All Things Carter Coughlin Thread

per Shama:

Carter Coughlin hasn’t given up on Eden Prairie High School football teammate J.D. Spielman changing his mind about playing for Nebraska. Coughlin has verbally committed to the Gophers and hasn’t been bashful about encouraging other high school prospects to follow him to Minnesota.

Coughlin committed to his home state school last winter, while Spielman announced for Nebraska this summer. The two Eden Prairie teenagers are captains and buddies. Coughlin told Sports Headliners he was disappointed to learn Spielman chose Nebraska over Minnesota but he understands and respects the decision.

Still, that doesn’t mean Coughlin has lost interest in seeing Spielman sign a National Letter of Intent with the Gophers next winter when high school players can make official commitments. “I make hints every now and then but for the most part I am not drilling him too hard,” Coughlin said.

Spielman likes how the slot receiver is used in the Nebraska offense, so that’s provided an opportunity for Coughlin to promote Minnesota and its slot specialist, KJ Maye. “Whenever I am at the Gopher games and KJ Maye makes a play I always take a video of what he did, or whatever, and say this is you out there, or something like that,” Coughlin said. “He chuckles, but that’s pretty much the most I do.”

Eden Prairie is 6-0 and considered the best prep football team in the state. Spielman has been an extraordinary game changer and headline-maker with long runs and touchdowns. He is a headache for defenses with his ability to run and elude tacklers on rushes, pass receptions, punts and kickoffs. Opposing offenses see plenty of Spielman too when he plays in the Eden Prairie secondary where he is a continual threat to intercept passes and run them back for touchdowns.

“J.D. has been making a ton of plays,” Coughlin said. “He’s got like the most incredible vision of any high school player I’ve ever seen. The way he can minupulate his body (is special). Before you even know what you’re going to do, he knows what you’re going to do. It’s pretty incredible.”

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Love Coughlin!

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Minnesota LB commit Carter Coughlin <a href="https://twitter.com/Cmoe34">@Cmoe34</a> a new entry in the ESPN300. Gophers now have 2 ESPN300 commits:

<a href="https://t.co/WCeF9bg7ir">https://t.co/WCeF9bg7ir</a></p>— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomVH/status/658995359260258304">October 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Cleveland.com: Carter Coughlin, a former Ohio State target, sticking with Minnesota despite Jerry Kill's retirement

If there's one thing that often makes committed prospects think twice about their pledge, it's this: Coaching changes.

So when Jerry Kill announced his retirement from Minnesota on Wednesday, coaching staffs all over the country probably looked at the Gophers' recruiting class wondering who they could take another shot at.

There's an obvious choice on that list for Ohio State -- four-star linebacker Carter Coughlin of Eden Prairie, Minn., a former Buckeyes target before he committed to the Gophers in March.

Rated the No. 10 outside linebacker in the 2016 class in 247Sports composite rankings, Coughlin chose Minnesota over the Buckeyes, Iowa, Michigan State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin and others.

And according to Coughlin, he's sticking with Minnesota even if Kill isn't going to be his head coach.

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2015/10/carter_coughlin_a_former_ohio.html

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This is a good listen.
Very articulate young man.

I'm not sure I was able to put together complete, coherent sentences at 17/18-years-old, regardless of whether of not a video camera was present.
 

Coughlin's HS career came to an end last night as Eden Prairie's 40 game win streak was snapped. Heck of a run.

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Boy, thats an ugly face mask. Looks more like a lacrosse helmet. I'm usually a fan of the UA and Army game uniforms but the face masks have been terrible this year.
 




Coughlin one of the 10 listed as "Stock Up" at the East practice today.

3. LB Carter Coughlin, Eden Prairie, Minn.

Recruiting Wrap: Coughlin is a solid commit to Minnesota.

Performance: The 6-foot-4, 212-pound Coughlin has a great frame for the linebacker position, but what stood out on Tuesday was the Minnesota commit’s speed. On back-to-back reps in one-on-ones, Coughlin ran stride-for-stride downfield with wide receivers, including five-star Demetris Robertson. He picked off one of the deep passes, and showed great sideline-to-sideline speed in full team drills.

https://n.rivals.com/news/army-bowl-east-tuesday-stock-report-lawrence-soars-to-top
 

Watched highlight tapes on almost all our recruits, Carter's are by far the best and most
impressive. Stands the questions...
we end up seeing him taking
over for Campbell in fall camp?
any chance the coaching staff dare red-shirt him? Could Celestin still start over him?
 


Watched highlight tapes on almost all our recruits, Carter's are by far the best and most
impressive. Stands the questions...
we end up seeing him taking
over for Campbell in fall camp?
any chance the coaching staff dare red-shirt him? Could Celestin still start over him?

He has to play from day #1. You get him on the field and acclimated next year and barring injury he is a 2-3 year stud. I think you avoid red-shirting guys you believe will start the following year. You get them experience.
 

I'm guessing Poock and Lynn have their spots more or less locked up. The 3rd spot should be an open competition between Coughlin, Huff, and Celestin. Maybe Rallis or Williams too. Regardless of whether he starts or not CC should get at least as much playing time as Huff had this year.
 

If he can legitimately keep up with a 5* receiver step for step. Could he play safety?
 

He has to play from day #1. You get him on the field and acclimated next year and barring injury he is a 2-3 year stud. I think you avoid red-shirting guys you believe will start the following year. You get them experience.

Or we could try something crazy like wait and see how he does once he gets here and let him earn the playing time if he is good enough from day 1. Sure there is a good chance he is ready to play right away but some guys take longer then others to make the transition.
 





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