re: 2014 CLASS IS COMPLETE, CARTER IS A DAWG

Tyren Jones?

I was just speculating on young guys from Ga who might be disgruntled. I figured Kamara and Jones might be since they rode the bench while J.J. Green and Brendan Douglas got meaningful carries in Athens.

Bama has also released guys for obvious reasons (Corey Grant is a great example) and Tyren and AK were immediately RSed as soon as they got here and Tenpenny and Henry weren't

Again discussed this the other day

And playing Devils Advocate from all the accounts I've heard from people watching all the incoming RBs compete in the Summer, had Tyren Jones chose UGA instead with Kublanow after Gurley went down he would've been the next guy in no doubt in my mind and UGA fans would be talking about the 1-2 punch next yr and how he has a chance to be the best RB etc etc, he was that good in the Summer, but the RS decision had already been made

He might not have known the PB and reads audibles etc as well but all accounts here were he was easily looking even better than Yeldon, Henry, Drake etc

If he transfers (really hope he doesn't) to another fairly good school non SEC or even a school like UGA and after yr of sitting is the starter anywhere I wouldn't be surprised one bit

I agree. It's just tough to get that many to sign and stick around

Is Tyren Jones officially "processed?"

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Did they know they would be RS'ed before signing?

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Obviously not

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Did they not know the depth?

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Interesting question but at that position most kids see themselves as good enough to compete with anyone. Also if you think about it before the 4 RB class last yr Bama was relatively thin at RB going forward. Lacy was leaving and Drake and Yeldon both had a good bit of carries that previous yr

Vox - not officially yet and I hope he is not, there are a lot of other players I'd process first but if it happens it won't be because staff wants it

Bucc, you might be an interesting outside opinion for those of us here on DR who rarely venture outside our red & black digital confines here on TD:

It it the perception within Bama circles that Saban has been known to recruit "defensively?" By that I mean that he's willing to take on a highly-sought new kid (often at the cost of an existing scholarship recipient who hasn't burst onto the scene as a producer but may eventually develop) if only on the virtue that they're Bama, they can have pretty much anybody they want at times, and it keeps the recruit out of the hands of Auburn, UGA, LSU, aTm, etc?

I ask that because last year's RB haul for Bama was practically unprecedented, it seems. 8 scholarship RBs? Seriously? Everybody and their brother knows full well that 1/3 of those kids at a bare MINIMUM would never see the field, and yet Saban took them anyway. It just strikes me as a bit disingenuous and calculating. Then again, we're talking about the perspective of a Dawg fan viewing CNS in the light of 13 years of CMR, who would sooner cut his own throat in front of B-M than make a football decision before a life decision. It's an admirable approach on part of CMR, but that shite gets old after another 8-5 season.

Correct. The rest of our targets are on signing day.