:wink: people continue to say we have no chance but he doesn't speak to the media and he continues to list bama :biggrin:Bama made his top 5 along with Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Texas.
:wink: people continue to say we have no chance but he doesn't speak to the media and he continues to list bama :biggrin:
i think it's a 3 horse race between Bama, OK, and ARK with the latter winning the lottery.
Nah, he's Stoops' to lose.
the people not giving us a shot tend to think he wont go that far from home, despite the fact that we keep making his cut and he rarely speaks about his recuritment, i.e. they just assume UA has no shot since they are far away.
I bet the same stories were told to Julio Jones. I don't think that hurt his draft stock any...I don't think that's it so much as the style of O we run. At Ark or OU he'll have the chance to catch 80-100 balls a season, here he'll be doing good if he get the ball 50 times AND he will be asked to block a lot more in the run game. That being the case, I think most folks think he'll end up at one of those places. Of course, when you have a coach like Nick that could sell ice to eskimos, you never know and we still have a shot....
I bet the same stories were told to Julio Jones. I don't think that hurt his draft stock any...
Bama's offense will have him more Pro ready when he leaves college..WR's need to be excellent blockers on the next level..But..I can understand him wanting to have huge receiving yrds thrown his way..We shall see..I tend to agree, but I wouldn't count Arkansas out yet. Both schools run pass-happy O's and he would thrive at either, IMO.
I tend to agree, but I wouldn't count Arkansas out yet. Both schools run pass-happy O's and he would thrive at either, IMO.
I don't think that's it so much as the style of O we run. At Ark or OU he'll have the chance to catch 80-100 balls a season, here he'll be doing good if he get the ball 50 times AND he will be asked to block a lot more in the run game. That being the case, I think most folks think he'll end up at one of those places. Of course, when you have a coach like Nick that could sell ice to eskimos, you never know and we still have a shot....
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Julio Jones stats last year
78 catches for 1,123 yards 7 tds. (1st Round Pick)
And we all know that the qb's we have now on the roster have a bigger arm than McElroy.
Also Saban's LSU teams
2000 Josh Reed 65 catches 1127 yards 10 td's (2nd round pick)
2001 Josh Reed 94 catches 1740 yards 7 td's (2nd Round pick)
2002 Michael Clayton 57 catches 749 yards 5 td's (1st round pick)
2003 Michael Clayton 78 catches 1079 yards 10 td's (1st Round Pick) also Devery Henderson(2nd Round Pick)
2004 Craig Davis 43 catches 659 yards 1 td (1st round Pick)
Dwayne Bowe 39 catches 597 yards 5 td's (1st Round Pick)
Early Doucet 18 catches 257 catches 2td's (3rd Round Pick)
Skylar green 24 catches 219 yards 3 td's (4th round pick)
Bennie Brazell 1 catch 20 yard (7th round pick)