Utah has (at least) 3 legitimate top prospects this year. It's just like recruiting a guy out of a small division down here - you can't necessarily trust their film & their technique may need more work than at a big football program, but a great player is a great player, and these guys have proven it at camps against other top guys. Our connection to Utah is not so much national championship-based as it is the Crowton connection, as he is Mormon & that is big with these guys.
Parso, I see you left off Tahj Jones and I am seeing less discussion and reports on him. Do you still see him as a take at LB if the grades are in order?
He has been told by the coaching staff we will accept his commitment if he gets his grades in order, but I haven't gotten a good feeling about it. I don't know if that means things look that bad for his grades or if we may just be going in a different direction.
[ Our connection to Utah is not so much national championship-based as it is the Crowton connection, as he is Mormon & that is big with these guys.[/quote] I completely forgot about Crowton being a Mormon. Hopefully we have him recruiting the entire area because of it. The OL has a Samoan sounding name, but he certainly could be Mormon also. I do not think LSU has ever had a Samoan player before that I can recall. I remember now that the TE mentioned Crowton in an article now. I never really believed we had a shot at the OL before, but now I do. Thanks!
No offer, and he won't get one. If this was a down year, he may have. He's talented but a bit slow. I don't expect him to stay in the top 250.
tboy, you need to work on your quoting skills. :lol: Just FYI, last year we had two 3 star WR's (J. Taylor & Molton), and I don't think WRs qualifying is any more of an issue than any other position, but I've seen people mention that it seems that way before, so maybe so. Players that don't qualify don't really hurt us so long as we compensate by over-signing. Of course, it doesn't look good when lots of kids don't qualify, and I'd much rather the players do, but none the less...
I think your second statement is true most of the time, but not every year. Sometimes a very good receiver could be scared off because of the elite nonqualifying WR we recruit and our depth at the position. We may also elect to pass on a great receiver because we have only so many schollys to give and rather than take another WR we take another position player who is not the best available athlete so to speak. We may also slow-play a WR, not allowing him to commit because we are waiting on the elite nonqualifier, until he finally takes an offer with another team who is recruiting him hard. Just a few scenarios.
By second statement, I wasn't counting the quoting skill line. If you count that, it is the third one. Either way it is your last one.
