(02-01-2017 11:03 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  Don't expect a lot of speed from Gay. His 200m pr in HS(junior) was 25.40. That's real slow. Perez Ford ran 22.58. S0 imagine someone 3+ seconds behind that. Thats about 25 meters. Maybe the kid can play, but it won't be sideline to sideline.

To be fair, running in a straight line wearing a tracksuit and track shoes is a lot different than running in full pads, getting off of blocks and trying to tackle someone. Nobody even knows where they have envisioned him playing position wise. I'd take his track numbers with a grain of salt.

LB/DE Matt Lorbeck from Wisconsin. He lists himself as a MLB, but NIU lists him as a DE. I think he is very underrated.

(02-01-2017 11:18 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 11:03 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  Don't expect a lot of speed from Gay. His 200m pr in HS(junior) was 25.40. That's real slow. Perez Ford ran 22.58. S0 imagine someone 3+ seconds behind that. Thats about 25 meters. Maybe the kid can play, but it won't be sideline to sideline.

To be fair, running in a straight line wearing a tracksuit and track shoes is a lot different than running in full pads, getting off of blocks and trying to tackle someone. Nobody even knows where they have envisioned him playing position wise. I'd take his track numbers with a grain of salt.

I agree mostly. Football speed and track speed are very different. But they do correlate a little bit. If he ran a 22s 200m the kids fast as hell. And you'd see that on the field. Conversely, I only mentioned it because its not just slow, its really really slow. Im 48 and I can run 200m in the mid 25 second range. That's how slow it is. I'm by no means judging his ability to play LB. He may be very quick laterally and play great in a crowd, but his top speed is lacking. It's the only pertinent info thing I could find on the kid. Might mean he ends up at DE.

3* WR Tyrice Richie 6'1" 190 lbs. from Illinois is a Huskie.

(02-01-2017 11:27 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote:  LB/DE Matt Lorbeck from Wisconsin. He lists himself as a MLB, but NIU lists him as a DE. I think he is very underrated.

Was just talking to someone else about this.... They did the same thing w Cochoran a few years back. I feel like our LBs have been small, slower and undersized since Novak left when we had Nick Duffy and Brian Atkinson back there. I know its because of the spread offenses in the MAC and they are moving safeties to LB to cover (Cheren for example) but Lorbeck and Cochoran are both fast and athletic. I think their size would bring a lot to that group personally. I'd rather covert TEs to DEs instead of MLBs...

(02-01-2017 11:31 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 11:27 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote:  LB/DE Matt Lorbeck from Wisconsin. He lists himself as a MLB, but NIU lists him as a DE. I think he is very underrated.

Was just talking to someone else about this.... They did the same thing w Cochoran a few years back. I feel like our LBs have been small, slower and undersized since Novak left when we had Nick Duffy and Brian Atkinson back there. I know its because of the spread offenses in the MAC and they are moving safeties to LB to cover (Cheren for example) but Lorbeck and Cochoran are both fast and athletic. I think their size would bring a lot to that group personally. I'd rather covert TEs to DEs instead of MLBs...

I agree with this. It takes too long to grow them into DE's and they seem to lose some speed in the process. They are both quick twitch guys and would look great at LB.

ATH/LB 6'2" 210 lbs Jawon Denton from Illinois.

WR 6'2" 185 lbs. Cole Tucker from Dekalb, Ill.

Carey just tweeted that Tucker wraps up their class. That means Nixon officially a no go as expected and no other surprises.

(02-01-2017 11:56 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  Carey just tweeted that Tucker wraps up their class. That means Nixon officially a no go as expected and no other surprises.

ugh

they didnt announce Devin Webster, didnt he already sign though?

Another side note...they have Rodney Hall listed at 220 lbs... He sure doesnt look that big, but if thats accurate, thats a great sign for incoming freshman

(02-01-2017 11:58 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  they didnt announce Devin Webster, didnt he already sign though?

https://twitter.com/JuCoFootballACE/stat...6052521984

No other news on him so I would assume he's in unless something strange happened

(02-01-2017 12:06 PM)armour248 Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 11:58 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  they didnt announce Devin Webster, didnt he already sign though?

https://twitter.com/JuCoFootballACE/stat...6052521984

No other news on him so I would assume he's in unless something strange happened

Yeah, just thought it was strange they announced Nwachukwu but not Webster...

(02-01-2017 11:15 AM)HuskieOLDad Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 11:11 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  Rating(247) and offers(including NIU) for commits(22):

Isaac Hawn OL
3*(.8429), 16 offers

Jordan Rowell RB
3*(.8355), 2 offers

Tyrice Richie WR
3*(.8333), 2 offers

Cole Webster OL
3*(.8215), 1 offer

Cole Tucker WR
3*(.8215), 1 offer

DennisRobinson WR
3*(.8204), 5 offers

Rodney Hall QB
3*(.8005), 7 offers

Dexter warren CB
2*(.7778), 3 offers

Jason Denton LB
2*(.7731), 4 offers

Justin Nwachukwa DT
2*(.7700), 2 offers

Liam Soraghan TE
2*(.77832), 2 offers[/align]

Michael Kennedy LB
2*(.7698), 1 offer

Matt Lorbeck DE
2*(.7667), 5 offers

Jordan Nettles RB
2*(.7667), 3 offers

Calvin Dassow OL
2*(.7667), 1 offer

Dillon Thomas S
2*(.7581), 3 offers

Weston Kramer DT
2*(.7497), 3 offers

Connor Scheider DE
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Raysahw Gay
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Jordan Cole LB
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Matt Ference
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Jacob Ballain K
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Isaac Hawn actually had 22 offers but only 1 matters! It's a great day to be a Huskie!!!!

Glad to sign Isaac, could be protecting Halls blindside (lefty) sooner rather than later. I live in Thornwood so love me some SCN football.

Any word on where Nixon signed?

(02-01-2017 12:15 PM)Springfield Soxfan Wrote:  Any word on where Nixon signed?

He tweeted that he was signing at 4:30. Has to Iowa or Purdue


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Only 22 announced. Add Jordan Robinson and Devin Webster who I'm pretty sure are in school and it's still only 24. Up until the last two years we've always brought in 30 to 40 including walkons. Here's how many have been brought in during the Carey era. These numbers aren't exact because some walkons come and go quickly but they provide a frame of reference.

2013 - 31
2014 - 42
2015 - 45
2016 - 27
2017 - 24

They brought in huge numbers a couple of years ago and smaller numbers recently. Not sure what it means, just interesting to me. Maybe they decided too many walkons were a waste of time and they've pared that back.

22 commits and a couple of grey shirts from Florida. 2 things stick out to me, we really miss Thad Ward and his Florida recruiting and we usually have a lot of walk ons, mostly from Wisconsin. Some of these recruits may be walk ons also, but the class seems light numbers wise. I also think the coaches did a poor job with back up recruits as we always lose a couple of commits late, JMHO.

(02-01-2017 12:17 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 12:15 PM)Springfield Soxfan Wrote:  Any word on where Nixon signed?

He tweeted that he was signing at 4:30. Has to Iowa or Purdue


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Committed to Iowa.