Given that we play 5 DBs we probably want about 3/year (just like at OL I guess). This year, if we add 3 to that we should be in great shape.
ITS is the kind of kid who is going to act like he's it's possible he'll go to UW for a while because he thinks it will shock the world, but then that shit will wear out and he will just focus on Bama, USC, Ohio State and all that. In the end, he'll go to USC.
This is no different than Hunter Echols or Jaiden Woodbey.
The other piece of this is that the Pac-12 needs to step up their rep. We are getting robbed of a LOT of the best players from our region because people think Ohio State and Michigan are better than what they can get on the WC. The truth is, UW is a better destination than both for 80% of kids because Pete is an elite coach, but also cares about his players.
I think we will end up with a DB group like Kyler Gordon, Josiah Bradley, and Malik Putney during this recruiting cycle.
So in 2018 we could have:
CB: Jordan Miller, Austin Joyner, Byron Murphy, Kentrell Love, Elijah Molden, Keith Taylor, Kyler Gordon S: JoJo McIntosh (I could see him entering after 2017 though) Taylor Rapp, Isaiah Gilchrist, Brandon McKinney, Josiah Bradley, Malik Putney
We might see another person outside of Gilchrist flip to safety. I could see Wellington honestly being a safety/linebacker hybrid type too depending who they get a LB in 2018 outside of Jack Sirmon (Tuliaupupu is a more likely 5* player than Taylor-Stuart to pick UW) . It's a good problem to have to be honest.
Hahaha JoJo entering in 2017. GTFO his ass needs to work on his coverage skills, he is typically the one that fuck up in zone coverage in our defense.
I saw Rapp blow a lot more coverages last year than JoJo.
I love them both though.
They both got a lot better after the USC game. Darnold dropping dimes made them look worse than they probably actually were.
Rapp had the easier coverage assignments though. Playing deep middle with an occasional roll outside is easier than playing man on TE's and slots like McIntosh did.
Christ! Being soft and losing games they shouldn't is so much what USC DOES it should be in a GEICO commercial. You would think if you are a high-level recruit you would actually pay attention to what's happening at these programs and not act fucking hurt and surprised when USC fails to develop all that talent.
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Rapp had the easier coverage assignments though. Playing deep middle with an occasional roll outside is easier than playing man on TE's and slots like McIntosh did.
Hat still on the table!!!
But it's pretty obvious that he's going to join Calvin Avery at Illinois IMO