WarEagle1982 449 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Auburn needs to get on this kid MUCH heavier than they are. He is a diamond in the rough. His family is mostly Auburn fans, but Alabama is after him HARD. Kirby Smart was at the Florence vs. Buckhorn spring game last night, and he stayed to whole time. There was not an AU coach in sight. Smart was there watching him and 2017 4* LB Will Ignont from Buckhorn. Thompson outshined Ignont X10. He had a 60 yd. INT return for touchdown, and he looked like a deer running with the ball. AU needs to get on board with really getting after this kid. Just my opinion after watching him play last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFDTiger80 790 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Auburn needs to get on this kid MUCH heavier than they are. He is a diamond in the rough. His family is mostly Auburn fans, but Alabama is after him HARD. Kirby Smart was at the Florence vs. Buckhorn spring game last night, and he stayed to whole time. There was not an AU coach in sight. Smart was there watching him and 2017 4* LB Will Ignont from Buckhorn. Thompson outshined Ignont X10. He had a 60 yd. INT return for touchdown, and he looked like a deer running with the ball. AU needs to get on board with really getting after this kid. Just my opinion after watching him play last night. Thanks for posting after seeing him play. He sounds like a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle1982 449 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/05/alabama_lb_targets_thompson_ig.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle1982 449 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1480789/highlights/146863389/v2 This is his highlight film from his Junior season. Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Auburn needs to get on this kid MUCH heavier than they are. He is a diamond in the rough. His family is mostly Auburn fans, but Alabama is after him HARD. Kirby Smart was at the Florence vs. Buckhorn spring game last night, and he stayed to whole time. There was not an AU coach in sight. Smart was there watching him and 2017 4* LB Will Ignont from Buckhorn. Thompson outshined Ignont X10. He had a 60 yd. INT return for touchdown, and he looked like a deer running with the ball. AU needs to get on board with really getting after this kid. Just my opinion after watching him play last night. Auburn never recruits Florence. Cole and I have been saying for a while that Florence has been producing too much talent for our coaches to ignore but then we do just that. The overall Florence population is by my guess 90% bama, 5% Auburn, 5% Vols so maybe it would be futile to try and recruit there anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I just don't see AU going hard after Thompson. bammer haven. On the other hand Ignont is a HUGE HUGE AU lean. FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle1982 449 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 I can tell you this. If they are truly recruiting Ignont as a LB I was not impressed with him there AT ALL. The RBs from Florence teed off on him several times last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcollum243 0 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Florence is another mini Tusca-lose-a. I was one of the only Auburn fans growing up in the late 90s and early 00s in my school. Most everyone around there went to Bama for something. Also there aren't many Vols fans FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle1982 449 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well, I would say somebody has to start somewhere up here opening the plains up to this area. AU has gotten some pretty good players from the Northwest Alabama area over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,076 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well, I would say somebody has to start somewhere up here opening the plains up to this area. AU has gotten some pretty good players from the Northwest Alabama area over the years. As things stand now we are taking 3 more LBs & there are at the very minimum 7 LBs higher on the staff's board than your guy. If he really wants an AU offer it looks like he will have to camp @ AU this Summer & impress Boom & CLT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Florence is another mini Tusca-lose-a. I was one of the only Auburn fans growing up in the late 90s and early 00s in my school. Most everyone around there went to Bama for something. Also there aren't many Vols fans FWIW. Go toward zip city and there are plenty. 5% might be little too high but there are still quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well, I would say somebody has to start somewhere up here opening the plains up to this area. AU has gotten some pretty good players from the Northwest Alabama area over the years. How far back are you going in those years? Other than Jake Ricks and Kevin Sears I can't think of many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I can tell you this. If they are truly recruiting Ignont as a LB I was not impressed with him there AT ALL. The RBs from Florence teed off on him several times last night. I would not put much stock into a high school game that is played in May. Kid has offers from every top college in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,042 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well, I would say somebody has to start somewhere up here opening the plains up to this area. AU has gotten some pretty good players from the Northwest Alabama area over the years. As things stand now we are taking 3 more LBs & there are at the very minimum 7 LBs higher on the staff's board than your guy. If he really wants an AU offer it looks like he will have to camp @ AU this Summer & impress Boom & CLT. He doesn't want one but he'll get one. I made a post about him before he committed. People like to downplay the football players from this region but they'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,076 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well, I would say somebody has to start somewhere up here opening the plains up to this area. AU has gotten some pretty good players from the Northwest Alabama area over the years. As things stand now we are taking 3 more LBs & there are at the very minimum 7 LBs higher on the staff's board than your guy. If he really wants an AU offer it looks like he will have to camp @ AU this Summer & impress Boom & CLT. He doesn't want one but he'll get one. I made a post about him before he committed. People like to downplay the football players from this region but they'll see He hasn'y committed. Unless you know something most don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,101 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Auburn needs to get on this kid MUCH heavier than they are. He is a diamond in the rough. His family is mostly Auburn fans, but Alabama is after him HARD. Kirby Smart was at the Florence vs. Buckhorn spring game last night, and he stayed to whole time. There was not an AU coach in sight. Smart was there watching him and 2017 4* LB Will Ignont from Buckhorn. Thompson outshined Ignont X10. He had a 60 yd. INT return for touchdown, and he looked like a deer running with the ball. AU needs to get on board with really getting after this kid. Just my opinion after watching him play last night. I believe Ignont has just started playing the LB position could be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,042 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well, I would say somebody has to start somewhere up here opening the plains up to this area. AU has gotten some pretty good players from the Northwest Alabama area over the years. As things stand now we are taking 3 more LBs & there are at the very minimum 7 LBs higher on the staff's board than your guy. If he really wants an AU offer it looks like he will have to camp @ AU this Summer & impress Boom & CLT. He doesn't want one but he'll get one. I made a post about him before he committed. People like to downplay the football players from this region but they'll see He hasn'y committed. Unless you know something most don't. Yeah I guess I do because he'll commit to bammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,076 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Yeah I guess I do because he'll commit to bammer If they give him a committable offer & honestly kudos to you if you know their offer is commitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,042 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Oh and J'Marik Woods has the tools to really be something special at safety. I expect he'll get an offer bout time he graduates. 2017 has offers from Kentucky and Michigan. That's if he doesn't go play basketball somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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