Former Florida TE Colin Thompson is transferring to Temple. Has 3 years of eligibility remaining. He was an Under Armour All American.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/footba...n-thompson

http://sports.yahoo.com/southerncaliforn...son-117269

We really need a good TE to make our offense go, so assuming he is good health-wise, he will be a major addition.

nice

Nice get. I'm guessing he wanted to move closer to home?

(07-21-2014 04:51 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Nice get. I'm guessing he wanted to move closer to home?

I dont know if that was the ultimate factor in his decision. He was looking at Penn State, but also UCF and Stanford.

im guessing he has to sit out a year?

(07-21-2014 05:04 PM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing he has to sit out a year?

Unless there was some unforeseen circumstance I'm not aware of, yes.

(07-21-2014 04:57 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:51 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Nice get. I'm guessing he wanted to move closer to home?

I dont know if that was the ultimate factor in his decision. He was looking at Penn State, but also UCF and Stanford.

UCF spoke to him when he signaled a desire to leave UF, but my understanding is that he was never offered a scholarship due to major concerns with his injuries and his ability to fully recover (and stay healthy for an actual season).

Good luck to him at Temple. Hopefully he can get healthy and finally see the field.

(07-21-2014 05:09 PM)The Knight Time Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:57 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:51 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Nice get. I'm guessing he wanted to move closer to home?

I dont know if that was the ultimate factor in his decision. He was looking at Penn State, but also UCF and Stanford.

UCF spoke to him when he signaled a desire to leave UF, but my understanding is that he was never offered a scholarship due to major concerns with his injuries and his ability to fully recover (and stay healthy for an actual season).

Good luck to him at Temple. Hopefully he can get healthy and finally see the field.

We've had players like that before. One of them is in the NFL after being told he'd never be able to play again.

(07-21-2014 05:10 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 05:09 PM)The Knight Time Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:57 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:51 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Nice get. I'm guessing he wanted to move closer to home?

I dont know if that was the ultimate factor in his decision. He was looking at Penn State, but also UCF and Stanford.

UCF spoke to him when he signaled a desire to leave UF, but my understanding is that he was never offered a scholarship due to major concerns with his injuries and his ability to fully recover (and stay healthy for an actual season).

Good luck to him at Temple. Hopefully he can get healthy and finally see the field.

We've had players like that before. One of them is in the NFL after being told he'd never be able to play again.

I don't know how you turn down a player that's rated #4 at his position and had the offers he had. I realize that the foot injury has lingered, but the potential reward VS risk factor is very high. Really a good transfer to have coming in.

Perhaps his foot issue could a positive affect on his ability to be eligible immediately????

(07-21-2014 06:29 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 05:10 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 05:09 PM)The Knight Time Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:57 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 04:51 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Nice get. I'm guessing he wanted to move closer to home?

I dont know if that was the ultimate factor in his decision. He was looking at Penn State, but also UCF and Stanford.

UCF spoke to him when he signaled a desire to leave UF, but my understanding is that he was never offered a scholarship due to major concerns with his injuries and his ability to fully recover (and stay healthy for an actual season).

Good luck to him at Temple. Hopefully he can get healthy and finally see the field.

We've had players like that before. One of them is in the NFL after being told he'd never be able to play again.

I don't know how you turn down a player that's rated #4 at his position and had the offers he had. I realize that the foot injury has lingered, but the potential reward VS risk factor is very high. Really a good transfer to have coming in.

Perhaps his foot issue could a positive affect on his ability to be eligible immediately????

I think there's some tricky language that could make him eligible immediately like if UF didn't clear him but Temple did and UF released him from his scholarship because they couldn't clear him. I could be wrong about that, but either way, I would assume this means our doctors cleared him.

Regardless of reasons he chose to sign with Temple, football competitive improvements are definitely on the rise all through out this league.

Well done and congrats Temple

Thanks BH

(07-21-2014 07:09 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  Regardless of reasons he chose to sign with Temple, football competitive improvements are definitely on the rise all through out this league.

This.

Quote:Well done and congrats Temple

And this.

Can't believe how recruiting's picked up in the last few years. The American seriously is rising

If Kareem can convince Shareef Miller, Neal Nelson, DJ Moore, etc. we could be looking at a top 35-40 class.

(07-21-2014 07:45 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  If Kareem can convince Shareef Miller, Neal Nelson, DJ Moore, etc. we could be looking at a top 35-40 class.

2015 is going to be the Year of the Owls.

UCF still has a reduced number of scholarships due to sanctions. Players like this are what you have to miss in situations like this. It's why it's called a penalty.

(07-21-2014 09:47 PM)UCF_SystemsEng Wrote:  UCF still has a reduced number of scholarships due to sanctions. Players like this are what you have to miss in situations like this. It's why it's called a penalty.

No, we don't.

(07-21-2014 07:45 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  If Kareem can convince Shareef Miller, Neal Nelson, DJ Moore, etc. we could be looking at a top 35-40 class.

Nelson is committed to UCF.

Wait 'til he flips Kareem and the rest.

(07-21-2014 04:40 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Former Florida TE Colin Thompson is transferring to Temple. Has 3 years of eligibility remaining. He was an Under Armour All American.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/footba...n-thompson

http://sports.yahoo.com/southerncaliforn...son-117269

We really need a good TE to make our offense go, so assuming he is good health-wise, he will be a major addition.