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re: Name under the radar recruits that turned out to be studs for your team

Posted on 4/25/12 at 1:03 am to
Posted by dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
Dystopia (but well cared for)
Member since Mar 2012
25235 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 1:03 am to
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he went to Daphne which is across the bay from Mobile.


Right. 'Too small' for schools down south...one game away from BCS CG invite and personally put a butt whippin on OU.
Posted by LooseCannon22282
Mobile
Member since May 2008
33776 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 1:05 am to
he was pretty good at baseball too.
Posted by FatDrunknStupid
My Office
Member since May 2011
311 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 1:09 am to
Yeah, I remember him and reggie mcneal started the "head strong" trend for athletic qb's refusing to switch positions in college in order to be productive. His success story at West Virginia only added full to the fire for guys like John Chiles and now Russell Shepard to think they had a legit shot at making it as qb only to be switched later down the road.
Posted by wegotdatwood
Member since Aug 2009
17094 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 1:30 am to
I'm just glad Bob Stoops didn't offer Felix. Could you imagine AD and Felix the cat running the ball for them? Jesus Christ, (although I imagine it had to suck trying to stop dmac, felix, and hillis )

Just wish Matt Jones was born a little bit later. That wildcat with those 4 wouldn't have been stopped for less than 10 yards.
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 4/25/12 at 3:53 am to
As soon as I read this thread, Javier Arenas immediately came to mind.
Posted by bigeztiger
Columbus Ohio
Member since Jul 2011
5092 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 4:24 am to
Mathieu!
Posted by Duckman13
Tiger Stadium
Member since Dec 2006
3048 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 6:08 am to
Trindon Holliday 2*
Posted by bamascott2
XIV
Member since Apr 2009
9671 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 6:19 am to
quote:

Mark Ingram

And the Vinnie Badger is 'bout to bust out as well.
Posted by BradPitt
Where the wild things are
Member since Nov 2009
13389 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 6:24 am to
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Patrick Willis was a 2*. No one will be able to top that.


You wanna bet?
Posted by BloodSweat&Beers
One Particular Harbor, Fl
Member since Jan 2012
9153 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 6:34 am to
Chris Doering- Walk on, SEC career leader in TD catches.
Posted by Tammany Tom
Mandeville
Member since Jun 2004
3231 posts
Posted on 4/25/12 at 6:50 am to
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Mathieu!


Does not qualify as an under the radar recruit (at least not mine definition of one).

Mathieu was a nobody 2 star athlete that went to the Tennessee Football Camp and blew it up. Everybody was talking about him and writing up articles about his performance there. Tennessee offered him on the spot. A week later he went to the LSU camp and was clearly the best cover corner at the camp and everyone was raving about him. Miles offered him on the spot and Mathieu accepted. Right after LSU offered and he accepted, Matheiu started getting flooded with other big-time offers.

At the end of the summer when Rivals and Scout update their ratings after the summer camps, he jumped from a 2 star to 4 star prospect.

He climbed the charts of the LA State Top prospects too. All this before he played a down of his SR high school football season.

By the time he entered LSU, everyone had heard of him and he was considered a top prospect. He was the first freshman to have playing time out of that class for LSU and played in every single game his true freshman year.

Under radar kids are kids that are, at the most a 3 star, that got hardly any offers from other top schools and once they hit campus started blowing it up. That definitely is not Mathieu's story.
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