Recruiting 2014

[CJF]

The years are not treating Gurney well.

[byu71]

The years are not treating Gurney well.

Not happy to hear that. He and Talo had really put their hearts into TBS and Cougar sports, especially football.

Honestly, I think they really could have had something if the trajectory had continued that Bronco started with the first few years.

[Blueintheface]

I was expecting some defections but I thought they would go the other direction. This has been a stellar day.

Mama will serve his mission in Provo and wind up at BYU anyway

[Commando]

How in the hell could BYU be the smart decision?

Better education: Stanford
Better location: Stanford
Better football program: Stanford
Level of competition: Stanford
Chance for a MNC: Stanford
Coaching Staff: Stanford
NFL prospects: Stanford

The only thing BYU can claim is more people who share the same religion as him. No doubt, Stanford was the smart decision.

Come on, man-- BYU's my school and I'm barely interested enough to maintain a faint presence in the signing day thread. How do you keep up this level of intensity?

[cougjunkie]

Just to recap this class:

Uriah Leiataua- 6'3 245 lbs, D-lineman from Compton, California (a place Dick Harmon said we wouldn't go) Offers fro Stanford, Cal, USC, UCLA, Wisconsin, Washington, Washington State and Yale. Projected to play Defensive end at BYU
Earl Mariner- 6'4 300 pound d-lineman from Topeka, Kansas. offers from BYU and Kansas. Projected to play D-tackle at BYU
Sione Takitaki- 6'3 240 pound athlete from Fontana, California. Offers from BYU, Nevada, Arizona, San Diego State, Utah, Washington State and Wisconsin. Kelly Poppinga said he could play DE, OLB or MLB in BYUs system, tbd. (1)
Isaiah Nacua- 6'3 250 pound lineman from Provo, Utah by way of Las Vegas Nevada. ESPN has him rated as a 4 star recruit and the 3 best player in the state of Utah. Offered by Arizona State, Utah, Utah State and BYU. projected to play D-ed (2)
Fred Warner- 6'3 210 pound linebacker from San Marcos California. He played the equivalent of 6 1/2 games last year and tallied 90 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and 13 sacks. Offers from USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Boise, Cal Utah and Nebraska. projected to play OLB (3)
Chandon Herring- 6'7 280 pound offensive tackle from Arizona. Offers from BYU and Arizona. Projected to play OT
Tejan (T-John) Koroma- 6'0 260 pound center from Texas. Offers from Air Force, UTEP, New Mexico State. 110 pancake blocks playing at the highest level of football in Texas the last two years. Using Kyle Gunther logic he is a 4 star in every other state (whatever that means). Projected to play Center
Austin Chambers- 6'5 297 pound tackle from Kansas. Offers from BYU and Kansas. Projected to play OT
Tico Fuga- 6'1 280 pound defensive lineman from California. Offers from BYU, Utah, Utah State and Boise state. Projected to play D-tackle (4)
Tyler Cook- 6'3 220 pound linebaker from Murrieta, California. 16 total offers including Miami, Nebraska, UCLA, Washington, Cal and Duke. Projected to play OLB
Jordan Leslie- 6'3 210 pound receiver transfer from UTEP. Step brother to Chicago Bulls Jimmy Butler. Amassed almost 1000 yards receiving last year at UTEP. 1 to play 1. Projected to play WR
Devon Blackmon- 6'1 190 pound receiver from Fontana, California. 4 star coming out of high school where he committed to Oregon. Offers from Washington, Cal, Utah, BYU, Fresno State, Boise State, Kansas State, Colorado and Illinois. Projected to play WR (5)
Isaiah Kaufusi- 6'2 175 pound OLB/WR from Salt Lake City, offers from Utah, BYU and Utah State (6). Projected to play Safety at BYU.
Matt Bushman- 6'5 220 pound Tight end from Sabino, Arizona. Offers from BYU, Arizona, Arizona State and Nevada. Projected to play tight end. (will also play baseball at BYU)
Zac Dawe- 6'4 280 pound D-tackle from Pleasant Grove, Utah. Offers from BYU and Utah State. projected to play D-line or O-line. TBD.
Kavika Fonua- 6'0 185 pound safety from Syracuse, Utah. OFfers from BYU, Utah and Utah State (7). Projected to play safety at BYU.
Trey Dye- 5'9 175 pound WR/QB from Texas. Offers from BYU, SMU and UTEP. Legacy kid son of James Dye. Projected to play WR at BYU.
Jaterrius Gulley-6'4 330 pound D-tackle from Hoover high school in Alabama. Offers from UAB, Middle Tennessee State, South Florida, Hawaii and Memphis. Projected to play nose tackle at BYU.
Michael Shelton- 5'9 170 pound DB from North Carolina. Offers from BYU and UCONN. Projected to play corner at BYU. mid-year enrollee
Nick Kurtz- 6'6 210 pound WR from Grossmont Junior College. More than 15 offers including USC, Oregon, LSU, Washington. Mid-year enrolle, projected to play WR at BYU.

Overall a very, very good class. Quite a few signing day surprises. The only guys we lost that we had outstanding offers to and we were actually recruiting (not counting guys like Joe Mixon who we threw an offer at like everyone else in the country) were Mama and Sutton.

[Jeff Lebowski]

One word potshots are sometimes difficult to discern.

Let me break it down for you then: In the middle of a recruiting thread, you decide it is a good time to inform us that your kids would be willing to attend Stanford. Imagine that! And your stepson **might** accept a Stanford offer, but he is more partial to the Ivies. And to top it off, you feel a need to explain to all of us why Stanford and the Ivies are good schools.

If you don't see how that might elicit a few chuckles/eye-rolling, then well .... I don't know what to say.

[cougjunkie]

Leslie is not Hollidays step son. Said they are extremely close but no relation. Also said Leslie was 2nd in the nation in yards per catch.

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[LiveCoug]

JujUSC Smith.

[byu71]

Let me break it down for you then: In the middle of a recruiting thread, you decide it is a good time to inform us that your kids would be willing to attend Stanford. Imagine that! And your stepson **might** accept a Stanford offer, but he is more partial to the Ivies. And to top it off, you feel a need to explain to all of us why Stanford and the Ivies are good schools.

If you don't see how that might elicit a few chuckles/eye-rolling, then well .... I don't know what to say.

Take heart Topper. He said it elicited only a few.... I want you to know I wasn't one of them. I was interested in what you had to say. It's a big group here with varied opinions. Although a few of them like to hurt my feelings, it is a fun group anyway.

[byu71]

Just to recap this class:

Uriah Leiataua- 6'3 245 lbs, D-lineman from Compton, California (a place Dick Harmon said we wouldn't go) Offers fro Stanford, Cal, USC, UCLA, Wisconsin, Washington, Washington State and Yale. Projected to play Defensive end at BYU
Earl Mariner- 6'4 300 pound d-lineman from Topeka, Kansas. offers from BYU and Kansas. Projected to play D-tackle at BYU
Sione Takitaki- 6'3 240 pound athlete from Fontana, California. Offers from BYU, Nevada, Arizona, San Diego State, Utah, Washington State and Wisconsin. Kelly Poppinga said he could play DE, OLB or MLB in BYUs system, tbd. (1)
Isaiah Nacua- 6'3 250 pound lineman from Provo, Utah by way of Las Vegas Nevada. ESPN has him rated as a 4 star recruit and the 3 best player in the state of Utah. Offered by Arizona State, Utah, Utah State and BYU. projected to play D-ed (2)
Fred Warner- 6'3 210 pound linebacker from San Marcos California. He played the equivalent of 6 1/2 games last year and tallied 90 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and 13 sacks. Offers from USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Boise, Cal Utah and Nebraska. projected to play OLB (3)
Chandon Herring- 6'7 280 pound offensive tackle from Arizona. Offers from BYU and Arizona. Projected to play OT
Tejan (T-John) Koroma- 6'0 260 pound center from Texas. Offers from Air Force, UTEP, New Mexico State. 110 pancake blocks playing at the highest level of football in Texas the last two years. Using Kyle Gunther logic he is a 4 star in every other state (whatever that means). Projected to play Center
Austin Chambers- 6'5 297 pound tackle from Kansas. Offers from BYU and Kansas. Projected to play OT
Tico Fuga- 6'1 280 pound defensive lineman from California. Offers from BYU, Utah, Utah State and Boise state. Projected to play D-tackle (4)
Tyler Cook- 6'3 220 pound linebaker from Murrieta, California. 16 total offers including Miami, Nebraska, UCLA, Washington, Cal and Duke. Projected to play OLB
Jordan Leslie- 6'3 210 pound receiver transfer from UTEP. Step brother to Chicago Bulls Jimmy Butler. Amassed almost 1000 yards receiving last year at UTEP. 1 to play 1. Projected to play WR
Devon Blackmon- 6'1 190 pound receiver from Fontana, California. 4 star coming out of high school where he committed to Oregon. Offers from Washington, Cal, Utah, BYU, Fresno State, Boise State, Kansas State, Colorado and Illinois. Projected to play WR (5)
Isaiah Kaufusi- 6'2 175 pound OLB/WR from Salt Lake City, offers from Utah, BYU and Utah State (6). Projected to play Safety at BYU.
Matt Bushman- 6'5 220 pound Tight end from Sabino, Arizona. Offers from BYU, Arizona, Arizona State and Nevada. Projected to play tight end. (will also play baseball at BYU)
Zac Dawe- 6'4 280 pound D-tackle from Pleasant Grove, Utah. Offers from BYU and Utah State. projected to play D-line or O-line. TBD.
Kavika Fonua- 6'0 185 pound safety from Syracuse, Utah. OFfers from BYU, Utah and Utah State (7). Projected to play safety at BYU.
Trey Dye- 5'9 175 pound WR/QB from Texas. Offers from BYU, SMU and UTEP. Legacy kid son of James Dye. Projected to play WR at BYU.
Jaterrius Gulley-6'4 330 pound D-tackle from Hoover high school in Alabama. Offers from UAB, Middle Tennessee State, South Florida, Hawaii and Memphis. Projected to play nose tackle at BYU.
Michael Shelton- 5'9 170 pound DB from North Carolina. Offers from BYU and UCONN. Projected to play corner at BYU. mid-year enrollee
Nick Kurtz- 6'6 210 pound WR from Grossmont Junior College. More than 15 offers including USC, Oregon, LSU, Washington. Mid-year enrolle, projected to play WR at BYU.

Overall a very, very good class. Quite a few signing day surprises. The only guys we lost that we had outstanding offers to and we were actually recruiting (not counting guys like Joe Mixon who we threw an offer at like everyone else in the country) were Mama and Sutton.

Thanks for the breakdown and I am pleasantly surprised and impressed.

[Blueintheface]

Leslie is not Hollidays step son. Said they are extremely close but no relation. Also said Leslie was 2nd in the nation in yards per catch.

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[cougjunkie]

Tough day for MPfunk. JuJu to USC.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Take heart Topper. He said it elicited only a few.... I want you to know I wasn't one of them. I was interested in what you had to say. It's a big group here with varied opinions. Although a few of them like to hurt my feelings, it is a fun group anyway.

Yes of course. Because if there is one thing BYU71 really admires, it is academic/intellectual posturing!

[CJF]

Leslie is not Hollidays step son. Said they are extremely close but no relation. Also said Leslie was 2nd in the nation in yards per catch.

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Bronco said he was Holliday's step son in his press conference.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Your exhaustive analysis shines a spotlight on Utah's recruiting woes, huh?

It does shine a spotlight on Utah's recruiting woes. The plain fact is that pretty much every school in the Pac-12 with the exception of Washington St and Oregon St has more to offer recruits.