re: Class of 2019 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: That's a Wrap Edition

Posted on 5/5/18 at 2:29 pm to TideSaint

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Posted on 5/5/18 at 2:29 pm to TideSaint

How OL coach Brent Key turned into one of Alabama’s top recruiters (SEC Country)

Brent Key is No. 3 in the 247Sports composite coaches rankings.

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Pat Jasinski was an underrecruited linebacker from Blessed Trinity High School (Roswell, Ga.) in the 2015 class. He had two offers to play college football: UCF and Air Force.

At the time, Alabama offensive line coach Brent Key was an assistant on UCF’s staff, and Roswell, Ga., was one of his primary recruiting territories. Blessed Trinity coach Tim McFarlin, who has known Key for nearly 20 years now, told him about Jasinski, the nation’s No. 119 outside linebacker in the 2015 class. He is now one of UCF’s star linebackers and led the team with 104 tackles last season.

Blessed Trinity coach Tim McFarlin told SEC Country that the way Key ended up landing Jasinski was because of the time he put into getting to know the coaching staff and learning the details of Jasinski as a person before the player.

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“He hangs on to some values that we’re losing in recruiting,” McFarlin said. “The way he got Pat was he pulled up a chair to watch film with us as a staff. He really takes his time in recruiting. He takes time getting to know the coaches and not just the player on the field but what he does off of it.

“The thing that impresses me about Brent is he wants to know the intricate details about the person he is recruiting. He asks all of the right questions. I’ve been doing this for 37 years — and it used to be common in recruiting — but these coaches are moving so fast in recruiting and very rarely do they actually talk with you and watch film, but he does that. With Brent, recruiting for him is all about quality and not quantity.”

Key has turned himself into not only one of Alabama’s best recruiters, but also one of the nation’s top recruiters. He is ranked No. 3 in the country, according to the 247Sports composite coach rankings, behind Oklahoma assistant Cale Gundy and Tide defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi.

McFarlin said the film session Key had with him and his staff was the difference in UCF getting Jasinski.

Brent Key was Mac Jones’ primary recruiter when the quarterback was a recruit in the 2017 class.

McFarlin said college coaches often cycle through the school but they’re just in and out without actually having a genuine conversation. Not Key. He knows when Key is on Blessed Trinity’s campus, he’s going to get quality time with him. The relationship between the coaches is now at the point where McFarlin can truthfully let Key know his exact thoughts on the players he’s recruiting.