KevinUSF00

Incredible rushing highlights! Has some Q to him. It is interesting that he doesn't attempt a pass until 2 minutes and 32 seconds of the highlight reel though. I kept watching and everytime I thought he would throw, he duped me time after time.

Is Schea Cotton still in the mix for a visit?

You may recall that Zachary Carter gave us a look last year and he was graduating from Hillsborough High. My assumption is that Montgomery added USF out of respect that HH has for USF. Their coach was recently out in the media stating that he had no problem recommending USF and Coach Strong to his players. I know Montgomery has liked USF for a while, so I'm not shocked to see us on the list. But I'd feel more confident that this wasn't just a nod to Coach Strong if this commitment was taking place closer to signing day. It's been a while since a 4 star committed to USF this early in the process. Maybe Grothe or Carlton Hill committed in the summer, but I'm not certain. (I'm not certain if Grothe was a 4 star or not). I guess you could count Bruce Judson or Asainti Wouldard, but you saw how those commitments played out.

I really like this pick up. I could be wrong, but the video reminded me a bit of Nate Allen. He has great size and I was really impressed with his speed and physicality. He demonstrates the agility to run full speed while still making the tackle one on one. I have to imagine that the staff enjoyed watching these clips in the film room.

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You know, I thought that Mack might not come back after he suffered the injury vs Towson. He was hit hard and fumbled. He ended up going through concussion protocol. I believe that was the 2nd "concussion" that he might have received during his time here. Or at the very least, the second hard shoulder injury. I think that there might have been NFL concerns if he would have taken another concussion during his senior year. Good for him. I'm glad that he got paid. He earned it.

Signed today with Syracuse.

You would think so. But his former Oldsmar coach, Jordan Fair, is now a grad assistant at Louisville. So I'd imagine that could be an option as well (although they are stacked).

Virtually no stats from Ohio State in 4 years. Something like 7 catches for 55 yards....total. But he was a 4 star in HS, ran a 4.38 and has some pretty great video. Certainly worth a try with those skills.

Is this the worst USF schedule since 2001?

Where can I place a bet on this? Never? Really? I think he forgets that there was a time that FSU and Miami were nobody's. Will it happen while USF is stuck in current unfair structure of D1 athletics? No. But this to will change.

"We also learned Monday that Dr. Phillips slot receiver Emare Hogan had his scholarship pulled by USF after confusion left over from the Willie Taggart regime. Apparently a grayshirted player from the 2016 class showed up to enroll earlier this month, taking a scholarship away from the incoming class. USF determined it ran out of spots and didn’t honor Hogan’s scholarship offer." http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-recruiting/blog/

This is not unlike the years that Holtz and Taggart joined us in December. If you recall, Holtz was able to flip Terrance Mitchell from FSU. Taggart didn't close huge, but he laid the foundation for the very strong 2014 class at that time. It will be very interesting to see how Strong finishes. Keeping King will help in the Bay area and Corey Bell should pay dividends in South Florida. While the other members of the staff have some prior ties to Florida, it's difficult to know if any have current relationships with the class of 2017 in Florida and I'm not certain how many recruits from the state of Texas are going to be willing to consider USF. But I will say this, I think that we were on track for USF to have it's lowest rated class in the Taggart era. I'm not sure why. We had the best season ever and didn't have a lot of staff turnover, but there didn't seem to be a lot of buzz. There is increased buzz now and it appears that we will have a lot of high 3 and low 4 star recruits coming in for visits. I'm confident that this class will finish stronger with Strong than we would have with Taggart.

Can a mod please burn this thread? Thank you.

1) Navy2) 55-313) Mack4) Adams5) 451 Bulls lead 27-24 at the half and the second half goes very badly. Go Bulls!