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TE Sean Price - 4 star - #7 Nat'l WR Chris Dunkley - 5 star - #8 Nat'l WR D'Vario Montgomery - 4 star - #22 Nat'l WR Andre Davis - 4 star - #46 Nat'l I haven't been tracking USF's recruiting very long, but that seems like a pretty unusual collection of high ranked recruiting talent.

Supposed it's not very often you see USF with a four star receiver, a five star receiver, and a four star receiving tight end.

Good get by USF for sure. Really stands out. Solid runner, compact, no wasted movements. Good hands. Fast. Play maker. And again, you get a receiver that LSU and all those other schools were after...you know you got a pretty talented kid. Looking forward to seeing Andre Davis this year. Could be interesting. He sure as hell made enough noise during the spring. Between he, Dunkley, Wiggins whenever he transfers back from JUCO and D'Vario...could have an influx of pretty good players.

Thanks for the heads up. I got a good chuckle out of this just because I looked on some recruiting sites real quick and didn't see LaMarlin really getting highly rated numbers-wise, not very many stars, etc. I had watched his games and honestly he looks OK but what really got me were the camp videos of him. Anyway I'm sitting here wondering what's with this cat, and then at the bottom of the article you just linked, it says "When he committed to USF in the summer of 2011, Wiggins chose the Bulls over offers from Florida State, Florida, LSU and Texas Tech." Got a little chuckle out of that. Ratings services be damned, when Florida State, Florida, LSU and Texas Tech are after a receiver, you know he's got talent.

Fleeton is an interesting kid because for sure this guy has an absolute cannon of an arm. He can really spin the ball. I do have some concerns though. I'm not terribly sure he's really 6'3" but that's not a big deal as he's so young and for all I know could still grow. More concerning is that he minimizes his own height in the pocket with a wide stance, deep steps, and posture. It all makes me wonder just how good he is at really seeing the field after the snap. To say that the mechanics are unconventional is probably a good way to put it. Some guys I don't like calling 'raw' even though their circumstances suggest they are, because mechanically they're pretty sound. Asiantii Woulard is a good example of that. This guy is a better example of someone that's actually quite raw still in his feet, spacing, weight transfer, etc. I don't know that I would call his release "quick" because even though he doesn't have an arm loop, he does have a lower body loop that creates timing and versatility problems which suggest he's a guy that often needs to know exactly what he's doing with the ball pretty well in advance. I'm not trying to pick him apart, because this guy has throwing skills which are often times stunning. He's a thrower, not a passer, thus far. But he's one hell of an impressive thrower if you ask me. What I'd like to do is get a better idea for how his accuracy and decision making come off on an every play, every rep basis...rather than just on highlights. There are some issues that make me skeptical of how that looks but the simple fact of the matter is, if he's consistent despite warning signs, then the warning signs don't matter. Certainly a guy I wouldn't mind getting into a system with a good coaching staff to see if they can't work on him mechanically a little. That kind of pure throwing ability is not common.

My advice: you need to slow your roll.

Nice video of LaMarlin Wiggins, too. Great catch on Hargreaves. I really like the look of LaMarlin Wiggins. I'm not exactly up on USF's recruiting so I didn't even realize he was a USF recruit. Just watching the video, you'd have to be blind not to see Hargreaves stand out as a DB, but on the other side of the ball for all Nelson Agholor's notoriety (and I have a friend whose spouse is very close to Nelson), I thought Wiggins looked better during that particular session.

I understand the thinking that there's no way USF can be in the running for a 5 star, top 10 overall recruit. But the guy's dad is a coach at USF. That's a huge factor in all of this and if you read between the lines, yes his dad wants to give his son a lot of autonomy and he wants him to go to the place he wants to go, but he also unabashedly wants his son to want to come to USF...and it sounds like his son respects his dad quite a bit and is very grateful for all the advice he's given him. If they have as good a relationship as it seems, then I can easily see why some insiders think USF has the edge here. With all the DBs that have come out of USF and gone to the NFL, it's not like the 5 star recruit is going to hurt his NFL status playing here. Bill Belichick always has a keen eye on USF players and USF defensive backs, FWIW.

Unusually quick feet. Popgun arm, though. If you could give his feet and footwork to Asiantii Woulard you'd have a heck of a high school prospect. Or vice versa, give Asiantii's size and pure throwing ability to Kurt Benkert.

Pretty sure Asiantii Woulard will end up the best quarterback I've seen suit up for the Bulls. Good recruit. Promising player. I love when guys are supposed to be 'raw' based on circumstances, but then you take a close look at mechanics and natural talent and you don't see much 'raw' in there...at least relative to guys that really are very raw. Asiantii's definitely got a ways to go, has to get his tempo up and be consistent with his feet, but there's some great talent there. Good release, good feet, clean ball, good spin, good arm slot. Don't know if he runs at the college level the way he does right now, but it's a nice perk. Throwing opposite hash at intermediate depth, that's a 90+ foot throw and he makes it look easy. Throwing accurately rolling left seems to show up a few times. That's tough to do, pretty rare.

Huh. Didn't even know about the recruiting board. My bad.

Hey guys. I don't post much around here, sorry about that. I check in from time to time. I mostly do stuff related to the NFL and NFL Draft. Anyway I just saw that after abruptly pulling his verbal commitment to USF, Asiantii Woulard has re-committed to the program. He's a four star recruit. "I am committing to USF," said Woulard, according to 247Sports.com. "I chose USF because it's close to home and I can play early. I don't want to go to a program that is already established and I'm just maintaining that. I want to create history and help bring USF it's first Big East Championship, it's first National Championship, I want to make history. "This is definitely my final decision, I'm done," he continued. "It's a relief. Things began to get really stressful for me." I like his attitude and his confidence. But more than that I like his talent. I like Matt Floyd, been a big fan of his. But let's be honest about something. That 'like' is in the context of, "Better than Eveld and, one day with enough experience, perhaps a better player than B.J. Daniels." There's a pretty good chance this guy Woulard (as long as the fickle son of a gun doesn't reneg again) will end up the best quarterback I've ever seen suit up for the Bulls. I don't know how good of a runner he really is at the college level. Obviously at 6'3" or 6'4" and 200 lbs he was able to overpower a lot of would-be high school tacklers. He's got good, but not great speed. Overall, not really that interested in his running although it's a nice perk. Shows a good arm in there. He's throwing intermediate depth at opposite hash (90+ feet) with low trajectory. He's got a nice deep ball in there at 150 feet that doesn't float, and stays on the outside shoulder. Gets a good, clean spin on the ball. Delivery is nice and high, relatively smooth. Not as quick as it could be, yet. Needs to get some better tempo in his footwork but that's not a huge thing coming out of high school. I actually like the form of his footwork and his overall balance, spacing, hip snap, etc. Really intrigued with some of the pressure sense and footwork he showed on a couple of those plays in terms of climbing the pocket exactly the way a quarterback is coached, step up and out. Also really intrigued with his accuracy rolling to his left. Accuracy rolling right is fairly common but less common left, and it speaks of natural balance and just natural throwing ability. Could be a better quarterback recruit than his rankings indicate. I'd have to see some of the others to know for sure, but I generally don't do a lot of evaluation of guys out of high school.