One thing I do like about fuente's recruiting is he brings in a highly touted QB prospect every year.

Maybe he can convince his TE teammate to join him as a Tiger. We have a real need to add some talent at this position. Kid could see some serious playing time as a true freshman.

TE Octavious Cooley
https://rivals.yahoo.com/memphis/footbal...ley-143898

(08-08-2015 01:40 PM)mewes Wrote:  One thing I do like about fuente's recruiting is he brings in a highly touted QB prospect every year.

We finally have the quality depth at the position we need. 2016 will be:
SR Lynch
RS SO Hologrsen
RS FR Brady
RS Howard

In the '16 class, we need to fill out WR & TE on offense. On Defense, our focus will be DB and DL.

(08-08-2015 01:34 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Wow!! QB Keon Howard Howard just committed to us. Sweet!!

http://memphis.247sports.com/Bolt/Three-...s-38628368

Great pickup. Been trying to tell y'all he would be a tiger.

(08-08-2015 01:41 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Maybe he can convince his TE teammate to join him as a Tiger. We have a real need to add some talent at this position. Kid could see some serious playing time as a true freshman.

TE Octavious Cooley
https://rivals.yahoo.com/memphis/footbal...ley-143898

He's been a Ole Miss commit since January. So chance of prying him away aren't good.

But...word on the street was he was a dawg...

Apparently being a 'football first' school now means a lot of things are changing. Maybe even some things you might not think of initially.

(08-08-2015 02:59 PM)mewes Wrote:  

(08-08-2015 01:41 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Maybe he can convince his TE teammate to join him as a Tiger. We have a real need to add some talent at this position. Kid could see some serious playing time as a true freshman.

TE Octavious Cooley
https://rivals.yahoo.com/memphis/footbal...ley-143898

He's been a Ole Miss commit since January. So chance of prying him away aren't good.

if he hasn't signed, he may consider playing with Keon. gotta hope anyway

GTG

(08-08-2015 01:40 PM)mewes Wrote:  One thing I do like about fuente's recruiting is he brings in a highly touted QB prospect every year.

Love it when we beat out Louisville for someone

(08-09-2015 02:47 PM)tigeriron Wrote:  

(08-08-2015 02:59 PM)mewes Wrote:  

(08-08-2015 01:41 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Maybe he can convince his TE teammate to join him as a Tiger. We have a real need to add some talent at this position. Kid could see some serious playing time as a true freshman.

TE Octavious Cooley
https://rivals.yahoo.com/memphis/footbal...ley-143898

He's been a Ole Miss commit since January. So chance of prying him away aren't good.

if he hasn't signed, he may consider playing with Keon. gotta hope anyway

GTG

no recruit has signed yet. and Cooley's not flipping from OM

(08-05-2015 07:56 AM)holyterror Wrote:  Getting him from Louisville, Moo State, Ole Miss and USM would be cool. Are we recruiting him as a QB, a RB, or a DB?

At 6-2 and 215, with 4.7 speed and a 30-inch vertical, maybe even outside LB.

A few pro QBs through the years I can think of that were 6'2 or under.

Nassib
Wilson
Tarkenton
Jurgenson
Brees
Dawson
Theisman
Vick
Flutie
Haden
Berry
Peete
Kilmer
TitleStar
Griese (daddy)
Tomzack
Hadl
Hart


6'2 Rogers, Young, Romo, Farve, White, McNabb, Plummer, Jaworski, Krammer, Blanda, Spurier, Pastorini, Griffin,

Tallest QB in NFL History is Dan McQwuire at 6'8, Sonny Gibbs was 6'7, Ryan Mallett and Brock Osweiler aer 6'7 (current backups to 6'4 Brady and 6'5 P. Manning).

A ht vs production comparison going back to 1953 shows there is no correlation between ht and success.

The average ht of 214 QBs was just over 6'2. They looked at the time periods of 1988-1992 and 2008-2012 and included only QBs that three more than 500 during the five year periods. They chose the periods because of the trend to draft taller QBs.

Correlation of Inches to stats:
08-12 completion rate lower than 88-92.
08-12 YPA higher
08-12 TD rate higher
08-12 interception rates much higher

Final conclusion is there is nothing that says bigger is better and three categories are negative correlations with ht.

Average ht for a QB has grown by .2 to .4 per year in every decade since the thirties.

If you chose the best of the taller vs the best of the shorter, shorter won out.

None of this really took in to account the way the game is changing.

All of this is from Scott Kacsmar, an NFL data guy.

Jeez. Well done.

(08-08-2015 02:59 PM)mewes Wrote:  

(08-08-2015 01:41 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Maybe he can convince his TE teammate to join him as a Tiger. We have a real need to add some talent at this position. Kid could see some serious playing time as a true freshman.

TE Octavious Cooley
https://rivals.yahoo.com/memphis/footbal...ley-143898

He's been a Ole Miss commit since January. So chance of prying him away aren't good.

Cooley isn't flipping. Ole Miss needs TEs, especially if Engram goes pro after this year. Plus, as ncie as it would be to play with Howard, we don't know if he will beat out Brady. Cooley will be playing with the #1 QB in the country at Ole Miss.

Nonetheless, getting Howard is a big deal. He would've been an SEC QB if schollies had worked out. Great steal for Memphis...

My source still saying the Dude gonna be a dawg!

(08-10-2015 07:01 PM)memphisike Wrote:  My source still saying the Dude gonna be a dawg!

your source is still wrong

(08-11-2015 07:58 AM)bsp34 Wrote:  

(08-10-2015 07:01 PM)memphisike Wrote:  My source still saying the Dude gonna be a dawg!

your source is still wrong

His source is a magic eight ball.

Howard is visiting Southern Miss this weekend. He visited Memphis last week and was scheduled to visit Minnesota this weekend before changing his course towards Hattiesburg

What's the point of committing to a team but leaving your recruitment open?

(01-21-2016 05:04 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  What's the point of committing to a team but leaving your recruitment open?

I don't blame these kids with the way UT did hart and how Michigan treated that kid who has been commited since 2013. It's a business and you have to look out for yourself.

(01-21-2016 05:11 PM)mewes Wrote:  

(01-21-2016 05:04 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  What's the point of committing to a team but leaving your recruitment open?

I don't blame these kids with the way UT did hart and how Michigan treated that kid who has been commited since 2013. It's a business and you have to look out for yourself.

But why commit in the first place?