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re: Class of 2017 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: Say Your Goodbyes Edition
Posted on 8/9/16 at 9:52 am to We_R_The_Tide
Posted on 8/9/16 at 9:52 am to We_R_The_Tide
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Nasirildeen cannot commit at this time
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Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:41 am to We_R_The_Tide
What safety can commit right now?
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:59 am to TideSaint
Probably waiting to see what Todd Harris does.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 11:39 am to remaster916
Leatherwood and Byers are going to take all five of their official visits.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 11:52 am to We_R_The_Tide
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Bone's Recruiting Q&A
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retreaded questions from guys that seemingly read the site once a month.
Oh nice. Makes me want to read it just for the nostalgia of it. Take me back 5 years ago when i use to show up to all his Q&A's.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 1:45 pm to TideSaint
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What safety can commit right now?
Hunter and Harris would probably be the two that could at this moment, possible Gibbs....but he's a longshot.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 2:01 pm to We_R_The_Tide
I really, really like Hunter.
He killed it at the Opening.
I think we would have a better chance at him if we had taken his former teammate last season in Jaquan Yulee. The one positive is Yulee ended up at Marshall and not VT, who currently leads for Hunter.
He killed it at the Opening.
I think we would have a better chance at him if we had taken his former teammate last season in Jaquan Yulee. The one positive is Yulee ended up at Marshall and not VT, who currently leads for Hunter.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 2:28 pm to TideSaint
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State’s top prospect nowhere near decision
Alabama landing 4-star linebacker Markail Benton over Auburn was a big recruiting win, but it may prove to be more fruitful than just that.
Benton is teammates at Central High School (Phenix City, Ala.) with 2018 4-star wide receiver Justyn Ross. Ross is the No. 1 player in the state of Alabama in the Class of 2018 and one of the Crimson Tide’s top targets.
When Benton was uncommitted and seeing which school was going to fit him best, Ross accompanied him on almost every trip. Benton has said that he doesn’t plan on taking other visits other than to Tuscaloosa, so Ross may need a new partner to go on trips elsewhere.
Ross joked that he’s on the hunt for a new travel partner.
“I really don’t know who I’m going to bring,” Ross told SEC Country. “I might just have to go by myself.”
When Benton committed to Alabama, he quickly told SEC Country that his main target for who he wanted to join him in Tuscaloosa was Ross. The two are extremely close. It’s one of the reasons why sources believe Alabama is the favorite to land Ross when he makes his decision.
“Markail and I are like brothers,” Ross said. “We are always with each other. Like on recruiting trips, Markail and I always go together, so that’s why I believe people think that I will follow behind Markail with my decision.
“Markail knows at the end of the day I’m going to make my own decision, so he really hasn’t been in my ear as much, but I know that he wants me to join him in Tuscaloosa.”
There’s no timeline for Ross to make a decision. He’s taking it slowly because his mother is currently deployed in Kuwait with the National Guard. She won’t return to the United States until 2017, so he hasn’t put too much thought into which schools he’s strongly considering at this point.
“By the time she comes back, I should have my mind made up about my top schools,” Ross said.
Expect Alabama and Auburn to be two finalists when that time comes for Ross to release his top two schools.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 2:30 pm to TideSaint
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Stevens says his recruitment is over, but is it?
JaCoby Stevens committed to LSU on Monday, but Alabama was at the top at one point in his recruitment.
Stevens, a 5-star safety from Oakland High School (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), told our own Jeff Sentell, who was on the scene for the nation’s No. 2 safety’s commitment ceremony, that the Crimson Tide led for two weeks before the Tigers took the lead for good.
“They were just preaching to me that Saban is the guy that taught all these (coaches) from Georgia and the guys at Alabama now, so why not go to the primary guy?” Stevens said. “It made sense to me, so that’s why I did like Alabama.
“The thing they showed me with Saban is that you have guys like Mark Barron and Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix. They showed me meal plans and how they are going to take care of me off the field and in the classroom. I liked it.”
LSU beat out Alabama mainly because it was Stevens’ “first love,” as he described it. He didn’t visit Baton Rouge this summer, but a trip there this past spring was key. That trip to LSU was the standard that every other school needed to beat.
“It was finalized when I visited LSU during the spring,” Stevens told SEC Country. “I got the feeling that I thought I could commit. I didn’t want to admit it, so I kept going on visits. LSU was always that dark horse, though. That spring visit was the secret. The thing people knew is that I was there, but they didn’t know it had that sort of effect.”
As I’ve mentioned previously, Stevens’ mind has changed quite frequently throughout his recruitment. He committed to LSU before, de-committed and re-committed. He was silently committed to Georgia for a few months and had Alabama on top, too.
He says he’s only taking one official visit this fall though, and that’s to LSU.
“I feel like I don’t need to take any more official visits because I feel like this is the right choice for me,” Stevens said. “I don’t need people to try to persuade me otherwise. They all had their chance when I de-committed my junior year.”
Will Stevens keep to that mindset? That remains to be seen. Alabama linebacker commit VanDarius Cowan said something similar to Stevens and now he’s taking all five official visits, so it’s possible Stevens changes his mind down the road.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 2:31 pm to TideSaint
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Byers to take all five official visits
Talking about official visits, Alabama 4-star defensive tackle commit Akial Byers took to Twitter Monday night to announce that he’ll be taking all five official visits.
When he committed to Alabama in June, Byers’ other top schools included Ohio State, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.
Byers is silent when it comes to his recruitment, so his status with the Crimson Tide is unknown.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 3:28 pm to TideSaint
Like I've said, Stevens will go back and forth until just before he signs. As of today, I like our chances (more than I did yesterday) of signing him if we really want him badly enough.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 3:35 pm to TideSaint
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I think we would have a better chance at him if we had taken his former teammate last season in Jaquan Yulee
While he probably wouldn't have ended up in the class at the end even if he qualified, he went to Marshall because:
“His grade-point average is fine, but he still has to get the score,” Ferebee said. “To my knowledge, Marshall is the only school that takes partial qualifiers. So if he doesn’t get the score, he still has a place to go.”
Also heard he and Hunter are teammates, but not really what you would call close friends. Hunter plan on taking an OV, and came down to the BBQ on his own dime........so the interest is still their. Need it to grow between now and NSD.
This post was edited on 8/9/16 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 8/9/16 at 3:46 pm to TideSaint
What are the L5U folks so up in arms about toward you on the Najee Harris thread on the SEC Recruiting board? I see nothing bad at all on that thread that you posted. Am I missing something?
Posted on 8/9/16 at 3:59 pm to Bama3714
TS pisses off L5U fans just by posting something.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 6:25 pm to remaster916
Does anyone know what the true story is with Nico Collins yet ? Did the staff pass on him, or did he really want to go out of state ? Just curious.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 6:38 pm to remaster916
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TS pisses off L5U fans just by posting something.
He should try calling one of their players Cornholio. Works wonders for me around here.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 6:38 pm to Bama3714
I am their kryptonite.
They can't help themselves when I post truth over there. Their little hearts can't stand it.
Some of them aren't bad posters, but they all go full retard whenever I point out the stupidity of one.
They can't help themselves when I post truth over there. Their little hearts can't stand it.
Some of them aren't bad posters, but they all go full retard whenever I point out the stupidity of one.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 7:16 pm to Rizzy
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Brooklyn (N.Y.) Poly Prep offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson, a 2017 four-star prospect, has set his official visit to Alabama, along with four others, on Tuesday.
The 6-foot-7, 350-pounder will travel to Tuscaloosa the weekend of Nov. 25 for the Iron Bowl. Other schools that will receive visits include Florida State on Nov. 11, Michigan on Nov. 19 then Georgia and USC, both of which dates are to be determined.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 7:28 pm to Rizzy
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Commitments are capable of taking people off guard. They sometimes come out of nowhere to schools that few expect. That’s not the case on every occasion, however. Below are briefings and predictions pertaining to four of the Southeast’s most notable uncommitted prospects.
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