Nick Roberts

[canestim]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

But he doesn't. If he did what he does at one of those schools that might put him in a higher league. Is it possible that he's not quit 5' 11"? I was under the impression that he was more like 5' 9". Whatever the case, the staff doesn't want him (for now), maybe they know their business.

So now we are going back to the size argument? After we spent the last 3 years trying to move away from the fact that size doesnt matter if you can ball?

I will defer to Shaq pops regarding his actual height as I am sure he will jump in this thread soon as he is a big advocate of Roberts and his talent.

But hey, why would we need him...we are good to go at CB, right? Nothing to see here. Lets move on to the next position. Not like we are so depleted at CB that we might actually have Ryan Mayes as a starter next year. Esp if they move Redwine to Safety which they should.

It's hard to tell from a tape but he doesn't look 5'11". Corn is listed as 5'10" (not comparing him to Corn, just saying height isn't always everything). But to me he looks more fluid with his hips than some of the other guys we are targeting.

 

[TC7D]

is Roberts commited somewhere? Or undecided still

South Florida.

 

[252cane]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

He is 5'9 170. Already got bandy who is 5'9 and young will likelly start and is 5'9. You want a team full of 5'9 corners?

 

[Golsen82]

is Roberts commited somewhere? Or undecided still

South Florida.

ah ok thanks

 

[kryptonite]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

But he doesn't. If he did what he does at one of those schools that might put him in a higher league. Is it possible that he's not quit 5' 11"? I was under the impression that he was more like 5' 9". Whatever the case, the staff doesn't want him (for now), maybe they know their business.

So now we are going back to the size argument? After we spent the last 3 years trying to move away from the fact that size doesnt matter if you can ball?

I will defer to Shaq pops regarding his actual height as I am sure he will jump in this thread soon as he is a big advocate of Roberts and his talent.

But hey, why would we need him...we are good to go at CB, right? Nothing to see here. Lets move on to the next position. Not like we are so depleted at CB that we might actually have Ryan Mayes as a starter next year. Esp if they move Redwine to Safety which they should.

Size isn't everything, but the staff wants bigger kids and I think it's hard to argue against that. It's not illogical to think that you can teach technique, but not size. I feel like the vast majority of successful CB plays are due to speed and technique, and size comes into play occasionally but it still happens. The trend in all positions is increased size.

Personally, I didn't see the point in cutting him or anyone else loose before you have a replacement, but again, I'll assume the staff know their business.

 

[canestim]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

He is 5'9 170. Already got bandy who is 5'9 and young will likelly start and is 5'9. You want a team full of 5'9 corners?

I'd rather have a roster full of 5'9" napoleon complex corners than 6'2" guys who have been here for several years getting beat out by 5'9" freshman "midgets".

 

[Jassid82]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

He is 5'9 170. Already got bandy who is 5'9 and young will likelly start and is 5'9. You want a team full of 5'9 corners?

I'd rather have a roster full of 5'9" napoleon complex corners than 6'2" guys who have been here for several years getting beat out by 5'9" freshman "midgets".

BOOM!

That guy must not be watching our games with a post like that. Ryan Mayes? 6'1 and as of today is a JAG... Michael Jackson? 6'1 and cant even fight Malik Young off who is stealing his reps...who by the way is 5'9!!...Sheldrick Redwine? 6'1 and people are saying he needs to move to Safety....

 

[Dwinstitles]

Nick must have all the huge offers now right? Is he committed to Alabama?

Offers be damned. This kid has that it factor. He's got heart & he's worth a flyer. Especially being as we have a depth problem. I pray we can get him back in the fold. Hope we didn't burn that bridge.

Same here. If he can play in this system effectively then who cares how many offers or stars he has ? We need football players with a high dog factor, not divas.

Chise just making a point tho.....big time programs with great evaluators of talent r not interested but people on here know more i guess.

 

[Category69]

Nick must have all the huge offers now right? Is he committed to Alabama?

Offers be damned. This kid has that it factor. He's got heart & he's worth a flyer. Especially being as we have a depth problem. I pray we can get him back in the fold. Hope we didn't burn that bridge.

Same here. If he can play in this system effectively then who cares how many offers or stars he has ? We need football players with a high dog factor, not divas.

Chise just making a point tho.....big time programs with great evaluators of talent r not interested but people on here know more i guess.

It's a valid point but Rumph keeps taking no for an answer

 

[252cane]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

He is 5'9 170. Already got bandy who is 5'9 and young will likelly start and is 5'9. You want a team full of 5'9 corners?

I'd rather have a roster full of 5'9" napoleon complex corners than 6'2" guys who have been here for several years getting beat out by 5'9" freshman "midgets".

BOOM!

That guy must not be watching our games with a post like that. Ryan Mayes? 6'1 and as of today is a JAG... Michael Jackson? 6'1 and cant even fight Malik Young off who is stealing his reps...who by the way is 5'9!!...Sheldrick Redwine? 6'1 and people are saying he needs to move to Safety....

Need corners with size who can play. I didnt say go get guys like mayes and jackson who everybody knew wasnt miami caliber when they were in high school.

 

[Themadcane]

He would not even start at STA or BTW.

Move on

 

[Samson Doyo]

I like CB's that can play. Size should be secondary. I remember missing on some kids due to size during the Shannon era and it cost us. Players make plays. We need that desperately.

Go Canes!

 

[Dreds10]

Only reason I see Richt not taking him is because he promised Bandy that he would be the only cb like him in this class cause every other cb we are going after are 6-1 and up......

 

[Dwinstitles]

Nick must have all the huge offers now right? Is he committed to Alabama?

Bama hasnt offered any DB we have committed or that we are presently in serious consideration for. Guess we should drop the whole DB class then.

EDIT: Deejay was offered by Bama. Not sure if it was at DB though. Gibson is offered at Safety.

Point is, Roberts deserves a second look if we are at the point of looking on the clearance rack. He is a HIGH LEVEL Plan B option.

DJ was offered at DB and bama went hard

 

[Dwinstitles]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

He is 5'9 170. Already got bandy who is 5'9 and young will likelly start and is 5'9. You want a team full of 5'9 corners?

I'd rather have a roster full of 5'9" napoleon complex corners than 6'2" guys who have been here for several years getting beat out by 5'9" freshman "midgets".

BOOM!

That guy must not be watching our games with a post like that. Ryan Mayes? 6'1 and as of today is a JAG... Michael Jackson? 6'1 and cant even fight Malik Young off who is stealing his reps...who by the way is 5'9!!...Sheldrick Redwine? 6'1 and people are saying he needs to move to Safety....

Those r golden recruits that fsu uf and bama did not want at all.....thats y they arent good. If AG were here he would talk roberts because its an easy pull he doesnt have to work hard for. We have a small guy in Bandy who i would take over nick 9 times out of 10.

 

[Dwinstitles]

I like CB's that can play. Size should be secondary. I remember missing on some kids due to size during the Shannon era and it cost us. Players make plays. We need that desperately.

Go Canes!

Hes making plays in high school.....the coaches did there evals and they translated his skill at this level andthey said no. This isnt like hollaman who had like 11 picks n was local......what is it people dont understand that thestaff wants bigger fish.....bigger fish means better players n better players mean a winning program. This is that al golden **** n behavior where they dont have to recruitsomeone jartd cause they know they havehim lazy bs. Bring me studs give me the josh jobes of the world

 

[Ibis Wingz]

Not sure who gets more threads Nick Roberts or Butch Davis.

If Butch were coach, he'd sign Nick Roberts

Maybe Butch will sign him at FIU.

 

[Golsen82]

Not sure who gets more threads Nick Roberts or Butch Davis.

If Butch were coach, he'd sign Nick Roberts

Maybe Butch will sign him at FIU.

i wouldnt doubt it

 

[CAT5Coming]

I think he is a take especially if we do not get Henderson back. He would have to be an upgrade over the guys who have been here that can't start over freshman Young. I guess there is little to no chance?

Hes 5'11..hes 185lbs..he ran a 4.5 at every camp he went too..he strong as **** for his size from all reports from Shap Pops...he has 6 interceptions this season and 3 returned for TDs...Again..if this kid played for Carol City, Booker T, St Thomas, or Miami Central and we didnt offer him this board would be calling for Mike Rumphs head. (notice I said MRumph..nobody blames anything on Richt on this board concerning DB recruiting for some reason)

He is 5'9 170. Already got bandy who is 5'9 and young will likelly start and is 5'9. You want a team full of 5'9 corners?

I'd rather have a roster full of 5'9" napoleon complex corners than 6'2" guys who have been here for several years getting beat out by 5'9" freshman "midgets".

Tyran Matheau vs Byron Maxwell...

 

[The Franchise]

is Roberts commited somewhere? Or undecided still

He must be committed to a Top 5 program with all this buzz on here about him being a can't miss guy.