I saw this last night and it disgusted me. He's worth the offer, height be damned.
And yes I have this kid as the best CB in south florida in 2017 over Stanford Samuels III. Bandy is a pick machine.
Lmao over Samuels? Wow
You must be blind or you don't watch tape or you also must be the type who just looks at rankings and doesn't look at production and tape.
Bandy > Samuels Jr and it's not even close
The only thing Samuels has on Bandy is height and just hype machine for his name cause who his father is.
Watch the tape before making a comment with no substance.
Bandy
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3946990/highlights/189179375/v2
Samuels Jr.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3235484/highlights/170456376/v2
Again, Bandy > Samuels Jr.
Watch tape, not recruiting sites.
Let's start this off with the fact that I played 7 years of organized football, have followed recruiting for 12 years, and trained my cousin for 4 years (stud WR/CB on a Miami-Dade high school playoff team a couple years back). I prefer to remain anonymous so you won't get anymore than that.
First, Bandy was gifted each one of those picks. That does not make him a "pick machine". He's a thumper, I'll give him that. But 5'9'' thumpers are a dime a dozen and NEED to have two qualities to be considered for a BCS offer: elite ability to high point the ball and burst out of his breaks. Bandy showed neither. He didn't even reach over his head for any of those picks. Ar you confident he can high point the ball over taller WR's? You might say "But, he was in position for all those picks. That counts for something." It does. But, he better be in position as a 5'9'' corner or he's virtually useless. Not a single play on the video was an inside route. Are you confident he can cover a quick slant or drag? I also didn't see him make plays in the offensive backfield. Can he blitz off the edge? Can he tackle a RB in open space? He was in position to make a tackle before the ball even got there on almost all those plays. None of what I have seen in his film shows me that he can do up against D1 WR's with even decent ball skills. There are way too many question marks there for a 5'9'' CB. The trend is taller CB's because there are more and more freak athlete WR's and DB's need to compensate for that with length.
Samuels on the other hand answers most of these questions. He's not in perfect position on all those plays but that's expected with taller CB's. Despite that, he's in much better position than Bandy for the most part. Bandy waits for a QB to lob up a duck and cheats back for the pick. There's a reason QB's are throwing to Bandy's side over and over again. How much of Samuels' plays do you see the QB even throw at him? He is smooth and quick out of his breaks. Rides the hip of his WR too. On that one play where he hesitated out of his break, he was able to recover and get an impressive strip. Samuels' tape showed him covering inside routes and tackling a RB out of the backfield (impressive break down and form tackle btw).
So, no, Bandy is not even close to Samuels' level. Not on Tim Irvin's level either. That was just laughable. Irvin is a thumper AND has elite burst. I'd love to see Bandy at one of these elite camps. I have a feeling you'd be singing a different tune.
You put way too much value on high school production. Tell me the percentage of players on All-Dade and All-Broward lists that amount to nothing in college. There's a reason why measurables get so much love from coaches and recruiting services. You have to measure up to compete and if you can't measure up you have to be elite at everything else.
