'15 NC RB Rocky Reid (Wake Forest commit)

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Darth_Shiveman said:
Don't sleep on Scott getting some carries this year either. Lane is a physical runner and is usually dinged up for a few games a season. If either Lane or Hurd get dinged up, I'd imagine Scott fills that void in some capacity.
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I'm not. I'm expecting him to get around 50 carries this year. Lane will get around 200. Hurd/Scott/Pickett will split around 150 other carries. It'll be kinda close to that.

It would be borderline idiotic to take 5 backs in two years.
 
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Burger said:
I'm not. I'm expecting him to get around 50 carries this year. Lane will get around 200. Hurd/Scott/Pickett will split around 150 other carries. It'll be kinda close to that.

It would be borderline idiotic to take 5 backs in two years.
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JMO, I really don't see how it would be idiotic...especially with the RBs we are in on.
 
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ljeller said:
JMO, I really don't see how it would be idiotic...especially with the RBs we are in on.
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Same here. Most people dont expect Hill, Summerhill or Pickett to produce. So after Lane leaves all we really have is the 3 that we just took.

Now Bama taking 5 back in 1 year was stupid.
 
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PassedOutAwake said:
Same here. Most people dont expect Hill, Summerhill or Pickett to produce. So after Lane leaves all we really have is the 3 that we just took.

Now Bama taking 5 back in 1 year was stupid.
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Yep...no one should ever have a problem taking at least 2 every year and 3 if need be.

Now 5? Yep, totally pointless and absolutely idiotic...F Bama.
 
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ljeller said:
JMO, I really don't see how it would be idiotic...especially with the RBs we are in on.
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We have way more important needs like the trenches. I also think Pickett is going to contribute. Those are the only reasons why I think that.
 
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Burger said:
We have way more important needs like the trenches. I also think Pickett is going to contribute. Those are the only reasons why I think that.
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Oh ok I gotcha...spots are definitely at a premium in this class. I wouldn't just take any 2 RBs either though. With some of the guys we are legit in on though I don't see how we can't take 2 if they wanna commit. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up with 2 NC RBs on signing day. NC is deeeeeep at RB this year...
 
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Nationdom said:
It makes me feel a lot better, comforts me, and eases my mind when I see 5 stars next to a guy. When I pull up the rivals link and I see 5.7 ***, why heart sinks a little and I wonder why. Just why? I immediately go into a semi panic mode and start thinking there is a possibility he might get a bump, but what if he doesn't . I hold out hope but it seems like we are in the running for a lot of big time backs.
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So if you were a UT coach you wouldn't have recruited Tre Mason, Kadeem Carey or Bishop Sankey? I mean they were only 4*. I think Mason was even a 3* on 247. I guess it eased your mind when we got that "stud 5*" Bryce Brown huh. How did that work out?
 
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Nationdom said:
Not trolling. I have high expectations for UT and I want the best players possible. Hopefully this kid proves the sites wrong.
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The sites if I am not mistaken are notorious for rubber stamping players they have not evaluated in person. Trust the coaching staff on this one.

Btw how is Basalt these days? I lived their for a year and a half when I was a kid.
 
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Burger said:
I'm not. I'm expecting him to get around 50 carries this year. Lane will get around 200. Hurd/Scott/Pickett will split around 150 other carries. It'll be kinda close to that.

It would be borderline idiotic to take 5 backs in two years.
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It would amount to 5 backs in three years, essentially. That's why I think it's a very good possibility we take one more.
 
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rekinhavoc said:
The sites if I am not mistaken are notorious for rubber stamping players they have not evaluated in person. Trust the coaching staff on this one.

Btw how is Basalt these days? I lived their for a year and a half when I was a kid.
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Basalt and the whole Roaring Fork valley is growing at a very fast pace. I actually just recently moved back to Memphis after living there 17 years. How old are you?
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
So if you were a UT coach you wouldn't have recruited Tre Mason, Kadeem Carey or Bishop Sankey? I mean they were only 4*. I think Mason was even a 3* on 247. I guess it eased your mind when we got that "stud 5*" Bryce Brown huh. How did that work out?
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Um ya at the time The signing of Brown did ease my mind along with you and everyone else's mind too. Don't sit here and say that you would rather have a 3 star with a lot of potential and that might get a bump instead of a 5 star back with offers from all the big boys. Now he could get a bump and then another one down the road but until that time he is still a 3 star with no offers that would wow anyone.
 
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Todd Gurley, who I have seen Reid compared favorably to, started out as a 3* RB from North Carolina IIRC.
 
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tclowers23 said:
Why doesn't Rivals, Scout, ESPN, or 247 think that this kid is the stud he's made out to be in this thread?
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Measurables and level of competition most likely. IMO We don't need to be wasting our time recruiting running backs that run a 4.7 forty unless we plan on converting him to full back or linebacker.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Measurables and level of competition most likely. IMO We don't need to be wasting our time recruiting running backs that run a 4.7 forty unless we plan on converting him to full back or linebacker.
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Concord doesn't play a cupcake schedule and they are consistently in the playoffs. And a 40 time is pretty useless for a high school junior.
 
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tclowers23 said:
Why doesn't Rivals, Scout, ESPN, or 247 think that this kid is the stud he's made out to be in this thread?
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Measurables and level of competition most likely. IMO We don't need to be wasting our time recruiting running backs that run a 4.7 forty unless we plan on converting him to full back or linebacker.
 
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