This year's early signing period is Dec. 18-20.

I think we'll sign about 18 or 19 in the early signing period with the assumption we can "officially" sign 20 for this class.

I see on Twitter that Jaylin Richardson has announced he will be an early signee.

Just because the 2020 recruiting class for KU is really confusing to try and decipher, I thought I'd clarify my previous post by saying this.

There may be more than 20 recruits who sign something in the early signing period, but I expect 18 or 19 to sign standard LOI's in the early period. I also expect about 20 recruits to sign LOI's in this class, though there's a chance it could be 21 depending on how some things have worked out(which I haven't heard how that's gone).

But like I said, I think there will be anywhere from 5 to as many as 10 recruits signing something other than an official LOI or just announcing their "signing" with KU. They could be signing something official besides a LOI or publicly announce their "signing" with KU without actually signing something.

In the end I believe virtually all of these guys will be on scholarship though. For several it just won't happen for a year in which case they'd count against the 85 total scholarships number but not count towards any year's class. A few others will be grayshirts and at least 1 looks to be a blueshirt in which case his scholarship would count against the 2021 class instead of the 2020 class.

This strategy will help a lot with getting our numbers up to where most other team's numbers are with overall scholarships. This strategy is also not just a quicker fix, but a long term fix too as these guys will have 4 years of eligibility. I certainly think that only a blue blood type program or a future Hall of Fame coach, like coach Miles, is capable of doing this kind of strategy. You have to have a program and/or coach with a lot of clout for recruits to forgo immediate traditional offers to other P-5 or non P-5 D1 schools or even D2 schools to come on their own dime for 1 year before getting their full ride scholarship. I don't think 95% of the other P-5 programs out there could pull this off.

If things go down like I think they will, it'll also be really hard to figure out for about 10 to 15 of these guys which are the ones coming on traditional immediate scholarships versus the other methods. The exception being the blueshirt guy. He obviously won't be announcing anything in December or February, but will instead just show up on campus next Fall.

Looks like Cade fortin from UNC is planning a visit soon.- transfer QB

He has ties with Manny Miles and the Miles family in general.

Forgot to put he’s a former 4 star QB. Had offers from ISU, Ok St, WVU, and others.

Cade's tweet from about 1 this afternoon:

"Kansas this weekend!! #RockChalk @man_ram_7"

He should be on hand for the K St game. I'm a little confused by another report I read from a week ago that said he had already taken visits to Vandy, Cuse, and Kansas. ?

Jackson Stoefen OL has recommitted today. Brings us back to 25. Hopefully that scholarship can go to the RB in LA

Stofen says KU is going another direction????
What direction can you go on the offensive line?

Should "recommitted" actually read DECOMMITTED?
His tweet 5 hrs ago says his recruitment is "wide open".

Over the last month, Slant has mentioned offers to other OL recruits. Maybe Miles has lined up someone that is better than Stoefen.

That RB I mentioned:

“ RB Ashaad Clayton commits to Colorado”

🤬🤬

I think Stoefen recommitted. He was injured and there was some doubt as to his recovery. But he is a good one. Once healthy he is going to contribute. Go watch his hudl video - wow!

Posted at 5:42 PM TODAY, 1111/19
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2019/nov/1...cruit/?football

3-star OL no longer part of KU football’s 2020 recruiting class. "A three-star offensive lineman from Iowa, Jackson Stoefen shared via Twitter that he no longer is committed to the Jayhawks."
" Stoefen became the fourth Class of 2020 prospect to cut ties with KU."
"The Jayhawks currently still have commitments in place from three other offensive linemen: Garrett Jones, Tommy Brandt and Nicholas Martinez." But I think Stoefen was maybe the jewel of that crown.