Coach Kul recruiting? LMFAO
Ivins: "You don’t see that kind of move frequently, but I think Miami did a really good job selling him on that. From what I was told, (Craig Kuligowski) who was coaching Miami’s defensive line at the time, he wasn’t really a fan of Greg Rousseau. This was Manny Diaz and (now) co-defensive coordinator Ephraim Banda. They saw that length and said, ‘We gotta take this guy.’
With Chase Young off to the NFL, Miami’s Gregory Rousseau is college football’s defending sack king, having recorded 15.5 last fall as a redshirt freshman.
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"Greg was working out as safety and wide receiver and yeah, he definitely had some length but he wasn’t as fast like these other wide receivers. Not quick, not going to make you miss, just kind of a jump-ball target."
Diaz found and recruited one of the best players in college football. Not only that, be was able to see Rosseau as a DE (and convince him to play DE) when no one else did. It might pain people to admit this, but Diaz is actually a pretty good talent evaluator. Rosseau was a 3 star who is a lock to be a top 5 pick. Dabo didn't manage to have a top 5 pick until Sammy Watkins in 2014. That's even going back to the time that he was a WR coach- the highest rated offensive player he had until Sammy Watkins was CJ Spiller in 2009 (9th overall pick). Watkins was also a composite 5 star and one of the higher rated WRs ever coming out of HS, so there wasn't much "talent identifying" that needed to be done there (BTW, Spiller was also a composite 5 star, so again, it doesn't take much of a talent evaluator to project those guys as 1st rounders).
Finding "under the radar" guys and turning them into top 5 picks?
Edge: Manny Diaz (by a country mile)