2011 recruiting class

[frank ryan]

Outside of Langhi, who is left for byu to pursue.
Ryker Matthews and Joe Sampson are the biggest commits to date.

[Brian]

Outside of Langhi, who is left for byu to pursue.
Ryker Matthews and Joe Sampson are the biggest commits to date.

Chad Roberton and Flax Siler are on the radar, I hear.
http://www.rwphillipsweb.com/4.html

[MarkGrace]

Looks like another JC secondary commit today. Seems like we're hitting the secondary pretty hard.

[Sizzle]

Looks like another JC secondary commit today. Seems like we're hitting the secondary pretty hard.

We need to if we are losing Bradley, Logan and everybody's favorite Andrew Bitch.

[cougjunkie]

Looks like another JC secondary commit today. Seems like we're hitting the secondary pretty hard.

Preston Hadley. No other offers but an interesting prospect. He is allegedly a shutdown corner at the JC level. Good size and speed.

May be another Brian Logan or another Tico Pringle we will see.

[Goatnapper'96]

Preston Hadley. No other offers but an interesting prospect. He is allegedly a shutdown corner at the JC level. Good size and speed.

May be another Brian Logan or another Tico Pringle we will see.

My instinct is he strikes me as a plan b option. I was under the impression that BYU was pursuing a kid from Blinn. Perhaps BYU got the impression that they were not going to land the kid from Blinn. Another option might be that Lee Aguirre is not going to get elgible or perhaps one of the others is headed toward inelgibility. Supposedly, Joe Sampson is going to be in Provo in January and with the returning crew of Buckner, Eason, Everitt, Johnson and Gaines at CB along with Uale and Galai at safety, I would think 3 JC transfers (Blinn kid, Hadley and Sampson) would appear to me to be a bit of overkill unless some of the players listed as returners are not going to return.

Regardless I think it is a good move for BYU to be looking for 2-3 JC dbs every year or every other year.

[MarkGrace]

Which of those guys ends up at safety? Everett? An inexperienced Gray + Uale might not be pretty.

[cougjunkie]

My instinct is he strikes me as a plan b option. I was under the impression that BYU was pursuing a kid from Blinn. Perhaps BYU got the impression that they were not going to land the kid from Blinn. Another option might be that Lee Aguirre is not going to get elgible or perhaps one of the others is headed toward inelgibility. Supposedly, Joe Sampson is going to be in Provo in January and with the returning crew of Buckner, Eason, Everitt, Johnson and Gaines at CB along with Uale and Galai at safety, I would think 3 JC transfers (Blinn kid, Hadley and Sampson) would appear to me to be a bit of overkill unless some of the players listed as returners are not going to return.

Regardless I think it is a good move for BYU to be looking for 2-3 JC dbs every year or every other year.

I heard that Lee Aguirre posted on his facebook "So much for the NFL, I would be lucky if I made the CFL". Which a lot of people assumed meant he was done playing football so you may be correct.

Gaines is getting rave reviews on the scout team. Even Rich said Gaines and Jordan Johnson have the potential to be two of the best BYU has had in a long time. But they will still be RS fresh. next year. I think they are bringing in these JC guys to bridge the gap between the freshman and the guys leaving.

[Goatnapper'96]

Which of those guys ends up at safety? Everett? An inexperienced Gray + Uale might not be pretty.

Goat's totally homeristic prediction:

Safeties: Blinn Kid, Sampson, Uale, Galai.

Corners: Everitt, Eason, Buckner and Hadley.

On the other hand I thought I might have read that the scout team corners were Gaines and Johnson, perhaps Everitt is already playing safety.

Are all these JC transfers coming to BYU for spring ball or is it going to be yet another August full of trepidation for the BYU faithful as we wonder what our defensive backfield will be.......I will say that whenever BYU opens with a real big time Big-12 opponent it is usually answered favorably. Good openings against the eyes of Texas, Sooners and aTm over the years! Actually, the worst performance for the defensive backfield in those openers happened to be the one that was by far BYU's best defensive backfield the rest of the year.

[Goatnapper'96]

I heard that Lee Aguirre posted on his facebook "So much for the NFL, I would be lucky if I made the CFL". Which a lot of people assumed meant he was done playing football so you may be correct.

Gaines is getting rave reviews on the scout team. Even Rich said Gaines and Jordan Johnson have the potential to be two of the best BYU has had in a long time. But they will still be RS fresh. next year. I think they are bringing in these JC guys to bridge the gap between the freshman and the guys leaving.

If Johnson and Gaines are playing CB on Scout Team my assumption is the JC recruiting is done and BYU is no longer pursuing the kid from Blinn. I think Everitt is likely been shifted to safety and the DB will consist of these 8 kids next year:

Safeties: Uale, Galai, Everitt, Sampson
CBs: Eason, Buckner, Hadley and Gaines.

Or maybee Everitt sucks and is the back up CB on scout team and it will be:
Safeties: Uale, Galai, Sampson and Hadley
CBs: Eason, Buckner, Gaines and Johnson

Either way it looks better at this point in time than BYU did going into 2004, 2005 and 2008!

[shoganai]

Either way it looks better at this point in time than BYU did going into 2004, 2005 and 2008!

You mean Chris Hale at cornerback didn't get you excited about our defense?

[Hsaru]

Johnson will still be in the program and is probably better than Uale has shown. Though if none of our talented young DBs are moved from CB to safety, i.e. Gaines/Johnson/Everett I will be very dissapointed.

[OrangeUte]

Since this thread's topic is non-institutional, what does the U have lined up for recruiting this February? Anyone have info?

[frank ryan]

My instinct is he strikes me as a plan b option. I was under the impression that BYU was pursuing a kid from Blinn. Perhaps BYU got the impression that they were not going to land the kid from Blinn. Another option might be that Lee Aguirre is not going to get elgible or perhaps one of the others is headed toward inelgibility. Supposedly, Joe Sampson is going to be in Provo in January and with the returning crew of Buckner, Eason, Everitt, Johnson and Gaines at CB along with Uale and Galai at safety, I would think 3 JC transfers (Blinn kid, Hadley and Sampson) would appear to me to be a bit of overkill unless some of the players listed as returners are not going to return.

Regardless I think it is a good move for BYU to be looking for 2-3 JC dbs every year or every other year.

I hope Aguirre isn't done. I think he could really help them next year.
Any chance Garrett Nicholson gets back in school? When is Cameron Comer due back?
I read Hadley had offers from Kent State, Wazzu and NMSU. He did have a few options

[U-Ute]

Since this thread's topic is non-institutional, what does the U have lined up for recruiting this February? Anyone have info?

I'm (unfortunately) sure the U had a bunch of recruits at the game last saturday. Any word on who tripped?