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Todderick Hunt (@TodderickHunt)
12/19/16, 4:49 PM
#UConn FB strategy: Hit N.J. hard as NSD approaches. Offer guys who can really ball, yet are under-recruited & likely have a chip bc of it.

Todderick Hunt (@TodderickHunt)
12/19/16, 4:59 PM
@TodderickHunt Already have Dickens & Van DeMark committed. & I could see Jahsim Floyd, Kessler, Devera and Chukwuneke also signing up.

Todderick Hunt (@TodderickHunt)
12/19/16, 5:01 PM
@TodderickHunt They have a recent offer out to T.J. Rayam, who I love & still have an opening 4 Fornadel, who is better than his offer list.
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Interesting that the first tweet by Hunt was retweeted by Chris Chuk.
 
Stairmaster said:
He lists "UCONN'21" in his Twitter bio now. I'd say so.

I like this pickup a lot - we needed an interior lineman to come on board, and his cadre of offers (Air Force, Navy, Nevada, ODU, Temple) is a step up from some of what we've seen recently.
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Nice! We offered this kid awhile ago. Glad he's aboard.

Now let's get Big O (Octavia Williams) signed on too to get the OL even if more order
 
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Drew said:
I don't even know how to respond to this:
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I want to preface this post with I'm not criticizing the kid, he's 18 years old and I know this board sometimes goes down that path....I want to look at it objectively.

The irony of the tweet is these kids are in direct control of UConn's (in-state) recruiting class. The question they have to ask themselves is "What do I want to get out of my college career?" If the answer is National Championship then I agree, UConn will NEVER EVER EVER compete for a national championship in the current construct...that's reality. However, if the answer is Play for the NFL, then that is absolutely attainable by staying home and playing for the Huskies....we prove it year after year. The two things Michigan has over UConn is ability to compete for National Championship and Gameday Atmosphere (the history and fanbase is baked into those two). Obviously UConn can't do anything about the first one, however, the Gameday Atmosphere has been proven to be amazing if the team is winning. Starting with 2012, let's see what UConn's team would look like today if the top 2 or 3 recruits would have stayed home and played for UConn:

2012: Casey Cochran and Malik Golen
- Obviously Casey stayed and is one of those "What could have been"
- Malik Golden went to Penn State to play Free Safety and started all games his junior and senior year.....imagine the Safety Tandem with him and Byron Jones?

2013: Andrew Isaacs, Tim Boyle, Sadiq Olanrewaju, Cory Jasudowich, and Noel Thomas
- Andrew Isaacs accumulated about 3 yards total his 3 years at Maryland due to an injury bug that has plagued him for most of his career
- We all know Tim Boyles story need I say more?
- Now Sadiq was not born and raised in CT, he immigrated from Nigeria and calls MD home, but he went to prep school in CT so let's go with it anyways. He went to UVA and started as a true freshman in 2013, injury bug plagued him in 2014, and he missed all of 2015 with injury, nothing yet for 2016 but nfldraftscout.com has him rated as the 77th OT out of 126.
- Cory left the team before the season started, started as a true freshman for University of New Haven, and then he trailed off in 2014.
- Anyone hear anything about this Noel Thomas kid?

2014: Marcus Outlow, Connor Dintino, Arkeel Newsome
- Marcus Outlow had an interesting journey which I'm sure we're all aware of so I'll leave that one alone
- Dintino redshirted in 2014 and started all games for Pitt in 2015...no stats yet for 2016, but one can think that he played in some games
- Anyone hear anything about this Arkeel Newsome kid?

2015: Christian Wilkins, Chris Clark, Anthony Palazzolo, Zach Allen, Jarvis Miller, Quentin Harris, and William Harris
- Uh Wilkins is a beast at Clemson and is the anchor of that defense that went to the national championship last year.....I'll just say imagine the defensive line with Foley at DT and Wilkins on the outside rushing the passer?
- Chris Clark transferred to Pitt after one game at UCLA, he sat out 2015....no stats available for 2016
- Anthony Palazzolo redshirted his freshman year at BC...no stats available for 2016
- Zach Allen played in all but 3 games for BC earning 4.0 sacks (Foley in the middle, Allen and Wilkins rushing the passer)
- Miller redshirted his freshman year at Penn State in 2015, and in 2016 played in 3 games with 3 total tackles
- Quentin Harris redshirted for Duke and was the backup quarterback in 2016
- William Harris was recruited out of Choate, but hails from GA, in 2015 he played in all but 3 games for BC, amounting 20 tackles and 1 INT as a DB, in 2016 he had almost 50 tackles and 2 INTs (imagine Summers on one side and William Harris on the other)

2016: Koby Quansah, Lucas Niang, Isaiah Wright, Jake Hescock, Scooter Harrington, Jacob Morgenstern, and Tahj Herring
- Koby played in all but 4 games for Duke as OLB, amounting 12 tackles (Junior Joseph in the middle with Koby on the outside)
- Lucas redshirted his freshman year at TCU
- Isaiah played in all but 2 games for Temple at WR amounting 8 catches for 74 yards (Noel the #1 and Wright the #2 WR)
- Jake comes from Massachusetts through Salisbury Prep, redshirted his freshman year
- Scooter redshirted for BCU
- Jacob redshirted for Duke
- Tahj committed to UConn and redshirted this year

So actually as you can see, CT has not really produced a CRAZY amount of talent, maybe 1 or 2 players.....at least one team difference maker. However, obviously it can be like domino's, if one play maker commits then they attract other playmakers.

Again it comes down to what they want out of their college career, if they want to CONTINUE excellence at a school like Mich or ND and compete for national championships then obviously UConn is not the place for them. If they want to BUILD excellence, compete for higher tier bowls (under the assumption that if top talent commits it creates higher bowl opportunities) and maybe not win a national championship, but play for the NFL....then stay home and commit to UConn.

Can't blame the kids though, look at 2016....schools like Duke and TCU and then this year in 2017 Notre Dame and Michigan.

This was meant to be a fun research exercise, anyone can build on it.
 
Drew said:
I don't even know how to respond to this:
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Kids need to understand the recruiting game at big name schools. Look at Michigan since he brought it up. They have verbal commitments from 4 OTs in the 2017 class and they are still recruiting OTs and they are favorites to land one or two more 4* OTs. Schools will recruit over you and I would be surprised if Michigan ended up signing 6 OTs in this class.
 
uconnflyer88 said:
The two things Michigan has over UConn is ability to compete for National Championship and Gameday Atmosphere (the history and fanbase is baked into those two).
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A 3rd argument is academic pedigree... I know UCONN is pretty good academic school.. Comparable with the best public universities out there, but Michigan would be considered by most to be better. Realistically speaking.
 
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Drew said:
I don't even know how to respond to this:
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I for one think it's an "Elephant in the Room" comment... Probably needed to be publicly said by a P5 level recruit... sends a message to our AD...My opinion. We can build on under the radar kids all we want but somehow some way we need to evolve into more if we have true, realistic aspirations of becoming a P5 level program that the powers that be at the top of the FBS can truly look at UConn football and say, without a doubt, that we belong there.

Right now, we don't.
 
ktuck911 said:
I for one think it's an "Elephant in the Room" comment... Probably needed to be publicly said by a P5 level recruit... sends a message to our AD...My opinion. We can build on under the radar kids all we want but somehow some way we need to evolve into more if we have true, realistic aspirations of becoming a P5 level program that the powers that be at the top of the FBS can truly look at UConn football and say, without a doubt, that we belong there.

Right now, we don't.
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If you are not in the P5, it's pretty clear what a school needs to do to attract recruits. Win and/or play exciting football in front of an engaged fanbase.

As for losing recruits to the likes of Michigan and Notre Dame, most P5 programs would lose those battles as well. What UConn has to do is win some recruiting battles against the likes of BC, Syracuse, Rutgers... And, UConn can do that if they are winning.
 
huskymedic said:
Sam Crawford ‏@_SamCrawford_ 8m8 minutes ago
Excited to receive an offer from the University of Connecticut #Huskies

Sam Crawford is a 6-0 188lb WR/SS from Rockwall High School in Rockwall Texas. 20 offers including ECU, USF, Tulane, Navy, Utah State, Colorado State, New Mexico State, Texas State, Fresno State, Nevada, Army, Air Force, BGSU, Northern Ill. and Holy Cross amongst others.

Sam Crawford 2016 Senior Season
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Greg Powers@GPowersScout
Congrats to Scout All-Midlands ATH Sam Crawford.
Scout All-Midlands Team (2016-17)
 
HuskyHawk said:
I like the speed. Are we looking at him as a RB or safety?
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I watched the tape - given his frame, maybe better as an RB.... but his talents could go either way.
 
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huskymedic said:
Todderick Hunt (@TodderickHunt)
12/19/16, 4:59 PM
@TodderickHunt Already have Dickens & Van DeMark committed. & I could see Jahsim Floyd, Kessler, Devera and Chukwuneke also signing up.
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Here is the video on Floyd. Interesting player, build like Dez Bryant to my eyes. Might not have the cut moves or acceleration to be a WR, but maybe at 6'7'' cut moves are overrated. Either way, I could see the staff taking this kid if we have the space. Seems like a worthy 3rd WR in the redzone and/or receiving TE.

Jahsim Floyd's Highlights
 
UConnJim said:
If you are not in the P5, it's pretty clear what a school needs to do to attract recruits. Win and/or play exciting football in front of an engaged fanbase.

As for losing recruits to the likes of Michigan and Notre Dame, most P5 programs would lose those battles as well. What UConn has to do is win some recruiting battles against the likes of BC, Syracuse, Rutgers... And, UConn can do that if they are winning.
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Bah...even if you're in a P5, and you play good football, you're still not Michigan. It's simply an unfair criticism. Michigan is the winningest program all time. They are what Kentucky is for basketball. They play in front of over 100k. They have the best fight song. Saying UConn will never do what Michigan does is meaningless.
 
Exit 4 said:
Here is the video on Floyd. Interesting player, build like Dez Bryant to my eyes. Might not have the cut moves or acceleration to be a WR, but maybe at 6'7'' cut moves are overrated. Either way, I could see the staff taking this kid if we have the space. Seems like a worthy 3rd WR in the redzone and/or receiving TE.

Jahsim Floyd's Highlights
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Remember when Diaco told us Aaron McClain and Frank Battle were going to be nightmares to defend in the red one?

Me too. I've lost all faith in Diaco to do anything other than look into the camera and lie to us.

Prove me wrong Bob.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bah...even if you're in a P5, and you play good football, you're still not Michigan. It's simply an unfair criticism. Michigan is the winningest program all time. They are what Kentucky is for basketball. They play in front of over 100k. They have the best fight song. Saying UConn will never do what Michigan does is meaningless.
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Agreed. What we need is some high profile recruits from the state to pass on out of state offers and take a chance on the program. Like Chris Smith did. Like Dan Orlovsky did.

I thought Orlovsky would change things with CT kids, but here we are more than a decade later and two additional coaches and here we are.
 
noeynox said:
Remember when Diaco told us Aaron McClain and Frank Battle were going to be nightmares to defend in the red one?

Me too. I've lost all faith in Diaco to do anything other than look into the camera and lie to us.

Prove me wrong Bob.
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I'm saving all my Diaco angst for post signing day. For now, I'm going to focus on the recruiting from a positive POV or at least from the POV that excludes the current coaching staff. I could be mistaken, but I feel like we are recruiting more speed this year and fewer prototypes.
 
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huskymedic said:
State Championship@Alex_ballhard_ 8 hours ago · Florida
Very Blessed to Receive My 12th Offer From UCONN #Huskies

Alex Wilcox is a 6-0 285 lb DT from University Christian School in Jacksonville, Florida. 247 profile shows him as a Wofford commit in August. Others offers from Ball State, Buffalo, North Texas, Southern Miss, UTEP, Florida A&M, , Presbyterian, Shaw University, Tusculum and Robert Morris.
Senior Season Highlights
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Decommitted from Wofford and reopened his recruitment on 12/14. Said to be waiting till NLI Signing Day in February to commit

Alex Wilcox@Alex_ballhard_1 hour ago
Check out my "Silencing My Doubters" highlights!
⚠️Silencing My Doubters ⚠️ (Highlights) - Alex Wilcox highlights
 
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