WR George Campbell commits to Penn State
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does this mean we traded Juwan Johnson for George Campbell?
Great! I was getting tired of cleaning sky from my lawn every day.
Great pick up, hopefully PSU gets grad transfers on the OL and DL also to help with depth and loses (transfers / draft)
Yes. Hopefully both young men flourish with a change of scenery.
Hopefully he stays healthy. Looks like 13 career receptions over 4 years (1 was a redshirt) and many injuries.
Is he eligible to practice? It’s already a month into the semester. If he has to wait until the summer to start joining the workouts, then I dion’t see much happening for him.
Just a guess that he might still be enrolled at FSU completing his undergraduate degree.
Not saying Campbell is the second coming of Jerry Rice, but the whole Florida State offense has been putrid the last two years.
Just like I'm sure Johnson is, I am sure Campbell is highly motivated to give it his all, for his future. A change of scenery can often do everyone a bit of good.
Coming out of high school, he was clocked with a 4.36 40 and 37-inch vertical jump. There's no wonder he was a consensus five-star recruit. Hopefully Penn State is where he turns the raw talent into production.
Eleven games, mostly on ST, as a frosh, three catches. Eleven more games to get 10 more catches.
It is what it is. If he can help, great. If not, we have depth.
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Maybe a worse-case scenario, he becomes a special team contributor. Heaven knows we need help there!
The look on his face is classic. Coming from Florida to this haha... Franklin must have laid out the red carpet for him.
On a serious note, it can never be a bad thing when you add a guy like this...
Physically, he reminds me of Blacknall who always seemed to come through in the clutch. If his light comes on and he can keep from getting injured, he could be a big time addition this year.
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Right? Looks like a total bad-a...
Hey kid, hold onto the ball and we’ll love you.
Me too but that aint happening and the ship, literally, just set sail for Oregon.
I'm also hoping we still get the kid from VA Tech.
I'd really like to add him to the WR room.
Worst case he plays good special teams, provides needed experience and depth and mentors younger receivers. Specifically the two young one's from Florida in Jones and Dunmore. No idea about the kid personally, maybe he wants to coach and has that kind of mind while playing some ball and his most valuable asset will be a mentorship. Seems like Seider knew him if he came north to play one more year.
Another weld in the Florida pipeline. Any contribution and depth provided is going to be a positive with current expectations as they stand.
Does the NCAA have a rule that he has to sit out 2 years since he is transferring into Penn State?
No, but they'll make sure his scholarship counts toward our 85 long after he's done with football.
I really can’t see any downside. Worst case he provides experienced depth. We obviously have the available scholarship for 2019
One ranking exception doesn't say anything at all in terms of the rankings. The years of evidence of high blue chip ratios and top 5 recruiting classes consistently being in the playoff says the opposite of the point you're trying to make actually.
But it does show how off the rankings CAN be.
Happy to have Campbell on board and eager to see what he can do. I agree that we probably won’t hear much from him, but any productivity will be a bonus.
Happy to have Campbell on board and eager to see what he can do. I agree that we probably won’t hear much from him, but any productivity will be a bonus.
With Shorter, Dotson, Hamler etc. already in the fold Campbell will not have much pressure to come here and be the man.
Hopefully he can bring some leadership experience to our young Corp of receivers and maybe rediscover whatever it was that made him an elite prospect a few years ago. Win-win.
Hopefully he can bring some leadership experience to our young Corp of receivers and maybe rediscover whatever it was that made him an elite prospect a few years ago. Win-win.
