Dazmin James is on his visit now. Grace should get here later today, got delayed at the airport.
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Dazmin James is on his visit now. Grace should get here later today, got delayed at the airport.
geez we are getting worked the past few daysQuote:
Originally Posted by KB21
From what our guys have said(Jones and Robertson) we didn't have a spot for him right now and he couldn't wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
makes sense. do we have our center for next year? I thought we didn't but maybe I missed it. Figured we'd make a spot for this guy ASAP to be the starter next yearQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Yes, we have multiple options for center next year. That's why Miller didn't make sense. OT is really the offensive line spot we would like to add 1 more.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
I think the staff is pretty high on Keenum, but Lee can play center as well. He started for Eastern Michigan this past year. I think in a perfect world, Keenum could play center and Lee could play guard. At least that was the thinking with Kennedy. Loadholt may have a different line of thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
Could the reading of the riot act leading to Bumphis not being so forthright with access to boosters be a coincidence?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
We are not going to cost ourselves recruits to teach the position coach a lesson. If we wanted to do that, we would just circumvent him in the recruiting process. Lebby would just have his own list he was working from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
NIU WR Cam Thompson commits as expected
Not a real shock on that one. I mean he'll be a nice piece in the return game. If you could get 25/350/3 out of him then that'd be incredibleQuote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Good news....I think we've shored up that NIU game. Making sure they can't beat us by taking all their players.
Not a huge fan but I'd love nothing more for him to prove me wrong.
Same. Loved to be proved wrong, but I don't see him being better than any of the slots we currently have.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I think he's got good straight line speed. I didn't see the quickness and "wiggle" like Coleman had. Should be a decent return man. Hope Ricky Johnson has a good offseason.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Agree. I think he'll be really good in the return game, but I think anything we get out of him as a receiver will be an unexpected bonus.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I'm extremely high on Ricky Johnson. I hope he takes the next step and can contribute for us next year.
Sounds like Ayden Williams will visit either tomorrow on Wednesday. We're trying to get some visits in last minute before this winter storm affects travel. Robertson seems to think we'll kick the tires on Anthony Evans, the UGA WR, as well as Brandon Cisse, NC State CB.
With Evans, Lebby recruited him out of HS and he was actually committed to them for a couple of months so a relationship exists there.
I would not feel terrible on closing with Williams, James, and Evans. There's not a whole lot of production between the 3 but there's size with Williams and James and speed with all 3.
Damon Wilson in the portal
Be a huge get and a guy you make room for. However, I feel like that's one of those he knows where he's going before he enters the portal guysQuote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
So here's just what I've kind of been able to piece together from a bunch of different people over the last day or so:
Thompson is being brought on for speed more than anything. He's going to be a deep threat guy and a return specialist. He's not going to be a guy that is going to be an exceptional route runner and can route himself open. He knows that and we know that.
We are really high on Williams and James and want both very badly. I feel great about James and good about Williams, as I have for almost a month and a half now. You obviously don't ever like a prospect visiting somewhere else, but Ayden and his dad both feel that he can come here and contribute far more than he was ever going to at OM. He was buried on the depth chart there and then got recruited over before he had the chance to contribute.
On Evans, Lebby loves him and wants him. He really wanted him at OU and didn't like when he decommitted. Thought there was a chance we'd get him last year but couldn't get him to enter.
I say all that to say, the 3 WRs number is kind of fluid because they don't exactly see Thompson in that WR number. He'll play there but probably would only play 5-10 snaps a game there. Look at him as your Creed replacement.
I'll work on getting some DB info a little later on. This crap moves so fast that good info could be bad info within 15 minutes.
Thanks for the update! Appreciate you grinding it out.