2009 Alabama Commitments and Prospects List (Updated)

[formersoldier71]

Tim Simon, RB from Cordova, announces his top four. As has been said before, he really wants to play RB in college. Would love to see him at Bama, but slim (apparently no) chance of that.
http://www.mountaineagle.com/index.cfm?event=news.view&id=9D379EBD-19B9-E2E2-673A1DD2DB69F34D

"I'm still going to wait and shock a lot of people," Simon said at practice on Monday. "I can tell you it's probably between Mississippi State, Tennessee, Kentucky and Clemson."
Simon, who also has offers from Alabama and Auburn, added on Monday that he wants to continue to play running back in college and that's a big factor in his final decision.

 

[LCN]

I doubt he has any interest but , as a closet Trojan I'd love to see him @ Troy .

 

[Crimson Surfer]

LB Jarvis Jones is no longer considering Alabama. It was a longshot and I left him on the list but he has cut his list of favorites down to seven and Bama did not make the cut.

BOL: Jarvis Jones Profile

 

[Crimson Surfer]

Tim Simon, RB from Cordova, announces his top four. As has been said before, he really wants to play RB in college. Would love to see him at Bama, but slim (apparently no) chance of that.
http://www.mountaineagle.com/index.cfm?event=news.view&id=9D379EBD-19B9-E2E2-673A1DD2DB69F34D

I would think that Simon will end up at either MSU or UT.

 

[Bpiu321]

I noticed that Brandon Moore is now listed as the 36th best OT on Rivals(Don't know if it's new or not, but I haven't noticed it). Is he still being recruited as a DE or DT, or is he now looked at as an OL prospect for the Bama staff? I imagine if he commits, it will be similar to the DJ Fluker situation, correct?

 

[Airborne Tider]

I noticed that Brandon Moore is now listed as the 36th best OT on Rivals(Don't know if it's new or not, but I haven't noticed it). Is he still being recruited as a DE or DT, or is he now looked at as an OL prospect for the Bama staff? I imagine if he commits, it will be similar to the DJ Fluker situation, correct?

I think Moore was told by our staff that they like him as a DL. Of course supposedly CNS told Fluker the same thing and I hope Pendry gets his wish on Fluker. But I hope Moore ends up on D. RTR.:BigA:

 

[Crimson Surfer]

I noticed that Brandon Moore is now listed as the 36th best OT on Rivals(Don't know if it's new or not, but I haven't noticed it). Is he still being recruited as a DE or DT, or is he now looked at as an OL prospect for the Bama staff? I imagine if he commits, it will be similar to the DJ Fluker situation, correct?

Brandon Moore is playing on the OL this season and both Rivals and Scout list him as an OL. He has said on more than one occassion, including recently that CNS is recruiting him to Bama as a DE. He is thought to be a heavy lean to Bama and he has has visited Tuscaloosa numerous times this year and he will be at the Alabama-Ole Miss game this weekend.

 

[ncbama]

Terry Shankle is from Norwood, NC, just south of Albemarle where I live. This morning one of my coffee buddies said he had read in a local newspaper that Terry had narrowed his choices to UNC, NC State and Tennessee. Has anyone else read or heard of this? I do not have a link, so I know this is at the level of rumor, but considering the source I think it is more than that.

 

[BEATtutorsee]

Terry Shankle is from Norwood, NC, just south of Albemarle where I live. This morning one of my coffee buddies said he had read in a local newspaper that Terry had narrowed his choices to UNC, NC State and Tennessee. Has anyone else read or heard of this? I do not have a link, so I know this is at the level of rumor, but considering the source I think it is more than that.

I couldn't really tell you. I stopped keeping up with him once it became pretty clear he wasn't coming to Alabama. If I had to guess I'd say that he'll probably stay pretty close to home, which hopefully rules out UcheaT. :biggrin:

 

[Crimson Surfer]

Terry Shankle is from Norwood, NC, just south of Albemarle where I live. This morning one of my coffee buddies said he had read in a local newspaper that Terry had narrowed his choices to UNC, NC State and Tennessee. Has anyone else read or heard of this? I do not have a link, so I know this is at the level of rumor, but considering the source I think it is more than that.

Yes, he has announced his favorite is NC, and that NCS, and UT are still in it for him. It certainly looks like Bama is not in the running for him.

BOL: Terry Shankle Profile

 

[Crimson Surfer]

The latest news on Kerry Murphy is that he is back home in Hoover and taking a couple of courses in order to gain his academic eligibility. Murphy is telling people that he plans on passing those courses and if so he will sign and join the team in January. He visited Alabama for the Ole Miss game and as of right now according to some folks in the know things are looking positive that he may make it to Bama.

 

[BEATtutorsee]

The latest news on Kerry Murphy is that he is back home in Hoover and taking a couple of courses in order to gain his academic eligibility. Murphy is telling people that he plans on passing those courses and if so he will sign and join the team in January. He visited Alabama for the Ole Miss game and as of right now according to some folks in the know things are looking positive that he may make it to Bama.

That's good news Surf! Murphy has tremendous potential, I would love to see him make it.

 

[BigEasyTider]

The latest news on Kerry Murphy is that he is back home in Hoover and taking a couple of courses in order to gain his academic eligibility. Murphy is telling people that he plans on passing those courses and if so he will sign and join the team in January. He visited Alabama for the Ole Miss game and as of right now according to some folks in the know things are looking positive that he may make it to Bama.

I would love to see Murphy make it to UA, and the news is positive, but at this point I'm going to have to see him on campus before I fully believe it.

 

[SimCastilleFan3]

I would love to see Murphy make it to UA, and the news is positive, but at this point I'm going to have to see him on campus before I fully believe it.

Im kinda with you on that BET, but I think this time im actually a little optimistic!!

 

[Crimson Surfer]

There is some talk that Murphy's toughest obstacle may not be the NCAA but UA Admissions. I am hoping it all works out. I would say I am cautiously optimistic.

 

[cptww]

There is some talk that Murphy's toughest obstacle may not be the NCAA but UA Admissions. I am hoping it all works out. I would say I am cautiously optimistic.

Love to see Kerry, finally in crimson, teamed back up with Josh Chapman. I agree with BET, I'll believe it when he's on campus and enrolled. Having said that, I remain rigidly flexible. :biggrin: RTR

 

[Crimson Surfer]

LB Willie Ferrell from Tallahasse, FL. has de-committed from LSU and re-opened his recruitment. He said he wants to look around at some other schools. Alabama, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan and Ole Miss are on his list. It looks like he is favoring Ole Miss and Michigan right now but he says he has offers from all of the schools that he is interested in.

BOL: Willie Ferrell Profile

 

[Crimson Surfer]

LB Willie Ferrell from Tallahasse, FL. has de-committed from LSU and re-opened his recruitment. He said he wants to look around at some other schools. Alabama, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan and Ole Miss are on his list. It looks like he is favoring Ole Miss and Michigan right now but he says he has offers from all of the schools that he is interested in.

BOL: Willie Ferrell Profile

Well now Ferrell says he did not de-commit from LSU but just a day earlier he said that he will be looking at some other schools.

Willie Ferrell refutes decommitment reports

Inside linebacker Willie Ferrell reportedly decommitted from LSU but he insists that a non-ESPN affiliated Web site misquoted him, TigerGumbo.com reports.

Ferrell said, "It wasn't a mix up, he changed my words. I don't know why the dude changed my words. I don't know why he would do that. I know he is just trying to do his job, but I just don't know."

"I'm still committed to LSU. I don't know why they would do something like that. It's all good, though."

 

[Crimson Surfer]

Elite 11 QB Eugene Smith says that he currently has a Bama offer and he will visit Tuscaloosa officially on Nov. 1st.

BOL: Eugene Smith Profile

 

[Hal Bennett]

The proof is in the pudding BET. All you have to do is look at the results over the last few years to tell that Brooks and Co. are elevating the level of talent at UK. Are they building it up to elite status, no but I never said they were, but what they are doing is bringing in enough talent to where they're competitive and no longer a cellar dweller in the SEC. As I said, he's building a "solid" talent base there, the problem of course is that in the SEC "solid" talent isn't enough to compete with the league's elite on a yearly basis. What they have started to become is a credible threat instead of merely an afterthought.

Bear Bryant introduced the eleventh chapter of BEAR by saying (p. 92),". . . we found at Kentucky what I have found almost everywhere I have gone. They had good material coming in every year, big fine-looking boys who wallowed around and wouldn't play. Kentucky had more stars than you could count, but they didn't beat anybody."

I remember well during the early sixties that Kentucky, like every other SEC team, was on a tear trying to come up to Alabama and Bear Bryant. Kentucky brought in Charley Bradshaw as head coach and they had three or four major stars, the names and positions of whom escape me right now. I remember hearing one Saturday night at Legion Field in 1964, when Alabama was playing Vanderbilt, and someone in the stands was talking about what Kentucky had done that day and what a great team, and a great future, Kentucky had.

The point is this -- Kentucky is a basketball school. That's why Bear Bryant left. But periodically -- or perenially -- they will make a big noise about getting great players for their football team, and then, sooner than later, it all comes to naught. And then the whole process starts all over again. The same thing happens with the New Orleans Saints. New Orleans is a Mardi Gras town, but the football team has to make noise every six or eight years to get the ticket sales up, and then the team sinks back into mediocrity. The picture at Kentucky over the years has been much the same.

Bear Bryant, "the Great Rehabilitator," won at Kentucky because, well, he was Bear Bryant. No one else has succeeded in football there like he did, but quite a few, including Rich Brooks, have done well enough to get some people to saying, "The future looks bright for Kentucky football."