Possibly. It's not out of the question. Murray went 9th overall & Ealy is significantly better. Just depends on his Spring
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He also had a problem with Gipson pushing him really hard to sign early.
The blue jays have told him he won’t fall past them at 11 (or 12?)....Ealy is not playing football.
There is also a trend going with many major league teams to shy away from high school pitching early in the draft. There are exceptions, but the Tommy John surgery rate for pitchers is approaching 40% now. I think you're going to see more and more position players drafted earlier and pitching will come more from college in the early rounds. There will be exceptions, but I think that is going to be the trend.
Well folks.....this recruiting cycle is about complete
For sure we add:
Pickering
Cunningham (hopefully qualifies)
Payton
Walker
Duncan
Lawrence
We may or may not get:
Emerson
Moore
Mingo
so at worst we sign 20 and at best 23.....and we probably get a grad transfer. If we don't add 2/3 of the maybes this class will be a disappointment to me
Not saying, he won't go that high, haven't seen him. However, it's a long way until the draft and that kind of talk really means little to nothing. And while I agree, odds are he won't play football based on all the info, there is only one school that has a shot to have him on the football field and that's the one that signs him. I'd rather be that one, no matter the end result. Never know.
I've just looked through 10 or so mock drafts, and the earliest I've saw him is 15th, most mid-20s. Now obviously these mean little, but the top 10 seems to be the same with a little different order. Also remember this... Seth beer was considered an absolute look to be #1 pick after his freshman year; he ended up #28 in his draft. Things can change
Prob need a separate thread talking about Ealy
Don't believe we're looking for a transfer QB. DL and WR are the priority. Plus the punter. I don't believe we'll get Johnson but he's going kick the tires. He wants to play with an established QB.