The Other Brian

August 9th, 2009 at 8:56 PM ^

One thing to keep in mind about Fortt and his recruitment. Silas Redd (PSU running back commit) has been working him, he's been to Happy Valley numerous times...but he's a luxury to them. I know that sounds insane, since he's the #26 player in the country...but that's how loaded they are at linebacker. If he drags it out, they may cool on him, because they don't need him. Here's to hoping the official visit he plans on taking to Michigan materalizes, and RR and company are able to plant a bug in his head.

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lhglrkwg

August 9th, 2009 at 9:37 PM ^

though, isn't he one of those players who you would want to take no matter what? i find it hard to believe, without researching, that PSU has a 2 deep of linebackers at least equally as good as fortt lined up edit: upon further research on rivals, i found that since 2006 they have gotten 11 4* linebackers (none lower rated than that). though i didn't bother to check where they were all rated. they also got this goofy looking fellow: http://bwi.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=39400 so maybe they really don't neeeeed him, but i'm sure they'd still press for him. right?

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Real Tackles Wear 77

August 9th, 2009 at 9:25 PM ^

For a little context, I played HS football in the same conference as Khairi Fortt (FCIAC). Not that this is saying much, but this is generally considered the top league in the state of CT, and there is a small handful of FCIAC players currently on D1 rosters, including a couple B10 players. Stamford High has not been a particularly strong program in several decades, but Fortt has been making news since he was a freshman and having seen him play live, I have little doubt he could be an impact player early on. A potential concern is the low level of competition he has faced, as New England football is not well-respected nationally, but his camp performances have put much of that to rest. Hopefully his visit goes well.

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SanDiegoWolverine

August 10th, 2009 at 12:41 AM ^

It's amazing how few D1 level players from the Upper Midwest and the Northeast are highly ranked and how many from the South and California are highly ranked. I have to imagine that the players from these regions are better than their rankings would suggest. It also makes me think that Fortt must be a hell of a player to be from Conn and ranked as high as he is.

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Koyote

August 10th, 2009 at 9:12 AM ^

As they say just get the kid on campus and you never know what might happen. Good job by the coaching staff to at least get him interested enough to give us a visit.

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me

August 10th, 2009 at 2:29 PM ^

but it's not as critical as some other positions (CB, for example). Right now there is Ezeh, Mouton, Demens, JB Fitzgerald for certain at ILB. Each one of the returns next year as well. Additionally. B. Smith is being moved either to ILB or SLB. Then factor in the potential for Mike Jones or Ike Bell moving inside, and there is depth. While it would be nice to get a top notch ILB in this class, I don't think it's critical.

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