re: 2020 FB Recruiting & Roster

Maybe he has Le'Veon Bell & Antonio Brown fatheads in his bedroom.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up at SMU or some place like that. Kid has major issues and I hope he gets the help and mentoring he needs.

I couldn’t imagine Houston’s locker room with all the misfit toys they take in

It appears Darnell Washington is going to lose his 5th star on Rivals

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2. Darnell Washington should keep his fifth star.

Farrell’s take: FICTION. Almost everyone on our staff has seen Darnell Washington in person. I don’t think he’s a five-star after scouting him for a week at Under Armour. He’s a massive player and a superior physical specimen, but as a tight end he turns a bit too slow and he’s heavy-footed.

Some of that is expected from a 6-foot-7, 260 pounder and the same could have been said about Rob Gronkowski coming out of high school as well. But there is too high of a boom-or-bust factor with Washington to keep him as a five-star. We will see what everyone else thinks as we finalize our 2020 rankings.

Gorney’s take: FACT. Sometimes, we overthink these things and get things wrong that are blatantly obvious right in front of us. And this is a perfect example of that. Turns too slowly? Heavy-footed? He’s a teenager who is one of the best physical specimens to come through our rankings in many years and he should have a major impact on the college level.

If Georgia throws to the tight end for once, Washington should be the No. 1 target all the way down the field and especially in the red zone. We can talk about slow feet and turning like a battleship, but what about excellent hands, catch radius and freakish size? In my book, kids like Washington don’t come around often and if he can get a little more athletic, then he could be really special. He’s a five-star.

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Adam Gorney disagrees with Farrell, but as we all know, Farrell has final say when it comes to Rivals' rankings.

If he's already attempted and failed to get academic clearance from the NCAA UGA won't get the spot back. Otherwise, if Evans requests a release from the NLI and UGA grants it, I don't think that voided NLI would still count toward UGA's signings limit.

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If he's already attempted and failed to get academic clearance from the NCAA UGA won't get the spot back.

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Rumor on the LSURb going around that Evans made an 11 on the ACT.

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It is one highlight but funny nonetheless.

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that's pretty awesome.

That might be better than a lot of the fans on that board could score.

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Dude doesn't know how to use his size at all. His highlights in the allstar practices and games paints him exactly how I saw him.

Athletic player playing TE. He isn't a TE who happens to be athletic.

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I don't really think he's even that athletic. If he were 6'4" instead of 6'7" he'd be a 3* going to Utah or Texas Tech. Obviously that's a big if considering you can't teach a guy to be tall and have long arms, but just in terms of actual football performance he has never impressed me. At least as a 5*. I think he can be taught how to correctly post up for jump balls and become a serious redzone threat.