Alabama offers Jayru Campbell
Jayru is a 2015 Cass Tech QB prospect.
Per Andrew Bone and DGdestroys.
Two and a half years until he will sign his letter of intent, anyone have thoughts on him? I know we will eventually offer. Can he play other positions? The kids got great hair.
Michigan lock.
He didn't look great, but he was only a freshman...
That's how recruiting goes these days. When teams are offering younger and younger kids, it's not because those kids are better players at a younger age. It's just because they see potential and want to get ahead of the game.
I think part of the problem is you basing your view of him based on a single game against a very good team. Really not a big deal, but people can get sensitive over local recruits.
Maybe your grades are different in the USA but in Canada most grade 9's (freshmen) are 15 years old most definitely have started puberty. I don't disagree iwth anything else you say in your post, but that was a bit out there.
Calling a 15(?)-year-old kid "sort of terrible" is not a way to make friends and influence people.
Probably didn't look spectacular because it was the first game of the season and he was a freshman playing a really good team.
And not to mention that he didn't start the game, he subbed in when the starter tore his ACL. So in all likelihood he didn't take many first-team reps all week either.
Oh, and that game was before Labor Day, so he hadn't actually set foot in high school as a freshman yet.
He seemed to look pretty decent when they throttled DCC in the state championship game though...
even imagine being 14-15 years old and starting at quarterback against the best high school team in the state This kid is a stud and he's only gonna get better
I don't know whether he can play other positions or not, but it looks like he can play quarterback, so I'm not sure that matters very much. He's got a pretty good arm and doesn't panic in the pocket. He seems to have a pretty good head on his shoulders for being only 15 years old.
Those look like our top 2 options at QB for 2015 at this ridiculously early time.
I've only seen O'Connor in a camp setting, so it's tough to say. O'Connor looks like he's got the physical tools, but that's all I can really say about him.
One of the best things about Campbell, I think, is his ability to keep his eyes downfield when the pocket breaks down. A lot of young quarterbacks will just take off and run when they get pressure. Plus, if Campbell continues to develop physically, I think he's going to have a cannon for an arm.
You haven't said a single word about his hair, which is spectacular.
There's a neat new invention called a "video camera." Google it.
The way you word it is mislead. Like you were actually there or something, like a real analyst would be. You are just another dude on the internet. Your opinion worth the same as most others on this board.
Thank you very much for sharing your opinion.
Does Michigan try to target 2015 Canadian QB Michael O'Connor who is a better fit for our offense at the same time? O'Connor has already picked up 4-5 offers this week and supposedly camping at Michigan next week. Just seems way to early to offer a QB especially when most schools only take one QB a year...
I don't know why you think O'Connor fits Michigan's offense better. Campbell isn't exactly a Denard-like quarterback.
I know why.
I'm impressed.
Please enlighten me.
As I said below: O'Connor's film is better today--he has the stronger and quicker release along with more polished footwork, thus making him a better fit today for Borges' offense. Stress on the word today. Will that be the case 3 years from now, I don't know, but O'Connor's tape today looks like a upperclassman HS QB. Campbell's tape is extremely impressive for a freshman as well, but I don't think it's at the level of O'Connor's. I don't know who will develop better over the next 3 years. Both will probably end up as BCS level QBs, and the point I was making is that it would be hard to try decide today who would project better in 2015.
By the way, reports from Scout today had O'Connor as the most impressive underclassman (2014 & 2015) player in Michigan's camp today.
O'Connor has the stronger and more accurate arm and looks to be a better fit for Borges at this time. Campbell is more of a project in my opinion. If you were deciding today based on the film, I think O'Connor definitely looks more suited to a pro style offense. Obviously both are young, but if you had to take one today, I think it would be O'Connor.
Based on this film, I think I could probably go to Canada and throw 51 touchdowns.
O'Connor's tools for a freshman who has been playing the game for such a short time are pretty amazing. True, O'Connor is playing a lower level of competition, but he also doesn't play with the level of skill position that Campbell gets at Cass (arguably the best in the state and possibly Midwest). The only point I was making is that it just seems awfully early to offer a QB considering how few teams carry on the roster and significance they play in a team's success.
Unlike Bama, I'm not sure Hoke will be as ruthless as Saban in roster management. I hope Campbell considers the high transfer rate for QBs at Alabama (Star Jackson & Phillip Sims) in the last 4 years.
A project?
He's a rising Sophomore. I think it's too early to say he's a "project." He has plenty of time to improve by playing for CT and going to camps before signing day. We'll see how much of a project he is then.
If you are offering today, you have to be ready for a commitment, especially in you are the home state school. I just think at this time O'Connor is more of a sure thing. There is a lot more "ifs" when watching Campbell's film.
so I feel the "ifs" don't matter as much. If he doesn't develop the way he's expected to he becomes another Cass Tech recruit continuing the pipeline and providing depth. But I'm not really entertaining your skepticism anyway. It seems you're just looking for flaws in a freshman.
Again, I was only making the point that it is really dangerous to offer (commitable, whatever that means today) a 2015 QB a scholarship this early, and Michigan may be forced to make a difficult decision if we are pushed to start pursuing a 2015 QB this summer. Because you can rarely take more than one QB a class (and sometimes the elite QBs don't even want to follow one), it is much more dangerous to miss on QB recruiting.
If you are going to offer a 2015 QB today, I would rather take the more polished one in my opinion. I am not saying Campbell will not be a great QB. I am just saying he has more developing to do at this time.
Shane Morris should be a redshirt junior for the 2016 season. We'll take 3-5 QBs before that season starts, none of whom will have a chance of uprooting Morris. If Campbell gets his offer tomorrow and commits, he'd still be in competition with 2 other guys at minimum. If he doesn't pan out, oh well. If he does, Saban loses. That's a win-win imo.
I realize the recruiting/cfb climate we're in now, but doesn't it seem absurd that these kids are getting offered and so heavily scouted at such a young age? I'm not that old (at least I don't think so, maybe I'm wrong) so it's not a "get off my lawn type" thing, but I think it's strange. I know I wasn't capable of handling that type of scrutiny at 14/15 years old.
I think what you're going to see is more early commitments...and more decommitments. It is pretty ridiculous that a ninth grade football player is already being offered a scholarship (and that David Sills kid was offered as a seventh grader), but recruiting is constantly evolving and there's nothing binding about a scholarship offer (or commitment) before August 1 of a kid's senior year.
Ridiculous is the word Magnus, for sure, at least in my eyes. The 7th grader is even more ridiculous. At some point, are childhoods going to even exist for these kids?
I want M to get the best players that we can get and to win the head to head battles vs. the big schools that we compete against. But cfb recruiting is heading down a weird path, and I don't think it's stopping anytime soon. I know it doesn't seem like that big a problem today, but will the NCAA step in?
For USC, the Stills commitment is purely on potential. If he lives up to the early billing...they have it made. If he doesn't, then you pull his schollie. Shady, but that hasn't stopped Kiffen before
While what you say is true, look at how much the sport has evolved in the last 10 to 15 years. Between camps and 7 on 7s, players have more opportunities to showcase their skills. Recruiting sites and blogs make millions evaluating and rating players. Everyone can have a highlight tape on youtube and with the power of the internet, the exposure of all of these things is much larger than it was a decade ago.
As for committing early, I know that if I was a highly-sought recruit that had an offer from Michigan, I would have committed as soon as I could.
Excuse my ignorance here, but what makes an offer bidning on August 1st? Can'ta kid still decommit and look elsewhere until he signs his LOI?
Well, nothing's "binding" on August 1. I guess that was a poor choice of words. Sometimes kids are "verbally" offered before August 1 (or what used to be September 1), but then the official written offer never comes. That's all I really meant.
Even swap. Saban can have Jayru in '15 if Hoke gets Scarbrough in '14
Or you know we could get both and say "Screw you Saban"
Well, they did beat us for Dee Hart...
Didn't beat Hoke