2019 5* LB Owen Pappoe commits to AU!!!

[ellitor 33,090]

1 hour ago, WFE12 said:

So...That means Wanya did too?

Yes.

[ellitor 33,090]

1 hour ago, CAS15 said:

https://www.dawgnation.com/football/recruiting/5-star-lb-owen-pappoe-has-changed-up-his-plan-for-his-upcoming-decision

Some of Sentell's latest article differs from what OP told Barton Simmons of 247 today. He does have a leader & knows who he will pick on May 1st. He probably knew Sentell is a UGA writer & probably told him stuff to keep off the hunt a bit.

[Tigger1985 806]

Seems all the dawgs think the only way he comes to Auburn is if we are paying him. Think the same thing about when DB came.

[WFE12 9,191]

BTW How are the coaches gonna confront him about rumors? If he was in fact trending towards AU so be it and continue your recruiting. As it is I don't feel good about this anymore...of course I wasn't exactly locked in after last week's news but I still felt better than the past but this is bad. I don't think he's putting up a front for the coaches either.

[WFE12 9,191]

1 hour ago, ellitor said:

Some of Sentell's latest article differs from what OP told Barton Simmons of 247 today. He does have a leader & knows who he will pick on May 1st. He probably knew Sentell is a UGA writer & probably told him stuff to keep off the hunt a bit.

This is too much...

[WFE12 9,191]

Here is the other article Sentel posted 

 

Quote

 

5-star LB Owen Pappoe on his upcoming decision: ‘I do not have a leader’

Jeff Sentell

 @jeffsentell

Posted 4 hours ago

 

Want to attack every day with the latest Georgia football recruiting info? That’s what the Intel will bring at least five days a week. We’re talking to 5-star LB Owen Pappoe on this Sunday night. ‘Nuff said. 

---

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Owen Pappoe had his prom Saturday night, but he said he got more sleep than any of his three Grayson teammates.

Pretty hard to imagine what he would do if he had a long night of rest. Pappoe set a Nike Opening regional record with his football rating of 147.12 at Rocky River High on Sunday morning.

 

Jeff Sentell

 

✔@jeffsentell

 

 

A fine day for some Nike Opening testing by 5-Star LB Owen Pappoe. Still waiting on the @opfreak15 Nike football rating score. This one will be

11:10 AM - Apr 15, 2018 · Rocky River High School Stadium

•  
  179
•  
  36 people are talking about this

Twitter Ads info and privacy

 

 

 

He’s now making his commitment on May 1 instead of May 5, but you might have read that on the site already. 

Here’s what you might not have laid eyes on yet:

 

• He has no leader between Auburn, UGA or any other school. “I really have an idea of who it is going to be,” Pappoe said. “But I am going to make sure that I visit two specific schools back to back. I am not going to say who they are, but I will make sure that I will visit them back-to-back and I will make my decision based off of them.”
• If you trade in that sort of thing, he wore a UGA backpack and a UGA zip-up windbreaker on Sunday. He also competed with a pair of LSU gloves on.
• While we are on the subject of LSU, he said that those SEC West Tigers are now his No. 3 team.

• 

  Five-star LB Owen Pappoe very likely will be the first three-time invitee to the Nike Opening finals this summer. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)

  His visit plans do not include G-Day. He will be at Penn State on an official visit this weekend and then Texas the following weekend for an official. He will take two more officials in the fall.

• Auburn and Georgia will not get official visits, but they will both likely receive another additional visit prior to his May 1 decision.
• The 6-foot-1 Pappoe weighed in at 209 pounds. His testing numbers: 4.47 seconds in the 40-yard dash; 45 feet power ball toss; 4.0-second short shuttle; 40-inch vertical.
• Pappoe said that UGA 5-star commits Nolan Smith and Jadon Hasewlood continue to “hammer” him about playing in Athens. He said they come at him harder than the UGA coaches do. The Bulldogs staff has more of a laid-back approach … well, until recently.
• When he makes his decision on May 1, it will not shut down his recruiting. He will still likely take other visits.
• He said he didn’t actually train specifically for any of the Opening events on Sunday. “No lie,” Pappoe said. “I didn’t train for this at all. I actually shocked myself doing this. It is a blessing.”

That about covers the stuff for those with the five seconds of attention span to spare regarding the decision from the nation’s No. 1 outside linebacker and the No. 7 overall prospect in the 247Sports composite rankings.

“I have said that Georgia is my top school,” Pappoe said. “They are. People say that Auburn is coming into the picture. (Pauses). I guess so.”

We will dive a little deeper into this decision from here on in.

Owen Pappoe: The decision in his own words

As stated earlier, he told DawgNation on Sunday that he currently has no public leader. That has changed over the last month. What happened there? How did Auburn catch the home state Bulldogs?

Owen Pappoe ranks as the nation’s No. 1 outside linebacker and the No. 7 overall prospect for 2019. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)

He said his three-day unofficial visit over the last month mattered. That’s because every time he had been to Auburn before, it had been for a game or a camp. The personal attention and extended 1-on-1 time from that trek really made an impression.

“I really do have interest in Auburn,” Pappoe said.

But he also wondered why the internet would run wild with Crystal Ball picks and speculation that he was now trending toward Auburn. He didn’t see where all the “he’s now going to Auburn” stuff came about.

Why choose Georgia?

“Just stay home and play with my brothers,” Pappoe said, noting that attention from Haselwood and Smith.

Why choose Auburn?

“Just to see how the recruiting class there goes,” Pappoe said. “Whenever I go, I want to play with some dogs, too.”

When he decides, he feels he will “be pretty solid with the school he picks” on May 1.

He also had a thought to help frame up those analyst Crystal Balls and rumors.

“I just look at it like this: If you don’t hear from the man then don’t believe it,” he said. “It is just rumors.”

This is a close decision, but he will not allow anyone to paint him as having a hard decision with this. That’s a mature statement. That’s because if anyone is prepared to weather a tough college decision, it is Pappoe.

Owen Pappoe set a new Nike Opening regional combine record with his 147.12 football rating. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)

He has been getting major college offers since before his freshman year. Pappoe has been heavily recruited since his freshman season. He also has a cadre of good mentors and coaches to lean on around Grayson High School.

There was a time when he was supposed to (air quotes are maybe necessary here) choose Clemson. Then Florida State. Then Georgia.

“You can’t make it hard on yourself,” Pappoe said. “A lot of people make it harder on themselves because they are listening to the fans. They build up a good relationship with the coach. Now they are listening to the coach and it’s, no, don’t go there now. You just can’t make it hard on yourself.”

How did the UGA coaches respond to the Auburn chatter?

Pappoe gave a very honest answer to how the Bulldogs responded to all the rumors about him trending to Auburn.

“I was like, ‘Coach just let the media be the media’ and I just told them if you don’t hear something coming from me then don’t listen to it,” Pappoe said.

Inside linebackers coach Glenn Schumann reached out. So did defensive coordinator Mel Tucker. Pappoe then noted that every program has graduate assistants and staffers that follow the Twitter grapevines.

“They were basically like, ‘We are hearing this, what is up?’ and just talk about it,” Pappoe said.

The 5-star LB did just that.

Owen Pappoe does not plan to take official visits to Auburn or Georgia. He will visit both schools prior to his decision. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)

“I was just like ‘Coach, this is the media and you know how it is going’ with me,” he said. “They didn’t really take it too seriously.”

What is the truest thing he can say right now about his decision?

“I’ve been getting offers since the eighth grade,” Pappoe said. “I’ve put a lot of thought into it and I believe whatever decision that I make is going to be the right one for me.”

We already discussed Pappoe’s wardrobe choices on Sunday. He also wore a mostly red-and-black tuxedo to his prom on Saturday night. Are there any conspiracy theories to sort through there?

“No comment,” he said.

What can the Bulldogs do to seal up his decision?

“They don’t have to do anything special,” Pappoe said. “[The way] how they have been recruiting me this far is really good.”

And Auburn?

“I just want to make sure I play with some dogs,” Pappoe said. “I want to see how their recruiting class goes.”

That’s an important point. Auburn is trending heavily with 4-star defensive back Jashawn Sheffield from South Georgia. His Grayson teammate Wanya Morris is down to Auburn and Tennessee.

There is the recent Auburn commitment Jakai Clark. Clark is another Grayson teammate.

That said, the Tigers have three commitments for 2019. Georgia has three 5-star commitments in that same cycle.

He said the Grayson school community all feels like he will choose the Bulldogs.

“Everybody thinks that I am going to go to Georgia,” he said. “I will just let everybody think what they want to think. They will see May 1.”

 

[GwillMac6 20,670]

I just wish freaking rusty would change his crystal ball. It would make all of us feel a lot better. He seems to be the only one who is still confident it is georgia. The BFF's keef and rusty going head to head again on this one. Both are not budging as of now. 

[Samau 110]

This article sounds like he is going to the dogs to me.

[GwillMac6 20,670]

Just now, Samau said:

This article sounds like he is going to the dogs to me.

He is building suspense. 1 article sounded pro AU. The other was very much pro Georgia. Someone is getting played. Hope it is not us. This is the Kirby M.O. that he did all those years at bama orchestrating the almost yearly bama flip or the alan evans son debacle. He did the same thing last year with Quay Walker. A lot of people thought he was going to rocky top going in to signing day. BOOM signing day he tosses the UT hat across the room and puts on a pups one. Stuff like this is the main reason I despise Kirby Bowl Cut way more than saban.

[AUpreacherman22 3,885]

Can’t stand Kirby!  And it’s unfortunate, but I think OP is going to be a dawg. 

I have a feeling May 1st will be a disappointing day for many of our fans.  ?

[toddc 13,194]

In this last posted article he sounds like he’s upset that maybe someone close to him gave inside information to an AU beat writer!  I may be reading too much into it though. 

[augolf1716 21,109]

1 hour ago, AUpreacherman22 said:

Can’t stand Kirby!  And it’s unfortunate, but I think OP is going to be a dawg. 

I have a feeling May 1st will be a disappointing day for many of our fans.  ?

I wouldn't bet on that at the moment things could change but I feel good for AU. We shall see I've been wrong before.

[AUpreacherman22 3,885]

50 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

I wouldn't bet on that at the moment things could change but I feel good for AU. We shall see I've been wrong before.

It’s just a gut feeling for me.  I hope your right, brother!?

[ellitor 33,090]

12 hours ago, WFE12 said:

BTW How are the coaches gonna confront him about rumors?

Talk to him of course. Often times there are a good number of rumors flowing on recruits on the recruiting trail.

[ellitor 33,090]

11 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

I just wish freaking rusty would change his crystal ball. It would make all of us feel a lot better. He seems to be the only one who is still confident it is georgia. The BFF's keef and rusty going head to head again on this one. Both are not budging as of now. 

Didn't sound confident last night. Basically who know & just sticking with his pick for now.

[ellitor 33,090]

11 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

He is building suspense. 1 article sounded pro AU. The other was very much pro Georgia.

Difference in the 2 articles is 1 interview was done by a UGA writer & the other done bt a national analyst w/ no team affiliation. I tend to believe the interview he gave to Barton Simmons more. Less bias.

[ellitor 33,090]

1 hour ago, augolf1716 said:

I wouldn't bet on that at the moment things could change but I feel good for AU. We shall see I've been wrong before.

^^^^This Plus Chad Simmons projects OP to AU right now. FWIW he's a big of a Dawg homer as it gets on the recruiting trail in terms of reporters interests.

[WFE12 9,191]

3 hours ago, AUpreacherman22 said:

Can’t stand Kirby!  And it’s unfortunate, but I think OP is going to be a dawg. 

I have a feeling May 1st will be a disappointing day for many of our fans.  ?

Think Wanya going to Tenn too. 

[WFE12 9,191]

26 minutes ago, ellitor said:

Talk to him of course. Often times there are a good number of rumors flowing on recruits on the recruiting trail.

Actually I was inferring that it was inappropriate. I wasn't really asking how they would do it just why they had the audacity to confront him about it.

[ellitor 33,090]

1 hour ago, WFE12 said:

Actually I was inferring that it was inappropriate. I wasn't really asking how they would do it just why they had the audacity to confront him about it.

Not inappropriate at all. A lot of things are fair in the recruiting game. Recruits or people on their behalf give misleading or wrong info quite a bit. A staff should be checking the validity of the info. A staff not doing so would be naive & not too smart.

[WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737]

AU. 

[WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737]

15 hours ago, Tigger1985 said:

Seems all the dawgs think the only way he comes to Auburn is if we are paying him. Think the same thing about when DB came.

The opposite happened with DB. The Brown's are great people. FWIW. 

[bigbird 60,510]

13 minutes ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said:

The opposite happened with DB. The Brown's are great people. FWIW. 

Correct me if I'm misremembering, but weren't they we're offering the world to DB and it really turned his family off?

[ClaytonAU 4,606]

47 minutes ago, bigbird said:

Correct me if I'm misremembering, but weren't they we're offering the world to DB and it really turned his family off?

Yep 

[WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737]

1 hour ago, bigbird said:

Correct me if I'm misremembering, but weren't they we're offering the world to DB and it really turned his family off?

Yep.