Not sure what another year at UConn would have done for him. As a RB you have to strike while the iron is hot and he it was not going to get any better than he had it his last year. Top producing RB in the country, great performances on national TV (i.e., ND), BCS bowl, etc. His situation could only get worse and at best be a giant question mark with his head coach leaving and the graduation of some key players. What if UConn brought in a pass happy, 5 wide type of coach? Long story short, he was not going to produce more than he did his last year and the team was not going to be as good, so he left. Regardless of what you do in college, once you get in front of the NFL evaluators it is a whole new ballgame. Something as random as small hands could drop you a round in the NFL draft versus just basing things on the game tape.
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Not sure what another year at UConn would have done for him. As a RB you have to strike while the iron is hot and he it was not going to get any better than he had it his last year. Top producing RB in the country, great performances on national TV (i.e., ND), BCS bowl, etc. His situation could only get worse and at best be a giant question mark with his head coach leaving and the graduation of some key players. What if UConn brought in a pass happy, 5 wide type of coach? Long story short, he was not going to produce more than he did his last year and the team was not going to be as good, so he left. Regardless of what you do in college, once you get in front of the NFL evaluators it is a whole new ballgame. Something as random as small hands could drop you a round in the NFL draft versus just basing things on the game tape.
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How would you know he wouldn't produce more then what he did? We had Lyle "little" McCombs rush for over 1,100 yards as a freshmen. Imagine how much yards Todman would have gotten and he's bigger and faster then McCombs. There's player's who accomplished more then what Jordan Todman did and still came back for their senior year and went high on draft boards just becasue they wanted an extra year in college to get better. If Todman stood for his senior year he would of been a top draft pick, produce talent wise, and Uconn would of had a way better record then what they did. Remember the year they went to a BCS bowl? he was the one to stop. Uconn would of had more exposure too cause he would have been the top running back in the country. He should of stood another year!
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No one is arguing UConn wouldn't have been better with Todman. Why are you trying to convince people of what everyone knows?
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It would have been great to have him, but there's nothing wrong with starting your pro career when you've accomplished all you can in college. Another year of huge yardage in a 7-5 or 8-4 season doesn't change his profile to NFL evaluators. An injury might.
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Just talked to my brother in-law about Graham. My brother in law teaches @ Xavier and coaches football at another H.S. He indicated that he heard that among the main reason of being homesick that Florida also told him that he was going to be moved to full back next year and that solidified his decision of transferring back home. Also he said that the coaches have been talking to Boyle about considering UCONN much more now that Graham is transferring home. Which would be awesome if Graham really steps up and recruits Boyle. Although he did mention that Tennessee, Oregon and Notre Dame (although they received a recent QB commit so have backed off) have been on Campus recently. Also Florida was in contact and starting to get involved.
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Stewart will sit out the season and have three years remaining.
http://www.ctpost.com/highschool/article/Ex-Xavier-star-transfers-from-Florida-to-UConn-3600995.php
http://www.ctpost.com/highschool/article/Ex-Xavier-star-transfers-from-Florida-to-UConn-3600995.php
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I believe he was trying to apply for a waiver from the NCAA. Muschamp was backing him up on it. This doesn't make it clear if that has been processed/denied yet, unless you have other inside info. Hopefully he can come in and contribute right away, although he's here for the long haul either way so it's all gravy.
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