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re: 2018 Football Recruiting Thread -- Final OP Update Edition
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:50 am to TigerPaw1
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:50 am to TigerPaw1
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4* OG Tank Jenkings
My Crystal Ball pick: No pick made
Level of confidence: N/A
Breakdown: Auburn has two interior linemen committed. Will it take a third? If so,
the Tigers have a shot.
AU - 80%, Bama - 20%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:51 am to TigerPaw1
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3* QB/ATH Gerry Bohanon
My Crystal Ball pick: No pick made
Level of confidence: N/A
Breakdown: If the Tigers push, they might have a chance. He's an athlete who would get a shot at quarterback.
Bama - 33%, AU - 33%, MSST - 33%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:52 am to TigerPaw1
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4* DT Coynis Miller
My Crystal Ball pick: Auburn
Level of confidence: Low
Breakdown: Auburn was Miller's first big offer, but he's a longtime Alabama fan.
Other schools are involved, but we think it comes down to those two. The Tide could be tough to beat.
AU - 60%, Bama - 40%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:53 am to TigerPaw1
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4* DT Alfred Thomas
My Crystal Ball pick: No pick made
Level of confidence: N/A
Breakdown: Auburn has not offered
AU - 50%, UGA - 50%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:54 am to TigerPaw1
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4* LB/ATH Nathaniel Watson
My Crystal Ball pick: Auburn
Level of confidence: Low
Breakdown: Mississippi State is surging. That's largely because the Bulldogs are recruiting Watson the hardest, he said last week. He prefers receiver and Mississippi State will give him that shot. Auburn likes him at linebacker.
AU - 100%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:55 am to TigerPaw1
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3* DE Andres Fox
My Crystal Ball pick: Auburn
Level of confidence: Medium
Breakdown: According to Fox, he nearly committed to Auburn earlier this year but his mother asked him to hold off. Alabama and LSU are very much in the mix.
AU - 62%, Bama - 38%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:56 am to TigerPaw1
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3* OLB/Buck Richard JIbunor
My Crystal Ball pick: Auburn
Level of confidence: Medium
Breakdown: Jibunor is extremely close with the Auburn staff. He's also friends with Tigers offensive tackle Prince Tega Wanogho, who like himself is a Nigerian native.
But schools such as Alabama and Georgia figure to be major factors.
AU - 100%
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:56 am to TigerPaw1
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3* WR Shedrick Jackson
My Crystal Ball pick: Auburn
Level of confidence: High
Breakdown: It's hard to imagine the nephew of Tigers legend Bo Jackson going anywhere else. Auburn offered him a week ago.
AU - 100%
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 5:57 am
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:57 am to TigerPaw1
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3* DT Timaje Porter
My Crystal Ball pick: No pick made
Level of confidence: N/A
Breakdown: He loves Auburn, but does he fit the scheme? That's something the Tigers must determine.
AU - 100%
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 5:58 am
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:02 am to TigerPaw1
Alec Jackson ready to get started as Auburn football’s next do-it-all defensive lineman (SECCountry)
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Alec Jackson feels two different ways as he prepares to join the Auburn football program next month.
The 6-foot-5 defensive lineman said he’s ready to make the Plains his home when he enrolls in late May. But Jackson isn’t in a huge hurry to get there. He still has a lot to celebrate in his last few weeks at Jeff Davis High School in Alabama’s capital city.
“It’s going to be crazy,” Jackson told SEC Country. “That’s when reality is going to hit right there. But I’m just enjoying my high school days, enjoy prom, enjoy graduation.”
That attitude toward his next few weeks reflects Jackson and what he’ll bring to Auburn as a football player — a little bit of everything.
Auburn defensive line coach Rodney Garner described Jackson, a former tight end, as someone with “tremendous upside” and the ability to play both defensive end and defensive tackle. In Auburn’s 4-3 defensive front, Jackson has the potential to fit any role.
“They say I have the ability to play any position on the defensive line,” Jackson said. “Just being versatile and using my talents at different position.”
Auburn has had its fair share of recent success with versatile defensive tackles. Montravius Adams split out at defensive end some in his four-year Auburn career. Current sophomore Derrick Brown has the agility to do the same, even though he weighs more than 300 pounds.
Jackson, who weighed 284 pounds during a visit to Auburn’s A-Day spring game earlier this month, wants to do the same for Auburn. A lifelong Auburn fan, Jackson lists both edge rushers and interior linemen as his inspirations on the field.
“When I was playing tight end, my favorite player was (Philip) Lutzenkirchen,” Jackson said. “I ended up playing d-line, and I started looking at Nick Fairley, (Dee) Ford, Montravius Adams, Carl Lawson, Marlon (Davidson), all those guys. I just pictured myself playing with them when I was in high school.”
Jackson’s versatile background stems from where he started his high school career. He was mostly a blocking tight end for the Jeff Davis Volunteers as an underclassman. Coaches thought playing defense would better utilize Jackson’s skills. After he made the switch, he became a coveted prospect.
Jackson said he took the lessons he learned on offense and translated them into his all-around game on defense.
“At tight end, you’re just blocking most of the time,” Jackson said. “But you’ve also got to be able to run out for a route and have a release move. On defense, if you’re rushing the passer, you’ve got to have a release move. Basically, that helps you right there. It really went just hand-in-hand.”
While Jackson didn’t get many opportunities to catch the ball at tight end for the Volunteers, his hands made him a real weapon on the other side of the ball.
“He really knows how to use his hands,” Jeff Davis head coach Lee Carter told SEC Country. “He’s so long. All your successful defensive linemen have good get-offs, and they’re able to use their hands. I think his get-off could get better, but the way he uses his hands and his length, I think that’s a plus for him.”
Carter said he thinks Jackson will stick as a defensive tackle at Auburn. He has experience at both traditional tackle and nose tackle, and, more importantly, room to grow.
“Getting up there and getting those good meals and being in that strength and conditioning program, I can see him being a 3-technique or growing into a 1-technique,” Carter said.
Jackson said he’s ready for whatever Auburn has for him in the future. He believes he has the skill set to fit any spot on Garner’s deep defensive line.
“I have size and length, and at the same time, I have a little speed to go with it,” Jackson said. “That makes me a weapon for each position.”
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:03 am to TigerPaw1
Rivals 3 Stripe Camp Atlanta: Players predict future colleges (Rivals)
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It’s our job at Rivals.com to get the information on which schools the nation’s top prospects will end up signing with when the time comes. But sometimes the best clues come from fellow recruits. At this past weekend's Atlanta stop of the Rivals 3 Stripe Camp Series presented by adidas, we asked fellow prospects where some of the Southeast’s best players will end up and their answers may surprise you.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:04 am to TigerPaw1
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4* OG Trey Hill
The Pick: Georgia. Why: "Maybe Georgia. He likes Georgia a lot, so I’ll say maybe Georgia.” – five-star QB Trevor Lawrence, Cartersville, Ga.
The Pick: Georgia. Why: “I think he’s going to Georgia with Jamaree Salyer.” – five-star QB Emory Jones, Franklin (Ga.) Heard County
The Pick: Georgia. Why: “I think him and Jamaree are going to Georgia together.” – four-star OL Jalil Irvin, Stone Mountain (Ga.) Stephenson
The Pick: Clemson. Why: “It just seems like him and Trevor would be a good duo.” – 2020 QB Harrison Bailey, Marietta, Ga.
The Pick: Georgia. – 2019 DE Derrick McLendon, Tucker, Ga.
The Pick: Georgia. – four-star ATH Kearis Jackson, Fort Valley (Ga.) Peach County
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:05 am to TigerPaw1
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5* OG Jamaree Salyer
The Pick: Clemson. Why: “I think he’s coming to Clemson. I’ve been talking to him. He hasn’t told me he’s coming for sure. I just know he really liked it. He really likes Georgia too, but hopefully we’ll get him.” – Lawrence
The Pick: Georgia. Why: “I think he’s gonna end up going to Georgia. He’s just one of those Georgia boys. He goes there a lot.” – Jones
The Pick: Georgia. Why: “The way it sets up for him and the way things have been going, I think he’s going to Georgia.” – four-star DB Myles Sims, Atlanta (Ga.) Westlake
The Pick: Georgia. Why: “I don’t know. He’s always talking about them.” – Bailey
The Pick: Georgia. – 2019 four-star OL Clay Webb, Oxford, Ala.
The Pick: Georgia. – three-star DB Jaycee Horn, Alpharetta, Ga.
The Pick: Georgia. – Jackson
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:06 am to TigerPaw1
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5* WR Justyn Ross
The Pick: Auburn or Clemson. Why: “If I had to guess, I’d say maybe Auburn. I think maybe Clemson, too.” – Lawrence
The Pick: Alabama or Auburn. Why: “He’s gonna stay home and go to Alabama or Auburn.” – Jones
The Pick: Auburn. Why: “I think he’s looking at Auburn pretty hard. Hopefully we get him.” – Irvin
The Pick: Auburn. Why: “Maybe. I don’t know him that well.” – Bailey
The Pick: Alabama. – Horn
The Pick: Alabama. – Jackson
The Pick: Alabama. – three-star ATH Cameron Taylor, Montgomery (Ala.) Park Crossing
The Pick: Alabama. – four-star OL Marcus “Tank” Jenkins, Montgomery (Ala.) Park Crossing
Well frick that's not encouraging
Posted on 4/26/17 at 7:54 am to TigerPaw1
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Breakdown: It's hard to imagine the nephew of Tigers legend Bo Jackson going anywhere else. Auburn offered him a week ago.
This guy obviously doesn't keep up with recruiting very much.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:21 pm to Aubie Spr96
ESPN is gutting a good bit of their recruiting network. Kind of nuts considering g how much they've pumped up and used recruiting in their broadcasts recently
They already were lagging in FB recruiting news/coverage, only going g to get worse
They already were lagging in FB recruiting news/coverage, only going g to get worse
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:23 pm to GenesChin
ESPN is gutting way more than just their recruiting. I think I read where they fired up to 100 on-air personalities and writers today.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 7:46 pm to beatbammer
I know, but relevant to this thread is the re recruiting people who were gutted
ESPN has made a spectacle of NSD and brought a lot of attention to recruiting to the mainstream. Crazy they would then lay off the guys who made that news available
Not sure wtf their horrible personalities will talk about now that all their content generating sources have been canned
ESPN has made a spectacle of NSD and brought a lot of attention to recruiting to the mainstream. Crazy they would then lay off the guys who made that news available
Not sure wtf their horrible personalities will talk about now that all their content generating sources have been canned
Posted on 4/26/17 at 7:49 pm to GenesChin
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ESPN is gutting a good bit of their recruiting network. Kind of nuts considering g how much they've pumped up and used recruiting in their broadcasts recently
They already were lagging in FB recruiting news/coverage, only going g to get worse
Ya basically let go of two of their top 3 recruiting guys. Funny enough the guy left (Gerry Hamilton) is the one that tweeted out that porn link a few years ago
Their rankings already suck because they over favor kids that commit to playing at the Under Armour All-American Game and that's probably only going to get worse now
Posted on 4/27/17 at 8:45 am to GenesChin
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Not sure wtf their horrible personalities will talk about now that all their content generating sources have been canned
Mostly stories about Feelz, and Title IX violations?
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