Mikey 16,467 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Big contributors Daniel Thomas, Roger McCreary and Boobie Whitlow? Answer: All three were late pickups on signing day after other, "better" prospects signed elsewhere and left an unexpected vacancy. Add in former walkon Will Hastings and we've got four lightly recruited guys that are doing big things. That's not to say that rankings don't matter, they do matter. However, these four guys do show us not to get disappointed when we land a prospect that's "only" a two or three star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzle 3,898 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 DJ Williams was lightly recruited when we offered but then blew up shortly after but that was late in the recruiting process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 24 minutes ago, Sizzle said: DJ Williams was lightly recruited when we offered but then blew up shortly after but that was late in the recruiting process And when he gets healthy the staff expects him to be the legit #2 every down back, maybe #1 if Boobee continues the fumblitis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Good thread. I've said too many times to count that this staff does a great job of doing their own evaluations and getting in on under-recruited guys who blow up in recruitment and/or the field. They're not all hits and sometimes we do take guys just because we missed on our top wants but who doesn't. And that's something we need to be able to do to compete. While we are capable of being a top-10 team in recruiting, we are not capable of beating the true elite on a regular basis. So we have to hit on some of these guys. Kudos to Gus and his staff. Job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgufcm 4,096 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Add Tyrone Truesdell to this list. He's a Man, with a capital M. Heck, I might add Chandler Wooten. A lot of people liked him, but the industry never really bought in. He's been good to start the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker 2,457 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I suspect/hope D Newkirk will be the next one. I heard a very positive report on him this week. I hope he still has some of his freakish athleticism after that last Achilles injury. Now if we can get Matthew Hill some targets - he will, but he was not underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterjam 107 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Will Hastings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abw0004 10,095 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 My man crush his sophomore year, Daniel Thomas. He was a 2* and ranked 1532 in the country. Jordan Peters was also ranked 726. Love these stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Beaker said: D Newkirk will be the next one He was a 4*. Mikey is mainly talking 2 & 3 *s plus unrated guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, abw0004 said: Daniel Thomas. He was a 2* and ranked 1532 in the country 3* FWIW albeit very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 16,959 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerpro2a 5,617 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 1:53 PM, abw0004 said: My man crush his sophomore year, Daniel Thomas. He was a 2* and ranked 1532 in the country. Jordan Peters was also ranked 726. Love these stories. I see we have common interest....as DT is my man crush as well! Cheers Mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker 2,457 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 2:36 PM, ellitor said: He was a 4*. Mikey is mainly talking 2 & 3 *s plus unrated guys. I lost track of Newkirk being a 4* I thought he played RB in high school and was a JUCO guy. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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