We would still take him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck3124
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We would still take him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck3124
Yes exactly. Defensive minds adjusted and have caught up to the rule changes that produced these astronomical passing numbers in the 2010s. It will make its way to college in a few years as well. Rules will eventually change to compensate. Rinse and repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
We arguing about the NFL in a transfer portal thread?
Let's get back on track. We need some good news to finish up this first part of the portal scene. Fluff, Whitson, Moten would get me excited. We've built up enough depth in most places, we need some heavy hitters. Then finish up strong next round with WR and a couple guys and let's roll and see how it goes.
Fluff, whitson and Moton would be 3 true starters unlike most of our adds. We need them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Back to the topic!
Who's got next?
I feel EXTREMELY GOOD on Whitson. I feel really good on Moten and Fluff. The visit to OM worries me on Fluff, just because they close well in the portal. But I know he wants an opportunity to start, and he won't have that at OM. They just have far too many backs and are going to bring in more in the portal.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
On Moten, Yes it's MOTEN with an E so we can go ahead and get that out of the way, I feel pretty confident of where we stand with him but no clue on a decision time table. I do know he wants to be back in the SEC and to prove he can play at this level.
Why is whitson so high on the board? Did he have great stats at coastal?
Feel best about Whitson, worst probably about Moten but Moten has a starting spot and a great offer from us so that's all we can do. Fluff the same but down to a couple teams. Get them here!
Moten with an E needs to be priority. Probably would have to over pay there and that’s a huge need for us.
You forgot the s at the end**Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Having a great back is good but we literally ran the rock very efficiently with booth and Daniels. Booth broke a Cpl runs for 40-50 yards but got hawked down and we would end up not scoring. I am not concerned with rb. CB and DL is a different story. I also think backs should be salivating to play with us. From Florida on, we ran effectively against every one but Georgia and ole miss. Georgia tried to press our wr and gave us a lot of man free and Lebby burned that to a tune of 31 yards. Lebby sees a lot of deep zone with light boxes and that’s a rb dream.
Ole Miss will overpay for a PR win for sure. Hopefully Fluff will let us counter whatever their offer is.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Potential NFL future from what I read.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
I am concerned about the evaluation and possible SEC talent level of our JC commits. With the addition of the 6'9" "TE" we now have 12 JC players in our class of 27. I went back and looked at the offer sheet of each player. Only 4 of the 12 had P4 offers and 2 of the 4 only had offers from us and OM.from P4. Have most others in the SEC abandoned the MS JC ranks (about 9 of our commits are from there) to concentrate on the portal or are our evaluations off? Time will tell for sure in 2026 as most JC guys seem to take a year to adjust to SEC play for us. Maybe a few will contribute in 2025. Either we have a "diamond in the rough pipeline" that others have abandoned or we may see Jackie's Western AZ CC 2.0.
He got injured this year but was looked at as a sure fire NFL guy before the season. He would be a really good get for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The problem is that they've already overpaid for two(Andrew Jones at Grambling and Odom from Bama).Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Well the Bama, LSU, UGA of the world have abandoned the JUCO ranks. They use G5 like JUCO now. Your mid tier SEC programs (OM, us, USCe, Arky, etc) will still use it if the prospect is really good, i.e. Tony Mitchell or Zavion Hardy. We had to use it this year so much to build up depth. We need guys that have the bodies, we can't rely on HS kids to build depth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldendawg
I've updated the OP with the commitments I was able to find. I haven't gotten to the DBs yet. I will try to get to them this afternoon.
Tony Mitchell looks to be the real deal. Worried about most of these guys. Still disappointed on Lebby's commits on signing day regarding the DL JC signees that "now we have some big guys to practice against on the Scout Team". Really and is that the best we could do in recruiting in this cycle for HS/JC? Spending scholarships and some NIL $ for Scout team players? Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He is a legit NFL prospect and if he hadn't been injured probably would have went pro this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
Well remember.....there's no more walk ons. Everyone is on scholarship now. And I imagine their NIL is $500-$1,000/month. I also don't think some people realize how bad we were off this year from a numbers stand point. I mean we were barely able to practice most weeks because of the injuries we had and the numbers we had at multiple positions. Finally with like a month left we just said screw it and started going full tip. Coincidentally, we got better defensively after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldendawg
It wasn't just a numbers thing. Yes, we finished at around our usual 25 to 30 ranking in recruiting the last few years under multiple HC's, but our roster was extremely out of balance. One recent Spring Game I counted about 20 WR/Slot players on the program that day. "D" has been especially neglected in several past recruiting cycles. We can't expect to beat people 50 to 42 under any HC against SEC foes.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He is an upgrade over what we have currently. That is all that matters. No one is saying he is going to be all sec, but he is way better than what we have on the roster right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
He was really solid last year and was looked at as a sure fire NFL guy before the injury. He tried to come back and give it a go but wasn't fully healthy so he decided to transfer instead of entering the draft. He will be a really good pickup for us. I would imagine we'll get him and put another 10 or so pounds on him where he's playing close to 300.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
I realize he is probably better than who we have. I was just trying to connect the dots. How does a player that is that good end up at coastal. Got to be a story there.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
How did Tre Harris end up at La Tech? How did Trey Amos end up at ULL? How did Cody Schrader end up at Truman St? How did Cam Ward end up at Incarnate Word?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
Players slip through the cracks each and every day.
Gotcha. I just didn’t know if he started at coastal or started somewhere else type of deal. I’m not questioning his character. I love to know where these guys started and route to Starkville. I did a simple search but didn’t investigate fully. I couldn’t tell much from his 247 page.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I'm saying this now before he commits anywhere. Fluff isn't that great. He is a solid G5 back, but that is it. I don't think he is much different than the Amos kid they signed last year that did zero for them this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I was worried they were going to get the Haynes kid from Bama, he was legit.
Well lets be clear, no one is saying this is a first round draft pick type talent. If he stayed healthy, he would have been probably projected rounds 5-7.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
Now for us, that is a massive upgrade. Kids like Whitson who work their ass off in college, especially on the DL can make themselves draftable players.
The same way we can have 4 star kids not pan out for us all the time.
Okay, I did some more digging and looks like he started at Independence Community College in Kansas and then went to coastal so that answers my question. I’d love to see him in maroon.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
Fluff's YPA was over 7. He may be a bust but with his numbers he isn't a bad guy to roll the dice on.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
I agree about Haynes.
He is a solid back, but if you go look at his stats, he racked up a bunch of yards against a DII team and couldn't do shit against LSU. Look, he may be awesome. I just think that it is harder to go from G5 to p4 at RB more than most positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The Haynes kid is going to SC or Michigan, so that is good news. I did not want him in oxford.
Booth and Akharaiyi are going through the process of getting 2025.
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Originally Posted by KB21
I haven?t watched fluff to much but he doesn?t seem to have break away speed. I would see him being more of a poweback.
Yes. Which we need on the goal line big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Young dawg
Akharaiyi will probably be back if this goes through. I still would be very surprised to see Davon Booth back.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Lebby has won me back 100% on board. However, we may not see the results until 2026. I've got a feeling he's going to surprise some people next year. Let's go Lebby!!!
i feel it
If he got to 5-7 next year, even if he lost the Egg Bowl again, I would be happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldawg28