Hello: DJ Turner
Per his twitter account.
3 star from Georgia but I doubt that lasts by the time he signs.
Offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma and Penn State.
The Opening invitee.
I'll take any guy from the South with those offers.
YES! What is that seven commits in six days?
DJ's offers definitely do not much his stars (looking at you Bluey).
I'm no recruiting expert, but I suspect his ranking will go up after the summer.
Go Blue!
Bluey said why he was down on Turner the other day despite his offers and his reasoning made sense. I didnt fact check him either. If what he said he true it would be weird that he would receive an opening invite.
It's almost like Bluey/Maizen/SLM is full of shit.
Terrible prospect. His pad level is too low. What does Harbaugh know about recruiting kids anyway? This is the poo hat Spartys like Bluey throw on this board that the mods do not properly address.
As much as I dislike Blowy/Msuizen/Shawna, I see no need to pollute a recruit's "Hello" thread by any mention of him as long as he refrains from posting his negativity on the thread. Myself, I'd prefer not to be constantly reminded of his existence every time I read a thread, especially a "Hello".
Are the recruiting services lagging behind on the 2019 class so far? What's up with this inordinate amount of 3 stars Michigan has been recruiting that have offers that should vault them into the 4-star category.
DJ is going to get his 4th star once he attends The Opening. Really like his film. Projects like a natural FS - great angles, fast closer in space, covers like a CB and likes to hit. He and Hinton are good friends. More like-minded players are going to commit soon. Last weekend must have been dynamite. Go Blue !!!
Yup, understands angles, physical in closing, and closes fast on the ball. Plays a lot of safety in high school (not completely atypical at that level to get a guy toward the middle of the field to get him more involved). Has to work on his man coverage technique and gets a bit stronger in his upper half. His footwork and hands get him behind in some routes in man coverage, and he's a smaller CB, but he has good closing speed to help make up for it.
Seems like a player a lot of those other teams will push for if they miss on some of the more polished prospects with perhaps a little more natural size. Things to work on, but overall good clay to mold.
February al ong ways away for guys from Georgia and Cali. The battle has just begun in their recruitment. Let’s hope they sign in early signing period.
Every listing I've seen has him at 5'11"/170. Is that "small" these days for a 16 year old CB?
It's "smaller", especially if you presume that's more of a "high school roster" size.
Most programs are wanting 6'0"+ and around 180-195 lbs coming in (for true size). Turner is an 1"-2" short and probably 10-20 lbs short (and mass doesn't always come as easy for these guys as lineman, as they really have to focus on maintaining athleticism and flexibility on smaller frames).
So he isn't a mini-CB, but he's on the smaller end when it comes to the higher level prospects. There are a few higher level prospects around his size, but they typically have other elite traits in terms of athleticism or technique.
None of this is saying he doesn't have sufficient size to be a very good player, he just will need to be able to make up for it in other ways.
Awesome! Coaches have been chasing Turner hard for like a year.
It’s raining recruits. Booya.
110% COMMITTED〽️〽️??? pic.twitter.com/w0VyU5mGCV
— DJ Turner II (@djturner_2019) June 25, 2018
Welcome and Go Blue!
Welcome DJ, way to GoBlue!
Hey DJ, play that song...keep me cheering..(cheering)... all night long!
Love it, keep them coming. Go Blue!!!!!
Not surprising, but still a welcome addition.
3 plays into his film I had seen everything I needed to. Stud!
This dude would be a 5 star and best player in the state if he played in Michigan.
Interesting in that the staff seemed to love him but unlike most Don brown guys he has actually dropped in the rankings since the offer and not risen. Based off his numbers seems more suited to safety play than a straight corner back.
Also there are "offers" and offers and it doesn't seem like Clemson and Georgia were really pushing at the time. Anyways should be interesting to see the movement of some of these players over the summer. How big is this class supposed to be? Filling up pretty quickly at this point.
I don't know if I read it wrong, but sounds like Turner was a 4 star until he was moved to safety, which isn't his natural position, and that's why he dropped in rankings?
....and here some folks were, fretting over recruiting and why this but not that or what-have-you.
They are still here, of course, but hopefully they are at least absorbing some of this good news, which has been coming in generous amounts over the last several days.
Awesome. DJ has upside as a safety with good angles, ranges well, and high points the ball. Plays big time ball in GA so he’ll adapt quickly. Just needs some weight/strength, which is a win-win as we don’t wamt a true frosh at safety.
Congrats to DJ. Go Blue.
Whatever is in the water in Ann Arbor, don't change it.
Awesome! Keep it rolling.
I don’t even care that Devontae Dobbs commited to MSU just now, we are cleaning up today.