All Your Big East Recruits Are Belong To Us

by Sean Keeley on Jan 21, 2009 12:21 PM EST

Last week Doug Marrone's staff was able to persuade OL Zack Chibane to change his mind from attending USF and come to SU instead. Dougles wasn't done pilfering recruits from his rivals just yet.

Cornerback Shamarko Thomas of Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va., said Tuesday night he has made a verbal commitment to sign with the Orange. Thomas previously committed to play for Louisville, but said he changed his mind after the Cardinals coach in charge of recruiting him, Eric Lewis, left to become defensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan.

Scott Shafer led the charge on this one. Thomas, who has played corner and safety in high school, says Marrone and his staff just told the truth and that's what sold him:

"He speaks the truth," Thomas said of Marrone. "He told me how he was raised, how he's brought people up in my situation and made them better. He's all for the players and stuff. They stayed truthful. They told me they were going to keep me right, keep my grades on and my degree comes first and football comes second."

Shamarko and his hair are rated as a 2-star recruit from Rivals.

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Great

We keep stealing two star recruits. That’ll get us to the top of the Big East in no time.

by Jameson_Fleming on Jan 21, 2009 12:44 PM EST reply actions

Great

We’re all still overly concerned with how many gold stars an 18-year-old kid has next to his name on the Internet.

by mcsteve on Jan 21, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

I think Tim Tebow got 15 stars. So the internet was right on that one.

by sawlost on Jan 21, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

That was before the internet banned awarding stars for heart, hustle, determination, grit, and tenacity.

by mcsteve on Jan 21, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions

and

before Thom Brennan performed on-air fellatio

by Cody K on Jan 21, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions

Baby steps

We probably need to get to a bowl and maybe even win it before we can start thinking about stealing away blue-chippers. In the meantime I am sure there are a couple 3-star guys around the corner.

by NOLACuse on Jan 21, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions