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re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition
Posted on 5/23/17 at 3:46 pm to Buckeye06
Posted on 5/23/17 at 3:46 pm to Buckeye06
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Alabama has hit the junior college market for defensive tackles in the past and Nick Saban was on the horn with Independence CC prospect Emmit Gooden Monday evening.
The Alabama Crimson Tide is sitting lower in the Scout recruiting rankings (54th) than many can remember during the Nick Saban era, though few expect it to remain the case much longer. The staff continues to press targets new and old and Saban connected with one on Monday.
God is good man it's a blessing right now I just receive a official offer from Coach Saban to The University of Alabama ?????????? #RollTide pic.twitter.com/ZYAcvWvheV
— TheRealEmmitG (@What_A_Star5) May 22, 2017
Independence (Kans.) Community College defensive tackle Emmit Gooden picked up his verbal offer from Alabama last summer during an unofficial visit. Saban's conversation with Gooden Monday will result in a return trip to Tuscaloosa.
"Over the phone he (Saban) said that he would love to have me play for him and talked about a visit," he said. "Talked about the program and different things like what 'Bama has to offer me off the field as well.
"Education and competition for championships."
Gooden visited during camp season last summer but didn't work out. His next time in town will likely be as a camp participant.
"My last time at 'Bama was like last year around this time," he said. "It's been busy, busy, busy, I'm taking it slow but about to start trimming it down."
Admitting his next cut could come "soon," Alabama is one program already slated to make the list.
"Because of the success I would have and the plan they have for me," he said.
Oklahoma is the other program Gooden knows will make his next cut. The Tennessee native, who plans on graduating from Independence in December, will then take his official visits ahead of making a decision.
A four-star recruit coming out of high school in the class of 2016, the interior defensive lineman will have three seasons to play two following the 2017 season.
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 3:46 pm to TideSaint
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Lanett, Ala. -- In today's pass-first college football, prospects who can affect the passing game are as valuable as they have ever been. It's part of the reason the SEC is already heavy after class of 2019 defensive back Trikweze Bridges.
Measuring in a 6-foot-4, 175 pounds as a high school sophomore is fairly uncommon for a wide receiver and even moreso for a free safety. But Trikweze Bridges fits the bill early on and combined with his length and ball skills, has many college football programs interested.
The class of 2019 standout is closing in on double-digit scholarship offers.
"I've got seven offers," he said. "Louisville was the first one, Jacksonville State, Alabama, Mississippi State, Troy, Kentucky, Florida.
"But I've just got to stay humble and keep working, I can't get a big head."
Bridges hasn't, though he has begun attempting to learn more of some of his suitors with unofficial visits to Louisville and Kentucky last weekend in addition to in-state stops at Alabama, Auburn and Jacksonville State under his belt. The trips will continue.
One of the most recent was to Tuscaloosa, but he didn't hold the Crimson Tide offer at that point. That news stands as one of the early surprises in his recruitment.
"Alabama, because it's an in-state team and it's the team I grew up watching," Bridges said. "We haven't talked that much but we're working on it. They like the way I get after the ball and that I'm a good safety."
The Lanett (Ala.) prospect has a connection to a former Panther great who attends another school already on the offer list.
"My cousin (Marlon Bridges) plays for Jacksonville State but I haven't just visited as a prospect," he said. "I've been there. At Florida, I went to camp two years ago when I was a freshman."
As Bridges looks to make return trips to many of the programs having offered this month, it will only be apart of the foundation of his own evaluation. He is in no rush to accelerate the recruiting process.
"Probably the middle of my senior year," he said of a decision timetable.
It goes beyond football, too.
"Football won't always be there, so my academics will be important, like what fits me," Bridges said. "I'm looking at architecture or physical education."
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