"The first thing is the culture at the school and how I fit into that culture," Thomas said. "Do I feel like I am a good fit there with the players and the culture? Is it a good place for me to be and will it help me grow as a player and a person.
"The second thing is the network I will have available to me once I get done with football. I want to be a coach eventually and a coaching staff with good connections will be able to help me become a coach. Coach Petersen has a ton of contacts everywhere and so does coach Huff, so I know with Washington I definitely have that network so if I can't be a GA at Washington (if he chooses to go there) then they can call up one of their buddies and put in a good word for me.
"The last thing is the location and where I see myself settling down once I'm out of school and done with football. Am I going to want to stay at that place for only four or five years or will I be able to stay there after that's all over and raising my family there?
Hard time believing he'll choose Lubbock given these things.
obviously Pete tried to hide all his diamonds in the rough until the final weekend and now the programs who have spots are going to throw offers at our late visitors. Taken as a huge compliment obviously, but kind of sucks...except in the case of USC where it's LOL that they are throwing the offer to our visitor while he's on his visit to UW and they've probably never talked to him before.
In addition to his time with the players, Powell got the chance to sit down with Jimmy Lake and Will Harris to talk about where he'd fit in in the secondary.
"I mainly met with coach Harris, but coach Lake came in and talked to me too, and they both said they saw me as a player with a lot of potential and room to grow," Powell, who measured in at 6'1" and weighed in at 200 pounds on his visit, noted. "They see me starting out at corner and then we'll see. They like their corners to be longer and they feel like I'd be a great fit outside.
"They actually said I was a year too early in the recruiting process. They told me if I was a 2020 guy, that I'd have an offer, so they definitely showed me a path to getting a scholarship, but they aren't just going to hand it to you, you have to earn it.
"That's something the players said when I was talking to them. The coaches expect you to work hard and bring it every day, not only in games, but also in practice and even when you're not practicing. The expectation is that you give your all to everything you do and that's something I really liked hearing. The best players play, no matter whether you have a scholarship or if you're a walk-on."
His visit to Montlake completed, Powell said he's got some thinking to do and with offers from Air Force, Columbia, Cornell, Eastern Washington, Georgetown and Yale he has some great options to mull over.
"There's a lot to consider -- education, location, my opportunity to play -- so I have some thinking to do," Powell said. "It's an exciting opportunity there at Washington and they have a top 15 business school which is what I want to major in.
"The Ivy League schools always tout their academics and they should, they are pretty amazing, but Washington's academics are great too and their business school is even better than most of the Ivy League schools', so that was something that was pretty impressive when we were going through the presentation."
As a senior last season, Powell totaled 61 tackles and five interceptions while helping to lead the Irish to an 11-2 record.
We'll have more from Powell in the coming days as he nears making his decision and we will update news on him as it breaks.
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"The first thing is the culture at the school and how I fit into that culture," Thomas said. "Do I feel like I am a good fit there with the players and the culture? Is it a good place for me to be and will it help me grow as a player and a person.
"The second thing is the network I will have available to me once I get done with football. I want to be a coach eventually and a coaching staff with good connections will be able to help me become a coach. Coach Petersen has a ton of contacts everywhere and so does coach Huff, so I know with Washington I definitely have that network so if I can't be a GA at Washington (if he chooses to go there) then they can call up one of their buddies and put in a good word for me.
"The last thing is the location and where I see myself settling down once I'm out of school and done with football. Am I going to want to stay at that place for only four or five years or will I be able to stay there after that's all over and raising my family there?
Hard time believing he'll choose Lubbock given these things.
And Nacua. I think it gets done. And for all the bitching the last month, that’s a hell of a fucking close.
Yeah, we're not getting Fowler if this is an actual offer.
"I mainly met with coach Harris, but coach Lake came in and talked to me too, and they both said they saw me as a player with a lot of potential and room to grow," Powell, who measured in at 6'1" and weighed in at 200 pounds on his visit, noted. "They see me starting out at corner and then we'll see. They like their corners to be longer and they feel like I'd be a great fit outside.
"They actually said I was a year too early in the recruiting process. They told me if I was a 2020 guy, that I'd have an offer, so they definitely showed me a path to getting a scholarship, but they aren't just going to hand it to you, you have to earn it.
"That's something the players said when I was talking to them. The coaches expect you to work hard and bring it every day, not only in games, but also in practice and even when you're not practicing. The expectation is that you give your all to everything you do and that's something I really liked hearing. The best players play, no matter whether you have a scholarship or if you're a walk-on."
His visit to Montlake completed, Powell said he's got some thinking to do and with offers from Air Force, Columbia, Cornell, Eastern Washington, Georgetown and Yale he has some great options to mull over.
"There's a lot to consider -- education, location, my opportunity to play -- so I have some thinking to do," Powell said. "It's an exciting opportunity there at Washington and they have a top 15 business school which is what I want to major in.
"The Ivy League schools always tout their academics and they should, they are pretty amazing, but Washington's academics are great too and their business school is even better than most of the Ivy League schools', so that was something that was pretty impressive when we were going through the presentation."
As a senior last season, Powell totaled 61 tackles and five interceptions while helping to lead the Irish to an 11-2 record.
We'll have more from Powell in the coming days as he nears making his decision and we will update news on him as it breaks.