Michigan Commit and Native Jacob Fisher will open his recruiting and take visits with the firing of Rich Rod, has Oregon as a visit on 1/28. 6' 7" kid, 3* from Rivals but also has offers from Florida, Oregon, Michigan State among others... so cant be that bad http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/football/recruiting/player-Jacob-Fisher-110186
Re: 5-Star recruit commits to Oregon If Lyerla played at Mater Dei or De LaSalle instead of Hillsboro High, he'd be a consensus 5-star recruit. Every major program on the west coast was after him, and his coaches at the AA game named him their best player in practice for the week.
Portland HS stud Brennan Scarlett is to announce momentarily (11AM)... I'm not sure if this streaming link is a premium service or not. Though he has Oregon in his final grouping, he's expected to go out of state http://oregonpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1175848 STOMP
California... good luck to him with White, Colt, and French, Oregon was already pretty loaded with young talent at his size positions... plus he's supposed to be a top student with Med School aspirations STOMP
to partially quote Heath Ledger from 10 things I hate about you. What is it about Cal? Do the women have beer flavored nipples over there?
but yes, good luck to him.. except once a year I'm a little more worried about McReynolds cancelling/rescheduling his visit... I really hope its just cause Chip Kelly isnt there.
he's rescheduled for the 21st when Kelly will be back. Also expected in that weekend are WR Kelley and the new TE/DL target Andrew Peterson STOMP
a new article since this morning makes it seem that the weekend of the 22-23rd is now unlikely, but his quotes make it seem that he has a lot of interest in the Ducks and will make it out one way or another. don't worry be happy... you're a Duck fan! I'm confident that they'll add at least one more stud DT prospect to their mix. Crossing my fingers on both Ricky Heimuli and Hamani Stevens too STOMP
[video=youtube;vm7PAuzZAXY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm7PAuzZAXY[/video] I like the play at the 2 minute mark also, word is he's up to 245 pounds and likely to get a big bump in his ranking following the Army AA game/week. That was the first time most of the various national recruiting site's people were able to see him in person and he is supposed to have been one of the most impressive players in practices. Currently he's ranked as the #87 prospect in the country by rivals STOMP
depending on attrition & LDS missions (Stevens & Heimuli) this recruiting class will probably number about 26-28 total. There are currently 21 guys verbally committed though it's very possible that 1 or more have grade issues... last years class where everyone qualified was an anomaly. Chatter is LB Kyrie Wilson is borderline with his grades and QB Jerrard Randall didn't do well on his first SAT test... we'll see they'll probably add at least one more DT to the class... I'm hoping it's Simmons which could bring his HS teammate Jackson on board too. But dependent on the LDS guys, I don't see a huge need of adding another big body to the mix for next year's team. To me, the most important remaining guy they're going after is Inside LB Lamar Dawson as he'd really bolster the strength of their 3-4 alignment. He's taking 3 more OVs and has said he'll probably be announcing on signing day. In his interviews he seems bright and grounded. In an interview where he was going over various recruiting possibilities he described his OV to Oregon in absolutely glowing terms STOMP
not exactly sure of who is ditching who, but according to the latest McReynolds is going to take his talents elsewhere. My reading of the tea leaves/best guess is that with Heimuli coming back, Oregon really only has space for one more DT and there are others they value more. He'd kind of played it cool with his Duck chances often questioning whether he'd be able to take the weather in Eugene (he's from DC... go figure) and I'm guessing they stopped showing him the love lately from Oregon's prospective they're shooting for the guys they really really want or being okay with what they already have STOMP
another thought about McReynolds. Last year was Chip's first recruiting class. They ended up signing 6'4 Ricky Heimuli, 6'6 Isaac Remington, & 6'4 Tony Washington... they also apparently directed 6'6 DE Taylor Hart to beef up and become a DT. So far this year's class has 6'5 Jared Ebert, 6'5 Sam Kamp and seems to have 6'5 Delvon Simmons as it's main remaining target. Kevin McReynolds is 6'2... Generally Oregon's defensive plan is to load the box to stop the run & bring pressure from unexpected spots (zone blitzes) forcing the QB into making quick decisions. Having height/length along the DLine cuts down passing lanes, further mucking things up for the opponent's offense. While I'm sure they aren't completely set on seeking height for their DLine prospects, it does seem to be a priority STOMP
according to various sources including his facebook page and interviews, LB Kyrie Wilson is no longer a Duck commit STOMP
Opens up some room to find another quality player. Not saying Wilson wasn't, but if we're in a position to take some more talented players(according to scouting services anyway), then some guys are just going to get left out. I wish Wilson luck though. We have a ton of talent coming from the LB position from this class and if we could add Lamar Dawson or Branden Jackson or maybe both our 3-4 in a couple years would be scary good.
Also according to DT, Scott Frost took a flight out to Miami to possibly get in the mix for WR Juwan Caesar
San Diego NT Christian Heyward is coming in for his OV on friday... his final 3 are San Diego St. UCLA & Oregon with Brady Hoke leaving for Michigan, SDSU doesn't have a head coach. UCLA fired it's Defensive Coordinator a month back. Color me optimistic here STOMP
