re: Fall Camp thread

I was already pretty high on Dodson but that video of him running down a swing pass on the perimeter....he might be able to contribute this year. No matter what, I expect him to be a huge factor in the future.

I certainly don't hate any of that.

quote:

---

Yep, and I think I saw somewhere that he squatted the most on the entire team earlier this year (700+ I believe). Stinks we only got one LB in the 2016 class, but at least we got a really good one.

---

People gave the staff crap for not going after the TX kids, but Chavis only wanted 2 this past cycle.

He put all his eggs in the Dodson and Divinity basket, because Divinity said he was going to commit. Btw...Divinity will likely start for LSU this year at OLB.

There were guys with flashier numbers who went to much bigger high schools and so they became these recruit stars. Among those was Martell. The Tater had the spotlight for years, which is why he has a ton of hype and Starkel didn't. It's self-perpetuating. Starkel is a beanpole who went to a not-renowned private school in the burbs. He didn't get the limelight. It is political. Mazzone always wanted Starkel though. Starkel was Mazzone's target prize when Mazzone was at UCLA. Mazzone scouted him and thinks he fits his system best. On that basis, I was always 100% down with wanting the kid. Why do you think ESPN gave him 4* and everyone else have him 3*? Because ESPN actually scouted him and the rest of the services just gave him the default stars for a guy they haven't actually seen, but had the numbers he had combined with the schools who were interested. A lot of times they don't want to be embarrassed later, but they don't know who the kid is, but notice some big schools with interest, so they say "uhhh... 3*" Contrast Starkel with the Tater, who is another punk like Manziel and the Midget and no doubt the fame and attention has gone to his head and made him think he will be NFL worthy as a freshman like Kyle Allen thought. I didn't mind losing the Tater at all. Good riddance. We already had Starkel who is 6'4", will grow into his frame, and is a good fit for Mazzone, whereas the Tater is not really useful in this system and would just be an attention-seeking distraction. We need more Starkels and less Taters, Midgets, and Babyface Allens.

Anybody know what's going on with Madubuike? With our DL depth, he probably isn't needed, but I haven't read anything about him all fall.

He's still not 100% after his senior year back injury, he's taking a RS year.