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Hopefully we get some commits this weekend. Elliott Brown is apparently scheduled to visit according to TOS. And Blackshear is supposed to come up, date TBD. Anything else we know about?
 
ZooCougar said:
Wow. We have a ton of private school kids that have been offered. More than I have ever seen. The admissions standards must be getting more and more stringent.
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more kids are heading to private and prep schools so I wouldn't take it to mean anything
 
Exit 4 said:
Hopefully we get some commits this weekend. Elliott Brown is apparently scheduled to visit according to TOS. And Blackshear is supposed to come up, date TBD. Anything else we know about?
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I think there will be a lot of surprises and covert activity. It will be interesting to watch the social media of the kids that hold current offers from the previous staff to see if they wander in for visits. I would imagine a few may have also received calls about their previous offers and are quietly looking for options based on some tweets/retweets/subtweets I have seen.
 
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Joshua Maize ‏@MaizeJoshua 29m 29 minutes ago
Blessed to receive my 14th offer from Western Michigan University

Cuurent offers now besides UConn are Indiana, Ball State, Buffalo, Eastern, Central and Western Michigan, Miami-Ohio, Toledo, Northern Illinois, New Mexico, North Dakota State, Youngstown State and Wyoming
 
huskymedic said:
I think there will be a lot of surprises and covert activity. It will be interesting to watch the social media of the kids that hold current offers from the previous staff to see if they wander in for visits. I would imagine a few may have also received calls about their previous offers and are quietly looking for options based on some tweets/retweets/subtweets I have seen.
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Well - I hope that is true, covert activity is certainly better than no activity and we know Randy likes to keep it quiet.
 
huskymedic said:
Garrison Burnett@___nosirrag6 mins ago
Been blessed to say that I have received an offer from UConn!! #GoHuskies #GloryBeToGod

Garrison Burnett is a 6-0 190lb CB/DT QB from the Maret School in Washington DC. Other offer from Army, Navy, Air Force, Wofford and Stony Brook.
Garrison Burnett Hudl highlights (Defense)
Garrison Burnett Hudl highlights (Offense)



As a QB and a DB, Maret’s Garrison Burnett is proving he can make and break big plays
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Aman is reporting that Burnett will be visiting Storrs this weekend.
 
huskymedic said:
Aman is reporting that Burnett will be visiting Storrs this weekend.
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I think it was Aman, but maybe someone else, who said we are recruiting this kid as a wide receiver. He's fluid and racked up a ton of yards and TDs as a scrambling QB (49 in the air and on the ground). At 6ft and 190, the kid looks like someone in the mold of Beals who is 6'1 and 185. Similar level of agility.
 
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Exit 4 said:
I think it was Aman, but maybe someone else, who said we are recruiting this kid as a wide receiver. He's fluid and racked up a ton of yards and TDs as a scrambling QB (49 in the air and on the ground). At 6ft and 190, the kid looks like someone in the mold of Beals who is 6'1 and 185. Similar level of agility.
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Receiver would make sense. He looked more like an athlete than a QB from his Hudl - he wasn't even playing QB in it the entire time.
 
ZOOCONN said:
not true at all, NFL centers on average are 6'2 1/2. ill take a savvy undersized lineman over a lazy oaf any day.
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Centers do seem to be much shorter than the other O-line positions.
 
King Husky said:
Centers do seem to be much shorter than the other O-line positions.
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they are usually the home for undersized linemen because that is where the most combo blocks happen as well as the slower linemen tend to be (on the defensive side of the ball). if your small but play with good leverage you can be a dynamic center. my center when I played was 5'10 standing on a shoe box and he ended up being all state, same with the OC I currently work with.
 
huskymedic said:
Chris Elmore is a 6-0 270lb DT from Philips High in Chicago Ill (Q. Skanes' alma mater). Current offers from Syracuse, Buffalo, Western Michigan, Central Michigan, FAU. Miami Ohio and Wyoming.

“Western Michigan is still there. They are still one of my top choices,” Elmore said. “Syracuse is in there and I’ll be taking a visit there this weekend, UConn has also gotten into the mix a little bit and I’ve been talking to their new coaching staff.

>>With UConn introducing new head coach Randy Edsall late last month, Elmore is just starting to familiarize himself with the Huskies, but a former teammate of his is already in Storrs. “I’ve talked to Quayvon (Skanes) about it and he loves it there,” Elmore said. “He is on a good road, so hopefully he will be playing a lot next year because he redshirted this past year.”<<

Junior Highlights - Chris Elmore
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interesting kid, hes a bit small to play DL but a bit big for DE, for sure has great speed and tremendous get off, beat most OL off the ball on those plays, showed great handwork and technique fighting over blocks and shedding them to make the tackle. also great play recognition, if he can put on some weight he could be a great DT for us.
 
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You guys have a point with the short OL thing; however, the only guy I saw at 6'1 who made any real noise at the FBS, in terms of being viewed as a NFL Draft prospect was the kid from Geogia Tech... His name escapes me though... That was a few years ago...

Not knocking the size thing on OL whatsoever, it's just that it is not commonplace (anymore) to see a 6'1 and under OL at the FBS level... If we're recruiting to play on OL there's gotta be something special about him... In Edsall I trust... He's gotten us quite a few gems over his 1st go round...
 
We are starting very late this recruiting cycle (obviously). While there is no point recruiting players who have no shot at helping us, the realistic goals are (i) to improve the class from what they were handed when Edsall took over, (ii) to remake the class to fit our new systems better, and (iii) to not take athletes who, while the best we can get, have little chance to ever help us win.

The point being, our metrics for this very short cycle may be more flexible than what you will see for 2018 recruiting.
 
Edsall pulled Sean Davis out of Maret (same as Garrison Burnett) while at Maryland. Davis had amazing tape in HS, but the competition was low so he didn't get many offers. Davis was the defense ROY for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season.
 
ZOOCONN said:
interesting kid, hes a bit small to play DL but a bit big for DE, for sure has great speed and tremendous get off, beat most OL off the ball on those plays, showed great handwork and technique fighting over blocks and shedding them to make the tackle. also great play recognition, if he can put on some weight he could be a great DT for us.
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And he plays with some tenacity. Reminds me of Campenni who also was on the shorter side, but made up for it with a square build.
 
So maybe this weekend ends up with Blackshear, Gardner, Pindell, Burnett and Brown. That's what I am hoping for, plus a couple surprises.
 
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