Parrish lands offer, visit from Thomas Brown within same week

[IndayArtHauz]

Seems like someone ****ed in your lemonade of late

thanks for the heads up. I’ll let you know what I find.

In all seriousness my post was that I liked the other 2 RBs more than Parrish. I’m glad he’s a Cane and I’m looking forward to being wrong about my initial assessment.

 

[Angry Ibis]

thanks for the heads up. I’ll let you know what I find.

In all seriousness my post was that I liked the other 2 RBs more than Parrish. I’m glad he’s a Cane and I’m looking forward to being wrong about my initial assessment.

Come on man. Mario makes delicious lemonade … trust him

Agreed on the RB.

 

[shayleon]

Immediately becomes the best back in a VERY good RB room. Welcome home. Massive addition, that room is ******* silly now.

Parrish
Chaney
Rooster
Thad
Brown

Sheesh.

You trippin

 

[AtlAtty]

Just wondering why he didn’t sign here in the first place??

I think once we flipped Rooster from FSU we were done.

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

thanks for the heads up. I’ll let you know what I find.

In all seriousness my post was that I liked the other 2 RBs more than Parrish. I’m glad he’s a Cane and I’m looking forward to being wrong about my initial assessment.

Think about how much more data Mario has to make the eval now.

A HS kid vs a kid with two years of SEC tape and physical development, and oh you just hired the human being who probably has more info on the kid as a RB than anyone else in the world.

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

I think once we flipped Rooster from FSU we were done.

Yeah. We were only taking 2 and they were rooster and Don. Couldn’t be mad at it at the time but this kid is ELITE.

 

[Salt]

Yeah. We were only taking 2 and they were rooster and Don. Couldn’t be mad at it at the time but this kid is ELITE.

Runs hard and has a quick burst and good speed. Sort of reminds me of Leonard Conley back in the day w/o the bow legs and penchant for coughing it up. LOL

 

[HurikaneMarc]

I like that Parrish is coming here to compete. He felt like he was the best back coming out of high school and now he's coming home to prove it by beating out the backs UM chose over him.

I think that he and Thad are going to be big for us.

 

[bshaw28]

Our track record with local backs is about 100 times better than with backs from the rest of the country.

The local backs have been pros, and the other backs have been busts.

This isn't true.

We've had 7 RB's drafted the last 15 years, and 3 have been out of the area - Mike James (Orlando), DeeJay Dallas (GA), Marquez Williams (GA).

Plus undrafted Gus Edwards (NY) is our 2nd or 3rd best Pro the last 15 years. The South Florida RB's have been better because of Lamar Miller & Duke Johnson.

But % wise the hit rate is probably a little better with out of area RB's. Very similar at the least. We just take a lot more South Florida RB's.

 

[DMoney]

This isn't true.

We've had 7 RB's drafted the last 15 years, and 3 have been out of the area - Mike James (Orlando), DeeJay Dallas (GA), Marquez Williams (GA).

Plus undrafted Gus Edwards (NY) is our 2nd or 3rd best Pro the last 15 years. The South Florida RB's have been better because of Lamar Miller & Duke Johnson.

But % wise the hit rate is probably a little better with out of area RB's. Very similar at the least. We just take a lot more South Florida RB's.

Let's look at the last 15 classes. NFL draft picks are bolded, and I didn't include our current RB corps (which is all local except for Cody Brown).

Outside of South Florida- Kylan Robinson, Javarris James, Lee Chambers, Graig Cooper, Shawnbrey McNeal, Mike James, Storm Johnson, Darion Hall, Danny Dillard, Gus Edwards, Ray Lewis III, Deejay Dallas and Lorenzo Lingard.

South Florida- Lamar Miller, Damien Berry, Eduardo Clements, Duke Johnson, Joe Yearby, Trayone Gray, Mark Walton, Travis Homer, Robert Burns and Cam Harris.

Which group would you say has a higher hit rate and lower bust rate?

 

[bshaw28]

Let's look at the last 15 classes. NFL draft picks are bolded, and I didn't include our current RB corps (which is all local except for Cody Brown).

Outside of South Florida- Kylan Robinson, Javarris James, Lee Chambers, Graig Cooper, Shawnbrey McNeal, Mike James, Storm Johnson, Darion Hall, Danny Dillard, Gus Edwards, Ray Lewis III, Deejay Dallas and Lorenzo Lingard.

South Florida- Lamar Miller, Damien Berry, Eduardo Clements, Duke Johnson, Joe Yearby, Trayone Gray, Mark Walton, Travis Homer, Robert Burns and Cam Harris.

Which group would you say has a higher hit rate and lower bust rate?

Now look at who got carries in the NFL:

Outside of South Florida- (5 of 13 - 38%) Kylan Robinson, Javarris James, Lee Chambers, Graig Cooper, Shawnbrey McNeal, Mike James, Storm Johnson, Darion Hall, Danny Dillard, Gus Edwards, Ray Lewis III, Deejay Dallas and Lorenzo Lingard.

South Florida- (4 of 10 - 40%) Lamar Miller, Damien Berry, Eduardo Clements, Duke Johnson, Joe Yearby, Trayone Gray, Mark Walton, Travis Homer, Robert Burns and Cam Harris.

In terms of RB's that "played" in the NFL - the % is the same.

You can slice it a lot of different ways (Ex. Where does "South Florida" cut off? Do FB's count? Do practice squad players count?)

The South Florida RB's are better, no question - but saying our track record with South Florida RB's is 100 times better is misleading IMO.

 

[DMoney]

Now look at who got carries in the NFL:

Outside of South Florida- (5 of 13 - 38%) Kylan Robinson, Javarris James, Lee Chambers, Graig Cooper, Shawnbrey McNeal, Mike James, Storm Johnson, Darion Hall, Danny Dillard, Gus Edwards, Ray Lewis III, Deejay Dallas and Lorenzo Lingard.

South Florida- (4 of 10 - 40%) Lamar Miller, Damien Berry, Eduardo Clements, Duke Johnson, Joe Yearby, Trayone Gray, Mark Walton, Travis Homer, Robert Burns and Cam Harris.

In terms of RB's that "played" in the NFL - the % is the same.

You can slice it a lot of different ways (Ex. Where does "South Florida" cut off? Do FB's count? Do practice squad players count?)

The South Florida RB's are better, no question - but saying our track record with South Florida RB's is 100 times better is misleading IMO.

Let's make it even more straightforward:

Rushing yards at Miami

Outside of South Florida (13 players)- 9,065 yards

South Florida (10 players)- 15,606 yards

Rushing yards in NFL

Outside of South Florida- 2,947 yards

South Florida- 8,739 yards

So, again, we've had much more success with local backs.

 

[bshaw28]

Let's make it even more straightforward:

Rushing yards at Miami

Outside of South Florida (13 players)- 9,065 yards

South Florida (10 players)- 15,606 yards

Rushing yards in NFL

Outside of South Florida- 2,947 yards

South Florida- 8,739 yards

So, again, we've had much more success with local backs.

Again - the South Florida RB's have been better. No question. Lamar Miller is definitely the one carrying things as he's 67% of the South Florida NFL rushing yards and 50% of the NFL rushing yards overall.

I'm wrong in in thinking it was closer than it was. It skews more towards South Florida than I thought. A more accurate statement would've been "Outside of Lamar Miller, South Florida vs Non-South Florida RB's has been pretty even in NFL production"

I think your original statement is still way off - "Our track record with local backs is about 100 times better than with backs from the rest of the country. The local backs have been pros, and the other backs have been busts."

You make it seem like all South Florida RB's hit while all Non-South Florida RB's bust.

 

[gogeta4]

Let's look at the last 15 classes. NFL draft picks are bolded, and I didn't include our current RB corps (which is all local except for Cody Brown).

Outside of South Florida- Kylan Robinson, Javarris James, Lee Chambers, Graig Cooper, Shawnbrey McNeal, Mike James, Storm Johnson, Darion Hall, Danny Dillard, Gus Edwards, Ray Lewis III, Deejay Dallas and Lorenzo Lingard.

South Florida- Lamar Miller, Damien Berry, Eduardo Clements, Duke Johnson, Joe Yearby, Trayone Gray, Mark Walton, Travis Homer, Robert Burns and Cam Harris.

Which group would you say has a higher hit rate and lower bust rate?

Javaris James immokalee..technically south florida

 

[bshaw28]

Javaris James immokalee..technically south florida

That would make Darion Hall/Naples a South Florida guy too, right? That's why I say you can slice this a couple different ways.

But I'd say NFL talent wise:

Tier 1 - Lamar Miller is the clear #1 NFL player here (the only starting NFL RB)
Tier 2 - Duke & Gus have had similar NFL careers (very good #2 options)
Tier 3 - Javarris James/Mark Walton/Travis Homer are very similar to Storm Johnson/Mike James/Deejay Dallas (serviceable 3rd/4th options)

 

[ScubaCane]

Man, those were the days

 

[gogeta4]

That would make Darion Hall/Naples a South Florida guy too, right? That's why I say you can slice this a couple different ways.

But I'd say NFL talent wise:

Tier 1 - Lamar Miller is the clear #1 NFL player here (the only starting NFL RB)
Tier 2 - Duke & Gus have had similar NFL careers (very good #2 options)
Tier 3 - Javarris James/Mark Walton/Travis Homer are very similar to Storm Johnson/Mike James/Deejay Dallas (serviceable 3rd/4th options)

Yes, Naples is as well. These areas are under 2hrs worth of driving distance