Jamin Davis
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He reminds me of Jamar Watson. Offers are not good yet but knowing this staff he will get 5 or 6 more bcs offers.
Kid is 6'3 and 210 pounds. Good size with a frame that can add some weight and get him probably up into the 230-235 range. He looks to run pretty well in the open field and likes to bring the big hits and when he hits he seems to do it with good form. A better offer sheet would make me feel a lot more warm and fuzzy about the kid, but watching his video still has me feeling like: [thumb2][cheers]
For us to offer and accept his commitment this early in the process with the small class that we anticipate this year means this guy is legit. Expect him to add offers as the year wears on.
Thats why I love Stoops and Gran being here. Being at FSU, they know what talent looks like. They were surrounded by it at every position
Agree the coaches must think they've found a sleeper, but wonder if the offer is conditional based on his returning to camp and producing?
However, this could be similar to the C from last year or the year before that committed, came to camp, then decommitted shortly after.
However, this could be similar to the C from last year or the year before that committed, came to camp, then decommitted shortly after.
Don't think so. Kid committed at Jr day. They saw,him in person and accepted his commitment. He'll have to keep working but normal improvement would mean he's a cat.
He's not a sleeper. He had other offers. Not like we were the first one on him.
Your attempt at analogy to a previous commit/decommit has no basis presented.
You're prob right... one thing I think I forgot about the previous recruit was the interest from the coaches declined after he showed up in person, and this case is obviously the opposite.
As noted by others, this is an early offer. Davis has the frame, speed, and athleticism to be protectable. That's our staff's specialty. Plus, he likes Kentucky enough to attend our junior day. The floor for a player with these measurables would be a good, solid special teams player. The ceiling is a starting 6-3 eventually 240 pound edge linebacker who can rush the quarterback and run sideline to sideline with SEC playmakers. Eligibility is based on grades, which must be maintained in the senior year. The door only stays open for kids who work hard, stay out of trouble, and manage to avoid career changing injuries. The reality is that any scholarship offer can be pulled, and Stoops has pulled a few. But not very often. If Stoops and Eliot like him, that's good enough for me.
After 4 years now why arent UK fans smart enough to realize early evaluation of recruiting talent is the very best skill that Stoops & his staff possess? How many times over the years have we offered guys first or gotten early committments who's other offers were sun belt, fans ***** & moan about 'sleepers' and 'under the radar' not being a winning SEC strategy, and by late summer/fall the same kid has multiple Big 5 conference school offers?
UK football fans aren't "coachable"...
He'll get an offer from Louisville before the end of the week...
Realizing the pic with the article about this player could be a few years old, he looks very thin and frail.
As a fan base we all must be experts, with years of playing and coaching experience. We obviously know more than the coaches, who do they think they are offering this kid. In case anyone is curious looks like the division they play in has some traditionally talent rich programs(Jeff Davis, Metter etc).
If this is directed at me, I don't understand why nasty tone. No where in my post was I moaning about anything. By your own words above, that's exactly what I would describe as a sleeper... someone that the staff has seen early that hasn't blown up yet.
Yes, I posed the question as to whether or not the staff may be interested in seeing the kid in camp. Also, I corrected myself in comparing him to the recruit a couple of years ago as the difference (IIRC) being the previous recruit's measurables were inflated compared to when he got on campus.
I, too, have been impressed with this staff's early evaluation of talent. However, I was just curious about this recruit in particular b/c nothing in particular (on paper) seem to jump off the page. Considering this class is likely to be smaller, meaning the staff will be more selective, I was just curious about him.
Before people start jumping all over someone posing a question, how about just looking at the question being posed at face value?
The staff only offered after they saw him in person. The kid is 6"3 206 pounds now before his senior year. This staff covets length and athleticism over everything else. He shows athleticism on his film and I guess the staff was blown away by his measurements in person so why wait to offer.
No, don't know anything on him. Sad to say I don't even know where the town he is from is in the state so I had to look it up, near the coast down in the Savannah/Brunswick area, so a pretty good distance from me.
it wasnt directed at you, just some fans on here & on twitter in general who say the same things on this recruit and in prior years for our early winter/spring recruits
Thanks for clarifying, and I appreciate it.
I've read this and other message boards long enough to see that, unfortunately, people are extremely quick to make assumptions about questions being asked. Just makes me shake my head sometimes.
I agree, which is why I attempted to clarify that after my initial post. My poor comparison to the previous year recruit was exactly the opposite of what you stated... AFTER that recruit showed up on campus, the staff backed away, which I assume b/c his measurements were not what had been reported when he initially committed.
Your thinking of luke hiers at center. He camped at UK and was pretty much handled by another 2 star dtackle that the staff didn't even offer is why they backed off. Plus they had Toth and Drake Jackson the next class.