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Maurice Clarett?
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The kid looks at the names of the schools and disagrees with you.
Prof is on point.
Wisconsin is OUR rival and WE pay a lot of attention to them, the rest of the world does not. The rest of the nation views Wisconsin as a consistently solid program that has produced a large amount of offensive linemen and can run the ball at will against almost anyone.
Michigan, Nebraska, OSU are big ten recruiting schools for RB.
Badger tailbacks have a horrible track record in the NFL. Doesn't matter what kind of success they had in college, from Ron Dayne to Brian Calhoun to John Clay, they all struggle or fail to stick in the league.
I just did a quick search of NFL rosters and Dan Herron was the only Ohio State RB currently in the NFL. Who was the last succeful OSU RB in the NFL? My mind is blanking.
The kid looks at the names of the schools and disagrees with you.
Prof is on point.
Wisconsin is OUR rival and WE pay a lot of attention to them, the rest of the world does not. The rest of the nation views Wisconsin as a consistently solid program that has produced a large amount of offensive linemen and can run the ball at will against almost anyone.
Michigan, Nebraska, OSU are big ten recruiting schools for RB.
So, the RBs need to be non-local? That's the criteria that we use?
Ok, in the last 5years. . .
Ohio State has landed:
(1) Ezekiel Elliot - 4 star - 6.0
(2) Dontre Wlson - 4 star - 5.9
(3) Carlos Hyde - 4 star - 6.0
(4) Rodrick Smith - 4 star - 5.9
(5) Jamaal Berry - 4 star - 6.0
* Ohio State landed 5 non-local RB recruits, all 4 star recruits (5.96 Rivals Ratings Avg)
Michigan
Derrick Green - 5 star - 6.1
Deveon Smith - 3 star - 5.7
Sione Houme - 3 star - 5.5
Stephen Hopkins - 3 star - 5.5
Fitz Touissant - 4 star - 5.8
*Michigan landed 5 non-local RBs for a 3.6 star avg a 5.7 Ratings Rival Avg.
Wisconsin
Corey Clement - 4 star - 5.8
James White - 3 star - 5.7
Montee Ball - 4 star - 5.8
* Wisconsin landed 3 non-local RBs with a 3.67 star average, 5.8 Rivals Rating
So, as far as recruiting non-local RBs in the last 5 years, Wisconsin and Michigan have done pretty similarly. They've all landed a few more local 4-star RBs, but if the criteria for recruiting factors in whether they are "national recruits" or not, Michigan and WI have been pretty similar over the last 5 years. If you had to draw that line and make a tier (in terms of RBs), Michigan is much closer to WI than it is to Ohio State.
Any other schools reportedly still in the mix for Jones other than the Gophers and Iowa State?
Is anybody curious whether Jones' handler Bradley has any influence on his college decision?
Is anybody curious whether Jones' handler Bradley has any influence on his college decision?
If Jones or Ragnow do not go to the U, IMO Levi Bradley had plenty to do with it, and his salary should be investigated by the NCAA. I'd bet plenty his organization is dirty.
This is a huge question mark IMO, especially since Jones' HS coach is very positive on the U of MN, and Bradley and Jenkins are not very freindly.
Honestly I cannot understand how parents or even kids allow this type of thing to happen. Some guy, literally a random guy off the street shows up and starts hanging around your kid and starts helping you and your kid out with their recruitment.
It's creepy, and you HAVE to wonder why this guy is doing this, what's in it for him etc etc.
If Jones or Ragnow do not go to the U, IMO Levi Bradley had plenty to do with it, and his salary should be investigated by the NCAA. I'd bet plenty his organization is dirty.
Jenkins was my DC in high school, so if he doesn't like Bradley than that's all I need to know that he's a scumbag, Jenkins is a stand up guy that has all his players best interest at heart, not just the Hagman's, Gilreth's and Jones' of the worldThis is a huge question mark IMO, especially since Jones' HS coach is very positive on the U of MN, and Bradley and Jenkins are not very freindly.
Honestly I cannot understand how parents or even kids allow this type of thing to happen. Some guy, literally a random guy off the street shows up and starts hanging around your kid and starts helping you and your kid out with their recruitment.
It's creepy, and you HAVE to wonder why this guy is doing this, what's in it for him etc etc.
If Jones or Ragnow do not go to the U, IMO Levi Bradley had plenty to do with it, and his salary should be investigated by the NCAA. I'd bet plenty his organization is dirty.
wasnt too familiar with Levi Bradley, but there's a recent article with his involvement with recent recruits. seems pretty shady, but im sure theres plenty of guys like him out there.
http://www.mnfootballhub.com/news_article/show/320725
This is a huge question mark IMO, especially since Jones' HS coach is very positive on the U of MN, and Bradley and Jenkins are not very freindly.
Honestly I cannot understand how parents or even kids allow this type of thing to happen. Some guy, literally a random guy off the street shows up and starts hanging around your kid and starts helping you and your kid out with their recruitment.
It's creepy, and you HAVE to wonder why this guy is doing this, what's in it for him etc etc.
If Jones or Ragnow do not go to the U, IMO Levi Bradley had plenty to do with it, and his salary should be investigated by the NCAA. I'd bet plenty his organization is dirty.
Washburn coach Giovan Jenkins told Sports Headliners Jones has improved his ACT score and plans to take the test again to score even higher.
Brent Moss had no business attending a D1 school but it happened.
I am not a very patient person. There are some other good running backs that the Gophers are looking at. Do you keep the door open for Jeff the whole way or do you go with options 1b and 1c?
So he either 1) Has not qualified.
2) Likes taking standardized tests for the fun of it.
3) Just missed on a perfect score and wants to give it the old college try again.
Or he is expected to qualify, but it will be very close and a better ACT will give him more breathing room.