Anybody Else Notice an Uptick in Recruiting?

Mainly because Bray was a recruiter nearly his entire career. Smith was never a key recruiter as an assistant. And, merely the "meet & greet" the important guy with the final say.

All the "dirty" work to attract, evaluate, communicate, sell, was 90% staff like Bray.

I could take or leave JS other than I thought he assembled a very solid staff in most areas. It's why it was key for him to win the approval for the MSU move. If he doesn't get his key guys on board he was truly behind the 8-ball.

And, as of now MSU is struggling to land much beyond those recruited to OSU. If he doesn't go at least 6-6 recruiting will probably fall to the lower tier of a top heavy conference. JS will need every break he can get over the next couple years. Hope he enjoys the $ cuz he doesn't have the "hometown hero" worship to fall back on. He and his staff are B10 outsiders so he better win big games quickly.

MWC level as far as they all would be good gets for the best teams in the MWC? Sure.
Doubt that anyone they are getting in the portal would consider playing in the MWC as opposed to Oregon State.
If Bray and his staff close the deal with a name QB (from a name school I mean), everyone is going to look at this class as a pretty massive success.

"Some" 4 stars might be a bit of a reach. As far as 4 star high school recruits go, the only 4 star commit Smith had was Howard, Chiles became a 4 star after the commitment. People have been griping about us competing with the MWC and the WAC for years.

Smith an Co did pretty good on transfers, it'll probably take a couple years before we have a decent idea on how the new coaches are doing.

I agree, what Bray appears to be putting together in a very short time is pretty impressive.

Players mostly want to play where they are valued, where they enjoy the culture, where they believe the coaching staff is fair and where they believe they will find playing time. NIL applies to some, but not the overwhelming majority of kids in the portal.

If it were just about "playing at the highest level," then no P5 school would have kids leaving. Instead hundreds are leaving P5 programs and they are not all going to end up at P5 schools next year.

Just noticed Velling has committed to MSU. Good luck. Another one of those phony "I'll be a Beaver forever" guys I won't give a second thought to. 

The amount of recruits u take weighs heavily on the class ranking. I think one of those years we took a pretty small class.

Sorta from Animal House, from the movie is need the dues.

Definitely want a portal QB though we do have a couple of 3 star QB’s on the roster who might just need a chance to play.

Regarding WR’s I’m not sure how bad we need a portal guy. Bolden, Valsin and Card return. We also signed 4 other WR’s in last year’s class who are still here. Hatten, Reddicks, Wells and East. All of whom are between 6’0 and 6’2. Throw Noga in there and we’ve got options.

Edit- forgot to add Malachi Durant who is verbally committed in this year’s class. High on him.

If less than a few of these guys turn into good players, how good of a recruiter was J Smith? I’m optimistic that some of these guys will turn into some serious weapons.