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Give me a recruit you were SURE your team would land

Posted on 2/20/14 at 5:48 pm
Posted by BuccWildBammer
AL
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/20/14 at 5:48 pm
This time last year...and why they didn't or what happened

this should be fun

My 3 are

- Tyler Luatua - TE from Cali, already have his big bro on the team and he was by all accounts a beast TE, fast forward one year and staff sort of grew cold on him after a disappointing Sr year - ended up at ND where his skill set will serve him better in their spread type O.

- Jordan Sims -I was extremely high on Sims at the jump of last yr's class but Bama always seemed to pursue guys they thought were higher on the board than Sims and kept him on the cusp of an offer. The Homewood HS product ultimately ended up at rival SEC school Ole Miss and I can only hope both in-state schools don't regret not paying him more attention like both likely do with the last Homewood HS product Nebraska's phenomenal RB Ameer Abdullah

- Lorenzo "Zo" Carter - At this point last year Zo really seemed like Bama's answer to getting an edge rusher that was staff's top need beside secondary. Da'Shawn Hand seemed like a long shot and all but locked to a northern school like Va Tech or Michigan, and Rashaan Evans was relatively unknown and seemed like a virtual AU lock. Carter was the key to this void it looked like and his interest with UGA seemed like it was faint at best, seemed more interested in Bama or AU. Fast forward and you have to credit UGA's staff for fighting an uphill battle for much of his recruitment then rounding around the home stretch strong to reel him in.
This post was edited on 2/20/14 at 5:48 pm
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70891 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 5:52 pm to
Speedy because aTm doesn't drug test
Posted by NastyTiger
Hammond/Baton Rouge/Lafayette
Member since Jun 2005
11271 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 5:54 pm to
Easily Tony Brown.
Posted by headbangerrebel
Oxford
Member since Feb 2013
158 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 5:58 pm to
Nyles Morgan
Posted by BuccWildBammer
AL
Member since Nov 2011
23334 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:03 pm to
We both lost one to ND

I guess Morgan saw PT up in South Bend
Posted by adammwilson
Carrollton (GA)
Member since Jul 2009
21519 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:04 pm to
Nick Glass sticks out. He fell off hugely his SR year. Is at a JUCO now.

Posted by ILoveLamp
Florida
Member since Aug 2009
4303 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:06 pm to
Christian Hackenberg
Posted by TRUERockyTop
Appalachia
Member since Sep 2011
15812 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:08 pm to
Derrell Scott was all but guaranteed


Nevermind, I'm not a South Carolina fan
Posted by Projectpat
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2011
10521 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:13 pm to
quote:

Give me a recruit you were SURE your team would land this time last year


Dylan Sumner-Gardner

quote:

and why they didn't or what happened


He developed a hankering for potatoes.
This post was edited on 2/20/14 at 6:18 pm
Posted by chattabama
12essee
Member since Jun 2012
19315 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:15 pm to
The only one I would add to yours is Roc Thomas. I was sure that we were going to offer early, and he would commit early. Unfortunately we slow-played the frick out of him, so he committed to AU. It was too late when we tried to get back in it in January of this year.
Posted by bigtiger440
Southside, Al
Member since Sep 2009
807 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:16 pm to
As an Auburn man I decline to name a specific recruit at this time, enough time has yet to pass.
Posted by AA7
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2009
26681 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:21 pm to
quote:

Rashaan Evans was relatively unknown and seemed like a virtual AU lock

Not really. He seemed like he wanted to go anywhere but Auburn until we didn't suck.
Posted by Reda LSU
Los Angeles
Member since Jan 2013
4190 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:21 pm to
Im surprised you didn't put Leonard Fournette in the OP
Posted by volfan30
Member since Jun 2010
40949 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:25 pm to
We landed pretty much everyone we expected to tbh. First time I can remember that happening.
Posted by The_Joker
Winter Park, Fl
Member since Jan 2013
16316 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:27 pm to
Leonard Fournette. It just didn't work out
Posted by MenloDawg
Member since Jan 2010
6719 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:36 pm to
Dontavius Russell, never saw the season unfolding the way it did in a million years.
Posted by BuccWildBammer
AL
Member since Nov 2011
23334 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:38 pm to
Why? I didn't think at this time last yr that Bama would land him?
Posted by crispyUGA
Upstate SC
Member since Feb 2011
15919 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:45 pm to
This time last year most UGA fans weren't even thinking about the '14 class because they were currently still melting over Tunsil.


But, I'd say Nick Glass and DJ Smith come to mind. At this point most people thought DJ Smith would be a priority for our coaches but contact between both was spotty. Nick Glass screwed the proverbial pooch with a string of several very, very bad decisions and every school pulled their offers.
Posted by adammwilson
Carrollton (GA)
Member since Jul 2009
21519 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

We landed pretty much everyone we expected to tbh. First time I can remember that happening.


LAMBERT?
Posted by MID_TN_VOL
Franklin,TN
Member since Sep 2013
592 posts
Posted on 2/20/14 at 6:50 pm to
Davonte Lambert
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