re: Class of 2019 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: That's a Wrap Edition

We got the best recruiting thread don't we folks?

How do you make that an image to post here?

I see people do it all the time but I can't figure it out.

The best of the Young boys at West Jones? It's the youngest, Byron

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LAUREL — Byron Young stands on the football field at West Jones High School in early July smiling for a camera. Well, maybe two cameras.

There's a photographer with professional equipment, and trailing the photographer, a woman with an iPhone. Her name is Shavon. She’s Byron’s older sister. Shavon stands behind the photographer and takes pictures of her brother.

Byron’s father, Kenny, stands off to the side. He watches this scene, a photographer and his daughter taking pictures of his youngest child, and can't help but smile.

“My family means the world to me,” Kenny said later. “Every one of my kids means the world to me.”

Almost the whole family came to this small photoshoot. They’re here because Byron’s here, and the Young family always supports each other. Byron's mom, Melissa, couldn’t come, so she wants lots of pictures. The night before, she called Kendrick, the oldest of her five children, and asked if he wanted to go.

“Of course I want to go!” Kendrick said.

Of the five children, only Brandon, the second-youngest who plays football at Arkansas-Monticello, is not here.

Inside the fieldhouse, Kendrick and Regrick, two of Byron’s three older brothers, chat with West Jones head coach Scott Pierson, who has coached all four of the Young brothers. Byron is the last of them.

“He’s got the most talent out of all of them,” Pierson said of Young, who is the newest member of the 2018 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen.

Young, who’s considered one of the 10 best defensive ends in the country, recorded 22 tackles for a loss and 14 sacks last season. When he committed to Alabama on July 4, he became the first of the brothers to commit to a Power 5 program. (Kendrick played at Southern Illinois and and Regrick played at Pearl River.)

Without his brothers, Young may never have reached this point. Before playing organized football for the first time when he was 8, Young played at the house with his older brothers. He spent Friday nights in the stands watching them play at West Jones. He went to their practices in the summer.

“I grew up watching them, wanting to be like them,” Young said.

Kendrick, the oldest, played at West Jones when Young was 4. One day, Pierson told Kenny how well Kendrick was playing.

“Coach,” Kenny said. “The best one’s 4 years old. Wait until you get him.”

"I laughed," Pierson said, "thinking he can't be any better than this one."

Of the brothers, Pierson said Young's the biggest, strongest and most physical. Brandon was the quickest. Regrick, he played offense. Kendrick was the hardest worker West Jones ever had, Pierson said. He practiced in gardening gloves.

Pierson said all of the siblings are humble and hardworking, traits instilled in them by their parents. In the midst of workouts this summer, Young moved furniture for the school district.

All five siblings workout together, sometimes twice a day. The family laughs at the same jokes, and at one point they all made fun of Kenny for the time he accidentally ate a possum.

Though Young has surpassed his brothers in almost every way on the field, Brandon still holds West Jones’ single-season sack record (21). Young wants to break that record this season. He wants to surpass his brothers, but he wants to honor them at the same time.

"It's an honor to be behind them and play at the same place they played," Young said. "I feel like I have to raise the bar even higher than they did."

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Man I'm glad we landed this kid. I think he may be the best player to come from this class when it is all over with.

Just a video of some of our players getting some new Bama gear (featuring Da Pussy Slayer and Graybeard)

I'm sure that's what he was trying to say.

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How do you make that an image to post here?

I see people do it all the time but I can't figure it out.

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You talking about Tweets?

I suppose they're using a capture facility within their browser. That's how Carlton does his fancy timeline with the images of the recruits 247 info.

I wish this site would give us the ability to embed tweets like BOL does. That's so quick and easy.

I’ve done that with tweets, although I just captured the pictures not the full post because I wasn’t concerned with what the tweet said.

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How does anyone accidently eat a possum?

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This would be glorious if it came to pass. He was one of my favorite recruits in the entire c/o 2018 nationally. I'd start a slush fund to get this guy in the fold.