re: 2013 Alabama Football Recruiting Thread - DH Decommited from UGA

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TreyAnastasio

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3 Bama locks

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Scarborough and Humphrey = locks

....whos the third?

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...whos the third?

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Luatua

I agree Mag, to have him as an end of the line TE good at blocking with soft hands and OJ as a vertical threat would be great. Gotta keep OJ and land him 1st though. Then add to that Freitag woot woot

It's way, way early but I'd say Humphrey and Scarbrough are locks. We've got as good a shot as anybody for Fournette, McMillan, and Luatua. And we'll be in the mix for 3 or 4 others. So, I'm guessing we wind up with around 4 of the top 25.

The 247 Top 25 intro article has Andrew Brown playing for Oscar Smith but everyone else shows him playing for Indian River. I'm guessing and hoping Oscar Smith is a mistake

Top 25 Intro

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The good news is that it doesn't seem to effect the minimum requirements for enrolling and being on the team. If you don't meet the new standards then you just have to redshirt that first year. Most of our guys are going to redshirt anyway. So it'll probably only effect 1 or 2 players per year.

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what? your high school GPA has to be 2.3? hell, that is just gonna lead to more grade changing at the high school level.

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Will also be key to see who AJ has the most trust in imo.

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Watching AJ this past year and in spring, it appears he likes several of the WRs but has specific types of routes he looks for each in.

Norwood is the smash route guy. Doesn't have great speed but catches the ball well over his shoulder at 15 to 30 yards going into the sideline. Sluggo fade should be a great route for Norwood as well. Norwood would be great for the Dino if he would learn to make his cuts more crisply.

Bell - AJ likes to try to overthrow Bell and watch him run it down. In overthrowing Bell, he also likes to use the throw to pull bell away from the DB to a target area. He jumped Bell's case a little after the int on the 1st play of A-Day because he did not stay inside enough to allow AJ to pull him to the sideline with the throw. Bell made the correction for the rest of the game. Bell will also be great running the Dino when the ball is between the 40's. Bell will also continue to be used in the screen game looking for an outside release.

White - AJ looks for him on deep crossing routes and likes to throw high to him. This will be great in the red zone with White running across the back line of the end zone. The problem with it in the middle of the field is that if he does not catch it or tips it, a deep safety will be waiting for a pick.

C. Jones - Bubble screens and screen set up for an inside release are ideal for Jones. AJ also seems to like him of box routes and drags. I look for them to develop a chemistry on sluggo post routes as the season progresses.

Black appears to be a target AJ will look for in the same route group he watches Jones in.

Cooper looks to be the best fly route guy. He also runs a mid-field fade very well. He and AJ will develop that fade so AJ can lead him to the ball along the sidelines much like what he does with Bell. Bell is better on the left sideline while Cooper looks to be better on the right sideline.

Even back to his HS days, AJ looks better and more comfortable throwing a reciever open to the deep sideline. I hope that Nuss/Groh will be able to build on that to give AJ and Bell/Cooper/White a great touch combo on the backshoulder throws in the red zone.

I like Bell's route running. If Duron Carter gets his shite together I'd like him in the red zone and on looooong streaks.


I'm interested into how many different routes Dee Hart and TJ Yeldon may run. Wheel Routes, screen routes, angle routes, delay check down routes, any others I may be missing?