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Jacobe Covington, 2020 4* DB, Scottsdale (Saguaro) AZ, (reCOMMITTED)

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  • bigcc
    bigcc Member Posts: 900
    edited July 2019

    He says he's committing October 1st but now wants to take all 5 of his official visits


    So.......

    He's already taken two to UW and Oklahoma. So he plans on taking three in September. We'll see. Most kids don't understand how much of a hassle in season official visits are. They have to leave for the airport Friday night after their high school game and have to wake up the next morning for a full day of information gathering and activities. Depending on how late their game goes Friday night and how long the flight is, they might get very little sleep so it's not as fun unless you do it on a bye week or it's an official visit to a local school that's down the street. Going through that three weekends in a row and juggling homework at the same time is brutal and probably not going to happen. I think he takes one OV in September and that'll be it.
    Good points overall, but these kids are flying out Saturday afternoon, pretty sure these guys aren't leaving until at earliest noon the day after a game, not the same night

    It's definitely a lot for a kid in school to deal with, but at the same time I'd want to see the team I was going to commit to play in person before I made my choice
  • Meek
    Meek Member Posts: 7,031
    any chance that Notre Dame is begging him for a visit so they can try to fuck with us?
  • DoogCourics
    DoogCourics Member Posts: 5,739
    Oklahoma and Washington are the two front-runners for the talented prospect, with a source informing 247Sports that the Huskies have been surging in the race in recent months, but it appears that Covington plans to take a thorough look at a few other schools in games before settling on a decision.

    "No concrete plans yet on visits, but he will be doing some officials in September," the source said. "He would like to take in a couple of games, but he's not set on exactly what games it will be yet. Tentatively, it's probably LSU, Oregon and Texas A&M for officials, but nothing has been set."

    The 6-foot-1, 193-pound prospect took a trip to Seattle shortly after the Huskies joined the chase with an offer and Washington has been generating substantial buzz for the Top247 prospect.

    "I’ve developed a great relationship with coach Jimmy Lake and coach Will Harris," Covington told 247Sports earlier this off-season."

    Covington has a top eight of Arizona, ASU, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas A&M and Washington. The Sooners, who drew the first official visit back in mid April, have garnered a majority of the votes in the 247Sports Crystal Ball for one of the top defenders out West.

    With tremendous length and physical upside, Covington is known for his ball skills and aggressiveness in one-on-one situations. He has a high comfort level in coverage, with the reactions to stick to wideouts and the versatility and size to play either cornerback or safety. Covington closes quickly on the football and, although could improve his tackling technique and fluidity through his backpedal, is a candidate to be multi-year starter at Power Five level.

    Washington has recent history at Saguaro with cornerback Byron Murphy, who just became a second-round NFL Draft selection this spring. LSU is also in the mix for Covington's teammate, four-star linebacker Damian Sellers; Oregon is the perceived favorite for another teammate, three-star offensive lineman Jaylan Jeffers; while Texas A&M is where perhaps the most notable Saguaro alum, star receiver Christian Kirk, made his mark at the college level.
  • DoogCourics
    DoogCourics Member Posts: 5,739
    BlairAngulo

    Ducks have been pushing to get Covington on campus and it's likely that he'll make it to Eugene to take in a game early in the season...

  • KrunkJuice
    KrunkJuice Member Posts: 2,070

    BlairAngulo

    Ducks have been pushing to get Covington on campus and it's likely that he'll make it to Eugene to take in a game early in the season...

    As SAC has said, they know they will eventually lose the two Safeties from Florida and Oklahoma
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    Angulo and Wiltfong CBs to UW, took you guys long enough

    i am just waiting for a ND offer to officially to call for uw
  • dirtysouwfdawg
    dirtysouwfdawg Member Posts: 14,075
    FirePete said:

    Angulo and Wiltfong CBs to UW, took you guys long enough

    i am just waiting for a ND offer to officially to call for uw
    A loy cb to ND?
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,327
    This is my favorite DB that we are still realistically recruiting. Really hope we close him.
  • animate
    animate Member Posts: 4,245
    Woof said:

    The Tom Loy crystal ball is in! Unfortunately not to ND. I hope this isn't some kind of jinx.

    For Murray State?
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    I don't like experts crystal balling a kid to any school before he takes an official visit to another. I'm cautiously optimistic tho given he'll probably only end up taking 1 visit or 2 at most.
  • LongDukDong
    LongDukDong Member Posts: 1,305
    Expect a woof soon, he just committed
  • KayJay
    KayJay Member Posts: 1

    His family is set on coming here. His film suggests he should be thanking us everyday for offering him. He’s a smart kid and will be a DAWG.


    The “bad” part is that I think he wants to enjoy the process more than people think and that we definitely still have some work to do before he’s a done deal. Totally fine with me. When we offered and people were talking about big dicking OU, I think it was just our turn to express all this love to just like OU was before we offered. Now that we see this is his best option BY FAR I think people are asking what’s taking so long. IMO he’s gotten a lot of press playing with Kelee & on the camp circuit that right now I think he’s realized this is the highest his value will ever be & wants to take that in before being all business at UDUB. Not buying into the “he’s having 2nd thoughts” stuff that I’ve heard quite yet.

    Interesting take.... 🤔
  • animate
    animate Member Posts: 4,245
    Common hot take with higher end croots:

    - knows who the best girl is for him
    - during the dating phase doesn't mind making sure he gets his Jimmy waxed
    from the dating pool because, like, who wouldn't?

    ...
  • WilburHooksHands
    WilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,804
    animate said:

    Common hot take with higher end croots:

    - knows who the best girl is for him
    - during the dating phase doesn't mind making sure he gets his Jimmy waxed
    from the dating pool because, like, who wouldn't?

    ...

    https://youtu.be/xyjhiLm7d4I