Makell Esteen, 2020 3* DB, Lawndale (HS), CA (COMMITTED)
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I think I know what you are referring to.sonics1993 said:Recruiting is a cold game
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I think Jackson was going to commit but Esteen took the spot first. He canceled his announcement after Esteen committed
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If anybody wants to here expert player/film analysis listen to the EMERGENCY POD on DAWGMAN for Esteen. It starts at the 1:30 mark. Eklund deserves a raise! Absolutely embarrassing.
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cut him some slack. He has only been at it for 16 years. He'll get there eventually.....KrunkJuice said:If anybody wants to here expert player/film analysis listen to the EMERGENCY POD on DAWGMAN for Esteen. It starts at the 1:30 mark. Eklund deserves a raise! Absolutely embarrassing.
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The crud is nothing to take lightly.BeerThirty said:
cut him some slack. He has only been at it for 16 years. He'll get there eventually.....KrunkJuice said:If anybody wants to here expert player/film analysis listen to the EMERGENCY POD on DAWGMAN for Esteen. It starts at the 1:30 mark. Eklund deserves a raise! Absolutely embarrassing.
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“I fell in love with Washington after I took my official visit back in June,” Esteen said. “It’s just a great fit for me all around and I think it’s the perfect place for me. I have a great relationship with the coaching staff and they do an incredible job developing defensive backs.
“They feel I can play safety or corner but I’ll start out at safety for them. I’ll play anywhere, corner, safety or nickel, doesn’t matter to me, just whatever gets me on the field. I always said the biggest factors for me would be comfort level with the school and where I can get developed and for me, that was Washington.”
"Elijah and I are close and I'm definitely going to be recruiting him to Washington," Esteen said. "I thought he was going to be committing yesterday like everyone else but he has to do what's best for him. I would love to play with him in college though and I'm pretty sure we have more room so I'm going to be talking to him for sure."
"Coach Petersen talked about the kind of players they want at Washington, guys who want to compete but are also serious about life after football," Esteen said. "He's about building up young men off the field as well as on it and that was big for me. Coach Lake is a great coach and like I said, development is big for me and he's a coach who knows how to get guys to the NFL and that's my goal as well."
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Biggins:
Washington landed their second DB commitment of the weekend after pulling in Jacobe Covington on Saturday. We really like the versatile Esteen brings to the table and he’s a player that could line up at safety or corner.
He’s a ball magnet and has picked off 19 passes over the last three season and will be a four-star starter at Lawndale this fall. He has tremendous ball skills and awareness, is highly instinctual and one of those players that is always around the football.
Esteen essentially narrowed his choices down to Washington and Oregon with Kentucky and Nebraska heavily in the mix as well.
“They’re all great schools and I had a great relationship with the coaches at Oregon as well,” Esteen said. “They had been on me for a long time but I just really liked it at Washington and I’m really excited about this decision. It feels great to get it out of the way before school starts so now I can just focus on my senior year, our football season and now have to worry about any recruiting distractions.”
Washington now has three defensive back commitments locked in with Esteen joining Covington and James Smith, who committed in late July. There was a lot of buzz that Esteen's Lawndale teammate Elijah Jackson was going to commit to the Huskies on Saturday as well but he decided to postpone his announcement. -
Is that where his phone keeps going off while hes talking?KrunkJuice said:If anybody wants to here expert player/film analysis listen to the EMERGENCY POD on DAWGMAN for Esteen. It starts at the 1:30 mark. Eklund deserves a raise! Absolutely embarrassing.
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247Sports also tracked down Esteen’s 7-on-7 coach Malik James who is the founder of Premium Sports.
“Washington is getting a hard worker, long DB, 19 career interceptions in three years, he finds the ball,” James started gushing. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Esteen had eight of those picks as a junior. “Best thing about Kell for us he’s able to play anywhere, nickel, safety, corner, smart, high IQ and he’s just a really, really, reliable young man. Works hard.”
Other offers for Esteen included Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon State, USC, Utah and Wisconsin.
“He’s a steal,” James said. “When you think of Washington and OKGs he’s their kind of guy. I’ve had him since the ninth grade. I can go on and on about him.
They’re getting a guy.”
Esteen is a two-way standout that caught 21 passes for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He racked up 90 tackles and 19 pass breakups to go with those eight interceptions. Esteen has 194 career tackles and 46 pass breakups. -
Just A Guy?DoogCourics said:247Sports also tracked down Esteen’s 7-on-7 coach Malik James who is the founder of Premium Sports.
“Washington is getting a hard worker, long DB, 19 career interceptions in three years, he finds the ball,” James started gushing. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Esteen had eight of those picks as a junior. “Best thing about Kell for us he’s able to play anywhere, nickel, safety, corner, smart, high IQ and he’s just a really, really, reliable young man. Works hard.”
Other offers for Esteen included Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon State, USC, Utah and Wisconsin.
“He’s a steal,” James said. “When you think of Washington and OKGs he’s their kind of guy. I’ve had him since the ninth grade. I can go on and on about him.
They’re getting a guy.”
Esteen is a two-way standout that caught 21 passes for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He racked up 90 tackles and 19 pass breakups to go with those eight interceptions. Esteen has 194 career tackles and 46 pass breakups. -
6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
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It's not about not "being good enough". Corners are not automatically better athletes or ball hawks than safeties. Jimmy recruited him to play safety so that's what he is.LaMichael_Corleone said:6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
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oregon has cooled on this kidGreenRiverGatorz said:
Given Lake's track record I think it's safe to say that's Oregon's mistake, not ours. Jimmy's evals > Heyward's evals, and it's not even close.RealRhino said:
So now we're down to taking guys that aren't even good enough for Oregon?!? WTF?dtd said:
He is 100% a backup plan for Oregon.Neighbor2972 said:
No Oregon mentioned is interesting, thought this would be a UW-Oregon battle. Though they already have 3 DB commits so they probably cooled on him.FKA_Mousecop said:https://247sports.com/college/washington/Article/Washington-Huskies-Football-Recruiting-Makell-Esteen-Washington-Is-One-Of-The-Schools-Standing-Out-For-Esteen-132173056/
Washington, Nebraska, and Kentucky recruiting him the hardest. No trips scheduled currently but looking at June 22nd visit which is our rising stars camp. Looking like we are the favorites.
I’m a huge fan of this kid’s game.
Which is fine by me, I really like Esteen, and he sounds like a lock at this point.
SAC
Jimmy wants his guys to be position flexibleBallz said:
It's not about not "being good enough". Corners are not automatically better athletes or ball hawks than safeties. Jimmy recruited him to play safety so that's what he is.LaMichael_Corleone said:6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
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Sure in case of injuries. But how many safeties on our roster do you see splitting time between safety and corner? And I'm not talking about nickel but actual corner? He was told he's a safety for us. Why people want to think otherwise is beyond me. Jacobe is the SS and Makell is the FS, simple.FirePete said:
oregon has cooled on this kidGreenRiverGatorz said:
Given Lake's track record I think it's safe to say that's Oregon's mistake, not ours. Jimmy's evals > Heyward's evals, and it's not even close.RealRhino said:
So now we're down to taking guys that aren't even good enough for Oregon?!? WTF?dtd said:
He is 100% a backup plan for Oregon.Neighbor2972 said:
No Oregon mentioned is interesting, thought this would be a UW-Oregon battle. Though they already have 3 DB commits so they probably cooled on him.FKA_Mousecop said:https://247sports.com/college/washington/Article/Washington-Huskies-Football-Recruiting-Makell-Esteen-Washington-Is-One-Of-The-Schools-Standing-Out-For-Esteen-132173056/
Washington, Nebraska, and Kentucky recruiting him the hardest. No trips scheduled currently but looking at June 22nd visit which is our rising stars camp. Looking like we are the favorites.
I’m a huge fan of this kid’s game.
Which is fine by me, I really like Esteen, and he sounds like a lock at this point.
SAC
Jimmy wants his guys to be position flexibleBallz said:
It's not about not "being good enough". Corners are not automatically better athletes or ball hawks than safeties. Jimmy recruited him to play safety so that's what he is.LaMichael_Corleone said:6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
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Kevin King's the obvious one.Ballz said:
Sure in case of injuries. But how many safeties on our roster do you see splitting time between safety and corner? And I'm not talking about nickel but actual corner? He was told he's a safety for us. Why people want to think otherwise is beyond me. Jacobe is the SS and Makell is the FS, simple.FirePete said:
oregon has cooled on this kidGreenRiverGatorz said:
Given Lake's track record I think it's safe to say that's Oregon's mistake, not ours. Jimmy's evals > Heyward's evals, and it's not even close.RealRhino said:
So now we're down to taking guys that aren't even good enough for Oregon?!? WTF?dtd said:
He is 100% a backup plan for Oregon.Neighbor2972 said:
No Oregon mentioned is interesting, thought this would be a UW-Oregon battle. Though they already have 3 DB commits so they probably cooled on him.FKA_Mousecop said:https://247sports.com/college/washington/Article/Washington-Huskies-Football-Recruiting-Makell-Esteen-Washington-Is-One-Of-The-Schools-Standing-Out-For-Esteen-132173056/
Washington, Nebraska, and Kentucky recruiting him the hardest. No trips scheduled currently but looking at June 22nd visit which is our rising stars camp. Looking like we are the favorites.
I’m a huge fan of this kid’s game.
Which is fine by me, I really like Esteen, and he sounds like a lock at this point.
SAC
Jimmy wants his guys to be position flexibleBallz said:
It's not about not "being good enough". Corners are not automatically better athletes or ball hawks than safeties. Jimmy recruited him to play safety so that's what he is.LaMichael_Corleone said:6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
I wouldn't be surprised if Julius Irvin becomes another one.
You're right that it hasn't been super common though. -
bananasnblondes said:
Just A Guy?DoogCourics said:247Sports also tracked down Esteen’s 7-on-7 coach Malik James who is the founder of Premium Sports.
“Washington is getting a hard worker, long DB, 19 career interceptions in three years, he finds the ball,” James started gushing. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Esteen had eight of those picks as a junior. “Best thing about Kell for us he’s able to play anywhere, nickel, safety, corner, smart, high IQ and he’s just a really, really, reliable young man. Works hard.”
Other offers for Esteen included Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon State, USC, Utah and Wisconsin.
“He’s a steal,” James said. “When you think of Washington and OKGs he’s their kind of guy. I’ve had him since the ninth grade. I can go on and on about him.
They’re getting a guy.”
Esteen is a two-way standout that caught 21 passes for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He racked up 90 tackles and 19 pass breakups to go with those eight interceptions. Esteen has 194 career tackles and 46 pass breakups.
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Maybe I can help, I speak jive.bananasnblondes said:
Just A Guy?DoogCourics said:247Sports also tracked down Esteen’s 7-on-7 coach Malik James who is the founder of Premium Sports.
“Washington is getting a hard worker, long DB, 19 career interceptions in three years, he finds the ball,” James started gushing. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Esteen had eight of those picks as a junior. “Best thing about Kell for us he’s able to play anywhere, nickel, safety, corner, smart, high IQ and he’s just a really, really, reliable young man. Works hard.”
Other offers for Esteen included Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon State, USC, Utah and Wisconsin.
“He’s a steal,” James said. “When you think of Washington and OKGs he’s their kind of guy. I’ve had him since the ninth grade. I can go on and on about him.
They’re getting a guy.”
Esteen is a two-way standout that caught 21 passes for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He racked up 90 tackles and 19 pass breakups to go with those eight interceptions. Esteen has 194 career tackles and 46 pass breakups.
Guy = Good player, and usually a hard worker. Accountable.
Just a Guy = Average player, easily replaceable.
Dude = a really good Guy, possibly also an Alpha-type leader.
Dog = a Guy who is especially tenacious or tough.
Hope that clears it up.
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The 19 picks is huge to me. Ball skills make an average DB good and a good DB great. It also shows instincts that are hard to teach. It’s why I liked Cam Williams so much. Esteen will be the best DB commit from this class.
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Domicillo said:
I'm getting the feeling Jackson wasn't the one who has lost his spot......DodgyBloke said:Let’s goooo, interesting to know the backstory behind Jackson hahah I bet it’s gonna be an interesting season between those guys if Jackson had a spot then lost it to Makell
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Biggins:
He does, he's a high 3 right now with an 89 rating. I don't love him as an athlete, that's the only reservation, he doesn't run that great so this is one of those rankings where he would be a 4 if we based it on college success but as an NFL draft pick, it makes it harder. The fact that he's going to UW with Jimmy Lake makes us want to bump him because of how much success he has had getting his guys drafted. We don't like to factor that in because there's no way of knowing how long a coach will be at a certain school. It's more a case where if we like a player a lot and feel he's deserving of a bump, knowing said player is going somewhere that we know does a great job developing players helps us feel good about the decision. -
So he's a decent athlete who will play sound and he's got great ballhawking skills.
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He's right up there with Covington as the best DB in the class. I might like him more. He's going to be elite in this program. I love him.dhdawg said:So he's a decent athlete who will play sound and he's got great ballhawking skills.
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The star ratings based on NFL projection shit is so dumb
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I know. When did that shit get written into the method? They're supposed to project them for college. I guess that's harder?dnc said:The star ratings based on NFL projection shit is so dumb
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By that definition shouldn’t they be taking stars away from USC, UCLA, and Oregon commits?DoogCourics said:Biggins:
He does, he's a high 3 right now with an 89 rating. I don't love him as an athlete, that's the only reservation, he doesn't run that great so this is one of those rankings where he would be a 4 if we based it on college success but as an NFL draft pick, it makes it harder. The fact that he's going to UW with Jimmy Lake makes us want to bump him because of how much success he has had getting his guys drafted. We don't like to factor that in because there's no way of knowing how long a coach will be at a certain school. It's more a case where if we like a player a lot and feel he's deserving of a bump, knowing said player is going somewhere that we know does a great job developing players helps us feel good about the decision. -
HoustonHusky said:
By that definition shouldn’t they be taking stars away from USC, UCLA, and Oregon commits?DoogCourics said:Biggins:
He does, he's a high 3 right now with an 89 rating. I don't love him as an athlete, that's the only reservation, he doesn't run that great so this is one of those rankings where he would be a 4 if we based it on college success but as an NFL draft pick, it makes it harder. The fact that he's going to UW with Jimmy Lake makes us want to bump him because of how much success he has had getting his guys drafted. We don't like to factor that in because there's no way of knowing how long a coach will be at a certain school. It's more a case where if we like a player a lot and feel he's deserving of a bump, knowing said player is going somewhere that we know does a great job developing players helps us feel good about the decision.
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This gif is like tripping on acid. I love it. Cant stop looking.Emoterman said:HoustonHusky said:
By that definition shouldn’t they be taking stars away from USC, UCLA, and Oregon commits?DoogCourics said:Biggins:
He does, he's a high 3 right now with an 89 rating. I don't love him as an athlete, that's the only reservation, he doesn't run that great so this is one of those rankings where he would be a 4 if we based it on college success but as an NFL draft pick, it makes it harder. The fact that he's going to UW with Jimmy Lake makes us want to bump him because of how much success he has had getting his guys drafted. We don't like to factor that in because there's no way of knowing how long a coach will be at a certain school. It's more a case where if we like a player a lot and feel he's deserving of a bump, knowing said player is going somewhere that we know does a great job developing players helps us feel good about the decision. -
Fair play.LaMichael_Corleone said:6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
All is fair, right, @LaMichael_Corleone?
Then why is #MyMFinFig not good enough to play RB at UW, again? What MWC school should he transfer to?
Montana State's RB room is full by the way.
Maybe @ApostleofGrief's CWU will have room next year.
$12.95/mo, please. -
Wish ballz was here for an official height analysis
