re: Jaquay William decommitted from Auburn

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Is A&M able to take both RJS and JaQuay?

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yes. they really have no bearing on each other as JaQuay is an EE and RSJ is not

It's getting tight on both sides but we have either 10 or 11 EE spots depending on who you ask. We now have what 7 filled? Either way JaQuay and RSJ are not relevant to each other.

we have 2 that won't qualify and 1 that is going MLB. We also have at least 1 (I'm guessing more but don't know) that we've talked to about grey shirting if it gets to that.

So you are saying that yall can sign 38?

I was under the assumption that even if players don't qualify you still have to count them towards the 25 players in 2013.

he's talking about the new SEC rules. You can only sign 25 per year and if a kid signs and does not qualify then he still counts against that 25 (but not the 85 limit obviously). The goal of the rule is to eliminate trap dooring and so if a kid signs, he counts because if he ends up qualifying someone has to be trap doored.

The net effect of the rule is going to be that schools will not allow grade risks to sign LOI until their grades are in order. Pretty much everyone is going to have kids in limbo going forward.

I think A&M is going to pull Williams, and then be forced to make some hard choices on RSJ. It will probably come down to whether or not Manning commits next week

If we get JW, then the priorities are probably elsewhere. We still need a pass rusher, DT, and LB. WR has to be pretty far down the list of priorities at this point, though if Griffin becomes a casualty there is more room for RSJ.

I love RSJ, but we may be in a serious numbers crunch before he decides. I think the early entrants are William and Smith, then the best of what is available from the HS ranks.

I'd expect Hall to be a late HS pledge for us, given his interest and the need at DE if Smith decides elsewhere.

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I love RSJ, but we may be in a serious numbers crunch before he decides

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This isn't how I understand it. Supposedly KK wants 8 capable WRs to run his system ... we currently have Mike Evans as the only significant piece returning, though both Kenric McNeal and TJ (if he gets his head straight) have had flashes.

No one expects Griffin to sign, I don't think any of the services disagree on that point.

That gives us 2 maybe 3 WR we can for sure rely on. We have Sabian Holmes and Derel Walker who haven't done much, then Quiv, Quincy, Parker, Tabayou, Echols-Luper, and Sezer.

That is 11 (maybe 10) with 6 of those being true freshmen. Adding both RSJ and Williams would be a huge help.

I don't know that we absolutely NEED another LB with 3 mid-terms coming in (Chevis, Wade, Flowers)

I think that we are most likely to close with both the WRs but the rest of them (Isaac, Mitchell, Manning, Smith) are 50/50 at best.

I agree that WR isn't a position that I would prioritize but it appears as though the staff is for some reason.

Hall seems to be taking his sweet time. I think if anyone from the HS ranks is left out it is him.

"Go Dwags"