Another "Pat Signal" today at 2:13 p.m.
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Elliott wasn't really small though, he was 6-0 225 lbs at the combine, and most say he played at around 230 in college. Meyer called him one of the most physical players he ever coached. He just absolutely crushed people blocking and was regarded as the best blocking back in the country last year by a wide margin by Pro football focus.
SIbley looks like a great pickup, he's clearly way underrated on rivals and should be a 4 star IMO like 247 has him rated. First class kid all the way on top of his tremendous talent. Congrats on the great pickup.
Agreed, Sibley is shorter, listed at 5'10. He is also not the track-star Elliott was. His running style reminds me of Elliott, he runs low and powerful with great quickness and physicality. Not trying to blow up expectations but he looks like a good back on film.
Watching him on film, his speed seems to fade a bit on long runs, but his burst within the first 30 yards is very impressive. He has none of the impressive looking, quick hip pops that you see with a guy like Shady, but he reads the line and hits the hole quickly, and bursts quickly left and right when needed. His left/right movements are not ankle breaking, but he just shifts and burst so quickly that he seems to just quickly get into a clear spot. No wasted motion.
He also has a very low center of gravity and seems hard to take down. I know its just HS competition, so I don't expect the same long TD runs at the college level that you see on his HS tape, but just watching his running style, I think it will play well in college. A lot of guys with seemingly great moves in HS fail in college because the speed at that level overtakes their ability to juke.
He also has a very low center of gravity and seems hard to take down. I know its just HS competition, so I don't expect the same long TD runs at the college level that you see on his HS tape, but just watching his running style, I think it will play well in college. A lot of guys with seemingly great moves in HS fail in college because the speed at that level overtakes their ability to juke.
That is the same time as Wade. Sibley is a tad taller and about 20 lbs bigger.
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Pretty much every RB who started or co/started for Pitt the past 20 years has played in the NFL...and of course that's not including TD, Curtis Martin, and Ironhead. It's remarkable actually.
Exciting times to see kids decommit from other big named schools and pick PITT. I'm hoping Judson is next as a previous OSU commit. Within in the last year I can think of kids flipping from PSU, OSU, MICH, USC. Can't recall the last time this has happened and the best part is, it may become the norm under Narduzzi.
Same observations I have. He doesn't have shady or graham moves, but he has that sneaky quick lateral shuffle Dion had. At the same time, he runs though all but the most secure tackles.
one thing about this kid. he was a OSU verbal. he backed away from them but tons of their fans were wishing him good luck.
JC and ford gave him a shout out.
JC and ford gave him a shout out.
Recruiting Rankings Update:
Way early but some interesting trends, Miami, Clemson, and FSU in Top Ten. Northwestern, Maryland, Rutgers are up, as MSU is a tad back. Texas still lagging usually ahead by now, but early, as Baylor is suffering, and WVU needs a big pick up even Temple is ahead of them.
Pitt is in the middle of the ACC and behind Miami, UNC, Duke, and VT in Coastal right now. Notre Dame during just fine near the Top Ten.
Penn State is trailing OSU, Michigan, Maryland, and Rutgers in the Big Ten East but all in the Top 30. Chryst doing pretty good at Wisky and Ferentz too, the big surprise is the rise of NW.
WVU has much work to do, even Kansas and Iowa State are ahead of them? Big-12 not working out as expected and Holgrosen is on the Hot Seat!
ACC:
7 MIAMI
8 CLEMSON
10 FSU
11 ND
19 UNC
32 DUKE
34 VT
41 PITT
42 NCS
44 BC
54 ULOU
54 UVA
61 WF
65 GT
75 CUSE
BIG TEN
2 OSU
5 MICHIGAN
13 NORTHWESTERN
14 MARYLAND
23 RUTGERS
24 WISCONSIN
27 IOWA
30 PENN STATE
35 MSU
51 ILLINOIS
68 UMINN
71 INDIANA
81 PURDUE
BIG-12:
3 OU
17 OKSU
26 TEXAS TECH
31 TEXAS
37 TCU
38 IOWA STATE
53 KANSAS
61 WVU
75 KSU
80 BAYLOR
OTHERS OF NOTE
58 TEMPLE (RUHLE)
67 ASU (GRAHAM)
71 MARSHALL (HOLIDAY)
Way early but some interesting trends, Miami, Clemson, and FSU in Top Ten. Northwestern, Maryland, Rutgers are up, as MSU is a tad back. Texas still lagging usually ahead by now, but early, as Baylor is suffering, and WVU needs a big pick up even Temple is ahead of them.
Pitt is in the middle of the ACC and behind Miami, UNC, Duke, and VT in Coastal right now. Notre Dame during just fine near the Top Ten.
Penn State is trailing OSU, Michigan, Maryland, and Rutgers in the Big Ten East but all in the Top 30. Chryst doing pretty good at Wisky and Ferentz too, the big surprise is the rise of NW.
WVU has much work to do, even Kansas and Iowa State are ahead of them? Big-12 not working out as expected and Holgrosen is on the Hot Seat!
ACC:
7 MIAMI
8 CLEMSON
10 FSU
11 ND
19 UNC
32 DUKE
34 VT
41 PITT
42 NCS
44 BC
54 ULOU
54 UVA
61 WF
65 GT
75 CUSE
BIG TEN
2 OSU
5 MICHIGAN
13 NORTHWESTERN
14 MARYLAND
23 RUTGERS
24 WISCONSIN
27 IOWA
30 PENN STATE
35 MSU
51 ILLINOIS
68 UMINN
71 INDIANA
81 PURDUE
BIG-12:
3 OU
17 OKSU
26 TEXAS TECH
31 TEXAS
37 TCU
38 IOWA STATE
53 KANSAS
61 WVU
75 KSU
80 BAYLOR
OTHERS OF NOTE
58 TEMPLE (RUHLE)
67 ASU (GRAHAM)
71 MARSHALL (HOLIDAY)
He backed away because they wanted to greyshirt him. He didn't want any part of it so he started looking around.
yes, i'm well aware of the reason. just surprised at the number of their fans who was wishing him good luck. it was nice to see.
You beat me to it Jeff....His style reminds me of a bigger Dion Lewis....which I'll take
Gotcha - but I guess that's easy to do when you have an embarrassment of riches. Which I guess is why he was asked to GS.
I'll say this, the OSU fans were nothing but class when this hit Twitter. They congratulated him and praised him for being classy. Not sure if there are bigger fish in the pond but it was notable enough to catch my attention.
It's way too early for any of this to mean much. Excessive influence of quantity vs quality at this point as well as low rating of good players who are under rated because they didn't start/shine as HS juniors. Recruiting rankings are all in way too much flux until about mid-late December when there will be less of an influence from numbers (school commit lists won't vary as much in size) and more on quality of recruit classes (including re-adjusted player ratings based on HS senior season performances ).
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