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re: 2017 Ole Miss Football Suicidal Recruiting Thread
Posted on 12/13/16 at 9:35 am to rebelcommodore
Posted on 12/13/16 at 9:35 am to rebelcommodore
I mean regardless, I think people underestimate how many freakish backs have played HS ball in this state. It's easy to forget that recruiting services have only been around for about 15 years and they have only been somewhat thorough for about 10.
But just over the last 20 you've had, Robert Elliot, Jerious Norwood, Akers, Deuce, Dontae Walker, Jimmy Johns, and Dixon off the top of my head. And these are just primarily the guys I remember watching some of, so they are mostly just the ones recruited and/or signed by state. Specifically Norwood is the best back I've ever personally seen, albeit only tape of his HS ball, a few years earlier or later and he would have destroyed everything, unfortunately his college career was swallowed up by the late Sherril years.
The sad thing is how many of those were busts. Only 3 of them have made any sort of career in the league and only 2 ever got meaningful snaps.
*Left off the law firm and mccluster just because I haven't actually seen high school film of them and don't really remember where they were from.
But just over the last 20 you've had, Robert Elliot, Jerious Norwood, Akers, Deuce, Dontae Walker, Jimmy Johns, and Dixon off the top of my head. And these are just primarily the guys I remember watching some of, so they are mostly just the ones recruited and/or signed by state. Specifically Norwood is the best back I've ever personally seen, albeit only tape of his HS ball, a few years earlier or later and he would have destroyed everything, unfortunately his college career was swallowed up by the late Sherril years.
The sad thing is how many of those were busts. Only 3 of them have made any sort of career in the league and only 2 ever got meaningful snaps.
*Left off the law firm and mccluster just because I haven't actually seen high school film of them and don't really remember where they were from.
This post was edited on 12/13/16 at 9:37 am
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Posted on 12/13/16 at 9:41 am to skirpnasty
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he sad thing is how many of those were busts. Only 3 of them have made any sort of career in the league and only 2 ever got meaningful snaps.
That isnt the point people are making. When they say Akers may be the greatest ever, they arent projecting him to the league, but based on what he has done in HS. That is what all those comments relate to. Norwood was the best I ever saw in HS and Cam had 5K more total career yards playing the same wild cat position in the same classification. Your bias is showing if you think Norwood had a better HS career than Cam, which is once again, all that is being talked about.
This post was edited on 12/13/16 at 9:42 am
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