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The sports writers college football recruiting columns are very interesting in between the college football seasons.
Championship college football games maybe decided between the lines on the football field but from what I am reading about the college football teams recruiting college football players.
The head football coaches are getting into some very fierce competition going on off the college football field in recruiting the better high school football players. That lead me to believe the importance of recruiting the best high school player is just as equality important to their schools football program winning the championship college football game.
Just look at what they wrote along with some other interesting reports about recruiting college football players?
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By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
Quote: “Championships are won and lost on the football field, not the recruiting trail - but it’s not a bad place to start laying the championship foundation.
and:
Forward thinking
Miles and his staff have a big year ahead of them. The 2014 class is loaded with talent and it couldn’t come at a better time.
Fifteen players from last season’s 10-3 team were either drafted or signed to undrafted free agent contracts. Among them were the five-stars like Shepard and the three stars like Bennie Logan.
But that’s the beauty of the recruiting process. You’re guaranteed to have an opportunity to restock the shelves every four seasons, and that’s good news for LSU fans.
If Miles and his staff stay on their current trajectory, the cupboard won’t be bare for a long while.
LSU has fared well in that department since coach Les Miles took the reigns before the 2005 season. He signed 13 players in his initial class and has since reeled in several top-10 classes with the help of people like recruiting guru Frank Wilson.”
So what does it take to build a champion? There’s a lot that goes into it, but ultimately it boils down to nailing down the home front, developing talent and getting a little lucky along the way.”
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Quote: “When Saban finished, he asked the family members if they had any questions. The father did. About that scholarship offer.
“I had to tell him, ‘Coach, I’m an attorney. I hate to get stuck on a quote like that, but this is what I do, and you made that statement. I’m kinda curious. Do you mean now that you’re offering or in the future when he is older?
“Coach Saban said, ‘You know what? I really don’t do this. I really don’t offer scholarships to kids this young in the process, but considering he may be the No. 1 athlete in 2017, yeah, I’m offering him a scholarship.’ “
You can imagine the reaction.
“The bells and whistles and fireworks just went (off),” Moses said. “Dylan lit up like a Christmas tree. The excitement and exuberance just filled him, me and his mom. The ride back to Baton Rouge took about 30 minutes in reality.”
Yes. Back to Baton Rouge. Back to reality.
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8th grade football player now claims Alabama and LSU scholarship offers
By Rodger Sherman on Feb 25 2013, 2:27p
Remember Dylan Moses, the eighth-grader who got a scholarship offer from Les Miles? Well, the battle is on to land the class of 2017 - class of 2017! - youngster, as Nick Saban has reportedly now offered Moses an offer to play for Alabama once he graduates middle school and high school.
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Recruiting in the Les Miles era
May 8, 2013 - © 2013 Tiger Rag
A look at how Miles built the championship foundation, featuring an interactive database
By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
*Editor’s note: Tiger Rag used Rivals ratings system for each entry in the database. You can CLICK HERE to see the data in a separate, full screen, or simply toy with it yourself in this current browser window. All the data below is interactive, meaning you can tinker with it to create your own custom perspective on LSU’s recruiting classes under Les Miles. For technical assistance, email Cody and Luke.
Championships are won and lost on the football field, not the recruiting trail - but it’s not a bad place to start laying the championship foundation.
LSU has fared well in that department since coach Les Miles took the reigns before the 2005 season. He signed 13 players in his initial class and has since reeled in several top-10 classes with the help of people like recruiting guru Frank Wilson.
See interesting recruiting map first...http://www.tigerrag.
So what does it take to build a champion? There’s a lot that goes into it, but ultimately it boils down to nailing down the home front, developing talent and getting a little lucky along the way.
own the home front, developing talent and getting a little lucky along the way.
Home cooking
The Tigers are lucky enough to call one of the richest recruiting areas in the country home. Louisiana has produced a boatload of top-flight high school football players since Miles and his staff took the helm at LSU.
But in order for that to matter, Miles and his staff had to go out and get those high-level recruits to commit to playing football on Saturdays in Baton Rouge. He’s held up his end of the bargain.
Of the 211 players to commit to LSU since 2005, 114 played their high school ball in Louisiana. That means more than 50 percent of the recruits to commit to LSU in Miles’ tenure hail from Louisiana. Read my column later in the issue to find out why that’s especially important concerning this upcoming class.
Miles’ banner year might have been in 2011, when he snagged 16 players from Louisiana that carried an average star rating of 3.75 according to Rivals’ rating system. Not only was it successful from the recruiting standpoint, but the class has born fruit on the field.
Included in that class were big-time recruits Anthony Johnson and La’El Collins, considered the top two prospects at their position, and wide receivers Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr., who led LSU in every major receiving category as sophomores last season. Two less-touted Louisiana recruits, Jermauria Rasco and Ronald Martin, should start on the LSU defense this season.
The successful Louisiana recruits have helped LSU churn out wins, which in turn has more in-state kids calling Baton Rouge. Miles has had at least a dozen Louisiana recruits in each class since the 2007 National Championship win.
Keeping in-state talent in state goes a long way toward increasing the longevity of a program. But sneaking across the border to grab a stud recruit from under the nose of a conference opponent? That’s the good stuff.
Border wars
Take a map and trace a line starting from the Southeast corner of Texas and cut through central Louisiana. Follow the Mississippi river north and cut east when you reach Memphis. Take it to the coast and trace the shoreline until you get back to Baton Rouge.
That’s LSU’s recruiting footprint. Of the 211 recruits mentioned earlier, only 16 come from states not named Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, or Texas. Throw the Carolinas in for good measure, and that number dips to 12.
Recruiting home-grown talent is essential, but recruiting outside your own borders is pivotal, too, and the Tigers have loved nothing more than making the trip west to pillage the Lonestar State of its enormous talent.
Texas has produced 29 players for LSU during Miles tenure - the highest number for any state other than Louisiana. At least three players from each of Miles’ classes have come from Texas, including his 2009 class that gathered five-stars Russell Shepard and Craig Loston, and 1st round NFL pick Michael Brockers.
The Tigers have also reached their paws into Florida and Georgia with a high degree of success. LSU’s recruits from Florida have had the highest average star rating (4.0) of any state with more than one recruit coming from it.
Georgia has been like the linebacker aisle in the SEC recruiting supermarket. The Tigers have gotten two linebackers from the state that have gone on to have success in the NFL in Perry Riley and Kelvin Sheppard.
The only neighboring state Miles hasn’t plucked a player from? Arkansas.
Developing Talent
Of course, all those stars next to a player’s name mean nothing if they don’t produce on the field. That’s where the coaches’ real jobs come in.
Since Miles arrived at LSU, he and his staff have molded several unheralded high school athletes into collegiate stars.
A simple demonstration using a prestigious national award shows that it’s not all about getting the big-name guys to sign the dotted line.
Miles and his staff have recruited four players that have been named Associated Press All-Americans. Only one of those four, Patrick Peterson, was a blue-chip five-star recruit. The other rankings might surprise.
Brad Wing was rated a three-star by Rivals, which isn’t much of a surprise considering it rarely ranks kickers and punters higher. The other two? Morris Claiborne, who was a three-star receiver in the 2009 class according to Rivals and Tyrann Mathieu, a three-star according to ESPN.
It’s a testament to the coaching staff to get the most it can out of the players. It’s a testament to the players putting in the necessary work to outperform the outside world’s expectations. And it’s an example that shows while the rating system is helpful to those trying to understand a recruiting class, it is not a guaranteed precursor of success.
The latest who might join that growing list of players that outshine their stars is defensive back Jalen Mills, who was rated as a two-star recruit by ESPN and a three-star by Rivals coming out of DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas.
Filling in for the dismissed Mathieu as a true freshman last season, Mills did more than hold his own. He finished tied for third on the team with two interceptions and was the second-leading tackler among LSU defensive backs behind future first-rounder Eric Reid.
Forward thinking
Miles and his staff have a big year ahead of them. The 2014 class is loaded with talent and it couldn’t come at a better time.
Fifteen players from last season’s 10-3 team were either drafted or signed to undrafted free agent contracts. Among them were the five-stars like Shepard and the three stars like Bennie Logan.
But that’s the beauty of the recruiting process. You’re guaranteed to have an opportunity to restock the shelves every four seasons, and that’s good news for LSU fans.
If Miles and his staff stay on their current trajectory, the cupboard won’t be bare for a long while.
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As of today, ESPN projects the following 2014 recruits as likely headed to LSU:
Leonard Fournette
Speedy Noil
Laurence Jones
Tony Brown
Malachi Dupre
Gerald Willis III
Trey Quinn
Clifton Garrett
Saeed Blacknall
If this holds up, these guys would be a core of a monster class.
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I forgot just how dominant our offense was in 2007, especially after watching the home game against VT. WOW WE WERE STACKED!
Why were there so many Gary Crowton haters? I loved that Oregon style offense!
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If that is the only year you watched I could understand your position. Did ya happen to watch any other years?
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ESPN shows 9 of the uncommitted Top 150 headed to LSU (Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:10 pm)
As of today, ESPN projects the following 2014 recruits as likely headed to LSU:
Leonard Fournette
Speedy Noil
Laurence Jones
Tony Brown
Malachi Dupre
Gerald Willis III
Trey Quinn
Clifton Garrett
Saeed Blacknall
If this holds up, these guys would be a core of a monster class.
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2007 Offense and Gary Crowton (Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:35 pm)
I forgot just how dominant our offense was in 2007, especially after watching the home game against VT. WOW WE WERE STACKED!
Why were there so many Gary Crowton haters? I loved that Oregon style offense!
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re: 2007 Offense and Gary Crowton (Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:36 pm to bayouballs)
If that is the only year you watched I could understand your position. Did ya happen to watch any other years?
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