2019 UConn Commit #4 - Jayce Medlock (DeSoto Tx) | The Boneyard

2019 UConn Commit #4 - Jayce Medlock (DeSoto Tx)

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Now we are cooking. Like Jackson Mitchell, I dont think its clear yet exactly who he will be used. Is he Tyler Davis or Geremy Davis? No matter, he seems to have a strong upper body to box out and pull the ball in. Looks deceptively difficult to defend, has a large catching radius.
 
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I'm liking the size on these early commits. Hopefully they are fast, tough, and intelligent as well.
 
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You know...

Athleticism aside, I liked his tweet thanking his mom and dad for all of the time that they invested in him.

...he sounds like a young man with the kind of character that we all admire in this "me. me. me" age.
 
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this is kind of kid we need on UConn football team, not average player from connecticut
 
Coach J said:
Three-star tight end Jayce Medlock previews his upcoming official visit to UConn

Looks like he's from a bigtime Texas program a nice get for us, good job by Corey Edsall on the trail.
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DeSoto is one of the biggest and most successful programs in the DFW area. If he sticks and SMU doesn't poach him, I think you will have a good player. SMU has struggled recruiting DeSoto. As far as the Frisco Lonestar kid who decommitted, don't lose any sleep over that. My kids went to Lonestar and it has become the athletic powerhouse of Frisco. Division 1 kids come out of that school every year and they all go to Big XII schools--at least the highly recruited kids. The only exception I can think if is Shelly who went to Utah and an offensive lineman went to SMU. Oh, and there is a lineman at Harvard. An interesting note for you Boneyarders, the only kid who most of you are intimately familiar with who attended Lonestar is PJ Washington. His dad is who got my son into track and is the reason I am in your part of the world a couple of times a year.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
this is kind of kid we need on UConn football team, not average player from connecticut
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No attack here just a difference of opinion.... You go by LoyalFanCT and don't want CT players on the team??? :confused:
I will not compile a list but off the top of my head players like Donald Thomas and Byron Jones were average players from CT. Thomas was actually discovered in a pick up basketball game and played hardly any high school football.
Nobody on the staff is going to recruit what you call the average player. Jayce is a great get for our team and I welcome him aboard just like any player from any state including our own. I get the value of the recruiting hot beds but it should also be realized a good number of CT players have gone on to play in the NFL. A lot of them have not come to UConn but that is no reason to not recruit them.
 
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Woof 101 said:
No attack here just a difference of opinion.... You go by LoyalFanCT and don't want CT players on the team??? :confused:
I will not compile a list but off the top of my head players like Donald Thomas and Byron Jones were average players from CT. Thomas was actually discovered in a pick up basketball game and played hardly any high school football.
Nobody on the staff is going to recruit what you call the average player. Jayce is a great get for our team and I welcome him aboard just like any player from any state including our own. I get the value of the recruiting hot beds but it should also be realized a good number of CT players have gone on to play in the NFL. A lot of them have not come to UConn but that is no reason to not recruit them.
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Completely agree. No one can tell the difference between a 4.4 kid from Texas and one from Connecticut. I remember how excited we were to get a 4-star WR from a Florida football factory and the kid couldn't play. He was completely outplayed by an average Connecticut kid, a walk on, named Marcus Easley.
 
It's great when there is a strong player from CT -- who comes to UConn -- but that means a P5 team wants them, not that their coach and grandparents think he is a great player. If UConn is going to be P5 it's going to have to recruit the kind of players the ACC or B10 wants, not someone who may really need to play for Central CT or the Coast Guard Academy. CT often doesn't produce the kind of talent one sees in Fla. or Texas. Sorry if this upsets you but it is true.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
It's great when there is a strong player from CT -- who comes to UConn -- but that means a P5 team wants them, not that their coach and grandparents think he is a great player. If UConn is going to be P5 it's going to have to recruit the kind of players the ACC or B10 wants, not someone who may really need to play for Central CT or the Coast Guard Academy. CT often doesn't produce the kind of talent one sees in Fla. or Texas. Sorry if this upsets you but it is true.
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Okay, time for you to put a lid on it, troll.

This is a funny route for you to take after last year, when you claimed that a player who had only one P5 offer (Krajewski) wasn't good enough to contribute at this level.

You're seriously comparing DI players with DIII players, and suggesting that players without P5 offers should be playing for a DIII service academy. Leave and never post here again. My god, you're horrible.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
It's great when there is a strong player from CT -- who comes to UConn -- but that means a P5 team wants them, not that their coach and grandparents think he is a great player. If UConn is going to be P5 it's going to have to recruit the kind of players the ACC or B10 wants, not someone who may really need to play for Central CT or the Coast Guard Academy. CT often doesn't produce the kind of talent one sees in Fla. or Texas. Sorry if this upsets you but it is true.
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Scott Lutrus, Marcus Easley, Byron Jones...
 


>>Standing at 6’3″ 205-lbs, he is a versatile player on offense, playing both wide receiver and tight end. Where did Edsall say he’d be interested in seeing him line up once he gets on campus?

“A little bit of both,” he confirmed. “I can play in the backfield, play out wide or be in the slot. UConn is just a great place to play college football for me.”

Having played wide receiver for the bulk of his playing days before moving to more of a tight end last season, Medlock has naturally strong hands and has the experience to exploit defenders all across the field.

“I’ve been a receiver my whole life, have always trained at that position,” he verified. “So having that background has really allowed me to get to where I am today.”<<
 
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