Greg Auman: Gunsby commits & recruiting update on some players

[Mama_Bull]

January 31, 2010

Recruiting: QB Gunsby officially commits to USF

He'd told us three days ago he intended to commit on his official visit, so it's no surprise that Jamius "Jay" Gunsby, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound quarterback from LaGrange, Ga., told USF coaches he will be signing with the Bulls on Wednesday.

"The coaches were so warm, made you feel welcome there," Gunsby said. "I felt like this was the place I needed to be. It was my kind of environment. I'm very excited."

More on Gunsby -- his high school coach, Steve Pardue, says Florida recruited Gunsby "really heavy" and as a quarterback -- "nobody has looked at him as anything other than a quarterback," he said.

If you're counting, Sunday's commitments from Gunsby and safety Reshard Cliett give USF 13 commitments by my count, in addition to the four players who enrolled for spring classes. A few more notes ...

-- One that got away from USF was Gainesville cornerback Devont'a Davis, whose visit was cut short by a family emergency, forcing him to leave Saturday morning, according to Gainesville coach Ryan Smith. Davis will stick to his commitment to Miami, Smith said.

-- Frostproof cornerback Nickell Robey, who visited USF during the week, then Southern Cal this weekend, will choose between USC, USF and West Virginia, his high school coach Brad Metheny said Sunday.

-- Miami Northwestern defensive tackle Todd Chandler, who visited this weekend, updated his cell-phone voice mail to let reporters know he isn't giving any interviews until Wednesday. He says "my recruiting process is over" and he'll choose Wednesday between USF, Louisville, Syracuse and Colorado State.

-- USF might be back to Thomasville often in the next year, trying to get in the mix for Thomas County junior defensive end Ray Drew, who already has an offer from the Bulls, along with SEC powers like Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.

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[Atlanta Bull]

Are we going to have a good QB battle in the spring? New offense to learn which evens the playing field a bit. I think BJ had better have a strong spring or he could get jumped or be splitting time with someone. Landi is going to have to be in the mix or maybe they have someone else (walk on or transfer) that can come in to push BJ. BJ will probably win in 2010 but after that who knows. This kid has great size but BJ seems to have a much stronger arm. At the end of the day it's going to be about accuracy and reading defenses, may the best man win.

[Reliable Source]

Scott Carter summarizes and talks alot about Gunsby

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/related/C127/

[gobulls83]

I'm excited that Gunsby seems so excited. It won't win any games, I guess, but it can't hurt. A guy getting an offer from Florida but choosing USF so enthusiastically can only be a good thing.

[cmhatter]

bill:

apparently it was an OFFICIAL commitment

http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2010/01/recruiting-qb-gunsby-officially-commits-to-usf.html#comments

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[ForestBull]

I had a drunken dream last night, that we got Robey and Green. So that means it will happen, you heard it here first  ;D ;D ;D

[HappyHourHero]

6"5" 225.. Thats a BIG quarterback coming right out of highschool. Wonder if he is more of a pocket passer like Byron Leftwich or a Scrambler

[bulldozier1]

I try my best to ignore dumb ass post. But I'm reading too many of them. Let me help you guys out. B.J WILL BE THE STARTER OF THIS TEAM. Because a guy is tall, don't mean he's going to unseat the starter. This is not the NFL. I don't think we ever got talk like this after Grothe's first year.

[bullz97]

Are we going to have a good QB battle in the spring? New offense to learn which evens the playing field a bit. I think BJ had better have a strong spring or he could get jumped or be splitting time with someone. Landi is going to have to be in the mix or maybe they have someone else (walk on or transfer) that can come in to push BJ. BJ will probably win in 2010 but after that who knows. This kid has great size but BJ seems to have a much stronger arm. At the end of the day it's going to be about accuracy and reading defenses, may the best man win.

Gunsby will not be here till the fall.

[Mama_Bull]

Some UL fan posted Greg's blurb about Chandler on their message board.

Evidently there is some new "developments" on him. Not sure what that's about.

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