I'm sure there will be better schools recruiting him before its all said in done. Hopefully he stays committed though.
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Outstanding pickup, particularly at this time of year - it could have a chance to influence some other kids who we are also recruiting who may know of him. No question that this staff knows what it is doing on the recruiting front and we seem to be building a nice base of young talent.
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If it were December 2011 and the only other offer he had was WMU, you might have a point. In May 2011, a lot of schools have not extended that many offers yet. Some schools specifically wait until a kid is in his senior season to see how that works out before they offer.
ISU is offering early in an attempt to grab impressive soon to be seniors early.
What do you think is going to happen? How many recruits has the current staff lost to another school after an early commitment? Last year there was one and the year before there was one. Ye of little faith. As soon as they get him up for a visit and he takes Ames and ISU in, he'll be fine.
I guess Im a bit of a pessimist. I just have a bad feeling about it. A big time prospect from Texas committs to us early, which is great, but I have a bad feeling that when the other big schools come calling, he will listen. Just a guess on my part though, I have no inside info or anything like that
I can see your point. It seems like Texas kids especially seem to opt to stay closer to home if the offer is out there. I guess they can't resist the lure of playing in the great state of Texas.
Florida kids seem more willing to leave the state for some reason.
I agree, I'll celebrate this one on signing day. The bigger schools will soon start offering the second tier prospects and I'm guessing he will be on somebody's list closer to home.
It's a good thing he committed to us. Hopefully this will keep some schools away. We need to get this kid on campus for a visit ASAP!!
It's a good thing he committed to us. Hopefully this will keep some schools away. We need to get this kid on campus for a visit ASAP!!
I think all of you guys are underrating this kid. He's not a possession receiver. Possession receivers don't average 20 yards per catch and a TD for every 4 receptions in high school. This guy is a deep threat. Yes, he's not going to beat too many people downfield, but he goes up and gets the ball and at 6-4, 6-5, with some muscle behind it, he 's going to get it 9 times out of 10 over smaller DBs. And it's not like he has no speed. He has plenty of speed for the position.
As of now ESPN has him ranked as a 78, but you can only see it on the team homepage, not his individual page (at least not without insider). That's what they had Nealy rated as last year, so that alone gets me excited!
Iowa State Football - Cyclones News, Scores, Videos - College Football - ESPN
yes, I know ESPN isn't the best recruiting site, but it still blows Scout away...
Iowa State Football - Cyclones News, Scores, Videos - College Football - ESPN
yes, I know ESPN isn't the best recruiting site, but it still blows Scout away...
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Good point. Lack of speed does not automatically mean he has to be a possession receiver. Look at a guy like Sidney Rice. He's a legitimate deep threat in the NFL, and his speed is very suspect. He does it all on positioning, height, and body control.
I actually think Scout is better in terms of being accurate evaluators. I am looking for the study. If I find it, I will post it. If I remember correctly, the findings were RIvals first, Scout 2nd and ESPN a long ways back. Also, I think ESPNs issues were they strongly overrated and underrated guys to extremes. Of course all of this was studied using the NFL draft as the end game so there are some other things at play, but I don't really know how else you could do it.
Guess I wouldn't call a kid with no other BCS offers a "big time prospect". He's not even to the point of having TCU, SMU, Baylor after him much less UT and OU.
Texas was at the kid's high school looking at him on the day he committed to the good guys. Also, it's still kind of early in the recruiting process. Many schools don't extend the majority of their offers until the beginning of summer and camp season. So don't be saying there was no interest in him from big-time programs.
I guess "big time prospect" is a bit much, but he will get some good offers in the future. Im betting schools like Texas Tech and TCU will go after him. If i had to guess right now, Im betting he will be a 3 star guy
Don't back down. I think your assessment of him was right to begin with.
Texas is chock full of big-time receiver prospects this year, so that's why this guy has flown under the radar a bit. It's kind of hard to stand out in a deep class like that. But guys who see him in person or on film gush over him. In any other year, this guy would be talked about a lot more.
No it's not. They have 16 commits so far. They're still looking at players for the 2012 class.
