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Do kids recruited as 'Athlete' ever really pan out?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 8:52 am
Posted on 1/12/15 at 8:52 am
Bama has had several of these guys over the last few years and I can't remember any of them who lived up to their star rating.
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Posted on 1/12/15 at 8:56 am to GumpDyke
Yes
Posted on 1/12/15 at 8:59 am to GumpDyke
Tharold Simon is in the playoffs. 
Posted on 1/12/15 at 8:59 am to GumpDyke
Blake Sims
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:05 am to CapstoneGrad06
I thought Mark Barron was listed as an athlete but I may be mistaken. He was a 2 or 3 time all american and top ten pick.
Cyrus Jones was an athlete but I'm not sure how we should judge him just yet.
Cyrus Jones was an athlete but I'm not sure how we should judge him just yet.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:09 am to LukeSidewalker
Adoree Jackson seemed to do decent this year.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:16 am to GumpDyke
Myles Jack say hello
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:30 am to LukeSidewalker
Mark Barron was as well. Some thought he would start out at RB. Hightower is another. Looked at as a DE project at the time. You could add Mark Ingram. Some sites had him as an athlete. He was a late add to the 2008 class. Looked at as a possible safety then.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:31 am to Gotta have DeZeier
Michael Crabtree was listed an an athlete on Rivals.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:36 am to GumpDyke
quote:
pan out?
define this
per Rivals
Stephon Gilmore
Robert Woods
De'Anthony Thomas
Marqise Lee
Eddie Williams
This post was edited on 1/12/15 at 9:39 am
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:01 am to GumpDyke
20 posts? Please post less.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:05 am to WithaRebelYell
Boom Williams seems to be working out well in Lexington.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:10 am to WildcatMike
Todd Gurley was listed as an athlete on some sites. He was pretty good.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:12 am to GumpDyke
A lot of them work out, but I don't think there's any doubt that having a clear position projection coming out if high school puts a prospect in better shape than a guy who doesn't.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:14 am to GumpDyke
They pan out all the time.
Blake Sims
Cyrus Jones
Derrick Henry
Eddie Jackson
That's Alabama's starting QB, two starting CBs, and 2nd RB from this past season. But yeah, Alabama's athletes don't pan out. Give me a break.
Blake Sims
Cyrus Jones
Derrick Henry
Eddie Jackson
That's Alabama's starting QB, two starting CBs, and 2nd RB from this past season. But yeah, Alabama's athletes don't pan out. Give me a break.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:34 am to GumpDyke
Jalen Hurd was listed as an athlete on 247 I think.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:39 am to GumpDyke
Cody Prewitt was an athlete.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:50 am to WithaRebelYell
Why you so angry?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:53 am to NorthGAVol
I think there is a distinction to make... guys like Hurd may have been listed as a ATH by the recruiting services, but he was recruited and signed by TN as a RB. Some guys are signed by a school as an athlete with the understanding they'll start out at one position and if that doesn't work out, they'll move somewhere else.
While Blake Sims is being used as an example of a ATH that succeeded, would he have been better off signing as a QB and playing that position for four/five years instead of being a fifth string RB?
While Blake Sims is being used as an example of a ATH that succeeded, would he have been better off signing as a QB and playing that position for four/five years instead of being a fifth string RB?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 10:56 am to TxTiger82
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They pan out all the time.
Blake Sims
Cyrus Jones
Derrick Henry
Eddie Jackson
I don't think 1 player in this list really lived up to expectations/recruiting hype.
Blake would probably have had a better career if he would have started off at another position (safety?) and stuck with it for 4 years.
Cyrus Jones...meh.
Derrick Henry...Looks like Tarzan, runs like Jane. Would probably be a better TE.
Eddie Jackson...the jaws of life won't be able to remove the image of him falling down while OSU's WR scores a TD.
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