re: tOfficial 2019 Ole Miss Football Recruitment Safe Space UPDATE *12/19/2018

Good read on Jerrion Ealy at the perfect game event.

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2-sporter Ealy off to the races

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – It only stands to reason that at some point in his athletic career – only heaven knows exactly when it might happen – Jerrion Ealy will become a one-sport star. Exactly which sport that might be is currently up for debate.

“I honestly hope that time is a long way away,” Ealy said with a laugh, speaking from Tropicana Field on Thursday, the first day of play at the 18th annual Perfect Game National Showcase.

With the understanding that the 17-year-old two-sport standout made that comment in mid-June more than two months before he will start his senior year at Jackson (Miss.) Prep School, a point in time when Ealy’s star could not be burning any brighter, it’s difficult to find fault with his positive outlook.

Those who have watched up close while the 5-foot-10, 192-pound bundle of speed and muscle has risen in the class of 2019 national baseball and football prospect rankings, can’t really imagine a time when Ealy will be an athlete of the one-sport variety.

But on Thursday, that’s exactly what he was. He was here at The Trop as a member of the PG Cardinal team, a group that did its work-out and played an 11-inning game on Thursday and is set to play another game on Friday.

Ealy, who calls Carthage, Miss., home, is an outfielder who Perfect Game ranks as the No. 8 overall national prospect and the No. 1-ranked guy in his home state. He’s simultaneously out-going and humble, a kid driven by the desire to be the best he can be no matter what sort of ball he has in his hand or cradled in his arm. That he belonged at the National Showcase, there was no doubt.

“This is where you come to get better; you come to see where you actually are in your class,” Ealy said. “The pitching I faced today is by far the best pitching I’ve seen my entire life. So, it was a good run today. It could have been better but sometimes you have those days and sometimes you don’t; it is what is.

“But today, to come to the PG National, it’s awesome, man. You just have to come out here and compete and that’s what I look to do.”

Ealy made those comments after a workout session in which he threw 96 mph from the outfield and after he had played in his first showcase game but before the 60-yard dash was run. It was there that he turned in a 6.13-second effort, topping the event record of 6.15-seconds set by Quentin Holmes in 2016. Holmes went on to become a second-round MLB Draft pick.

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To Ealy’s way of thinking, the two sports are actually a lot alike in a lot of ways. A good football player has to exhibit good footwork and have excellent hand-eye coordination, two traits also necessary to be successful in baseball.

“The two games are kind of the same but they’re played kind of differently,” he said. “One is more of an upbeat, tempo kind of game and one is a laid-back type of game. But for the most part, they’re basically the same. I get the same adrenaline rush from both of them every time.”

Ealy said he talked with Ole Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco and assistant baseball coach Carl Lafferty along with head football coach Matt Luke about playing both sports in Oxford; everyone was on board.

“They’re happy I’m doing both, as a matter of fact; they want me to do both,” he said. “I’ve talked with Coach Bianco and Coach Lafferty and they said they’d be more than happy to have me on the baseball team and I talked with Coach Luke and he said he’s fine with me playing baseball. … That’s always been a dream of mine to play both in college and for right now I’m sticking with that dream.

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Nakobe Dean’s brother is now on the Ole Miss football team

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Name and position?

God damn I’m so proud to have fricking Luke as our coach I mean Mississippi made am i right? The guy can not only recruit but he’s obviously one of the best offensive minds in the game.

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only recruiting Mississippi

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And not really recruiting it all that well...

I wish but probably not. The old dumbass boosters would throw a bitch fit

Saw where we will run 2 TE sets. Makes me think the O line cannot protect the qb

The staff also picked up a 3rd commit today in DeAntre Prince. Huge get in-state with offers front Texas A&M, Notre Dame & Georgia. Will need to add weight to his frame but shows great ball skills and playmaking ability in the secondary.

I believe its more about getting your best players on the field as often as possible.

Cooley appears to have figured things out and Knox is a quality TE. Pellerin and Angel give mismatch issues with their size and speed.

But I think the intent is to make it even more difficult to determine RPO reads for the opposing defenses. Plus, Cooley is still about 260lbs and big enough to move DEs and LBs.

Using more TE sets may make it possible to red shirt some WR this season. Using only 2 wr sets could be done with a 4 man rotation of Brown, Metcalf, Lodge and Sanders.

Or they may want Battle, Gregory and Moore some experience with Sanders the only starter to return.

Hopefully Peeler can pull the WR from Cal.

Pickering was always going elsewhere. Dannis Jackson committing there is unexpected and does suck but its his choice. Nakobe Dean, Brandon Turnage & Byron Young are must gets now.