2021 UConn Football Commit - Yakiri Walker (DeSoto Texas)

[Coach J]

I usually don’t enjoy when players post those longer storytelling type videos to announce a commitment (probably because we aren’t usually on the winning end of them) but really enjoyed his. Welcome!

I like it, I like it a lot!!! Welcome aboard Yakiri I see a bright future ahead for you!

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Welcome home Husky

 

[spsct]

Very Nice! Welcome to UConn!

 

[freescooter]

Oh wow. Kansas is real powerhouse. We’ll be in the playoffs in less than three seasons!

Really Cougar? I swear if we land a guy with offers from Alabama and Clemson you’d bitch because he wasn’t drafted by the Patriots.

 

[freescooter]

This kid looks like a really nice get fwiw. Big, fast, good footwork. We seem to be recruiting Texas more than Florida these days.

 

[UConnRock]

I don't remember Edsall having 2 OLs this early in the recruiting cycle. OLs are ususally camp guys or late bloomers that have quality senior tapes. UConn is getting pretty close to a potential all TX offensive line in a few years. Oforu-Nyadu, Rochester, Lundt, Walker and Sakiri are all TX kids.

 

[BlueDogs]

These are great pickups. If you want football players... kids that live and breath football and have learned fundamentals... this where you get them. My chief compliant has been picking up too many kids for speed with poor football skills and instincts. I’ll take the kids a step slower who can actually take an angle and still get there first.

 

[Bonehead]

Welcome Dawg!!

 

[hardcorehusky]

I don't remember Edsall having 2 OLs this early in the recruiting cycle. OLs are ususally camp guys or late bloomers that have quality senior tapes. UConn is getting pretty close to a potential all TX offensive line in a few years. Oforu-Nyadu, Rochester, Lundt, Walker and Sakiri are all TX kids.

That pipeline used to come from Pennsylvania.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I don't remember Edsall having 2 OLs this early in the recruiting cycle. OLs are ususally camp guys or late bloomers that have quality senior tapes. UConn is getting pretty close to a potential all TX offensive line in a few years. Oforu-Nyadu, Rochester, Lundt, Walker and Sakiri are all TX kids.

Please for the love of all things good in life, no one try to give them a gimmicky nickname like "Texas Rangers".

 

[uconnric]

This kid looks like a really nice get fwiw. Big, fast, good footwork. We seem to be recruiting Texas more than Florida these days.

Although Texas has 12 FBS schools and Florida has 7, it seems like the entire country descends on Florida for recruits, although Texas certainly attracts alot of recruiting competition. UCF and USF have become major players in a relatively short time, FIU and FAU are also raising their profile. Not sure what the numbers are in terms of the amount of kids playing football in Florida vs. Texas. Funny thing is we just left the AAC, which had a strong Texas presence.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Love we are developing a nice Texas pipeline without having to play Houston and SMU regularly.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Although Texas has 12 FBS schools and Florida has 7, it seems like the entire country descends on Florida for recruits, although Texas certainly attracts alot of recruiting competition. UCF and USF have become major players in a relatively short time, FIU and FAU are also raising their profile. Not sure what the numbers are in terms of the amount of kids playing football in Florida vs. Texas. Funny thing is we just left the AAC, which had a strong Texas presence.

Florida is much smaller geographically and talent more concentrated. You can take the I-4 corridor from Tampa to Daytona and recruit south of there. Probably 200+ within 5-6 hours. I'm in the far western Panhandle of Florida and there are 1-2 D1 players per team with about 5-6 high level D1 players in the county. South Florida? You may have 5-6 high D1 players per team.

Texas is a bit more spread out trying to find the talent, especially if you are out of state and don't have the contacts of all the HS coaches.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Nice size and a good offer list. Love to see it. Welcome to the pound!

 

[thatguyed]

I love to see anybody come in with a service academy offer. That tells me they have brains, a sense of duty, understand responsibility and are just generally a really good kid. Welcome!

 

[gtcam]

Nice list of suitors
Corey is doing a really nice job
Huskies getting bigger, stronger, faster and more athletic
Call me naïve but I see good things coming for UConn football
WELCOME MR WALKER

 

[Bongo Fury]

Corey might have “it”

 

[Hoophound]

Corey definitely has something going for him. Nice surprise.

 

[uconnbill]

it's ok to poke fun at yourself. It's not just Kansas..it's a bunch of FBS schools. I know...not P5. He is a 3 star coming to UConn from Texas. Give props when due.

That would be a first for him and the other haters.

Welcome to Storrs, Yakiri and show us all about Texas football

 

[Jimdish255]

Recruiting picking up steam. And my bias for OL after taking a couple of hits. Yakiri seems like a nice player.

 

[BlueandOG]

Welcome! So happy to have you on the team! Well done UCONN!

 

[oldanintheway]

Welcome Yakiri, Congratulations.

 

[freescooter]

Although Texas has 12 FBS schools and Florida has 7, it seems like the entire country descends on Florida for recruits, although Texas certainly attracts alot of recruiting competition. UCF and USF have become major players in a relatively short time, FIU and FAU are also raising their profile. Not sure what the numbers are in terms of the amount of kids playing football in Florida vs. Texas. Funny thing is we just left the AAC, which had a strong Texas presence.

I looked at numbers a couple of years ago and Florida turned out the most players. If every Florida school only recruited in the state there would still be something like 100 d1 caliber kids available. Texas and California also turn out lots of players butCalifornia gets recruited by the rest of the PAC, plus the WAC. Not a ton of football players in Utah Wyoming or even Oregon. I assume we will bring in some Florida and Pennsylvania kids before all is said and done though. But Texas is a relatively new area for us.