
by Cigar City Nole on Feb 2, 2010 9:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That will be a tough with
Meyer telling this guy about all the wet,.. er dreams he has been having of him.
That will be a tough sell
with Meyer telling this guy about all the wet,.. er dreams he has been having of him.
(Edited)
If the kid wanted to play offense, this shouldn't be a surprise
I can’t fault an 18 year old kid for lacking a bit of foresight. However, immediate PT at a position he won’t play in the NFL? Damn!
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
No T-Rex or JD.
Hopefully Green will get us back on track in Tampa.
At this rate, I am having doubts that Jimbo is the right man for the job.
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It is a running joke people.
by osceolafan850 on Feb 2, 2010 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
WHAT?
Dawsey is just fine guys do you see the class we are putting together how can you be mad at the kid for looking at the depth chart and saying maybe rutgers is a better fit. This isnt us losing to rutgers this is a kid who wants to play Offense and play it as a freshmen. The facts are that wasnt going to happen here so god bless him.
Understandable
Some kids would rather downgrade to a lesser a school just to have more options and stand out more (not hard on team of scrubs as opposed to a major BCS school) .
GTL All Day Bro
Hope he enjoys partying with Snookie and the rest of the Guidettes, no way the female populations had any role in his decision
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Feb 2, 2010 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
I think it was a question of "The Situation" not being right for him in Tally.
>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em
I didn't know if anyone would get my joke about "the situation" :)
Frank I completely agree… would of loved to had him on the team though.
D'oh, Only 2 post above mine and I totally missed it completely or I would not have made the same joke. You win, I'm pathetic.
>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em
Is the video up for anyone?
It’s not up on my page → getting the Chrome equivalent of a “red X”
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." Vince Lombardi
"We'll win games with talent, we'll win championships with character." Jimbo Fisher
This is absolutely terrible news.
We are completely screwed. Now we don’t have a 4th string safety who we can wait on for 3 years before he contributes.
I’m kicking stuff in my apartment right now.
Thats it.
I say we fire all the coaches and start with a fresh clean slate. It is clear that Fisher and co. will be a huge failure here.
Please bring back Jeffery and his crew
they obviously knew what they were doing much more than these knuckleheads
Don't Want to be a Dick But
I don’t wish anyone well that chooses another school over FSU. AMF – hope we play you head to head and stomp your guts out.
Little over the top? ;=)
by Nole_Fan_Til_I_Die on Feb 2, 2010 6:49 PM EST reply actions
I hope people see how much we were screwed last year
By having Mangum and Moody out there at rover. We still don’t know if Parks, Harley, or Demps can play.
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 6:51 PM EST reply actions
Moody needs to move to WLB. We need size in the front seven
and athletes in the secondary. Especially going to a pattern read zone system
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
Big mistake...
I’m not from Jersey, but I’ve lived here for roughly the last 10 years since graduating FSU. This state is everything that people make fun of it for and stereotype it for. I’m finally leaving in July and couldn’t be happier about it. At least here in the South you can get to Philly, and up North you can get to NYC (Yeah, the only good parts of Jersey are the places where you can get to other states quickly) but there is nothing to do in New Brunswick.
He’s from Tampa? Did anyone tell him the water at the Jersey shore doesn’t get above 60 degrees until like late August?
Cape May summer one year....
I left Labor Day weekend and the water NEVER got above 64* (picture your shower on cold, then throw a bucket of ice on your head)
"You're either carrying a spear, or running from it"
by BigSpearDiplomacy on Feb 2, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe if his parents are lucky they can watch him on ESPN 360 once a year
What a soft wuss! Better we find out now then later
Nice to see another Eagles fan...
I’ve got seats in section 205… Either them or the Noles better get a damn championship sometime soon. I’m losing my mind!
Well Im an Eagles fan but not a McNabb or Reid Fan
Eagles will never win SB with heartless, gutless McSoftee
Unfortunately we are stuck with Reid for now but we can get rid of McNabb is Reid grows some balls rather than another chin
by soflanole on Feb 2, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We ARE going to win a Super Bowl one of these days....
just not with those too.
How sweet would it be if Ponder winds up an Eagle and he takes us to the Bowl?
2010 ~ The Year of the Spear
Agree 100%
When we traded our first round pick to Dallas then took Kolb, I was livid at what seemed to be a wasted pick… now I’m finally sold on Kold and think he can be really good, which means Reid will trade him and sign Don to a 5 year extension.
You’re not alone in your dislike of those two…
You are Probably right, Reid is a Mucking Foron
I think Mc Nabb has incriiminating photos of Reid getting ripped on a Heroin trip with his druggie sons
What else can explain his blinding support for McSoftee
I’m so fnnn tired every year with him missing receivers, grounding the ball and taking unnecesary sacks as well as his ineptness in managing the clock it makes me sick
and the Reid buys off Mcnabb with millions more last year becuase we hurt his precious ego by pullinh him in the Baltimore game. what a wet diaper baby
The thrill of victory
and the agony of defeat lol
You can blame this one on the CUM SQUAD
after his visit to UF, CUM was in his ear. Who knows what he said to him.
UF recruited for Rutgers
Before his OV to UF Deering was loving the Noles and sounded like he was almost ready to pull the trigger. He goes to Hogtown and suddenly it is all about UF and Rutgers. IMO Meyer knew he didn’t have room for the kid and worked to keep him away from FSU. Not a huge loss for us though, we will be fine without him.
Im still happy with our class i think we need tha "great"
I think we need tha “great” RECIEVER that have sum moves in the open once we get that we could be back in the top 5
Yes, but the offense still has room for improvement
There were a couple games where the Oline allowed pressure, which messed up the offensive timing…I think USF, Clemson (not sure if I should count UF since Ponder did not play)
Sometimes it would be nice to see some deeper passing game going also
We had 10 games of 400 plus yards against the 4th toughest schedule
Get Stoops all the horses we can and let him go to work. We can nitpick the offense all we want. But the fact Robinson and Watson are NFL caliber prospects from the worst FSU defense I’ve seen only shows us how horrid the coaching was. Dekoda is actually eating now
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
You could kind of see this one coming.
If it were down to FSU and another “power”, our chances would’ve been better. But when you get down to a final 2 of a power and a non-power, it seems odd. Why throw that non-power in if you aren’t going to choose them? Best of luck to him, though.
Kinda like Lemonier?
And no, I don’t believe in that jinxing BS
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
...
Dude. Do you even WATCH How I Met Your Mother?
It’s gonna be your fault tomorrow when we don’t get Lemonier.
So do I have a pre-emptive ban Matt?
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
Still won't be taking it back
Not that TN will miss my astute observations. But I’m more of a “Purple Rain” or “School Daze” kinda guy. With that being said Jimbo needs to freakin kidnap Lemonier!!!
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
You mean us and Auburn? Or what?
Because Auburn is a power, imo. Not “elite”, but certainly a power. If you’re talking about another school I’m out of the loop on who it is.
Ah Auburn, the schizophrenic school with multiple personalities. War Eagle vs Tigers.
>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em
+1
Lemonier situation is different, Auburn is more of a power than freaking Rutgers.
by SeminoleGrad'08 on Feb 2, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
Auburn
is a bit more of a power than Rutgers.
Dammit!!
This sucks, really thought we had him!
We were all created to be Seminoles. This is why we bleed garnet and piss gold.
I'm going to take it you haven't been to Jersey?
If you have, you obviously haven’t seen much of it.
Non Mollare, non mai mollare!
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey
is not an accurate portrayal, except maybe of the one who used to be a herion druggie/call girl that hooked the right rich guy only to be shunned from the upscale social circles by an extended family of Italians who deny having any connections to the mafia.
Bummer
Just confirms that we really don’t know for sure with any of these kids until the LOI’s are sent in. Oh, well. Can’t argue with lack of PT….for all intents and purposes, that’s exactly why we’re expecting Dorsey to flip from UF and likely why Foose went with Illinois. So it goes
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Feb 2, 2010 7:07 PM EST reply actions
THAT DOES IT
From now on, I say we should give up ALL of central and south Florida!!!
If its good for Miami, its good for US!!!
playing time?
is the QB any good at Rutgers? (vs FSU) He could see playing time at Safety at FSU soon. CUM strikes again! We need to destroy them soon.
We got Green from Tampa tonight too. He is a 5 star accourding to some. w000t.
We lost T-Rex & Deering but landing Green is huge!!! We are doing ok in the Tampa Metro area. We have gotten some huge recruits from there the pat few years.
GO NOLES!!! SCALP EM!
We do not have a problem at WR. We have a many talented young guys returning, and many other talented young guys rising.
Would not surprise me if we redshirt some of our 4* WRs like DJ Johnson. I actually expect it.
Actually FSU has no senior safeties and 1 junior safety. They will have like 8 underclassmen safeties.
I don’t think this was an Urban job
And we thought we lost Telvin
If we’re replacing Telvin for Deering, I’m completely fine with that. Plenty of talent in the defensive backfield and in the WR corps to not worry about it.
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Feb 2, 2010 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
If this is the worst news we get...
I’m ready to celebrate!
by scalp n spank on Feb 2, 2010 7:14 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
"what if we dont get Demar Dorsey?"
Then we demand Fisher’s resignation. (And yes that is sarcasm.)
Excited
Wow its been a while since i been this excited about signing day maybe as far back as the early part of tha decade lol
Honest ly
FSUmcensored, some of us lose our logic, and do not keep cool like you lol
You know that mythical recruiting ranking is hanging in the back of our minds, so whether we actually needed Deering does not matter in that regard..we just wanted to boost the class hehe
Just Curious
Do we know how much Deering would have actually boosted the overall ranking?
I really like Deering. I think he's one of the bst 75-100 kids in the country.
But not as a wide receiver.
So in essence what you're saying is the Deering kid really just screwed himself?
Not by picking Rutgers, but by picking offense. Because thats what he REALLY did
by westcoastnolefan on Feb 2, 2010 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
Yes
I think he made a dumb choice. But I will say Schiano is a very good coach and if Deering switches early enough he’ll do well there at safety.
oooops
meant to say, “now you’re speaking the truth too.” or something like that. I should get some sleep.
The only silver lining
to all this is that maybe Deering knows we are brining in another top DB on NSD…. Still, I think he had a huge upside on the defensive side of the ball.
he won't sign until thursday, maybe we can talk some sense into him
when can coaches contact recrutis again?
New Jersey State University??
Har har!
My values: I love my wife, admire my dog, and believe very deeply that Bobby Bowden and Paula Dean were separated at birth.
good luck
at rutgers! would have loved to have him at FSU but you cant get them all. does leave a schollie open we thought would go to him
It's ok with me..
Deering picked OFFENSE not Rutgers per se. He wants a WR slot and FSU and everybody else wants him at Safety. Over, done deal. Even if we whiff on Dorsey, its a solid, solid haul on D.
"You're either carrying a spear, or running from it"
by BigSpearDiplomacy on Feb 2, 2010 9:50 PM EST reply actions
Best of the rest
i think we need to pick up a few other recruits an coach them up there are alotta offensive spaces that can be better for FSU we need more speed guys with the ball in their hands im eager to see what happens this year on special teams our kicker is a little scary at best
Recall, Golden Shoes Hopkins was the highestrated kicker in the country coming out of HS.
Which offensive players do you think need replaced?
No big loss here
We have so many DBs committed recently.
DL losses hurt us much more imo.
I had a bad feeling about this one.
Deering had 3 of his top 5 in the north, just seemed like he was looking to get away. And definitely looking for immediate PT.
Just got home and read this
Bitterly disappointing, My Leto Falcons don’t produce a lot of prospects over the years. It would have been nice to see one as a nole, However, I understand his reasoning. I wish him well.
Progress came and took its toll,
And in the name of flood control,
They made their plans and they drained the land,
Now the glades are going dry.
And the last time I walked in the swamp,
I sat upon a Cypress stump,
I listened close and I heard the ghost,
Of Osceola cry.
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