2018 5* QB Justin Fields

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34 minutes ago, bigbird said:

I have blocked that thread out of my mind

Ha I remember it. I did not post much on au nation for years as I posted in Scout most of the time back then. It it was an interesting time. That running back recruiting class was nuts. All 3 wanted AU. Dyer panned out though. I will always love him for the MNC game. Good times. 

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41 minutes ago, bigbird said:

I have blocked that thread out of my mind

Well if you add Lattimore, Seastrunk and Dyers threads............................now were talking. At one time we were in the running for all three

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30 minutes ago, roe4christ said:

What an awesome week for AU fans.  Things are looking good heading into practice.  Do we expect anyone else to jump on board this week or will things likely slow down for awhile?  Either way, like what I am hearing both from the coaches, media and fans regarding the upcoming season and how recruiting is going.  Can't wait for the season to start.

Likely slow down. Under the new recruiting calendar the entire month of August is a dead period.

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17 minutes ago, gr82b4au said:

Ha I remember it. I did not post much on au nation for years as I posted in Scout most of the time back then. It it was an interesting time. That running back recruiting class was nuts. All 3 wanted AU. Dyer panned out though. I will always love him for the MNC game. Good times. 

We were talking about the Auburn Eagle site FWIW.

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16 minutes ago, ellitor said:

Likely slow down. Under the new recruiting calendar the entire month of August is a dead period.

Thanks Ellitor.  We will be coming stateside next fall and I hope to attend my first Auburn football game or two.  Been a fan since Bo's freshman year and have never been to a game.  Will be bringing my teenage daughter to the games as well so we can visit the campus.  She could be a future Tiger soon.

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24 minutes ago, ellitor said:

We were talking about the Auburn Eagle site FWIW.

Sorry yes. Haha...this site has changed quite a bit over the years.

For the better in my opinion. 

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Seastrunk thread probably followed by Rueben Foster thread. Classics. 

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new sec country article/interview with Mr. Fields.

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Good read from DawgNation FWIW. Some positives for each school. I got some of the mom/stepmom particulars wrong. My apologies.

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very wide-ranging conversation with 5-star QB Justin Fields

Jeff Sentell

 @jeffsentell

Posted 26 mins ago

 

KENNESAW, Ga. — Justin Fields prays.

Head bowed. Hands clasped. The nation’s No. 1 player for 2018 (and enormous UGA target) searches for the slightest hint of where he should play college football.

“I think about it every day,” Fields said. “I pray every night. Just for God to give me a sign of where he wants me to go. I just ask him for a sign. I want him to tell me right now, but his timing is always right. So I am just going to wait patiently on him.”

DawgNation had a wide-ranging discussion with Fields on Tuesday evening. That was on the first official day of fall practice for Georgia High School Association member schools.

Justin Fields now might enroll early. Or he might not. (Jeff Sentell/SEC Country)

Harrison High, which will be led by Fields, is prepping for a big season. The Hoyas open their season against defending state champion Rome. There’s also an ESPN clash with Dalton set for this fall.

Let’s tackle the question on everyone’s mind first.

“I don’t have a set date when I am committing,” Fields said. “Literally. When I know I am going to commit, I’m going to hit the people up on a video and ask them to film it. But there are all of these rumors that I’m going to commit on a certain date. I’m not going to be like that. I’m not that guy that is going to say ‘My Top 10 is dropping in two weeks’ or ‘I’m committing in a certain number of days’ because I’m not really ever going to have like a set date. I am going to sort of post it on Twitter and go from there.”

That seems like a good kickoff for the conversation. We’ve got a lot of Qs and As to get through with the 5-star who also has a 3.9 grade-point average and a 29 on his ACT. That’s what the nation’s No. 1 prospect for 2018 can also do with that school book, too.

Lightning round for a few meaty topics with Justin Fields.

• Fields said he has not eliminated any of his core schools. Not even a Florida team that just picked up 5-star QB Matt Corral. The schools on his mind: Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia and Penn State.

 

• He’s not sure about enrolling early anymore. He might. That depends on the depth chart situation at a favored school.

 

• College baseball is also a big option. His father, Ivant Fields, really wants him to play college baseball.

 

• “My Dad really wants me to do it so bad,” Justin Fields said. “But I am kind of distant from baseball. My love

  

  Justin Fields got his first offer from UNC in early May of 2016. He’s had quite the rise in 13 months. He’s now the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect.

  for the game is all in football. But I guess my Dad is talking about not closing any doors because I’m pretty good at baseball. I probably won’t play like for the team in college. Maybe I will probably get like a few swings in or maybe practice with the team. I realize how hard it is to be fighting for a job. You can’t go play baseball. You have to be all in with football until you have the job secured.”

 

• He really doesn’t know right now. “When I know, I will commit. Because I want to commit and start building that class with me. Because I want great players to come along and play with me.”

 

• When asked, Fields said he thinks his decision could be a tipping point for up to eight other players to follow him. “I’ve been talking to guys,” he said. “Probably like eight. These are receivers, tight ends, defensive backs and running backs. Pretty much all of those positions.”

 

• When they met up at The Opening, Fields really thought that Matt Corral was about to commit to Georgia. Corral chose Florida this weekend. That decision came quickly on his first visit.

 

The bigger questions that pertain to Justin Fields

Q. How do you do this and focus on your senior season? Do you have any semblance of a leader in mind? Even privately?

A.  “I would say there are two schools. There are two that are like tied.”

Q. How do you figure that out between those two? 

5-star Metro Atlanta QB Justin Fields de-committed from Penn State back in June. (Jeff Sentell / SEC Country)

A. “Just the on-field play and how the season goes for them?”

Q. What does your family want you to do? 

A. “My stepmom wants me to go to Georgia. My Dad, he doesn’t care. He likes Georgia a lot. Just because of the distance. Florida State is also there with him. He likes what they have done with the recent quarterbacks. My mom she just really wants the best for me. My sister (Jaiden) I would say she wants me to go to Georgia. Just to go to school with her. That’s kind of her take on it.”

Q. What are you thinking right now about high school baseball or enrolling early? 

A. “It depends on which college I go to. It depends on that college and what that quarterback situation is at that certain college. If I commit to a college where I could play freshman year or have a chance to, then I am probably going to graduate early to get the offense down. I might play a little bit of college baseball my second or third year just to kind of keep my skill set up for baseball.”

Q. Do you then have schools where you identify as an enroll early or a non-enroll early option? 

A. Those would be Auburn and Florida State.  Jarrett (Stidham) at Auburn and Deondre (Francois) at Florida State are potential draft picks if they have a great year this year. I can see them both going out for the draft if they have big years. But Georgia is a little iffy. That depends on how well Jacob (Eason) does this year.

Justin Fields said he has two schools ahead in front right now. He did not name those schools. (Jeremy Birmingham /Land of 10)

Q. Does that seem like you might take a long time then to decide? To see how all those guys do?

A. No. I don’t think I am going to wait. Not a long time. I think I will probably commit after my five official visits. Well, you know actually I wouldn’t even say that. I will just say that I will commit when I know. I will just say that really.” 

What else is Justin Fields looking for?

Q. In the past, we’ve discussed a 3-pronged formula for you. That’s academics, family input and relationships with your future coaches and teammates. Is that still it? Is there anything new or missing there? 

A. “I would say at the end of the day that family matters. But you also have to look at what is best for you. You have to make some sacrifices. My Dad and I were talking about this yesterday. It may sound hard but at the end of the day (my family) will be fine if I go to Auburn, Georgia or Florida State. They will be fine with whatever school. They just want what is best for me. I would say it is kind of a mutual thing with me. You want to do what’s best for your family here but they want you what is best for you. I would just say that feeling is kind of mutual there.” 

Q. Some of this will weigh on your brain and your heart and you just probably also want to go somewhere fun. I hear this with elite players and a tough decision. There are a lot of players you would have a lot of fun with in this class. It seems like you know a lot of guys that have a high interest in Georgia. … Does it seem like Georgia would be the most relationship-based school that you are considering? 

A. “Yeah, I think that Georgia is definitely on top with the relationship base there. That’s the players around me and the coaches. I feel like I have the best relationships with them.”

Follow-up: The players on the current team also reach out to you on Twitter. 

A. “Yeah, they do. That’s Richard (LeCounte III) and Jeremiah (Holloman) and those guys. But I would say Florida State here, too. I feel like with their current players I feel like I have a better relationship with their current players now at Florida State. But I feel like at Georgia I feel like I have a better relationship with the guys that could potentially go there.”

Q. What’s the balance there? How much of that is having to look at that as what is best for you and then balancing that with the tug to go play with all of your boys? 

A. “I don’t think it would determine where I go. I mean it is not that hard to make friends. If you go in there and work hard and stay humble, I feel like you are going to be liked by the team. I think I have a better relationship with all the players who could potentially go to Georgia just because we all live in the same state and we see each other a little bit more. I guess that’s why I have a better relationship with those guys.”

 

 

The part I highlighted Orange sounds like he's talking about AU & looks important. It echoes what 23, WDE & other connected AU people have said on various message boards. He wouldn't have to wait to really see how the season goes for FSU or UGA. You know what you are getting with FSU and there ain't much changing there. You know what you are getting at UGA with Smart & he's pretty safe for now only being in his 2nd year as a HC.

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2 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

new sec country article/interview with Mr. Fields.

And I took the past 10 minutes prettying it up for readers. lol

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1 minute ago, ellitor said:

And I took the past 10 minutes prettying it up for readers. lol

us simpleton common folk do not know how to do that!! It is above my pay grade in here! lol I just pretend to act like I know what I am doing and show a lot of enthusiasm and scream a lot like Buddy Stephens! haha

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3 minutes ago, ellitor said:

Good read from DawgNation FWIW. Some positives for each school. I got some of the mom/stepmom particulars wrong. My apologies.

 

The part I highlighted Orange sounds like he's talking about AU & looks important. It echoes what 23, WDE & other connected AU people have said on various message boards. He would have to wait to really sees how the season goes for FSU or UGA. You know what you are getting with FSU and there ain't much changing there. You know what you are getting at UGA with Smart & he's pretty safe for now only being in his 2nd year as a HC.

that richard lecounte REALLY bothers me. Everything he says just rubs me the wrong way! lol.. Welp time for him to become tight and get a good relationship with our players. LETS GO TO WORK! 

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14 minutes ago, NoALtiger said:

Seastrunk thread probably followed by Rueben Foster thread. Classics. 

Possibly the "Bug C" (Cyrus Kouandijo) thread, too.

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4 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

that richard lecounte REALLY bothers me. Everything he says just rubs me the wrong way! lol.. Welp time for him to become tight and get a good relationship with our players. LETS GO TO WORK! 

Isn't he friends with Jarrett? And FWIW he retweets and follows Kyle Davis. They could become bff haha. 

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Just now, AidiAU said:

Isn't he friends with Jarrett? And FWIW he retweets and follows Kyle Davis. They could become bff haha. 

I know he is close to the woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooten family! haha That is all that I have seen on our end for now.

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Just now, GwillMac6 said:

I know he is close to the woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooten family! haha That is all that I have seen on our end for now.

Oh I forgot about them. Your enthusiasm lately is killing me! 

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6 hours ago, The Freak said:

Dawg fans say that crap so that when we get the recruit they can say we must have paid them.

Not even kidding.

UGA is such a non factor in the world of SEC and NCs these days.

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Just now, AidiAU said:

Oh I forgot about them. Your enthusiasm lately is killing me! 

I am getting in football mode. This is just a 6 on the excitement meter!!! haha got to pace myself till september. NO PROMISES though if Mr Fields commits to us before then though fam!

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6 hours ago, Gowebb11 said:

I'm going to make this post, then prepare for the nuclear fallout. I'm tired of the complaining about negative recruiting. Are our rivals supposed to positively recruit versus us?  If FSU and UGA are spewing lies to recruits and Parents, it is up to our coach and staff to call it out. If their negative tactics include pointing out some of the downsides of our recent performance, they are doing their job.   In business you exalt your achievements and accomplishments and downplay the opponents. We have a lot of positives to sell,  AU has been generous in given our opponents negative things to use against us with our complete lack of consistency. (2-8 record vs UGA for instance, or the unexplainable demise of JJ at QB)  If Gus wants to end the negative recruiting he needs to produce a few 10 win seasons and start moving some QBs to the league. 2017 is a great time to start reversing the trend. 

Posting that negative recruiting CAN backfire badly with informed parents & intelligent recruits is neither a complaint nor asking our rivals to play us up. You missed the point tex.

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To me, that article seems like he's more likely choosing between Florida st. and Georgia. The orange highlighted portion, thanks to ellitor, does look like a reference to us. 

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2 minutes ago, doc4aday said:

UGA is such a non factor in the world of SEC and NCs these days.

I wish my uga coworker felt like this. Totally wanted to jab at AU saying we weren't in the running for JF- even mentioned their new receuit, Caleb T basically asking JF "where he was at" in his commit tweet. Ugh. ?

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I get the same feeling as well. This article makes it seem like this is a UGA and FSU battle. I hope that feeling is wrong. Kirby can recruit but can he provide the offensive scheme to JF that AU can. 

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I cannot wait until the day when we move to the SEC East and show who is the relevant team that can win the east on a regular basis. I hope that we can get this ball rolling soon and get out of the SEC West. When you have Mizzou hundreds of miles west of Auburn as well as Vandy being west of us, this makes sense and JJ should start pushing hard and heavy to make this happen. I would think that the rest of the SEC West would be glad to get Mizzou in place of us. We keep the turds as our permanent west team and this should appease them.

It would be fun to beat the turds 2X in one season for sure! 

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8 minutes ago, WarEagleHunter1221 said:

I get the same feeling as well. This article makes it seem like this is a UGA and FSU battle. I hope that feeling is wrong. Kirby can recruit but can he provide the offensive scheme to JF that AU can. 

Don't focus on the entire article. Focus on the most important part. He said he has 2 tied at the top & his choice will depend on on field play & how the season goes for them. That means AU almost has to be one of the tied teams. He really doesn't have to see how the season goes for UGA & FSU as those 2 staffs are in a secure place right now. He also knows how UGA & FSU will play offensively. The only O he has to see how they play is AU & if we balance out our running attack with an explosive passing game.

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8 minutes ago, doc4aday said:

I cannot wait until the day when we move to the SEC East and show who is the relevant team that can win the east on a regular basis. I hope that we can get this ball rolling soon and get out of the SEC West. When you have Mizzou hundreds of miles west of Auburn as well as Vandy being west of us, this makes sense and JJ should start pushing hard and heavy to make this happen. I would think that the rest of the SEC West would be glad to get Mizzou in place of us. We keep the turds as our permanent west team and this should appease them.

It would be fun to beat the turds 2X in one season for sure! 

This isn't germaine to the topic but  you may have to wait a very long time before seeing AU in the East. It's likely going to take adding Oklahoma & Okie St.