2014 Prospects

jambama1 said:

These are just some prospects:
QB:
David Cornwell (IMO this guy will be the number 1 QB in the final rankings and we lead IMO)
Brandon Dawkins (He is originally from bama and traveled to Junior Day a few weeks backs)
HB:
Leonard Fournette (We are in the top 2 and some have stated he may want to leave the state)
Jalen Hurd ( @ one point had Bama in the lead ,but OSU has his attention right now)
Racean Thomas (We lead big)
WR:
Ermon Lane (the number 1 WR in the Robert Foster Mold electric with the ball & we Lead)
Cameron Sims ( this guy is very very Under-rated and we lead after the junior day visit)
TE:
Tyler Luatua (his brother is on the team and we lead)
OL:
Cameron Robinson ( we are in the top 2 & he has made multiple visits to BAMA including a few weeks ago)
Damian Prince ( We are in the top 3 and have a great chance with this guy)
Roderick Taylor ( We lead & the staff is in love with this guy)
Braden Smith (IMO this guy will be great Guard & tackle later, he has visited during the fall and pland to come back.)
Jordan Sims (this guy will blow up on the recruiting scene soon )
DE:
Andrew Brown ( big time prospect from the same high school as Phillip Sims, Some chatter of when he visits for A-day he will commit)
Elisha Shaw ( Big guy that can really move, We lead & some speculate an early decision)
Malik McDowell ( we are on the list ,but other currently lead, however, I really hope we can get in on this guy. Huge Potential and a Prototype 3-4 DE. IMO like Tuitt for ND)
NT:
Josh Frazier ( IMO It begins & ends here at this time. Has everything you could want in a NT, We have had the lead ,but will always be a fight)
ILB:
Kain Daub ( We lead when we had Walker ,but its a FSU/ BAMA Battle)
Tre' Williams ( BAMA/Barn Battle)
Raekwon McMillan (was a OSU lean until the Junior Day visit)
OLB:
Da'Shawn Hand (this guy is the #1 player @ this time. We are in his top 5.This guy is different from the last 3 kids @ #1. More serious and more business approach to recruiting process. IMO helps us ,because Saban shoots straight and lays it all out in front of you.)(Also, The Coach thing is over blown ,not your typical Barner coach ,he shoots straight & doesn't push his kids)
Lorenzo Carter(Also hand will have to hold of Cater from Ga over the next year. IMO Carter has a higher upside and ceiling. He was team mates with Karma{he is really really close to Karma} & things are looking great with him. Non-pro Barn family)
CB:
Marlon Humphrey (The best corner i have seen since Peterson of LSU. Enough said there. Also, Bama leads)
Stephen Roberts ( Remember this name because he will soon be shooting up the rankings like the speed of light. We lead big.)
Tony Brown ( We are in the top 5 and he really likes Saban, but his sister is going to LSU. But, Saban is the coach)
Jabrill Peppers ( Great kid and we are in there ,but have a feeling he will go to Stanford)
S:
Quin Blanding (we are working our way in ,but IMO goes UVA/FSU)
Laurence Jones ( We are in the top 5 and he has been on campus numerous times)
Ronnie Clark (Tall rangy safety. We have a pretty big lead)
Ath:
Bo Scarbrough ( we all know about him. Freak;we are saying this a lot about these guys)

Again this is a really short list ,but saw people asking about 2014.

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runatl said:

I'm really interested in Marlon Humphrey. He's going to be as good as Joe Haden.

WRs, RBs and QBs, I don't really care to be honest. We're stocked. The coaches can worry about that if they want, but I couldn't care less about it at the moment. I just see it as people transferring out of the school because of lack of playing time.

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bamafaninOhiO said:

well, i look at it like this...we've had 5 #1 classes in the last 6 years per rivals...and they havent been running out in droves yet...

for the most part, they seem to be content with waiting their turn, which shows that they want to be part of a winning team.

Of course, you will lose a couple along the way... Philip Sims (QB) and Grant (RB) when they realized that starting wasnt in the cards for them..

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runatl said:

Yea, but the first three #1 classes we had, we were so empty at every position that the stars didn't really have to wait their turn.

This class and the last one is where we're super, super deep. For example, we have like 7 RBs... Are any of them even leaving at the end of this upcoming year? Do we recruit more RBs on top of the ones we have already? I know the absolute best will find their way on the field and that's all you can really hope for as an athlete, but most of these RBs aren't going to get enough carries to get drafted early (I know we limit carries to keep them fresh but they still need enough of them to be drafted at all). Some guys, like Richardson and Ingram, are going to get drafted and do well... But maybe Lacy could've gone earlier if he'd been playing for some other team. IDK.

Same with WRs. I mean we've got so many. Some, like Julio and Cooper, are obviously going to be NFL studs... But they didn't have any other receiver competing for passes (Chris Black got injured and nobody else was on the same level as Amari). But will the rest of the receivers who are going to be second fiddle to Cooper and Black and probably others too get enough passes thrown to them to be drafted early? Maybe it's better for them to go to a team that can use them more.



At the end of the day, Bama was the place to be because of the opportunity... But, now, I feel that people who should go to Bama need to know that the spots are in high demand and some spots aren't really available period (like WR and RB).

Bottom Line: Bama is the place you want to be if you're a defensive player: Saban and Kirby Smart are the best.
Bama is the place you want to be if your position has an opening: You can fight for it and you have access to TV exposure and play for the best nation in the country.
But, Bama isn't where you want to be if the position isn't opening (like RB and WR this year) UNLESS you're most interested in winning a NC than improving your draft stock. You'll probably still get drafted, partly because you're from Bama, but it might not be as high as you could've been elsewhere.



Need for the team you're committing to is a serious point to consider.

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runatl said:

Yea, but the first three #1 classes we had, we were so empty at every position that the stars didn't really have to wait their turn.

This class and the last one is where we're super, super deep. For example, we have like 7 RBs... Are any of them even leaving at the end of this upcoming year? Do we recruit more RBs on top of the ones we have already? I know the absolute best will find their way on the field and that's all you can really hope for as an athlete, but most of these RBs aren't going to get enough carries to get drafted early (I know we limit carries to keep them fresh but they still need enough of them to be drafted at all). Some guys, like Richardson and Ingram, are going to get drafted and do well... But maybe Lacy could've gone earlier if he'd been playing for some other team. IDK.

Same with WRs. I mean we've got so many. Some, like Julio and Cooper, are obviously going to be NFL studs... But they didn't have any other receiver competing for passes (Chris Black got injured and nobody else was on the same level as Amari). But will the rest of the receivers who are going to be second fiddle to Cooper and Black and probably others too get enough passes thrown to them to be drafted early? Maybe it's better for them to go to a team that can use them more.



At the end of the day, Bama was the place to be because of the opportunity... But, now, I feel that people who should go to Bama need to know that the spots are in high demand and some spots aren't really available period (like WR and RB).

Bottom Line: Bama is the place you want to be if you're a defensive player: Saban and Kirby Smart are the best.
Bama is the place you want to be if your position has an opening: You can fight for it and you have access to TV exposure and play for the best nation in the country.
But, Bama isn't where you want to be if the position isn't opening (like RB and WR this year) UNLESS you're most interested in winning a NC than improving your draft stock. You'll probably still get drafted, partly because you're from Bama, but it might not be as high as you could've been elsewhere.



Need for the team you're committing to is a serious point to consider.

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runatl said:

Yea, but the first three #1 classes we had, we were so empty at every position that the stars didn't really have to wait their turn.

This class and the last one is where we're super, super deep. For example, we have like 7 RBs... Are any of them even leaving at the end of this upcoming year? Do we recruit more RBs on top of the ones we have already? I know the absolute best will find their way on the field and that's all you can really hope for as an athlete, but most of these RBs aren't going to get enough carries to get drafted early (I know we limit carries to keep them fresh but they still need enough of them to be drafted at all). Some guys, like Richardson and Ingram, are going to get drafted and do well... But maybe Lacy could've gone earlier if he'd been playing for some other team. IDK.

Same with WRs. I mean we've got so many. Some, like Julio and Cooper, are obviously going to be NFL studs... But they didn't have any other receiver competing for passes (Chris Black got injured and nobody else was on the same level as Amari). But will the rest of the receivers who are going to be second fiddle to Cooper and Black and probably others too get enough passes thrown to them to be drafted early? Maybe it's better for them to go to a team that can use them more.



At the end of the day, Bama was the place to be because of the opportunity... But, now, I feel that people who should go to Bama need to know that the spots are in high demand and some spots aren't really available period (like WR and RB).

Bottom Line: Bama is the place you want to be if you're a defensive player: Saban and Kirby Smart are the best.
Bama is the place you want to be if your position has an opening: You can fight for it and you have access to TV exposure and play for the best nation in the country.
But, Bama isn't where you want to be if the position isn't opening (like RB and WR this year) UNLESS you're most interested in winning a NC than improving your draft stock. You'll probably still get drafted, partly because you're from Bama, but it might not be as high as you could've been elsewhere.



Need for the team you're committing to is a serious point to consider.

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Ty Webb said:

Are you a Barn fan??????

If you are not a trolling Auburn fan, you can never have too much depth in college football, particularly when a number of starters are going to the NFL early every year. Most players that a program brings in, including some 4 and 5 star players, take a year or two to become ready for SEC championship level football.

There are a number of spots on the roster that we will have to recruit heavily this cycle. And, Bama, like every team that wants to win championships, HAS to land difference makers every year to keep winning big games, because LSU, Florida, Georgia, and A&M are going to land those type of players every year.

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brutetough said:

not sure about the Barn fan part, but calling Mark Richt a great guy (a post long time ago)sounds more like Dawg fan...

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Ty Webb said:

Are you a Barn fan??????

If you are not a trolling Auburn fan, you can never have too much depth in college football, particularly when a number of starters are going to the NFL early every year. Most players that a program brings in, including some 4 and 5 star players, take a year or two to become ready for SEC championship level football.

There are a number of spots on the roster that we will have to recruit heavily this cycle. And, Bama, like every team that wants to win championships, HAS to land difference makers every year to keep winning big games, because LSU, Florida, Georgia, and A&M are going to land those type of players every year.

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bodiddle said:

So, do you work for the barn or what. Telling players that they should not come to Bama because we already have too many good players is not too much appreciated on this board.

Just wow!

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runatl said:

Did you even read the rest of that post? I called him a good guy because he paid his assistants out of his own pocket because he felt they weren't being paid enough. Do you not agree that that is a generous thing to do? How many other people do that? Would you do it? I sure as hell wouldn't! So, yea, he is a good guy. Not the sharpest person in football. But he's a good guy.



I didn't even mention Auburn. And did you read the post? I said we're stocked at WR and RB. NOBODY from our RB group is going to the NFL next year - they're all too young. I agree with the bolded part. All I said is that WR and RB aren't those spots.

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ohiotide14 said:

Id say scarbrough and humphrey have to be ours.

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TiderJ said:

Your post for the most part was accurate and what recruits have to think if they want to come to Bama. He's not a Barner or troll. Relax.

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DurdenTider said:

I think the issue isn't depth with recruits that come to UA. If Lacy could've improved his stock at another school given that he would still have the injuries he gathered at UA, I think he might not have made it a full season of carrying the entire load early in his career. Hurting someone's stock b/c of competition ahead of them? Ingram and Richardson were the 1st RBs taken in the draft, Julio was the 2nd WR, Lacy will be in the top 3 RBs taken. Talent rises to the top no matter what scenario in CNS system. I think it's a testament to the talent that comes into UA's recruiting class that they believe they can overcome who UA already has on their roster.

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