RECRUITING: Jamarion Batemon commits, Iowa State now rated as top 2025 class in the country
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Gee thanks Debbie Downer. We never thought of that.
Love this. Welcome to Iowa State Jamarion. Excited to watch you destroy the Big 12.
Watching the bench last season it sure felt like Cade Kelderman was doing his best Conrad impression pretty much all the time.
It helps also, I think, to state it in a factual way. Right now there are only 24 schools that are even ranked in the 247 Composite. So you have over 300 schools without a commit at all yet. So, yeah, it's very early to even look at class rank.
You're saying we're going to land a few 5 stars?
Looked closely. The elbows are world class.
At first I suspected surgical enhancement. But no, they're real - and they're spectacular.
I had a buddy from ISU join the Navy and try to become a Seal after he graduated (back in 95). It was shocking, didn't really expect that at all. He washed out of BUDS school pretty fast (like 99% of people).
Stuck with the Navy though, and he's a full Captain now, running a destroyer squadron as best as my civvy brain can understand. Not too bad!
Woa, woa, woa. Slow down a little bit there. Ok-ish is a better description.
CycloneErik
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I agree, and I apologize for letting my excitement carry me away.
When I got out of boot camp and was going through Radioman “A” school in San Diego. I took the preliminary test for the SEALS, run a mile, setups, pushups, pull-ups and then the swimming test. I then went over to Coronado island to check out where they trained. They have a hole in the ground where you can barely move and put you in it. I knew right then I was done. They try everything in their power to try to make you quit and expose all of your weaknesses.
From 247
57.15 would have been good for 20th in the country for the 2024 class (Creighton)
And that is with current commits staying as is rankings wise. My guess is Bateman will go up even further.
I wonder, in the current sports world (which will last for who knows how long), the order of priorities has perhaps dramatically shifted?
Top priority: the players you keep (you know what they are). 2nd priority: the players you get from the Portal (you know what they have done at some college level). 3rd priority: high school recruits (you have hope).
Fortunately, our staff so far seems to be managing all three levels quite well.
Also, Xzavion Mitchell is a 4 star in the composite, but 247 has him at a 3 star. I imagine he'll go up when 247 updates, too.
I mean yeah, you look at the top 20 from last year and HALF of them didn't even make the tournament. It'll be interesting to see how that changes with there not being COVID years anymore, but NIL/transfer portal has changed HS recruiting forever
