Except this isn’t some unknown kid playing at some unknown school in a poduck town. He’s the DPOY in Dade County playing on a State Championship team with atleast 4 other P5 prospects on the same DL. Georgia, Bama and every other school knows who he is. They’re just not interested.
And what if he's still growing and ascending coming off DPOY in Dade? How many times has a So Fl kid really taken off his senior year only for us to lose out because 1. We prioritized higher profiles prospects we had no shot at landing and 2. We never showed any interest until the 11th hour. The big time programs still miss on literally hundreds, thousands of kids that get drafted. Let's not just ride their coattails, albeit a similar offer sheet is still a good indicator of player quality, but not the end all be all. We should have local advantages like this being able to see more of these prospects more often.
I'm not advocating for or against the take. Just a wait and see moment - its May. If the kid just really sucks this season we replace him it's not a big deal.
Edit: And just touching back on his current size - since that appears to be the main issue with a lot of us here. Literally every recruiting site from hudl, max prep, 247, rivals, on3 et al list him at different heights and weights - and not just a little bit differently - several inches or 20+ lb differences . I don't think anyone has any current measurements. On3 lists him at 6'3" 255. If that's more accurate I don't think a lot of people would have such an issue with this early take.
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