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re: 2013 Alabama Football Recruiting Thread - DH Decommited from UGA
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:23 am to TreyAnastasio
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:23 am to TreyAnastasio
i lived there for a few years after graduation from bama. i live in prattville now
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:36 am to ALcapone
Just got word today on Henry. It's going to be official soon.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:37 am to gatordmb89
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Just got word today on Henry. It's going to be official soon.
Dixie said it was a done deal, but wont go public for a bit.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:37 am to crimson008
It could be an interesting week for the fans of Georgia and Alabama, as 5-star RB prospect Derrick Henry will spend three days on an unofficial visit to Alabama this coming weekend.
Derrick Henry at Yulee
Henry is currently verbally committed to Georgia and did so last July at Georgia’s DawgNight camp.
Dawgs247 caught up with Henry on Monday and this is what he said about his situation and what to expect after this weekend.
Where are you at today (Monday) with your situation? Do you consider yourself still committed to Georgia?
“I am still committed to Georgia, but I would say I am still looking around too. There has been a bunch of crazy stuff said by people but I am still committed to Georgia, but I am looking around.”
What has your conversations with the Georgia staff been like over the last month or so?
“Just basically what everybody has been saying, but we talk about them offering me from day one, they are not recruiting me as an athlete, they are recruiting me as a running back. They feel like I could really help them and that I have been committed for so long and how important I am to them.”
There is so much talk going around about you not playing running back on the next level. Has that bothered you any?
“I mean it does bother you some, because you see it everywhere and people come to you about it. That gets kind of old and annoying at times, but I just have to keep working.”
What is it about Alabama that has got your attention over the last few months?
“Just my relationship with Coach (Jeremy) Pruitt and their past history with them has shown that their running backs are going to be successful and have become 1st round draft picks. I also like Coach (Burton) Burns too.”
Do you feel like it will be a while before you make a final decision or is this something you will know after the Alabama visit?
“I think I will have a pretty good idea on Sunday after this visit about my decision.”
Derrick Henry at Yulee
Henry is currently verbally committed to Georgia and did so last July at Georgia’s DawgNight camp.
Dawgs247 caught up with Henry on Monday and this is what he said about his situation and what to expect after this weekend.
Where are you at today (Monday) with your situation? Do you consider yourself still committed to Georgia?
“I am still committed to Georgia, but I would say I am still looking around too. There has been a bunch of crazy stuff said by people but I am still committed to Georgia, but I am looking around.”
What has your conversations with the Georgia staff been like over the last month or so?
“Just basically what everybody has been saying, but we talk about them offering me from day one, they are not recruiting me as an athlete, they are recruiting me as a running back. They feel like I could really help them and that I have been committed for so long and how important I am to them.”
There is so much talk going around about you not playing running back on the next level. Has that bothered you any?
“I mean it does bother you some, because you see it everywhere and people come to you about it. That gets kind of old and annoying at times, but I just have to keep working.”
What is it about Alabama that has got your attention over the last few months?
“Just my relationship with Coach (Jeremy) Pruitt and their past history with them has shown that their running backs are going to be successful and have become 1st round draft picks. I also like Coach (Burton) Burns too.”
Do you feel like it will be a while before you make a final decision or is this something you will know after the Alabama visit?
“I think I will have a pretty good idea on Sunday after this visit about my decision.”
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:38 am to gatordmb89
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Just got word today on Henry. It's going to be official soon.
And what would that word be pray tell?
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:44 am to TideSaint
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The facilities are amazing. They are making them better than they already are which is incredible
This is being mentioned by recruits from time to time, as well as being leaked from an "alumni gathering" with Coach Saban. It seems there may be some preliminary facility upgrades on the books. Anyone with some insight?
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:45 am to TreyAnastasio
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Who was the last good player to come out of the Gump? Marlon Davis?
Marlon Davis was from Columbus, Georgia. Antoine Caldwell was from Lee High in Montgomery. I think he's the last great one from there.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:45 am to CapstoneGrad06
I heard there will be a football only weight room.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:47 am to TreyAnastasio
Someone also mentioned that the athletic administration would move into a building completely to themselves. That would give Coleman all to basketball and gymnastics. The Mal Moore Athletic Complex all to football. And then a new facility for baseball too.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:50 am to TreyAnastasio
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I heard there will be a football only weight room.
Yea i remember reading about this and something about a cinema on campus, i know Saban was really trying to push the envelope to make sure we stand out from the rest.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:51 am to TreyAnastasio
He's about to take a 3 day visit to Bama. It will go public shortly thereafter IMO.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:53 am to gatordmb89
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:54 am to gatordmb89
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:55 am to Big Bam
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- ESPN 150 athlete Brendan Langley (Marietta, Ga./Kell) sent Georgia fans into a frenzy recently when he tweeted that the Bulldogs were no longer his leader. Nor were they second or third. Just two days earlier he had told TideNation that Georgia was his top choice. Suddenly the Bulldogs fell to fourth in the senior athlete's top five schools. He won't say exactly what happened.
"I will say what I can. I can say it was a little bit of a misunderstanding between me and them so I don't want anybody to think they are out of the race at all," Langley said. "They are in my top five, but they are just not first."
[+] EnlargeBrendan Langley
Radi Nabulsi/ESPN.comESPN 150 defender Brendan Langley mentions position coaches when discussing his top five schools, all SEC.
Alabama had led for Langley earlier this year until Georgia took over the top spot. Now the Tide is back on top.
"It is just the relationship I have with the coaches over there," Langley said. "It is real strong and I like everything about the school. That is not to say I don't like everything about Georgia, being that they moved down. I love both schools, but Alabama just happened to take a little run for it. They did nothing in particular. It is early in the process and I am just going with my heart -- and my heart told me Alabama needs to be first, so that is who is first."
Tennessee occupies the second spot on Langley's list because one of his former teammates suits up for the Volunteers.
"I am pretty sure everybody knows I have ties up there with Brian Randolph," Langley said. "He is one of my best friends, so that is going to help them out a lot."
Surprisingly, South Carolina jumped ahead of Georgia as well.
"That is the one that has people asking, 'What?' " Langley said. "But Coach [Grady] Brown and Coach [Lorenzo] Ward are phenomenal coaches. That is all I can say about them. They are great. Coach Ward was at Virginia Tech with Macho Harris and all those big-time cornerbacks when he was the cornerbacks coach and now he is the defensive coordinator. Coach Brown has NFL cornerbacks like Patrick Peterson texting him saying, 'Hey, Coach, I need to get back down there this summer so we can work.' So that says a lot about them."
Langley has Florida as the fifth school on his list, his fourth school from the SEC East.
"That is another good relationship I have, with Coach [Travaris] Robinson," Langley said. "Florida doesn't do a bad job producing defensive backs either. With Joe Haden and Janoris Jenkins -- I think it is safe to say, right behind Deion Sanders, I think Jenkins is the second best cornerback I have seen in my life. So there are pluses for them too."
Langley spent Sunday and Monday visiting Alabama and he plans to take some additional visits during the summer.
"I will visit Georgia," Langley said. "I want to get to Clemson and Florida. June 22 is UCLA and USC and that will probably be it. USC hasn't offered me yet but I am hoping when I get down there it will spark up. I really like them and I love Coach [Tee] Martin. That's my guy. I feel like I could do big things over there. They are going to be losing six defensive backs by the time I go in, and I will be a mid-year graduate. So when I get going in January, six DBs will be gone so I think that will be a great opportunity for me. I just want to get out there and get a feel for it first, having not been out there."
"I will say what I can. I can say it was a little bit of a misunderstanding between me and them so I don't want anybody to think they are out of the race at all," Langley said. "They are in my top five, but they are just not first."
[+] EnlargeBrendan Langley
Radi Nabulsi/ESPN.comESPN 150 defender Brendan Langley mentions position coaches when discussing his top five schools, all SEC.
Alabama had led for Langley earlier this year until Georgia took over the top spot. Now the Tide is back on top.
"It is just the relationship I have with the coaches over there," Langley said. "It is real strong and I like everything about the school. That is not to say I don't like everything about Georgia, being that they moved down. I love both schools, but Alabama just happened to take a little run for it. They did nothing in particular. It is early in the process and I am just going with my heart -- and my heart told me Alabama needs to be first, so that is who is first."
Tennessee occupies the second spot on Langley's list because one of his former teammates suits up for the Volunteers.
"I am pretty sure everybody knows I have ties up there with Brian Randolph," Langley said. "He is one of my best friends, so that is going to help them out a lot."
Surprisingly, South Carolina jumped ahead of Georgia as well.
"That is the one that has people asking, 'What?' " Langley said. "But Coach [Grady] Brown and Coach [Lorenzo] Ward are phenomenal coaches. That is all I can say about them. They are great. Coach Ward was at Virginia Tech with Macho Harris and all those big-time cornerbacks when he was the cornerbacks coach and now he is the defensive coordinator. Coach Brown has NFL cornerbacks like Patrick Peterson texting him saying, 'Hey, Coach, I need to get back down there this summer so we can work.' So that says a lot about them."
Langley has Florida as the fifth school on his list, his fourth school from the SEC East.
"That is another good relationship I have, with Coach [Travaris] Robinson," Langley said. "Florida doesn't do a bad job producing defensive backs either. With Joe Haden and Janoris Jenkins -- I think it is safe to say, right behind Deion Sanders, I think Jenkins is the second best cornerback I have seen in my life. So there are pluses for them too."
Langley spent Sunday and Monday visiting Alabama and he plans to take some additional visits during the summer.
"I will visit Georgia," Langley said. "I want to get to Clemson and Florida. June 22 is UCLA and USC and that will probably be it. USC hasn't offered me yet but I am hoping when I get down there it will spark up. I really like them and I love Coach [Tee] Martin. That's my guy. I feel like I could do big things over there. They are going to be losing six defensive backs by the time I go in, and I will be a mid-year graduate. So when I get going in January, six DBs will be gone so I think that will be a great opportunity for me. I just want to get out there and get a feel for it first, having not been out there."
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:56 am to nickp10281
I like you Nick. 
Posted on 6/5/12 at 10:59 am to TreyAnastasio
just trying to do my part. I understand I need some e-cred before getting invited to the super secret insider "chat"
Posted on 6/5/12 at 11:00 am to nickp10281
We stopped doing that. Worried that it was putting this thread in jeopardy.
Posted on 6/5/12 at 11:04 am to TreyAnastasio
Seriously?
Posted on 6/5/12 at 11:13 am to gatordmb89
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Seriously?
Well when you have certain people, who shall remain nameless, RAing because they feel left out of something that doesn't even concern them.....
And that's all I have to say about that.
Now let's get back on topic. What is the deal with AHS getting turned in for recruiting Foster?
This post was edited on 6/5/12 at 11:14 am
Posted on 6/5/12 at 11:17 am to Robot Santa
Interdasting. Wonder if this will force Reuben to move again.
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