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Memnon said:
Long armed rangy Athlete with versatility to play Nickel/STAR or Safety, but projects best at Boundary Corner.

Has very good smooth footwork skating his feet coming out of his stance while playing in Press Man. Does a good job maintaining eye discipline in Nickel playing against outside stems on quick breaking routes.

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As you can see here;
- Skates his feet on the initial release
- Plants his left foot while reading the WR's stem
- Immediately recognizes the slant route
- Gets upfield at an angle to close the distance to the WR
- Plays to the outside shoulder while getting his left hand underneath to make a play on the ball.
- Plays through the WR's hands & gets the breakup/PD

Very good coverage on a quick slant route that usually ends up as a catch. It's a short & simple route that's not easy to defend because a lot of Corners with hook the WR with their off hand & get called for a P.I., but in this instance he played correctly exactly how you teach it.

What I like the most about him at Boundary is the prototype arm length that is crucial to playing that side of the field.

View attachment 291370
- Playing outside leverage
- Immediate hip turn
- Initiate jam, square shoulders & steer the WR
- Reads the 5 route & collapses the route by flattening the angle of the brake
- Smoothly shuffles his feet to get perpendicular to the WR
- Presses to the sideline
- Walls off the chest of the WR by getting his hands up
- Eyes up on the QB with good route awareness knowing he doesn't need to look at the WR
- Makes a play on the ball & gets the breakup/PD

Again, not an easy route to defend, you'll see a lot of Corners over commit to playing a 9 route & get lost on the comeback break. Him getting the WR to the sideline closing the distance & walling him off made the route a dead end play. That's route recognition & good recovery technique to get back to the ball & not the allow the WR any room to make the catch. Those are the kind of routes you'll see often on the Boundary side & can be a struggle for a lot of Corners.

Here he is again at Nickel, this time playing Off Quarters coverage l.

View attachment 291371
- Quick route recognition
- Breaks at an angle to cut off the route
- Meets the WR at the catch point
- Plays over top to the outside shoulder
- Turns into the WR while breaking on the ball & giving himself better position to get his hands inside the catch point
- Plays through the hands & gets the breakup/PD

This was basically an easy pitch & catch Curl route against an Off look in Quarters. All the WR has to do is run 5-6yds & sit. It's not a full on Bang 8 because you have to 2 LB's dropping back in that Zone so you don't run it all the way through in order to keep from having your QB throw a potential pick in traffic. When you're in off coverage there's not much you can do against that route because it's a free release & he's already 5+ yards up the field before you even know which leverage he's stemming towards.

But, T-Money makes a very smart read & immediately breaks to cut the route off & plays to break the ball up at the WR. He could've easily just let him catch it, get a tackle & live to fight another down, but the fact he stayed active & didn't just give him the catch it what I like/love from CB's. That's the kind of awareness & aggressiveness you need to excel at the next level. The play ain't over until you say so, that's the mentality every CB needs to have, but so few do.

This is a good pick up for Miami early in the Summer cycle. Chevis's first HS recruit/verbal & it checks off most of the boxes. He's very similar to another Alabama Corner that Chevis eval'd, recruited & signed at Kansas, JaCobee (Cobee) Bryant, who was also a Safety in HS with a 87 3-star rating, but has developed into one of the best Corners in CFB coming into his Junior year.

Merritt doesn’t have blazing speed, but he's not slow either. 10.9 100m is good, anything sub 11 is good. Idk if that's verified, but eye test he looks to have low 4.5 ish speed which is fine.

But the rest of his attributes, physically & his football IQ make him a plus add.

Like most HS Corners, will need to have his technique refined & learn more tricks of the trade, but with development can be a good Boundary or STAR at the next level.

Now, here comes the hard part; figuring out if this is a placeholder commit or if we can hang onto him. If we can keep him committed after his visits to Auburn & Tennessee & make it to ENSD with him still in this class it'll be a very good pick up to start the foundation for the CB haul.

But again, just have to survive those AU & Tenn visits & keep him in the class.

As far as potential Portal entry, I can't see the future, so just keep that in mind you fkin psychos.

Welcome to the U.
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skeeter said:
Think it will look like this

CB Hanks
CB Merritt
CB Ewald
DB Pickett
DB Wallace
S Fitzgerald

Then possibly another true safety (I tend to think either Wallace or Pickett ends up at safety, but it's definitely a position of need…So if we come up empty throwing the kitchen seat on a Stubbs flip, then one of Clardy, K.Jax, Branch, or maybe we get serious with Omarion Robinson who I like a lot)
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I Dont think we get all 4 of those in state players. I think we take someone else from out of State. Maybe Andrew Purcell or Anding, possibly Antoine.
 
Memnon said:
Long armed rangy Athlete with versatility to play Nickel/STAR or Safety, but projects best at Boundary Corner.

Has very good smooth footwork skating his feet coming out of his stance while playing in Press Man. Does a good job maintaining eye discipline in Nickel playing against outside stems on quick breaking routes.

View attachment 291369
As you can see here;
- Skates his feet on the initial release
- Plants his left foot while reading the WR's stem
- Immediately recognizes the slant route
- Gets upfield at an angle to close the distance to the WR
- Plays to the outside shoulder while getting his left hand underneath to make a play on the ball.
- Plays through the WR's hands & gets the breakup/PD

Very good coverage on a quick slant route that usually ends up as a catch. It's a short & simple route that's not easy to defend because a lot of Corners with hook the WR with their off hand & get called for a P.I., but in this instance he played correctly exactly how you teach it.

What I like the most about him at Boundary is the prototype arm length that is crucial to playing that side of the field.

View attachment 291370
- Playing outside leverage
- Immediate hip turn
- Initiate jam, square shoulders & steer the WR
- Reads the 5 route & collapses the route by flattening the angle of the brake
- Smoothly shuffles his feet to get perpendicular to the WR
- Presses to the sideline
- Walls off the chest of the WR by getting his hands up
- Eyes up on the QB with good route awareness knowing he doesn't need to look at the WR
- Makes a play on the ball & gets the breakup/PD

Again, not an easy route to defend, you'll see a lot of Corners over commit to playing a 9 route & get lost on the comeback break. Him getting the WR to the sideline closing the distance & walling him off made the route a dead end play. That's route recognition & good recovery technique to get back to the ball & not the allow the WR any room to make the catch. Those are the kind of routes you'll see often on the Boundary side & can be a struggle for a lot of Corners.

Here he is again at Nickel, this time playing Off Quarters coverage l.

View attachment 291371
- Quick route recognition
- Breaks at an angle to cut off the route
- Meets the WR at the catch point
- Plays over top to the outside shoulder
- Turns into the WR while breaking on the ball & giving himself better position to get his hands inside the catch point
- Plays through the hands & gets the breakup/PD

This was basically an easy pitch & catch Curl route against an Off look in Quarters. All the WR has to do is run 5-6yds & sit. It's not a full on Bang 8 because you have to 2 LB's dropping back in that Zone so you don't run it all the way through in order to keep from having your QB throw a potential pick in traffic. When you're in off coverage there's not much you can do against that route because it's a free release & he's already 5+ yards up the field before you even know which leverage he's stemming towards.

But, T-Money makes a very smart read & immediately breaks to cut the route off & plays to break the ball up at the WR. He could've easily just let him catch it, get a tackle & live to fight another down, but the fact he stayed active & didn't just give him the catch it what I like/love from CB's. That's the kind of awareness & aggressiveness you need to excel at the next level. The play ain't over until you say so, that's the mentality every CB needs to have, but so few do.

This is a good pick up for Miami early in the Summer cycle. Chevis's first HS recruit/verbal & it checks off most of the boxes. He's very similar to another Alabama Corner that Chevis eval'd, recruited & signed at Kansas, JaCobee (Cobee) Bryant, who was also a Safety in HS with a 87 3-star rating, but has developed into one of the best Corners in CFB coming into his Junior year.

Merritt doesn’t have blazing speed, but he's not slow either. 10.9 100m is good, anything sub 11 is good. Idk if that's verified, but eye test he looks to have low 4.5 ish speed which is fine.

But the rest of his attributes, physically & his football IQ make him a plus add.

Like most HS Corners, will need to have his technique refined & learn more tricks of the trade, but with development can be a good Boundary or STAR at the next level.

Now, here comes the hard part; figuring out if this is a placeholder commit or if we can hang onto him. If we can keep him committed after his visits to Auburn & Tennessee & make it to ENSD with him still in this class it'll be a very good pick up to start the foundation for the CB haul.

But again, just have to survive those AU & Tenn visits & keep him in the class.

As far as potential Portal entry, I can't see the future, so just keep that in mind you fkin psychos.

Welcome to the U.
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Memnon said:
Long armed rangy Athlete with versatility to play Nickel/STAR or Safety, but projects best at Boundary Corner.

Has very good smooth footwork skating his feet coming out of his stance while playing in Press Man. Does a good job maintaining eye discipline in Nickel playing against outside stems on quick breaking routes.

View attachment 291369
As you can see here;
- Skates his feet on the initial release
- Plants his left foot while reading the WR's stem
- Immediately recognizes the slant route
- Gets upfield at an angle to close the distance to the WR
- Plays to the outside shoulder while getting his left hand underneath to make a play on the ball.
- Plays through the WR's hands & gets the breakup/PD

Very good coverage on a quick slant route that usually ends up as a catch. It's a short & simple route that's not easy to defend because a lot of Corners with hook the WR with their off hand & get called for a P.I., but in this instance he played correctly exactly how you teach it.

What I like the most about him at Boundary is the prototype arm length that is crucial to playing that side of the field.

View attachment 291370
- Playing outside leverage
- Immediate hip turn
- Initiate jam, square shoulders & steer the WR
- Reads the 5 route & collapses the route by flattening the angle of the brake
- Smoothly shuffles his feet to get perpendicular to the WR
- Presses to the sideline
- Walls off the chest of the WR by getting his hands up
- Eyes up on the QB with good route awareness knowing he doesn't need to look at the WR
- Makes a play on the ball & gets the breakup/PD

Again, not an easy route to defend, you'll see a lot of Corners over commit to playing a 9 route & get lost on the comeback break. Him getting the WR to the sideline closing the distance & walling him off made the route a dead end play. That's route recognition & good recovery technique to get back to the ball & not the allow the WR any room to make the catch. Those are the kind of routes you'll see often on the Boundary side & can be a struggle for a lot of Corners.

Here he is again at Nickel, this time playing Off Quarters coverage l.

View attachment 291371
- Quick route recognition
- Breaks at an angle to cut off the route
- Meets the WR at the catch point
- Plays over top to the outside shoulder
- Turns into the WR while breaking on the ball & giving himself better position to get his hands inside the catch point
- Plays through the hands & gets the breakup/PD

This was basically an easy pitch & catch Curl route against an Off look in Quarters. All the WR has to do is run 5-6yds & sit. It's not a full on Bang 8 because you have to 2 LB's dropping back in that Zone so you don't run it all the way through in order to keep from having your QB throw a potential pick in traffic. When you're in off coverage there's not much you can do against that route because it's a free release & he's already 5+ yards up the field before you even know which leverage he's stemming towards.

But, T-Money makes a very smart read & immediately breaks to cut the route off & plays to break the ball up at the WR. He could've easily just let him catch it, get a tackle & live to fight another down, but the fact he stayed active & didn't just give him the catch it what I like/love from CB's. That's the kind of awareness & aggressiveness you need to excel at the next level. The play ain't over until you say so, that's the mentality every CB needs to have, but so few do.

This is a good pick up for Miami early in the Summer cycle. Chevis's first HS recruit/verbal & it checks off most of the boxes. He's very similar to another Alabama Corner that Chevis eval'd, recruited & signed at Kansas, JaCobee (Cobee) Bryant, who was also a Safety in HS with a 87 3-star rating, but has developed into one of the best Corners in CFB coming into his Junior year.

Merritt doesn’t have blazing speed, but he's not slow either. 10.9 100m is good, anything sub 11 is good. Idk if that's verified, but eye test he looks to have low 4.5 ish speed which is fine.

But the rest of his attributes, physically & his football IQ make him a plus add.

Like most HS Corners, will need to have his technique refined & learn more tricks of the trade, but with development can be a good Boundary or STAR at the next level.

Now, here comes the hard part; figuring out if this is a placeholder commit or if we can hang onto him. If we can keep him committed after his visits to Auburn & Tennessee & make it to ENSD with him still in this class it'll be a very good pick up to start the foundation for the CB haul.

But again, just have to survive those AU & Tenn visits & keep him in the class.

As far as potential Portal entry, I can't see the future, so just keep that in mind you fkin psychos.

Welcome to the U.
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Random question/scenario. If this kid signs with Auburn (transfers to Miss St then a second time to Tulane lol) , does doing the research for a well thought out post like this feel like a waste.. or do you still enjoy it? For love the game.

Just randomly curious. Always enjoy your work.

Congrats to the kid & his family.
 
skeeter said:
Think it will look like this

CB Hanks
CB Merritt
CB Ewald
DB Pickett
DB Wallace
S Fitzgerald (or apparently someone else if we are passing)

Then possibly another true safety (I tend to think either Wallace or Pickett ends up at safety, but it's definitely a position of need…So if we come up empty throwing the kitchen seat on a Stubbs flip, then one of Clardy, K.Jax, Branch, or maybe we get serious with Omarion Robinson who I like a lot)
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Would be a historic haul.
 
L A M P said:
Random question/scenario. If this kid signs with Auburn (transfers to Miss St then a second time to Tulane lol) , does doing the research for a well thought out post like this feel like a waste.. or do you still enjoy it? For love the game.

Just randomly curious. Always enjoy your work.

Congrats to the kid & his family.
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No, because I'm just doing an assessment based on what I see & projecting forward based on traits & ability.

I have no idea if a kid is going to Portal multiple times, there's just no way of knowing that. I mean, I don't think players anticipate that they're going to Portal when they initially commit/sign with a school in the first place, so there's no way to tell when or why a player decides to leave.
 
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supacane said:
His offer list looks alot like Cam Pruitt's from the same state. And Bama put the press on him late. Now we find out dude is legit and looking to play immediately. If u add Mconathy, it seems its actual the Bama 3 stars who are 4 stars elsewhere.
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Not gonna lie, a lot of the lower players from Alabama don’t go to the Rivals or 24/7 camps. That means they don’t get ranks that players from the bigger cities get. We have a lot of late bloomers that are 3 stars that end up becoming all conference and playing years in the NFL
 
hharvey09 said:
Alabama kids get offers off of game tape instead of camp performances this is why we see dudes that get offers off of running 40s and beating up dude who are smaller and can’t get off the line instead of watching film
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Bama and Bayou kids always seem kinda mean…Obv there's exceptions. A mean kid can come from Cali, Orlando, etc…But a large percentage of Bama/LA kids, (especially Bama) just seem to be mean kids who love to hit something.
 
Dwinstitles said:
I can respect this heey u never know. I just think we were loving Cormanis HS film (the coaches that is) then they saw the college tape vs D1 and passed. If that makes sense, because our coaches are going to miss just like Kirby and Saban etc do.
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I get it brother! His talent wasent why he didn’t see the field much though. He didn’t watch film he didn’t go to class he didn’t do the things he was told he would have had to do. And he would have had to do that under Mario so it’s whatever. We will see though. He’s at UF where I always thought he wanted to be at.
 
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skeeter said:
Think it will look like this

CB Hanks
CB Merritt
CB Ewald
DB Pickett
DB Wallace
S Fitzgerald (or apparently someone else if we are passing)

Then possibly another true safety (I tend to think either Wallace or Pickett ends up at safety, but it's definitely a position of need…So if we come up empty throwing the kitchen seat on a Stubbs flip, then one of Clardy, K.Jax, Branch, or maybe we get serious with Omarion Robinson who I like a lot)
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This would fix the DB room that’s for sure. And it’s the last room that needs to be fixed going into the future. And will need another QB from the portal. But that’s a room man!
 
hharvey09 said:
Not gonna lie, a lot of the lower players from Alabama don’t go to the Rivals or 24/7 camps. That means they don’t get ranks that players from the bigger cities get. We have a lot of late bloomers that are 3 stars that end up becoming all conference and playing years in the NFL
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Interesting
 
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Fun Fact: Both CB Tim Merritt and RG Nez Cooper (Current UM Lineman) High School Head coaches are cousins. They are young guys whose names hold weight in the Birmingham area. I know Mario has a great relationship with Coach LeBeaux at Pleasant Grove. Hopefully we can keep building a relationship with Frank at Parker. Those two guys will always have talented inner city kids from the Birmingham area who love ball and are DAWGS!!!!
 
Paparazzi Tripp said:
Fun Fact: Both CB Tim Merritt and RG Nez Cooper (Current UM Lineman) High School Head coaches are cousins. They are young guys whose names hold weight in the Birmingham area. I know Mario has a great relationship with Coach LeBeaux at Pleasant Grove. Hopefully we can keep building a relationship with Frank at Parker. Those two guys will always have talented inner city kids from the Birmingham area who love ball and are DAWGS!!!!
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Donno had Bobby Pruitt on three days ago (same day he interviewed Poff) who glowed about Coop. I got the vibe that Bama kids are a pack similar to islanders and now that we’ve landed a couple we’re in a much much better spot to keep the pipe going. Coop sounds like a true leader man.

Pruitt’s interview is awesome by the way. Quality kid. Here is the link:

 
grover said:
Donno had Bobby Pruitt on three days ago (same day he interviewed Poff) who glowed about Coop. I got the vibe that Bama kids are a pack similar to islanders and now that we’ve landed a couple we’re in a much much better spot to keep the pipe going. Coop sounds like a true leader man.

Pruitt’s interview is awesome by the way. Quality kid. Here is the link:

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You're spot on with your comment man! I wish people realized how much the Birmingham Kids helped create a toughness in Saban's locker room when he first got rolling. Marquise Maze, Andre Smith, Marcell Darius, Josh Chapman, etc. these guys ran Tuscaloosa. The mentality was established before the Julio's and Mark Ingrams signed.

Birmingham will always have tough kids. The national exposure has grown in recent years. But the attitudes of guys coming out of the area is war like. They have to get it! You won't see many entitled guys either! Birmingham could very well become a pipeline because these kids here aren't scared to leave home! Saban isn't here anymore and that new head coach better keep Roach and Chapman on staff if he wants to keep a foot print in the city.
 
grover said:
Donno had Bobby Pruitt on three days ago (same day he interviewed Poff) who glowed about Coop. I got the vibe that Bama kids are a pack similar to islanders and now that we’ve landed a couple we’re in a much much better spot to keep the pipe going. Coop sounds like a true leader man.

Pruitt’s interview is awesome by the way. Quality kid. Here is the link:

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I'm excited to watch Bobby grow! Mobile is filled with NFL kids yearly!!!!
 
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