2013 Recruiting: S / ATH Antonio Conner Updates (South Panola)
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Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
Can you post a link to his bio/stats?
Can you post a link to his bio/stats?
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
We're in good standings with him but pulling South Panola guys from Ole Miss and Miss St isn't easy. Depends on if he wants to play RB or S on how hard UA goes after him
We're in good standings with him but pulling South Panola guys from Ole Miss and Miss St isn't easy. Depends on if he wants to play RB or S on how hard UA goes after him
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
Gonna be tough to get him out of Mississippi I believe. He is for sure a good one.
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=4551846
Gonna be tough to get him out of Mississippi I believe. He is for sure a good one.
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=4551846
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
I remember pictures of him wearing the Alabama Nike gloves from this past season.
I remember pictures of him wearing the Alabama Nike gloves from this past season.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
He's one of the few players who have ever gotten significant time as a freshman at South Panola. I've had friends from the area tell me he's the best prospect to come out of South Panola in decades.
BTW, they've had 30+ kids sign D1 scholarships over the last 10 years.
One thing to be leery of though is how few kids from South Panola actually end up living up to their potential. Not sure why that is, but if you look up and down their list of former players, there are plenty of kids who had all the talent in the world and for whatever reason, never really lived up to their full potential. (This is just over the last decade, obviously Dwayne Rudd & Deshea Townsend had enormous success.)
He's one of the few players who have ever gotten significant time as a freshman at South Panola. I've had friends from the area tell me he's the best prospect to come out of South Panola in decades.
BTW, they've had 30+ kids sign D1 scholarships over the last 10 years.
One thing to be leery of though is how few kids from South Panola actually end up living up to their potential. Not sure why that is, but if you look up and down their list of former players, there are plenty of kids who had all the talent in the world and for whatever reason, never really lived up to their full potential. (This is just over the last decade, obviously Dwayne Rudd & Deshea Townsend had enormous success.)
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
I posted something similar in the first thread about him. It's just something about players from the state of Mississippi. I know we've had some guys that turned out well, but we've been disappointed by several Mississippi players.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
It has been a while since we pulled some from S. Panola but we did pull two real good ones in Deshea Townsend and Dwayne Rudd a few years back.
It has been a while since we pulled some from S. Panola but we did pull two real good ones in Deshea Townsend and Dwayne Rudd a few years back.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
You're from Mississippi aren't you? (I am) Not sure how you feel about it, but I've got a theory.
I think over the last decade with the hype and attention that surrounds most of these highly coveted recruits, most of these kids have an even more inflated ego than kids from other states.
Most of these kids are big fish in a small pond anyway. That's just the nature of a kid from small towns across Mississippi. Kid's like Channing Ward are becoming national celebrities as 17 year olds yet they're still walking through the halls each day making sure they're not late for English class. It's just different for kids from Mississippi.
Look at the Birmingham area, you've got a dozen recruits who end up playing football somewhere. This happens each and every year there and across the state of Alabama. When a kid is a big time recruit, it's not as big of a deal, they've seen it happen to other kids they know.
But when it happens to someone like Jimmy Johns or Patrick Patterson they don't know what to do with the attention. They're heads get huge and they don't know how to handle arriving on a major college campus and wallow in anonymity. They suddenly realize their surrounded by 85 other kids just like them. They suddenly realize that they're really not that big of a fish.
Maybe that's completely wrong, but it seems like it's only really started happening over the last decade. Before the 2000's and the recruiting obsession that's overcome the south, kids from Mississippi were usually locks to become as good as advertised. Mississippi usually turns out more talent per capita than any other state. But that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
You're from Mississippi aren't you? (I am) Not sure how you feel about it, but I've got a theory.
I think over the last decade with the hype and attention that surrounds most of these highly coveted recruits, most of these kids have an even more inflated ego than kids from other states.
Most of these kids are big fish in a small pond anyway. That's just the nature of a kid from small towns across Mississippi. Kid's like Channing Ward are becoming national celebrities as 17 year olds yet they're still walking through the halls each day making sure they're not late for English class. It's just different for kids from Mississippi.
Look at the Birmingham area, you've got a dozen recruits who end up playing football somewhere. This happens each and every year there and across the state of Alabama. When a kid is a big time recruit, it's not as big of a deal, they've seen it happen to other kids they know.
But when it happens to someone like Jimmy Johns or Patrick Patterson they don't know what to do with the attention. They're heads get huge and they don't know how to handle arriving on a major college campus and wallow in anonymity. They suddenly realize their surrounded by 85 other kids just like them. They suddenly realize that they're really not that big of a fish.
Maybe that's completely wrong, but it seems like it's only really started happening over the last decade. Before the 2000's and the recruiting obsession that's overcome the south, kids from Mississippi were usually locks to become as good as advertised. Mississippi usually turns out more talent per capita than any other state. But that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
I live in Prattville now, but I lived in Aberdeen (lived about 5 minutes from where Channing Ward played games). I'm not sure of the exact reason for the way the guys turn out. I think your theory is one of the biggest reasons. The other reasons deal more with politics, economics and things that are for the NS board.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
That's the one! I couldn't find it when I did a short Google images search nor could I find on here. Thanks CG06.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
I think his brother (?) is going to Ole Miss next year.
I think his brother (?) is going to Ole Miss next year.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, Steve "Air" McNair, Hugh Green, Paul Ott Carruth, Brett Favre, are just a few that come to mind. Per Capita (about 3 million) Mississippi turns out as many good ball players as any state. A big problem is kids making the grades to qualify for college entrance.
If I remember correctly, South Panola had a freshman starting at LB this season.
Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, Steve "Air" McNair, Hugh Green, Paul Ott Carruth, Brett Favre, are just a few that come to mind. Per Capita (about 3 million) Mississippi turns out as many good ball players as any state. A big problem is kids making the grades to qualify for college entrance.
If I remember correctly, South Panola had a freshman starting at LB this season.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
The $$$$ he can get from Ole Miss is a big problem. :wink:
The $$$$ he can get from Ole Miss is a big problem. :wink:
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
if Ward doesn't live up to his potential, I will be very surprise.
if Ward doesn't live up to his potential, I will be very surprise.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
I said the same thing about Chris Strong. Still don't know how he didn't turn out to be a great player. Very similar in size, position, speed, national rating....
He played one year before he was done with football.
Personally I hope he does great, I like seeing guys from my home-state succeed. But they've had a bunch of sure-fire prospects lately who have turned out to be huge busts.
I said the same thing about Chris Strong. Still don't know how he didn't turn out to be a great player. Very similar in size, position, speed, national rating....
He played one year before he was done with football.
Personally I hope he does great, I like seeing guys from my home-state succeed. But they've had a bunch of sure-fire prospects lately who have turned out to be huge busts.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
Fluker was from Biloxi before Katrina moved him and he seems to be doing fine. Steen seems fine, also. You just have to take each player as an individual and I'm sure the staff is doing that. Mississippi kids are facing the same challenges as Alabama kids. Year in and year out, there are not going to be a bunch of top end recruits because of the population of the state. But their will be some gems.
Fluker was from Biloxi before Katrina moved him and he seems to be doing fine. Steen seems fine, also. You just have to take each player as an individual and I'm sure the staff is doing that. Mississippi kids are facing the same challenges as Alabama kids. Year in and year out, there are not going to be a bunch of top end recruits because of the population of the state. But their will be some gems.
Re: Antonio Conner from South Panola will be big time 5 star, how do we stand with hi
Do you know how many of those players from South Panola end up actually contributing to good teams? I went to starkville high and they always beat us by about 45 and had D1 players but I don't think I ever saw one actually play. I might be wrong so i was just curious. I know we got RB Jermamie Griffin a few years ago who looked huge but had injury issues while he was here
Do you know how many of those players from South Panola end up actually contributing to good teams? I went to starkville high and they always beat us by about 45 and had D1 players but I don't think I ever saw one actually play. I might be wrong so i was just curious. I know we got RB Jermamie Griffin a few years ago who looked huge but had injury issues while he was here
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