re: Class of 2015 Recruiting MEGATHREAD - Twilight Edition

Francois and Locksley.

Locksley committed there five minutes before Francois's annoucement, so it looked like Francois was headed to Auburn. Surprise! FSU ends up with two four start quarterbacks on one day. They also have a three star in the fold.

500

Dont forget about that 3 star they are all excited about from the gump

We're now to 10k yet.

Off Topic, but it looks like the Auburn Rivals site took a page out of the official site with this announcement:



Reminded me of



Who is the fricking Bammer that keeps hacking Auburn related sites?

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Ricky DeBerry
DeBerry ready to narrow list

Standout linebacker/defensive end Ricky DeBerry of St Christopher's in Richmond, VA is ready to narrow down his long list of offers. The 6-3, 250-pounder, who has roughly 60 offers, currently has 20 schools, including Alabama, under consideration. But next week DeBerry plans to whittle that list down some.

As of now, the schools under consideration include Alabama, Arizona State, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, LSU, Miami, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, South Carolina, UCLA, USC, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

"He has his personal things he's looking at," says his father, Rick DeBerry. "But we're interested in how often a coach from a particular school stays in contact with him. We also are interested in which coaches are keeping in touch with us as parents, because how can you recruit a kid and not build a relationship with his parents? I want to know who I'm sending my son to. That's very important."

The Alabama coaches, most notably assistant Lance Thompson, have stayed in regular contact with the family. The DeBerry's made an unofficial visit to UA in mid-June. It was their first time to visit Tuscaloosa.

"I know that the Alabama coaches have been on vacation, so I haven't personally had any contact with them since the visit. Maybe Ricky has, but I haven't," Mr DeBerry says. "But for the visit itself, I thought it went very well.

"I think that Coach Saban does a great job of demonstrating the importance of life after football. His care for the player after his career on the football field is over is obvious.

"Coach Saban really didn't talk much about football. He stressed the importance of succeeding academically. It was kind of like this, if you don't take care of your academics, you're not going to practice or participate in the games."

Saban stressed that DeBerry has the size, speed and versatility the UA staff covets.

"The opportunity of being able to do more than one thing on the field was the thing he talked about," Rick DeBerry says. "They felt they could give him an opportunity to find where his skills were best suited position-wise. A lot of people recruit you as a defensive end or a linebacker or receiver and they won't allow you to do anything else. But Coach Saban says that they allow the young men to try out for what they want to do and see how well it goes. After that, he sits down with them and discusses what he thinks they should do. That kind of resonated with Ricky."

Saban also addressed opposing schools that try to use Alabama's depth chart against the Tide.

"His response was that when people speak of such, are they questioning your ability to be able to compete in a very competitive environment? He said that when you believe in yourself and when you prepare very well that you will be OK," Rick DeBerry says. "He said that those players who won't prepare and do the things necessary, sure they should worry. What he said is right. If you're going to play at that high of a level of football, you first need to do the things necessary and required. Secondly, you have to be confident in your abilities to compete. Those are the things that we process with Ricky all the time. We are always talking about preparation."

So with many of the questions about Alabama answered, will the Tide remain in contention?

"He's very interested in Alabama," Rick DeBerry says. "We're visiting Texas A&M [today and tomorrow] and then we'll come back here. He plans to release his list probably on August 8th. After that, the season starts."

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Never did get my celebration post for Rico, so here it is



According to the UGA sites we cheated our asses off to get him. Which one of you wrote the check this time?

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Which one of you wrote the check this time?

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IT WAS ME AUSTIN! IT WAS ME, ALL ALONG, AUSTIN!

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What are some of your insiders saying? Just curious how they think it went down.

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That his parents and inner circle really want him at Bama. That's really all they've said.

Most UGA fans get frustrated with this De'Vinner guy just based on history. He's the one who took the money so that Will Redmond wouldn't visit Georgia. UGA banned him from campus and since then he's pushed people away from UGA. I don't think many Georgia fans think Alabama paid off McGraw, they're just frustrated with losing another player that this De'Vinner guy is involved with.