re: 2017 Football Recruiting thread. **Final List (maybe)**

Offer out to NR OT Marquis Hayes of Pattonville

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I wonder why we haven't offered Djimon Colbert yet?

He's a 4* DB out of KC

Love this offer. Big in state kid. No slow playing him.

"Can't work both ways...if coaches like Ford, and he's a top 10 assistant (according to whom?) then why can't he build a loyal St. Louis base? I'm sure he's a nice guy, but recruiting is sales and relationship building, and he has proven he doesn't have it.

When you say "StL has never had an allegiance to Mizzou" then you're saying Ford has not built allegiances in StL. He needs help from a strong secondary. Now, in all fairness, I don't think there was a strong salesman on the whole Pinkel staff. I think Ford's tenure & Wilson's sales skills, would have been a formidable team in StL."


I have to give Ford credit. He is building bridges in the STL. Has landed a few biggies. Did good work with Alton and Scales this year. Starting to get some ESTL players and has guys at least considering MU. It wasn't that long ago, (1990s, 2000s?) that STL kids would not give MU coaches the time of day. Ford is still fighting that at some schools I suspect.

Also, you make a big point about Pinkel's offer strategy. I'm guessing a lot of STL kids were told they should be offended by not getting offers on the first visit and that they were too good to need any "consideration."

We have Cross on the staff now as well. That can only help the recruiting in the 314.

Big kid, needs some S&C time, seems to jolt back at initial contact. He's big enough to be a wall. Hope he redshirts in 2016, so he can play 3 for Mizzou.

Offer out to 4* DB Kary Vincent out of TX

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Oscar Gambler ?@oscargambler 9h9 hours ago
Mizzou appears to be heavy leans for the three kids they have offered, including the consensus #1 recruit in the state, DE Chester Graves

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Graves looks like we need to lock him down.

How are we feeling on our chances to land Jeff Thomas? This is a kid we have been looking at since he was at least a sophomore. He would be a HUGE land for this class.

Really good piece on rock m nation about 2017 regional recruits.

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There's 3-4 OL in state that we really need to lock up. Hayes has to be at the top of the priority list. If we can secure our borders on the OLs and pickup 2 JUCO guys, we should be in good shape.