Seems weird to say the kid has baggage. Never seen that before. I have seen it mentioned that he doesn't dominate like you expect on the field.
[Commitment Watch] TJ Bollers
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Are you sure he just wasn’t listing the reason Hawk fans are giving for them being eliminated?
I'm curious who on here has seen TJ play. Is he the real deal? Care to make a player comparison?
Higher rankings typically amount to higher potential. I have seen him projected as a weak side DE in our system. Imagine a more polished Jaquan Bailey.
I've seen him play once, against Liberty HS (North Liberty). Physically superior athlete and he wrecked the OL initially, but was pretty ineffective for rest of game (my opinion). But the fact he is a top 150 kid means people a whole lot smarter than me have seen him and are impressed, so I'll go with their assessment.
I agree. I've seen Allen Lazard and many others play while in HS, if a team has just the one weapon it can be easy to shut them down or at least limit them. Double team a WR or DE and I don't care how good they are, they won't defeat you on their own.
He wants to study engineering. I guess Campbell better convert him to a tight end and let him sit with all the brainiacs in that room. That group is full of academics all conference players that could sell him on the benefits of a engineering degree from ISU.
Think again. He will be the first to tell you he’s made mistakes in recruiting. Literally every major college football coach does.
Don’t get me wrong. Not saying he can’t play. But the skills don’t match the hype. We will find a guy just as good from out of state and be fine.
LMAO..TJ Boilers is a 4.0 student who wants to major in Engineering...If wisc wants you at DE you are darn good...He may not come here and life we definitely go on...but your statement is not correct in any way.
We have 2 freshman TE's..RS frosh...Who will both be better than LIewellyn IMO..Would have liked to have gotten him but Loving-Black and Dean the staff are very very high on.
Just curious, why would anyone do that?
I just always figure that I can’t read the mind of a 17 year old kid that I’ve never met, so I wait to see what happens. Makes much more sense to me.
I've heard the one worry is getting owned by better high school OLinemen.
I take that to mean he runs right by a lot of the people he's up against.
Awfully high rating to have that concern.
demoncore1031
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This is the kind of recruit that we can't let get away if we are going to turn the corner with the football program. I think the chances of beating out Wisconsin are probably pretty slim, but I have a good feeling that we land him.
