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2018 3* Juco OT/OG Willie Allen


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Update 1/15/18: Allen is now a Juco AU pursued in high school. He was a 4* committed to LSU but never made it in to LSU. AU is interested again per AuburnSports.com. Juco Highlights are now 1st highlights below

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Willie Allen, OT

New Orleans, LA (John Curtis)

Ht: 6'7.5 | Wt: 300

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- Unofficial Visits to AU 6/10/15 and 6/26-6/28/15

247Sports: 5* (Top247 - No. 23, No. 3 OT)

ESPN: 5* (ESPN300 - No. 4, No. 2 OT)

Rivals: 4* (Rivals100 - No. 67, No. 5 OT)

Scout: 4* (Scout Rank - No. 39, No. 5 OT)

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If you play at John Curtis Christian like Allen, then you know he is a strong run blocker. That is definitely his biggest strength. He can really fire off the ball and knock opponents back. Plays basketball, so feet are above average, but not an elite athlete. Great length. Arms you want in a tackle. Solid bender, but can get in and out of his stance better. Vert strong punch and when his hands are locked in, he controls the defender.

http://www.scout.com...en/analysis?s=6

Offers: Alabama, Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, Colorado State, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Miami (Fl.), Minnesota, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Southern Miss, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane and UCLA, among others.

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"I really don't have a top schools list," Allen said. "I'm taking my time because you can only do this once. I'm looking for faith, family and football in each school. During the summer, that's when I'll make my decision or after state, I'm not sure yet. I'm just waiting it out. It's a gut feeling. It just feels good to be highly recruited as a 17-year old."

http://www.nola.com/...ve_lineman.html

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"I'm looking for faith, family and football in each school"

We should be in good shape then

if that is truly what he is looking for, then I definitely like our odds.
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Hope he plays for us. Maybe he could one day be our next Willie offensive lineman in the pros like Willie Anderson. E, has he camped at Ole Miss?

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Going to be in AU playing BB in Pearls camp. OT that plays BB is very nice.

And spend his free time while in town with guys like Gus, Shon, and Braden.
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Going to be in AU playing BB in Pearls camp. OT that plays BB is very nice.

Talk about getting some help selling him on Auburn. Agreed on your 2nd sentence, also. We can haz all the really, really athletic linemen?

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Reason why we held off on Boiles I believe.

Allen has no impact on Bolles. If we do hold off Bolles ut will be because he is not a December grad/EE. He was not ready at BCW. He wants to take official visits first. BCW ended up being an unofficial.
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Reason why we held off on Boiles I believe.

Allen has no impact on Bolles. If we do hold off Bolles ut will be because he is not a December grad/EE. He was not ready at BCW. He wants to take official visits first. BCW ended up being an unofficial.

I'm under the impression we're only taking one or possibly two OTs total this year. Bad judgement call on my part for my OP
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Reason why we held off on Boiles I believe.

Allen has no impact on Bolles. If we do hold off Bolles ut will be because he is not a December grad/EE. He was not ready at BCW. He wants to take official visits first. BCW ended up being an unofficial.

I'm under the impression we're only taking one or possibly two OTs total this year. Bad judgement call on my part for my OP

We are taking at least 2 OTs but leaning to 3.
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Reason why we held off on Boiles I believe.

Allen has no impact on Bolles. If we do hold off Bolles ut will be because he is not a December grad/EE. He was not ready at BCW. He wants to take official visits first. BCW ended up being an unofficial.

I'm under the impression we're only taking one or possibly two OTs total this year. Bad judgement call on my part for my OP

We are taking at least 2 OTs but leaning to 3.

Yep Coach Grimes said we came up short last year by one. This guy could definitely fill that slot!

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Reason why we held off on Boiles I believe.

Allen has no impact on Bolles. If we do hold off Bolles ut will be because he is not a December grad/EE. He was not ready at BCW. He wants to take official visits first. BCW ended up being an unofficial.

I'm under the impression we're only taking one or possibly two OTs total this year. Bad judgement call on my part for my OP

We are taking at least 2 OTs but leaning to 3.

Yep Coach Grimes said we came up short last year by one. This guy could definitely fill that slot!

Wait a minute! First it's said that we're not taking any JUCO OT guys because the coaches don't want to scare 2017 OT commit Calvin Ashley off. Now we're trying to sign two or three highly rated high school guys? Why would a '16 JUCO player scare Ashley off while a '16 high school guy wouldn't? The JUCO would be gone one year after Ashley arrives.

Somethin' here ain't makin' any sense!

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Grimes likes what he has, but if guys leave early and any injuries/transfers occur there is a need for a plan

Agree. What doesn't make any sense is "We're not recruiting JUCO OT guys because we don't want to upset Ashley".

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Grimes likes what he has, but if guys leave early and any injuries/transfers occur there is a need for a plan

Agree. What doesn't make any sense is "We're not recruiting JUCO OT guys because we don't want to upset Ashley".

No. We are not recruiting more than one JUCO OT. Want the rest from high school. AU is going to sign one JUCO OT in this class. No need to sign two with Ashley in the fold.

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Ashly could care less about a JUCO signing w/ us in regards him coming to AU IMO

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