re: Class of 2016 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: Waiting On Demetris Robertson Edition

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Jedrick Wills, 2017 4-Star Offensive Tackle

As reported by Scout's Brian Eldridge, Alabama started the week on Monday by offering the top player in the state of Kentucky who could develop into a bookend tackle one day.

It will be hard to get Wills out from his hometown Kentucky Wildcats, but as he gets more and more attention on the recruiting trail, he could start to pursue other options. Alabama has certainly shown a track record of getting its offensive linemen to the next level.

Mario Cristobal was in town to see another player, but Wills’ high school coach, Eric Shaw, turned Cristobal on to his rising junior tackle.

“(Cristobal) came by to see me this morning and talk to me a little bit,” Shaw told 247Sports’ Hank South. “Everyone is stopping by to see my soon-to-be senior Landon Young. I told him I wanted to show him Jedrick, and afterwards he told me to put them in the mix for him.”

Shaw thinks that the 6’5”, 300-pound Wills could continue to get bigger:

He has great feet to be 6'5", 310 pounds. I think he has the opportunity to be even bigger. He just turned 16 yesterday, he’s still growing and I think at the end of the day he might be 6’7” or 6’8”. He has very long arms and very good speed. He’s very aggressive, and he plays to his size. There are a lot of guys throughout the country that have the size and the strength, but they don’t have that nastiness to them, but he has it all.

Shaw also added that he thinks Alabama will be near the top of Wills' list when he starts to trim it down.

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Tyler Donohue @TDsTake · 6h 6 hours ago
Among the top 30 QB recruits in 2016 composite rankings, 25 are now committed to a college...

4-star Woody Barrett will decide next week.

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Potential 2015 sleeper: Alabama
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Greg Ostendorf, ESPN Staff Writer

For the past week on the SEC blog we've taken a look at one player on each team who could be a sleeper in 2015 -- a player who might not be getting a lot of buzz now but could have a significant impact on his team's fortunes this season.

Alabama

Sleeper: Robert Foster, wide receiver

Why: Foster isn’t used to the term sleeper. He was ranked the No. 25 overall recruit in the ESPN 300 when he signed with Alabama and had offers from just about every major school in the country, so he’s more accustomed to the term star. But after redshirting in 2013, Foster had just six catches for 44 yards last season, and he’s yet to make a catch in an SEC game. He hasn’t quite lived up to the hype early in his career, but that could all change in 2015. Alabama will be without its top three wide receivers from last season, including Heisman Trophy finalist Amari Cooper. In fact, no returning player had more than 17 receptions last season. That means this could be the year Foster finally breaks through.

Fellow receivers ArDarius Stewart and Chris Black are expected to play and possibly start, but at 6-foot-2, 194 pounds, Foster brings a different element. He has the speed to blow past defenses, and he also has the size and athleticism to go up and get the ball at its highest point. He showed off that ability in the spring game when he finished with six catches for a team-high 125 yards. For now, he’s still a sleeper. But don’t be surprised if he’s a star by the end of the season.

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Aaron Wilson @RavensInsider · 23m 23 minutes ago
Ravens cut linebacker Trey DePriest, sign Andrew Bose:

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Ravens cut linebacker Trey DePriest,

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Michael Griffin

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