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2003 MAC Football Recruiting - Toledo Rockets

Overview

Toledo is 29-8 in the new millennium and this success helped bring the Rockets a quality class of 21 players from eight states. Only five players hailed from Ohio while five are from Michigan and four from Pennsylvania. Toledo also ventured into North Carolina and Alabama for the first time in memory. This is a very balanced class with several players who can play multiple positions and have big-play potential.

Highlights

• Signed Scooter McDougle, ranked as the #10 FB in the country according to Rivals.com.  RB Terrance Graves was rated by most recruiting publications as a top-100 RB in the country.
• Quarterbacks highlight this class with Marques Council being the athletic guy with a gun for an arm and Cole Peace falling from the Crimson Tide’s recruiting class to UT’s.
• TE Josh Powell was rated as a top-50 player at his position in almost all recruiting publications.
• Four of the five Michigan players recruited were listed within the state’s top-50 players while all four Pittsburgh area players made their area’s “dream team,”
• For the 2^nd straight year, Toledo failed to sign an impact DT, which they sorely need.

Final Thoughts

Toledo signed a quality and balanced class that will build depth at almost every position and a few players who are good enough to play as freshmen.  Toledo did not get any impact DTs, which they desperately needed to shore up their interior defense, especially when you consider they graduated two all-conference ILBs.  Toledo did sign a lot of multi-talented players who can play a variety of positions and picked up more speed at the skilled positions.  Overall the class rates as VERY GOOD compared to the other conference classes this year.

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