LSU CB enters portal, had 4 ints as a freshman

Submitted by Ezekiels Creatures on November 23rd, 2021 at 3:45 AM

 

https://twitter.com/samspiegs/status/1462794680777773058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1462794680777773058%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flsutigerswire.usatoday.com%2F2021%2F11%2F22%2Feli-ricks-lsu-football-transfer-portal%2F

 

He was the #2 DB in the 2020 class, and the #14 overall.

 

https://twitter.com/PineNutPesto/status/1463054903085920259

 

And he had one heck of an offer sheet. Michigan did offer him.

Click to see full list:

 

https://twitter.com/PineNutPesto/status/1463063428772204547

 

 

https://247sports.com/player/eli-ricks-46042180/

 

He lead LSU in interceptions as a freshman, four with two going for pick 6's. It looks like the reason for leaving is the condition the team is in:

 

https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2021/11/22/eli-ricks-lsu-football-transfer-portal/

 

LSU freshman highlights. VERY athletic and smart!

 

 

 

Lots of teams will want him. Would being coached by Steve Clinkscale be attractive to him? His mother has said:

 

“He came here (LSU) because it’s DBU, and he wanted to learn,” she said. “Not to just go to the NFL. but be prepared and stay in the NFL.”

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10018840-lsu-cb-eli-ricks-reportedly-entering-name-in-transfer-portal-former-5-star-recruit

 

Steve Clinkscale has gotten DBs into the NFL who have turned into good players. Maybe this player will check out Michigan.

 

 

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matty blue

November 23rd, 2021 at 5:22 AM ^

yet another drawback to the transfer portal - now we need a post for every portal entrant with a 3.5-star, along with a “maybe he’ll check us out.”

bonus - if it’s perceived that we don’t chase him, or we miss him for literally any reason, it’s yet another recruiting failure!

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M-GO-Beek

November 23rd, 2021 at 8:34 AM ^

I agree, until we actually show we are willing to take no-graduate transfers, there is no reason to get excited about the portal.  Particularly for a kid coming from LSU.  It is pretty obvious from his mom's quote, he didn't go to LSU to play "school".  Whether you agree with UM's stand on that or not, it is what it is until it changes. Getting some false hope is not going to help.

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KC Wolve

November 23rd, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^

I mean, there is prob zero chance he comes to UM but transfers like this are who UM should be going after really hard. A) he is a 5 star so that is obvious B)he was only in school one year so even if he did care about school (he probably doesn't) it isn't that big of a deal that his very few classes completed won't transfer to UM. 

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Maze-Blue4Life

November 23rd, 2021 at 10:01 AM ^

You are absolutely correct this is the kind of kid Michigan needs to be going after.  It’s really hard to convince a kid to lose a year or more of credits that really wants to graduate on–time or graduate period. Why come to Michigan when they could go to school (B) play at the same level and still graduate on–time, or at least not have to work as hard to graduate.

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Champeen

November 23rd, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^

God i hope PSU blows MSU the fuck out.  I hope it is another 50 - 7 type game.  Tucker is the luckiest SOB on the planet.  I believe he has been outgained by 100+ yards in at least 5 games. And this is with a transfer lotto ticket at RB.  MSU fans were simply unbearable after our loss to them. It was the first time in my life i rooted for OSU to blow them out.  And i am soooo fucking sick of the 'Tuck Comin' shit and its not even a full year.

Plus, the guy goes out of his way to look like he is entering a boxing ring every second of his life.

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njvictor

November 23rd, 2021 at 11:35 AM ^

Tucker owes Kenneth Walker a good chunk of his new contract because without randomly finding him in the portal, he would've been blown out by Michigan and lost multiple other games this season. I also don't buy the "Mel Tucker found Kenneth Walker, has a great eye for talent, and saw that Walker would fit their program" BS. MSU needed any and all bodies they could get and they got randomly lucky on the Wake Forest back up RB being a Heisman contender

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UMForLife

November 23rd, 2021 at 8:52 AM ^

Yep. We are no better than NEB for that matter. We just have bad coaches who don't know how to recruit. Education? Psssstt... We are just another B1G school. We also allow impermissible benefits per another poster who has solid proof. It is just Michigan is an easy place to recruit and it has to be long line of coaches who don't know how to recruit or coach. /S

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Mgoczar

November 23rd, 2021 at 9:00 AM ^

I'm more surprised you know this much about OSU recruiting from the portal. Its OSU, where Justin Fields didn't even visit the campus, Cardale Jones didn't school, and coaches sell the NFL factory. This kid will fit right in. 

Big difference between OSU and Michigan. Yes, I'll flaunt the academic superiority, cuz well, Michigan is better. 

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Frank Chuck

November 25th, 2021 at 8:53 PM ^

What's wrong with being a NFL factory?

You use that as if it's an insult. It's not. An elite football program tries to be a NFL factory/pipeline.

Newsflash: Our last National Championship team was a semi-pro team. Don't think so? Look up the percentage of starters that were drafted and played in the NFL.

Our 1999 team which was a National Championship caliber team was also a semi-pro team.

Maybe Michigan should try to be a semi-pro team every year. And to do that requires continual elite recruiting with no excuses.

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Similarly, I remember all the know-it-all apologists on this board who tried to excuse Beilein's mixed recruiting with all kinds of excuses (though some legitimate). (Tangent: I do concede that Beilein excelled at finding unheralded and underrated players who developed over multiple seasons.)

Coach Juwan Howard came in and immediately showed why those excuses were inadequate. Michigan can rise above and find a way ESPECIALLY in the NIL era.

There's no reason why Michigan can't recruit at Ohio State's level.

Do people actually think we wouldn't have taken Stroud, Olave, Henderson, or many of the players in Ohio State's 2 deep?

Another Newsflash: We offered all 3. We were early to Henderson but late to Stroud & Olave. All 3 chose OSU over us.

MGoCzar, get fucking real and stop making excuses. I've seen you whine and bitch a lot about OSU being a NFL factory.

Michigan has had plenty of super talented players but we haven't maximized them.

This week (after the Maryland game) I saw a stat that pissed me off.

It said something like this:

"100+ yard receiving games by a Michigan player named Donovan"

Donovan Edwards: 1
Donovan Peoples-Jones: 0

So we had a 5 star talent at WR but we never got him to 100 yards. And yes, the person who shared that tweet triple-checked DPJ's game log.

Newsflash #3: No Michigan WR under Harbaugh has had 1,000 receiving yards in a season.

HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT HAPPEN AT MICHIGAN? That has nothing to do with OSU and everything to do with Michigan's philosophy/approach to football.

We have the resources to be like Alabama/Ohio State but we choose to be Wisconsin. Why?

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Mgoblue0405

November 23rd, 2021 at 9:01 AM ^

Everyone making fun of Mel Tucker on this thread lol. Guys a genius, why would you not hit the transfer portal? It took them to a NY6 bowl game after being a dumpster fire in one year. If Michigan misses out on Domani the staff needs to put all of their eggs in this basket and try and get him to come to Michigan. In order to cover 3-4 future pros this weekend you need guys like this. Harbaugh Will need to hit the portal hard this year to replace Ojabo/Hutch/Dax, or else defense could take a huge step back. It’s what gets OU and helps bama make the playoff every single year. If I was coaching I’d do exactly what Tucker did last year 

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Blue In NC

November 23rd, 2021 at 9:40 AM ^

It's funny because Harbaugh often faces such a double standard.  The one time Michigan gets a five-star transfer (Shea), all I heard was "Michigan cannot develop their own QBs" or "if I was a QB I would not commit to Michigan because they will recruit over you."  Which was such BS because every other school takes transfers at a much higher rate and nothing has shown that taking transfers impacts your recruiting class.  I did not here much of that narrative when Tucker took a bunch at MSU.  That was just good coaching.

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