Cornell Football Recruits '29

[scoop85]

Breaking News: Cornell just picked up a former Dartmouth 3 star recruit, Ryan Matulevich - WR 5'11" 175 -Venice, FL - Offers: Appalachia State, Arkansas State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Florida International U, Gardner Webb, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, U of Central Florida, U. of South Florida, UT Martin and West Virginia.


All State in Florida, Ryan Matulevich - 2,711 Yds /179 Rec /30Tds

Some big time football schools on that list. Pretty amazing. Our good WR from this year is returning right? Could be quite a 1-2 punch if we can find a replacement QB to throw the ball to them.

Samuel Musungu who was second team All-Ivy as a sophomore is returning as far as I know.  Cornell's top four receivers from last season should all return.  Settling on a QB replacement for Wang will be Cornell's biggest challenge.  There are some really good running backs recruits that I hope can develop into starters quickly to balance the offense and take the pressure off whatever QB is settled on as the starter.

I didn't find any highlights for John McAuliffe, but Josiah Allen's tape is impressive. Shows great vision, balance, and breaks tackles—something we've been lacking for awhile. HS highlights don't always translate to college production, but he looks like a guy who can be in the mix early.

[Ken711]

Breaking News: Cornell just picked up a former Dartmouth 3 star recruit, Ryan Matulevich - WR 5'11" 175 -Venice, FL - Offers: Appalachia State, Arkansas State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Florida International U, Gardner Webb, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, U of Central Florida, U. of South Florida, UT Martin and West Virginia.


All State in Florida, Ryan Matulevich - 2,711 Yds /179 Rec /30Tds

Some big time football schools on that list. Pretty amazing. Our good WR from this year is returning right? Could be quite a 1-2 punch if we can find a replacement QB to throw the ball to them.

Samuel Musungu who was second team All-Ivy as a sophomore is returning as far as I know.  Cornell's top four receivers from last season should all return.  Settling on a QB replacement for Wang will be Cornell's biggest challenge.  There are some really good running backs recruits that I hope can develop into starters quickly to balance the offense and take the pressure off whatever QB is settled on as the starter.

I didn't find any highlights for John McAuliffe, but Josiah Allen's tape is impressive. Shows great vision, balance, and breaks tackles—something we've been lacking for awhile. HS highlights don't always translate to college production, but he looks like a guy who can be in the mix early.

Here's the link for some of John McAuliffe's highlights, including a Weeks 1-8.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/16531656/John-McAuliffe

[Swampy]

Josiah Allen's tape is impressive. Shows great vision, balance, and breaks tackles—something we've been lacking for awhile. HS highlights don't always translate to college production, but he looks like a guy who can be in the mix early.

Doesn't he play for Buffalo?

[billhoward]

For someone who in his heart believes he's all-league but not NFL, a career does count. Be nice to have Deep AI correlate % of athletes in Johnson School vs. relative % of overall student body. I suspect there is a disproportion of athletes - academically qualified athletes - in the Johnson School.

Or Josiah Allen just gets the vibe Cornell football is on the upward swing. And if you're from Florida, well, Ithaca is a tad bit warmer than Hanover.

[Swampy]

For someone who in his heart believes he's all-league but not NFL, a career does count. Be nice to have Deep AI correlate % of athletes in Johnson School vs. relative % of overall student body. I suspect there is a disproportion of athletes - academically qualified athletes - in the Johnson School.

Or Josiah Allen just gets the vibe Cornell football is on the upward swing. And if you're from Florida, well, Ithaca is a tad bit warmer than Hanover.

But the nearby snow skiing is much better in Hanover.

[billhoward]

Greek Peak a half-hour away from Cornell was holding its own this week, helped by the weekend snow and below-freezing weather. If you haven't seen it in 25 years, there are now a lot of condos across the highway for people who want a summer/winter place. Although to be sure there's a lot to be said for Vermont/New Hampshire/Adirondacks skiing. The land immediately around Greek Peak is not that scenic.

Greek Peak Monday (2/10/25):

[chimpfood]

I love Greek peak as much as one can but I will never understand what drugs someone has to be on to decide to stay in their hotel.

[Swampy]

Greek Peak a half-hour away from Cornell was holding its own this week, helped by the weekend snow and below-freezing weather. If you haven't seen it in 25 years, there are now a lot of condos across the highway for people who want a summer/winter place. Although to be sure there's a lot to be said for Vermont/New Hampshire/Adirondacks skiing. The land immediately around Greek Peak is not that scenic.

Greek Peak Monday (2/10/25):

Nor the slopes so high and challenging.

[billhoward]

Bristol Mountain outside Canandaigua has 1200 feet of vertical to 950 feet for Greek Peak. But it's 90 minutes from Cornell vs. 30 minutes. Neither is Whiteface or Killington or Stowe, but for all the Eastern resorts, what the Rockies call ice, the Northeast ski areas call packed powder. Learn in the Northeast, you can ski anyplace in the Rockies. An adult ticket at GP is now $120 but deep discounts (<$50) for some midweek days.

[Ken711]

Cornell just received a commitment from an Air Force running back Jordan Triplet. Triplett rushed for an astounding 9,028 rushing yards at Frederica Academy in Saint Simons Island, Ga. – a total that is tops in Georgia High School history and included 3,172 as a senior. Averaged 7.2 yds per carry, 126 TDs.

Coach Swanstrom is doing an amazing job recruiting, something I've only seem happen at Harvard, Princeton and Yale bringing in recruits with FBS offers.


https://www.hudl.com/video/3/14208819/654e7c5f64ea2a0c18099fc5

[billhoward]

Cornell just received a commitment from an Air Force running back Jordan Triplet. Triplett rushed for an astounding 9,028 rushing yards at Frederica Academy in Saint Simons Island, Ga. – a total that is tops in Georgia High School history and included 3,172 as a senior – he lived in Falcon's Meridian Ranch neighborhood and attended Falcon Middle School.

When Ed Marinaro '72 was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the story noted his total yards rushing (4881) were Ivy League yards but a scout told SI, "That's a lot of yards even against tackling dummies." So, Jordan, bring it on.

[Ken711]

Cornell just received a commitment from an Air Force running back Jordan Triplet. Triplett rushed for an astounding 9,028 rushing yards at Frederica Academy in Saint Simons Island, Ga. – a total that is tops in Georgia High School history and included 3,172 as a senior – he lived in Falcon's Meridian Ranch neighborhood and attended Falcon Middle School.

When Ed Marinaro '72 was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the story noted his total yards rushing (4881) were Ivy League yards but a scout told SI, "That's a lot of yards even against tackling dummies." So, Jordan, bring it on.

That's true Bill. What's amazing to this day is that Marinaro set that rushing record in 27 games (when freshman weren't allowed to play varsity and the Ivy League played 9 game seasons).

[billhoward]

Right:
Marinaro, career 27 games, 4715 yards, 175 yards per game
1971, 9 games, 1881 yards (hit 1,000 in fifth game), 209 yards per game, average 40 rushes per game  

This sounds like a red state / blue state thing, just 50 years back: Heisman votes were reported by region. Marinaro was the top vote getter in every region but one, and Auburn QB Pat sullivan was second. Except in the South, where Sullivan was No. 1 in votes and Marinaro was left off a lot of ballots. Sullivan won the Heisman. Like Marinaro, he was a second-round NFL draft picked and played six pro seasons. Died of cancer in 2019.

[Ken711]

Good article on incoming QB recruit Ryan Downes's journey from a devastating injury to back playing his senior year of high school football.

Ryan Downes

[CAS]

Class of '29 has just been posted on the Cornell football website