2018 Recruiting Thread
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Looks like PSU is now the leader for CB Ken Montgomery out of Tampa. Will officially visit on Feb 2.
This is definitely a factor, and that he blew up late in the game and by the time he had risen to that ranking we had already identified, built relationships and gotten commits from Mustipher, Hawkins and Culpepper.
Rounding error?
MDBuckeye23
12 HOURS AGO
I have said it before on here, but the write ups on Walker need to stop mentioning this "desire to stay close to home". Both State College and Blacksburg are 4 hours away from him and Columbus is only another 1.5 hours in the car. With traffic, State College could essentially be further from Columbus. Alluding to the fact that VT and PSU are "close to home" or giving them the benefit because of that is just ridiculous. BWI has 50 minute flights to Columbus 6x a day too!
Abpsq3051
9 HOURS AGO
State College is 3 hours, 45 minutes
Columbis is 7 hours, 40 minutes
SOURCE: Google maps
MDBuckeye23
12 HOURS AGO
I have said it before on here, but the write ups on Walker need to stop mentioning this "desire to stay close to home". Both State College and Blacksburg are 4 hours away from him and Columbus is only another 1.5 hours in the car. With traffic, State College could essentially be further from Columbus. Alluding to the fact that VT and PSU are "close to home" or giving them the benefit because of that is just ridiculous. BWI has 50 minute flights to Columbus 6x a day too!
Abpsq3051
9 HOURS AGO
State College is 3 hours, 45 minutes
Columbis is 7 hours, 40 minutes
SOURCE: Google maps
Someone needs to tell him that Pittsburgh is 2 hrs, 45 minutes away from State College. Columbus is 3 hours from Pittsburgh.
Duh. Is he really that stupid?
Duh. Is he really that stupid?
OSU fan knowledge is now on par with Pitt fan knowledge. Wait..... now that I think back....that is really nothing new. Forget my post.
Can you image how much better Barkley would have been had Rivals given him his 5th star. For the life of me, I can't.
Yes he does, but has comments behind it this morning. It's VIP though.
Thanks TJ. Good stuff. Did you notice that his placekicks are right-footed and that his punts are left-footed in the video. Incredible balance, strength, and consistency. Looks like a real steal to me.
Yes but when you factor in that State College traffic compared to Columbus, it's a wash
Love what Franklin is doing with recruiting. PWO or not, this kid can boot a ball, similar to what Gilikin is doing now. And neither one is/was in our backyard.
JF's eye for talent is top notch... and he seems to find them before anyone else does (ex. Justin Fields).
Yes but when you factor in that State College traffic compared to Columbus, it's a wash
Does that guy actually live in Columbus? Whenever we traveled rt30 to U of Dayton, through Columbus, unless we traveled at night we planned for a delay going through Columbus.
Maybe he is talking only about game days, since we have a larger stadium with more fans attending.....
In the video in the link above, he is punting left footed. Probably just for fun.
Ken Montgomery has a lot of offers, some very solid. His video highlights show a tall, quick, aggressive cover corner. He won't make anyone forget some of the hitters PSU has had in its defensive backfield over the years, but he looks like he can be a real player in coverage.
I didn't see him punting in the link provided in TJ's post, so I went to his recruiting videos.
I'd like to see the left footed punting, did I miss the link in some other post?
I think really top quality Defensive Backs is the next, and possibly last frontier for CJF and his recruiting team. Trying to get NFL 1st round talent at Defensive Back, which Alabama and tOSU seem to do regularly. I can see John Reid as possibly an all B1G performer, but I don't see anybody yet that the pros would regard as worthy of a very high draft choice.
Maybe a break-through in the 2019 class?
Maybe a break-through in the 2019 class?
Listed weight and pictures make him out to be in need of the S&C program, and that's fine. If he gets to PSU and sees Wade and some of the other DB's he'll get to work and be a DB with nice size...
I have seen some early draft rumors hinting that Christian Campbell could be a top 40 pick.
Most NFL ready DB's have both size and speed to start with. It will be interesting to see the 2018 group develop as they are listed as bigger framed than most of what CJF brought in within his previous classes. A kid like Wade can be a lights out PSU player but will not likely be a top draft choice due to his height. Maybe 2019 will be the class where CJF brings in a big 4/5 star DB....
But both Campbell and Oruwariye have the frames for the NFL, among the "older" CJF recruits. And Fields will have the physique once he fills out....
Campbell is a 6’1 long armed corner who set program records in the vertical and broad jump. NFL teams are going to salivate over his frame and athleticism.
I noticed when Cade punts and you look at his reflection in a mirror.....it is as if he is punting left footed.....did anyone else notice that.... : )
Just being a jerk.....if he really punts with a different leg than what he place kicks with that would be very different. People are usually leg dominant just as they are hand dominant.
Just being a jerk.....if he really punts with a different leg than what he place kicks with that would be very different. People are usually leg dominant just as they are hand dominant.
Agree with you about arm & leg domination.
But there was a video recently.....not sure if it was posted here or not.....where a high school guy (practicing) kicked a 50 yd FG with one leg then kicked a 40 yd FG with his other leg.
I was then so confused by watching that that I promptly fell on my face trying to walk in my house.
That can't be real.
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One can always aspire... Maybe Maryland can do one for MD. And so on.
Heck, maybe Pitt should also have a “win the CFP” t-shirt. I’m sure they could make it pretty with a trophy and everything.
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I didn't realize that Pitt was in Philly.
I guess they think pitt is in Philly.
Maybe he's very self conscious about his appearance and is afraid that one leg would become stronger and visibly larger than the other?
Maybe he's actually ambidextrous when it comes to kicking and the clips just coincidentally show all of his right footed kicks and left footed punts?
