2011 Recruiting Thread

[trobinson97]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Yeah, that is interesting.

[Husker_OS]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

My hope is that Alabama crushes Carolina in October with Clowney present.

[TracerBullet]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Kasen Williams has trimmed his list down to 5 (In no actual order):
Washington
California
Florida
LSU
Notre Dame

[AuburnAlumni]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Big commit for Auburn from one of the top athletes in the nation.

6'5" 230 QB/Athlete C.J. Uzomah picks Auburn over LSU. He also had offers from Bammer, Clemson, Georgia, Miami, Tennessee, and others.

Uzomah will probably play Wide receiver at Auburn plus some "Wildcat" QB in the Malzahn offense.

Damn...we are signing some beastly looking WR prospects. Jaylon Denson out of Hoover, another AU commit, is 6'3" as is 6'3" WR commit Sammie Coates.

Trooper wants some big boys out there catching the football.

In other news, #3 rated DB in the nation, Jonathan Rose, is announcing his commitment tomorrow night. It will be Auburn.

[The Barnacle]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Kasen Williams has trimmed his list down to 5 (In no actual order):
Washington
California
Florida
LSU
Notre Dame

I'm a big fan of Kaseen, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him rated so low on the Rivals250. I believe he will be staying in Washington though when it comes down to it.

[UnStOpPaBlE]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Yep, it was a banner flipping day at the Kelly household.

The Irish received verbals from

4* RB Justice Hayes out of Michigan

**see above**

4* Anthony Rabasa(DE/OLB)

The 10th-best defensive end in his class by ESPN, Rabasa chose the Irish over an impressive list of cohorts, such as Florida, Florida State, LSU, Miami, and UCLA.

and if reports are correct, as of tomorrow morning

which at this point looks very likely, the Irish will be getting 4* Aaron Lynch, one of the best defensive ends in this class. Lynch is ranked as this sixth-best defensive end by Rivals and was near the top of Notre Dame's wish list this year.

also had offers from

Florida
Florida State
Miami
Ohio State
Auburn
Alabama
West Virginia
Clemson
North Carolina


You add Rabasa and Lynch, along with Louis Nix(DT) and the Irish have a very strong front 3 for the next 3 years!

They also got a verbal commit from Jalen Brown, a 3* CB from Texas. It's always great to see Notre Dame getting recruits from Texas.

[BaseballCtchr]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

I will add that Clowney will need some serious, lets call it "help", to get into any school

[Husker_OS]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

I will add that Clowney will need some serious, lets call it "help", to get into any school

If that were true, he wouldn't be the #1 prospect on Rivals. If he were in grade trouble, he'd be a fringe 5-star. Rivals is notorious for putting a lot of weight on grades.

Eddie Lacy is a good example. He was iffy on grades his entire SR year and due to that, he was ranked in the 101-250 range. If he was a slam dunk to get in, he would've been in the 40-50 range on Rivals.

[Watson]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Paul Turner (ATH, WR/LB) Commits to LSU


This kid pretty much won West Monroe the State Championship in the Dome, he was all over the place

[Psyblast]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

If that were true, he wouldn't be the #1 prospect on Rivals. If he were in grade trouble, he'd be a fringe 5-star. Rivals is notorious for putting a lot of weight on grades.

Eddie Lacy is a good example. He was iffy on grades his entire SR year and due to that, he was ranked in the 101-250 range. If he was a slam dunk to get in, he would've been in the 40-50 range on Rivals.

Not necessarily. Everybody knew Sheldon Richardson was an academic risk, and he finished the 2009 rankings #4 overall. He's in JUCO now.

[Husker_OS]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Not necessarily. Everybody knew Sheldon Richardson was an academic risk, and he finished the 2009 rankings #4 overall. He's in JUCO now.

Rivals isn't going to put a guy #1 overall and then see him go JUCO.

[MassNole]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Rivals isn't going to put a guy #1 overall and then see him go JUCO.

Certainly not by the final rankings they won't, but this early on they sure could.

[Husker_OS]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Certainly not by the final rankings they won't, but this early on they sure could.

Rivals doesn't change #1's much.



IIRC, they also said when they released the 1st list that he was the consensus pick for it by the staff.

[MassNole]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

Rivals doesn't change #1's much.



IIRC, they also said when they released the 1st list that he was the consensus pick for it by the staff.

They've changed it each of the last 2 years.

[Husker_OS]

Re: 2011 Recruiting Thread

They've changed it each of the last 2 years.

"The 6-foot-6, 245-pound defensive end has a 4.53-second 40-yard dash time, a 300-plus-pound power clean, a 36-inch vertical leap and has one of the most impressive highlight films seen at the position in quite some time. So when the Rivals.com recruiting analysts were asked who the best player in the Class of 2011 was, the debate lasted a total of about 30 seconds. Clowney ended up as the choice."