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247 doesn't even have us on his team list. :lol:

Holy crap, this kid has one hell of an offer list.
 
Congrats Dedrick!

Looks good to me.

"Yellow Jacket head coach Paul Johnson picked up the top B-back target for 2016 on Wednesday afternoon."

My football universe continues to not make sense.
 
Welcome to the Flats, Dedrick! You've made a great life decision.
 
Decent film although most of it's at LB. Good size, speed, power. Can't complain.

If I'm not mistaken, we've now gotten commitments from our #1 AB target (Gantt) and #1 BB target (Mills). And that's one cycle after getting 8 or 9 RBs with some decent looking prospects as well. Suddenly we're recruiting RBs like we first thought we would under CPJ. Finally loading up on some speed in the backfield.

Dead ringer for Snoddy's face.

Snoddy
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Mills
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Dwyer's highlights were some of the best I have seen out of any recruit we have ever had.
 
Lee34102 said:
Wasn't JD a state sprint champion in GA?
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From Wikipedia:

In track, he finished second in the state in the Class AAAAA 100-meter dash as a junior, with a time of 10.81 seconds, the second best time in the state of Georgia, and recorded a 4.48 in the 40 yard dash. He ran a career-best time of 10.70 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2006 GATFXC Coaches Invitational, placing first. He also placed third in the 200 meters at the USATF Region III Championships, with a personal-best time of 21.87 seconds.[3]
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gtrower said:
Not sure he looks as fast as Dwyer did coming out of HS, but he does look a little faster than any guy we've had playing BB since Diesel. On par with MLD and Marshall I'd say.
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Not as fast as Dwyer but tough.This guy actually got caught after breaking free once.
Heck,put him at LB.He looks great there.
 
Sounds like he's cool with playing either RB or LB so that's great.
 
Serious badass recruit right here, fellas. Awesome film. Seems almost as fast as Marshall but bigger.
 
Congrats Dedrick!

We are looking forward to seeing you play on the Flats!
 
This is a great pickup, but he has no chance of getting bumped up from a 3* now
 
Obviously an A-lister with a great offer list. I worry about his instincts at RB and in pass coverage based on the highlight tape, but he'll work out somewhere on the field.
 
BuckeyeJacket said:
This is a great pickup, but he has no chance of getting bumped up from a 3* now
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I'm sure he is devastated.

I've defended recruiting rankings before by saying they use offer lists, because they can't really review hundreds of athletes across the country. I don't think they have that big of a staff and the staff certainly do not get paid as much as coaches, coordinators or even position coaches. And most staffs can cast a smaller, local net and evaluate those players more deeply.

The offer list method plays the average and gets an R^2 of 40% or whatever. CPJ mentioned how GT and TCU did terrible in recruiting rankings, but did alright in the bowls. Most of the most successful teams are set up around having many guys for three years, or many not showing up on campus. At least GT looks at football knowledge, with many former quarterbacks, and perhaps GT and TCU use more complex schemes expecting to redshirt many players. So we get shafted through the system faithfully playing the averages.

...or the system doesn't honestly try it's best to evaluate players and chronically rates players based on selling subscriptions. ND was the worst, with many 4* players who committed to ND under Weis having only other offers from bottom-half Big 10 schools like Indiana and Illinois. Tenuta did terrible there, but I think he really didn't have much talent to work with.
 
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