Decamerion Richardson

[Coach34]

In other words Dan didn't recruit that well either. .

Well no. Dan recruited really damn well except at the WR position. Shit- the SEC defensive POY this year was recruited by him.

[Todd4State]

Well no. Dan recruited really damn well except at the WR position. Shit- the SEC defensive POY this year was recruited by him.

His defensive staff recruited well. Even you admitted in the earlier post that we struggled with o-line recruiting. We had to switch people from DL and TE at times to cover for it. We were hit or miss at RB. Remember when Holloway started? Aside from Dak his QB's were mostly pretty limited as passers. Good runners at QB which is what he wanted. But aside from Dak not having a very good passing QB affected his offense negatively.

[Todd4State]

https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-footbal...pi-state/91211

Look at the players that we have in the NFL and what positions they play. The vast majority are defensive players. And I don't believe Cross and Phillips were recruited by Dan either. Gabe Jackson was signed by Croom I believe or at least committed to Croom.

[Coach34]

His defensive staff recruited well. Even you admitted in the earlier post that we struggled with o-line recruiting. We had to switch people from DL and TE at times to cover for it. We were hit or miss at RB. Remember when Holloway started? Aside from Dak his QB's were mostly pretty limited as passers. Good runners at QB which is what he wanted. But aside from Dak not having a very good passing QB affected his offense negatively.

They struggled with highly rated OL recruits. He and Hev were probably the best in the country in finding guys that just needed time to develop. That 2015 OL was a black mark for sure. Fitz is one of the best QB's in SEC history. I say we were limited at WR way more than QB. Fitz had no problem getting the ball to Fred Ross- he caught 72 passes in 2016. Mullen recruited very well to State outside of the WR position

[Coach34]

https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-footbal...pi-state/91211

Look at the players that we have in the NFL and what positions they play. The vast majority are defensive players. And I don't believe Cross and Phillips were recruited by Dan either. Gabe Jackson was signed by Croom I believe or at least committed to Croom.

lol- Mullen/Hev recruited Cross and reeled him in for JoVester. Mullen/Hev signed Phillips and RS'ed him out of juco

[dawgday166]

lol- Mullen/Hev recruited Cross and reeled him in for JoVester. Mullen/Hev signed Phillips and RS'ed him out of juco

They recruited Rankin not Cross. JoMo got Cross in the boat. Cross left after his soph year.

ETA: Rankin was very good his senior year (came out of Juco), got drafted and played for 3 years in the league.

[Coach34]

They recruited Rankin not Cross. JoMo got Cross in the boat. Cross left after his soph year.

ETA: Rankin was very good his senior year (came out of Juco), got drafted and played for 3 years in the league.

Thats right- he left after his RS Soph year

[Todd4State]

They struggled with highly rated OL recruits. He and Hev were probably the best in the country in finding guys that just needed time to develop. That 2015 OL was a black mark for sure. Fitz is one of the best QB's in SEC history. I say we were limited at WR way more than QB. Fitz had no problem getting the ball to Fred Ross- he caught 72 passes in 2016. Mullen recruited very well to State outside of the WR position

Ross was recruited by Les Koenning and Tim Brewster I believe. And was only a NFL invite/practice squad guy. Fitzgerald had a completion percentage 54.3% in 2016 and it actually improved to 55% by 2017 without Ross. Both completion percentages are not very good by today's modern standards. Fitz was one of the best rushing QB's in SEC history. As a passer he was pretty limited. And no Hev wasn't the best in the country at finding guys at all. Hell- he had one class where none of his o-line recruits qualified. He literally found Elgton Jenkins and that's about it- you're talking about a guy in Rankin who had a cup of coffee in the league and Phillips who isn't a star. Which still pales in comparison to what Dan recruited on the defensive side of the ball.

[Todd4State]

They recruited Rankin not Cross. JoMo got Cross in the boat. Cross left after his soph year.

ETA: Rankin was very good his senior year (came out of Juco), got drafted and played for 3 years in the league.

Yes because I remember how fans were talking about how Hevesy passed on Cross because he was committed to FSU and then Joe came in and flipped him.

[dawgday166]

Yes because I remember how fans were talking about how Hevesy passed on Cross because he was committed to FSU and then Joe came in and flipped him.

That would've been Cross as a 10th grader then. Hev was gone from MSU after '17. Cross is a '19 recruit.