'17 Commit: After Bouncing From House To House, (Robert) Holmes Hopes To Settle With UConn Football

[huskymedic]

This kid is going to be real easy to root for!!

(2017 Commit Thread - https://the-boneyard.com/threads/2017-uconn-commit-robert-holmes-west-palm-beach-florida.105351/)

 

[UConnDan97]

Go get em, Robert!!!

 

[TheDrifter75]

This kid is going to be real easy to root for!!

You're right, very easy. That story is both heartbreaking and exciting. He seemed very humble and matter of fact in his video posted just after signing day I believe. Really liked him then, loving his story now.

 

[Skiblets]

It's easy sometimes to forget others struggles. My heart bleeds and roots for the young man

 

[BlueMAB]

"Heading into his junior year, Holmes had scholarship offers from Michigan State, Miami, Auburn and others, but those Power Five offers were rescinded in the wake of his knee injury."

Their loss is our gain.

 

[uconnbill]

He ran a 5.1 second forty which is incredible. I know he had an ACL injury in his junior year but I feel he may be UConn best recruit in this class

 

[Chin Diesel]

Obviously a feel good chapter in a rough life so far.

This is exactly the type of player Edsall 1.0 excelled in developing.

I remember Edsall discussing recruiting and talking about how much more there is to develop in a recruit vice having a near finished product.

He mentioned kids who have played with position coaches since Pop Warner, gone to camps since grade school and have been in weight and conditioning programs their whole HS careers. You know as a coach what you see on film from that player is what you are getting from that player on college. Little left to develop.

Compare that to Holmes. You can easily see him slimming??? down to 320-325 and being thick as a shitbrickhouse. With a nasty streak.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Hoping that UConn can be the springboard to a great future life for this kid. I think he's got a great chance to be an impact player and a real road grinder at RT. I can imagine him, in a year, getting out and flattening people on outside runs to his side.

 

[freescooter]

Agree on all points. Assuming his knee is good I can see this being a typical Randy oline recruit. Lots of potential to develop but with a very high upside once he learns proper techniques and gets in the weight room with solid coaching.

 

[Excalibur]

Says he decommitted from FAU and came here because he didn't trust Kiffin. At least we know he is a good judge of character . . .

 

[whaler11]

Kudos to Anthony and his editor for burying The Blind Side until the second to last paragraph.