Would be an interesting side note, although I have never heard that concern regarding White. There is at least one recruit that is a concern along these lines.
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Would be an interesting side note, although I have never heard that concern regarding White. There is at least one recruit that is a concern along these lines.
This right here. You see a lot of big programs that need to fill a couple spots offer guys late after seeing coaches from smaller schools with proven track records of finding hidden talent have done the leg work. This will make those larger schools have to do some running earlier than normal for these kids.
Randy was blowing major smoke on the morning rush. No, Kam is not going to play receiver at Ole Miss. Randy was alluding to Kam receiving ($$$) at Ole Miss. If he didn't think it was bad he wouldn't have deleted the tweet. It was a douchey thing to say.
To be fair the word around the street was Kam wasn't as good as he was once hoped.
He was getting too big and slow to play DB because he switched to LB in HS. He also wasn't that highly dominating as a LB. He still was an amazing athlete but there was a real possible that he would be redshirted at Iowa State to work on his body.
Also as some said he wasn't a slam dunk in the class room. He wasn't in the danger zone yet but very close.
He was getting too big and slow to play DB because he switched to LB in HS. He also wasn't that highly dominating as a LB. He still was an amazing athlete but there was a real possible that he would be redshirted at Iowa State to work on his body.
Also as some said he wasn't a slam dunk in the class room. He wasn't in the danger zone yet but very close.
There's no way he was playing next year. He wasn't a safety, first of all, so he needed to add weight. He was just too stiff to play there and projecting him to LB was much more difficult. It's easy to look at a guy his size and project them to safety. When you start throwing 30 lbs on guys like him it becomes more difficult. He was a similar prospect to Adrian Bennett IMO. I said prospect, not player. They were both guys you hope you can add some weight to and maintain the speed and fluidity to be an effective undersized LB in a spread out Big 12. We definitely wanted him but Jones is a much, much better safety prospect IMO.
Seriously, I can't see/hear the words danger zone anymore without Archer clips playing in my head.
Carry on.
I assume you are joking, right? This post jimlad era has not been kind to me.
Not according to 247
I'm not saying I didn't want him. That would be silly. I'm bummed we lost him but it would've taken a few years for him to contribute and when we recruited him we wanted him as a DB but now he isn't a DB prospect. He is more of a LB.
So everyone now thinks it would have taken a while for him to contribute? He would have played as a true freshman at safety for sure. He played safety and WR on a state championship team in MS and Ole Miss is coming after him hard but somehow you guys are trying to convience yourselves that he wouldn't see the field early here...interesting
He wouldn't have played safety next year or ever. He couldn't cover in the Big 12. He could have potentially been a hell of a LB, but at 205 lbs, not to mention no experience, it's doubtful it would have been next year.
So we played 6 freshman last year but the highest recruit this year that has offers from Alabama, ole miss and florida wouldn't play?...he would be playing safety not CB. Almost all of Alabama's DBs are around 200lbs by the way.
I honestly think he would end up at LB as well but even right now we have a LB that is playing at 205 so is it really that crazy to think he could have played LB as a freshman as well. He could easily be at 215-220 by next football season If he knew they were going to play him at LB
Yeah, I guess you got it. You really think he could go to Alabama if he wanted to? Do you really think he's the freak that those Alabama safeties are? He's not. In the Big 12, your safeties have to cover like corners and he can't do that.
The guy is a great athlete and was a great prospect but he wasn't Malik Hooker. Playing true freshmen at places like CB, DE, WR, or RB is one thing. You can limit their responsibilities. At LB or S, they have to be special to be a good option.
Agreed, safety in the big 12 and the SEC are two completely different beasts. Not saying the SEC safetys are slouches AT ALL, but just different threats to defend. Ask a true freshman safety learning the position to shadow DeDe Westbrook for a series, and you're gonna see some real nice offense displayed.
We will just have to agree to disagree on this one...I always just find it funny how this kind of talk always comes after a guy decommits...if he would have been there on signing day 90%of the people would have him atleast on the 2 deep already
Trey Scott posted a thread on 24/7 stating, essentially, what people are saying here. He's a bit of a safety/LB tweener for our defense, but would have likely ended up as a LB, which would have required more weight.
What everyone is saying about Kam is true. ISU has Keontae Jones as their highest Safety prospect on the board.
That doesn't mean they have him graded out higher than Kam overall though, because obviously he has some versatility to go between Safety, Nickel, or even more of a LB type. I've heard he's up around 210 right now. At 6'2, him getting to 225 wouldn't be a huge issue.
Won't matter though. He's headed to Ole Mi$$.
That doesn't mean they have him graded out higher than Kam overall though, because obviously he has some versatility to go between Safety, Nickel, or even more of a LB type. I've heard he's up around 210 right now. At 6'2, him getting to 225 wouldn't be a huge issue.
Won't matter though. He's headed to Ole Mi$$.