Re: Tiger recruiting

Ngata and Bentley are on commit watch this weekend. Phillips is a silent and is committing on Aug 10th I think, which is his birthday. Not really in it at this point with Bush, primary corner targets are Booth and then Shyheim Battle. We'll see with Booth, I'm sure Phillips is working him and when he came to visit a few weeks ago I know Charleston came up to help too. If he waits till the season starts to make a decision it's probably a good sign for us. Auburn's going to have one of their down years after a good year (in which they still lost 4 games), but Auburn's doing very Auburny things this cycle. Jaydon Hill sounds like somebody that we aren't really going after unless we miss on Booth.

DL recruiting we're definitely in it on some guys. O-31-0 seems to lead for Tyler Davis, but it sounds like we're close and we'll see if we can get some officials for others.

OL recruiting is not good. We don't really lead for anybody and the board is shrinking as guys are committing elsewhere. Jakai Moore and Darnell Wright have both bailed on cookout already. Moore as some AAU thing (probably not a good sign about his interest level), and Wright is going to Bama's event instead, which could give them 4 top 50 OL recruits if they get him and Webb. Still some guys out there but a successful OL class, especially for tackles which is what we really need is probably going to depend on flipping guys. Still a chance to get an official from Wright so we've got a chance though.

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Jul 25, 2018, 1:34 PM

1. Our main targets are: Andrew Booth, Quavaris Crouch, Joe Ngata, and Lavonta Bentley. The latter two have a more than likely chance to commit on Friday, so that probably closes the WR class with Ladson, Ngata, and (the very underrated) Brannon Spector.

Bentley gets us closer at LB, but there are still lots of takes (Crouch, Nakobe Dean) and other targets (Spencer Lytle, but I think we lost this one).

Booth has been trending to Auburn for a couple months and the bad news is that he heads down there the next day after the All-In Cookout, good news is that we see him the day before and maybe we can nudge him more in the right direction, but he is for sure on the Auburn commit watch list for now. Chances will go down past this weekend IMO because I think he would prefer to commit there, but we'll see what happens--For what it's worth, I don't think a commitment to Auburn takes us out of the running completely.

Crouch is quiet and there isn't a lot being said right now. Tennessee seems to be trending up and up, but we are right there with them or maybe above them. He'll be a LB for us, but this will be one that we'll have to wait a little bit for.

On top of those guys we also have a number of players that we are pursuing right now: Hundson Henry (apparently oversign worthy), Darnell Wright, Will Putnam, Clay Webb, Nolan Smith, Tyler Davis, Faatui Tuitele, Jalyn Philips (silent commit), and a few more.

2. For DL, maybe. We've obviously been going for UGA commit Nolan Smith for a while and if he decommits we will probably get him, but nothing to hold your breath for.

Travon Walker was a DT we were going after, but we were never really in it, we are going after pretty much every single top DT right now (Sopsher, Tuitele, Davis) to fill that spot lost earlier this off-season. Tyler Davis is a 4* top 150 guy and he's the most likely according to some insiders and we've made some headroom. It may be a drawn out ordeal trying to get one of these guys, or we might not at all, but we are making some heavy pushes.

I don't really like talking that much about the OL recruiting because it gets me worked up a little but here we go: we have a few "top targets" right now (the list is smaller than it was a couple of months ago due to players committing), which is: Darnell Wright, Trevor Keegan, Will Putnam, Jakai Moore, and Clay Webb. Lets break that down.

Darnell Wright isn't coming. There's absolutely no reciprocated intrest. No visits, it's been Alabama/Ohio State/Tennessee the whole way. Not even sure why his name gets mentioned at all anymore because the ship didn't sail, it was never there.

Trevor Keegan is, from what I gather, our single best shot at getting a blue chip OL recruit this class. He's a Michigan lean right now, and our chances of actually getting him here aren't exactly good, but I believe he's shown the most interest back among all of these players, but sadly that isn't much.

Will Putnam is a head FSU lean and there's no sign of that changing. I'd like our chances a hell of a lot better if he was coming to the cookout, but currently I don't believe we have any OL recruits coming to the cookout.

Jakai Moore is skipping the cookout for an AAU tournament in Kentucky next mondy (the cookout is the Friday...), so that should tell you how interested he really is. If we had a puncher's chance he'd be coming here and heading up there the next day, but he obviously doesn't want to be here -- my guess is that he silently committed to SCar, but we'll see.

I've said it a million times and I'll say it again: Clay Webb is a 5* OL in the state of Alabama. What do we really expect? He plays in a state that is the home of the best recruiting team in college football, he plays a position that we don't ever recruit well at and don't send players to the NFL at, and there is nothing pointing to him wanting to come. I'm pretty sure he's a silent commit already because he said when he was up here for the camp that he didn't want to be recruited, he wanted to be coached. Makes sense that he would want to keep going to camps under the guise that he's still available as a recruit, but that's not really true.

NOT. GOOD. We'll see what happens, but #### this #### makes me disappointed.

3. Booth: We're in a pretty good spot. I explained above the possible dilemma we're in with Auburn, but we have a good chance.

Hill: I wouldn't even really think about TBH. Would be nice, but we offered late and he's never been here. He's probably staying in-state.

Bush: I guess we'll see, but there hasn't been too much there yet. I think Bush, Fields, and Battle will all be story lines to follow a little later on, but not so much right now.

4. Philips is a silent commit. We haven't even offered Jaydon Hill, but we might if Bush and/or Booth commit to other places.

5. Ngata has a strong chance to commit at the cookout. I would be surprised if Bentley doesn't commit at the cookout.

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