Stanford Football: Meet the 21st ranked 2019 recruiting class

Aeneas Dicosmo, OLB — North Bergen, NJ

Aeneas Dicosmo announced his commitment in style and doing so made him the biggest name recruit of the season for the Cardinal. Dicosmo had 30 scholarship offers and his final decision came down to Michigan, Notre Dame, and where he, of course, decided to go, Stanford.

Dicosmo played as an edge rusher in high school for Bergen Catholic in North Bergen, New Jersey. He is a speed rusher who relied on his athleticism to make plays in high school and will need to add to his power rush and coverage ability to be able to play as a 3-4 outside linebacker in the Stanford defense.

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Dicosmo was a part of the 2019 Maxwell Award class (along with fellow 2019 class teammate Elijah Higgins) which is an award given to the nations top African-American high school student-athletes. The keyword here being “student” as the award is about being as gifted academically as it is about being a good football player.

There is no question that a high-character guy like him is going to do all he needs to get better where he needs to and the defensive scheme he will be playing in fits his skill set.

At 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, he will need to gain some weight to be an ideal edge rusher and he’s pretty raw technique-wise, which is why he isn’t expected to be a starter until later in his college career.

Conclusion

Though getting a lot of top recruits, Stanford has not been doing too much of a good job at recruiting in recent years when it comes to scholarship management and filling them, often leaving many unused.

Because of that, the players they do get need to be solid to make up for the less talented walk-ons. Especially this year where many players retired early leaving a few positions with very little depth.

This is all explained in detail in an article by R.J. Abeytia of 247sports. This recruiting class looks promising, and hopefully, the big names can live up to the hype.