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Ennis Rakestraw, 2020 Duncanville (TX) Cornerback

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I knew of Rakestraw last year. My team - Southlake Carroll - lost to DV last year and this year in week 4 of the POs. But, some of the success teams had on their defense was attacking Rakestraw, including our's.

Fast forward this year.... SLC has one of the best QBs in the country (soph Quinn Ewers - one of the best I've ever seen) and one of the best WR corps in Texas. I feel like we can have some success against ER, and we went after him early. No way. Dude was a totally different player - absolutely one of those late bloomer types who looks like a different kid his senior year. He did an amazing job in coverage on a kid (low D1) that had beasted all year long for us. I was eager to see how he matched up with Jaxon Smith-Ngiba, a kid from Rockwall, who is top 3 WR in the nation the next week. Rakestraw gave him absolute fits. I knew he was the real deal and it wasn't a fluke, no one had kept JSN in check like that his entire career. North Shore didn't even look his way and they are loaded with athletes everywhere.

After that Rockwall game I came *this* close to posting his name on this forum or emailing the staff in hopes that it would trickle back to the coaches given our lackluster CB haul, but I've done that in the past several times with kids and nothing ever came of it, so I didn't worry about it.

This kid isn't going to come in and be a lockdown dude from day one - he's got to get bigger and stronger to tackle at the next level. But his cover skills are as legit as it gets at that level, and he proved it against super legit competition. I hope it works out. As mentioned earlier, Judd Thrash on the DV staff is apparently tight with Manny from Thrash's days coaching at Lake Travis. Thrash is a super motivating, charismatic dude who would have sway over kids like that. He's one of the sharper guys on the DV staff and I'd have to think he will give Rakestraw good advice. That's great news for us, as our depth chart is horrendous there. Bad news is that the buzz is that almost everyone's giving him a strong look now, and there are some programs that have a lot more mojo at the moment. Another bit of good news, however, is that South Dallas loves Miami. Despite all these ****** seasons, I STILL see UM gear more than any other out of state teams at these HS games. They remember Armstead and crew and the impact those teams had on the game of football.... and it was happening at the same time Dallas Carter was the big news in town, so there's always going to be love there.
 
2.0 said:
Im still shocked that 5A and 6A has 2 divisions each and 64 teams make the playoff in each division.
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Pure money grab. Large fan bases that attend playoff games mean huge $$$ for both ISDs, the venue, and surrounding businesses, so who cares if you have a round one where a #1 district seed beats a #4 seed 85-0. If 10,000 people attend a 1st round blowout game at $8 a ticket, $5 parking for 2k of those + concessions..... lots of easy cash for everyone involved.
 
TheSwagger1 said:
Pure money grab. Large fan bases that attend playoff games mean huge $$$ for both ISDs, the venue, and surrounding businesses, so who cares if you have a round one where a #1 district seed beats a #4 seed 85-0. If 10,000 people attend a 1st round blowout game at $8 a ticket, $5 parking for 2k of those + concessions..... lots of easy cash for everyone involved.
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Now I ask this?

What is the difference between Division 1 and Division 2. And why dont the 2 division winners play for an overall championship?
 
TheSwagger1 said:
I knew of Rakestraw last year. My team - Southlake Carroll - lost to DV last year and this year in week 4 of the POs. But, some of the success teams had on their defense was attacking Rakestraw, including our's.

Fast forward this year.... SLC has one of the best QBs in the country (soph Quinn Ewers - one of the best I've ever seen) and one of the best WR corps in Texas. I feel like we can have some success against ER, and we went after him early. No way. Dude was a totally different player - absolutely one of those late bloomer types who looks like a different kid his senior year. He did an amazing job in coverage on a kid (low D1) that had beasted all year long for us. I was eager to see how he matched up with Jaxon Smith-Ngiba, a kid from Rockwall, who is top 3 WR in the nation the next week. Rakestraw gave him absolute fits. I knew he was the real deal and it wasn't a fluke, no one had kept JSN in check like that his entire career. North Shore didn't even look his way and they are loaded with athletes everywhere.

After that Rockwall game I came *this* close to posting his name on this forum or emailing the staff in hopes that it would trickle back to the coaches given our lackluster CB haul, but I've done that in the past several times with kids and nothing ever came of it, so I didn't worry about it.

This kid isn't going to come in and be a lockdown dude from day one - he's got to get bigger and stronger to tackle at the next level. But his cover skills are as legit as it gets at that level, and he proved it against super legit competition. I hope it works out. As mentioned earlier, Judd Thrash on the DV staff is apparently tight with Manny from Thrash's days coaching at Lake Travis. Thrash is a super motivating, charismatic dude who would have sway over kids like that. He's one of the sharper guys on the DV staff and I'd have to think he will give Rakestraw good advice. That's great news for us, as our depth chart is horrendous there. Bad news is that the buzz is that almost everyone's giving him a strong look now, and there are some programs that have a lot more mojo at the moment. Another bit of good news, however, is that South Dallas loves Miami. Despite all these ****** seasons, I STILL see UM gear more than any other out of state teams at these HS games. They remember Armstead and crew and the impact those teams had on the game of football.... and it was happening at the same time Dallas Carter was the big news in town, so there's always going to be love there.
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I still dont understand why we dont recruit South Dallas and Houston much more.
 
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TheSwagger1 said:
I knew of Rakestraw last year. My team - Southlake Carroll - lost to DV last year and this year in week 4 of the POs. But, some of the success teams had on their defense was attacking Rakestraw, including our's.

Fast forward this year.... SLC has one of the best QBs in the country (soph Quinn Ewers - one of the best I've ever seen) and one of the best WR corps in Texas. I feel like we can have some success against ER, and we went after him early. No way. Dude was a totally different player - absolutely one of those late bloomer types who looks like a different kid his senior year. He did an amazing job in coverage on a kid (low D1) that had beasted all year long for us. I was eager to see how he matched up with Jaxon Smith-Ngiba, a kid from Rockwall, who is top 3 WR in the nation the next week. Rakestraw gave him absolute fits. I knew he was the real deal and it wasn't a fluke, no one had kept JSN in check like that his entire career. North Shore didn't even look his way and they are loaded with athletes everywhere.

After that Rockwall game I came *this* close to posting his name on this forum or emailing the staff in hopes that it would trickle back to the coaches given our lackluster CB haul, but I've done that in the past several times with kids and nothing ever came of it, so I didn't worry about it.

This kid isn't going to come in and be a lockdown dude from day one - he's got to get bigger and stronger to tackle at the next level. But his cover skills are as legit as it gets at that level, and he proved it against super legit competition. I hope it works out. As mentioned earlier, Judd Thrash on the DV staff is apparently tight with Manny from Thrash's days coaching at Lake Travis. Thrash is a super motivating, charismatic dude who would have sway over kids like that. He's one of the sharper guys on the DV staff and I'd have to think he will give Rakestraw good advice. That's great news for us, as our depth chart is horrendous there. Bad news is that the buzz is that almost everyone's giving him a strong look now, and there are some programs that have a lot more mojo at the moment. Another bit of good news, however, is that South Dallas loves Miami. Despite all these ****** seasons, I STILL see UM gear more than any other out of state teams at these HS games. They remember Armstead and crew and the impact those teams had on the game of football.... and it was happening at the same time Dallas Carter was the big news in town, so there's always going to be love there.
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Thanks, Swag.

I hope we sell depth chart. It’s cool to go to a school like Georgia but I bet he wants to get on the field and show everyone he’s underrated.
 
Yeah, Georgia probably gave him an “offer” but you know how that goes. Kid had an amazing SR season, he is a must sign for us. Better late than never.
 
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TheSwagger1 said:
Pure money grab. Large fan bases that attend playoff games mean huge $$$ for both ISDs, the venue, and surrounding businesses, so who cares if you have a round one where a #1 district seed beats a #4 seed 85-0. If 10,000 people attend a 1st round blowout game at $8 a ticket, $5 parking for 2k of those + concessions..... lots of easy cash for everyone involved.
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Are you referring to your beating of Lewisville? 😂
 
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May 08, 2019: Offer

FIU Golden Panthers offer Ennis Rakestraw
 
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**** I hope we can close with this kid....

Best of any of these “diamond in the roughs” we are currently offering
 
CANEMC said:
I don't remember any Duncanville kids. How long ago?
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it was Scott Puckett who was backup OL on 2001 team. He backed up Ty Wise and then Brett Romberg. Came to UM on T&F scholarship. Probably way Butch was beating probation limits (like with Santana).
 
2.0 said:
I still dont understand why we dont recruit South Dallas and Houston much more.
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We used to. Scott Puckett of Duncanville was one of ten Texans on our 2001 team.

(I went back and did my research since my original post where I could not remember his last name).

Probably a lot more than from Georgia, which we've been recruiting a lot more lately. Georgia is loaded but we've gotten better talent from Texas and even Louisiana than we ever did from Georgia. (Except Holley is headed for big things on Dancing with the Stars....I know, I know.)

Houston..
We used to recruit a ton....Charlie Pharms, Tony Tella....one year wonder, that kid from Cy-Fair, God's strongman, Todd Keene....there were others.

Most elite recruit from Texas ever was Jesse Armstead.

Twice Butch brought us best LB in the country: Armstead and D.J. Wonder if he would have landed Flowe.
 
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