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Posted on 2/11/18 at 10:22 am
Posted on 2/11/18 at 10:22 am
Was watching the Patriots Seattle Super Bowl on NFL network. And for some reason I decided to look up legarrette blount Wikipedia.
I found this on there anybody know if it's true?
I found this on there anybody know if it's true?
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Considered only a two-star recruit by both Rivals.com and Scout.com,[4][5]Blount was not ranked among the best running back prospects in the nation in the Class of 2005. Barely recruited out of high school, he attended camp at Auburn University but was not offered an athletic scholarship. He nonetheless intended to go to Auburn but did not qualify academically, so he headed for junior college at East Mississippi Community College.[6]
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Posted on 2/11/18 at 10:25 am to AU24
I'm pretty sure he signed or was going to walk on with Auburn out of high school, didn't make the grades, went to Junior College, and signed with Oregon after JC.
That's what they said about him in Eugene anyway. I remember thinking it was awesome a RB that almost went to Auburn was playing in Eugene where I had lived for over a decade.
He may not have actually signed with Auburn, but it was reported in Eugene that he was an Auburn RB that didn't make the grades to attend Auburn.
That's what they said about him in Eugene anyway. I remember thinking it was awesome a RB that almost went to Auburn was playing in Eugene where I had lived for over a decade.
He may not have actually signed with Auburn, but it was reported in Eugene that he was an Auburn RB that didn't make the grades to attend Auburn.
This post was edited on 2/11/18 at 10:49 am
Posted on 2/11/18 at 10:26 am to AU24
So yeah, that is absolutely true.
Posted on 2/11/18 at 9:06 pm to AU24
I don't remember that.
But I did recently hear a recruiting story that pissed me off. It was Ray Lewis telling his own recruiting story in an interview. According to Lewis Miami was actually his third choice. He was undersized and skinny in HS and so a lot of bigger schools weren't recruiting him very hard. He only took 3 recruiting visits. His first visit was to Auburn and according to Ray Lewis when the assistant at Auburn who was recruiting him took him to meet Terry Bowden for the first time in person, Terry laughed at Ray Lewis and said he was too small and not fit to be a LB at this level. His next visit was to FSU where Bobby Bowden offered him, but let him know they had this guy named Derrick Brooks that was going to keep Ray Lewis on the bench until he was a senior. Lewis didn't like that and turned down the offer on the spot, and almost immediately regretted it because no more offers were coming in and he thought his career wws over, until Miami started calling.
That's a cool little story... Unless you're an Auburn fan, then its just one more reason on a long list of reasons to hate Terry Bowden. Not only did he blow a chance to potentially bring one of the greatest linebackers in the history of the game, but his talent evaluation was so bad that he thought Ray Lewis wasn't P5 caliber, and he was a complete dick about it and laughed him out of the room, forever giving Ray Lewis a reason to dislike and possibly bad mouth Auburn.
frick tater tot Terry
But I did recently hear a recruiting story that pissed me off. It was Ray Lewis telling his own recruiting story in an interview. According to Lewis Miami was actually his third choice. He was undersized and skinny in HS and so a lot of bigger schools weren't recruiting him very hard. He only took 3 recruiting visits. His first visit was to Auburn and according to Ray Lewis when the assistant at Auburn who was recruiting him took him to meet Terry Bowden for the first time in person, Terry laughed at Ray Lewis and said he was too small and not fit to be a LB at this level. His next visit was to FSU where Bobby Bowden offered him, but let him know they had this guy named Derrick Brooks that was going to keep Ray Lewis on the bench until he was a senior. Lewis didn't like that and turned down the offer on the spot, and almost immediately regretted it because no more offers were coming in and he thought his career wws over, until Miami started calling.
That's a cool little story... Unless you're an Auburn fan, then its just one more reason on a long list of reasons to hate Terry Bowden. Not only did he blow a chance to potentially bring one of the greatest linebackers in the history of the game, but his talent evaluation was so bad that he thought Ray Lewis wasn't P5 caliber, and he was a complete dick about it and laughed him out of the room, forever giving Ray Lewis a reason to dislike and possibly bad mouth Auburn.
frick tater tot Terry
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:21 am to AU24
Back then we would have the 25 scholarships plus more if someone went pro or count backs if previous classes didn't sign 25. We had the opportunity to take kids that couldn't qualify then place them in a JUCO that we heavily recruit. Sign and place recruits were pretty common around the SEC. But now a days even sign and place recruits count to the 25.
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