Fitz Toussaint qualifies....

Submitted by tpilews on
According to Sam Webb on WTKA this morning, Fitz has qualified. I know everyone is interested in hearing about Turner and Gallon, but this is still good news for UM football.

Magnus

June 12th, 2009 at 10:50 AM ^

I think Turner and Gallon might have a more immediate impact, but I think Toussaint will be a very good running back in a couple years. This is good news.

Irish

June 12th, 2009 at 10:51 AM ^

Good for him, it sounds like he has been working really hard to get everything in order. Hopefully this is a preview of a strong future for him.

League54

June 12th, 2009 at 11:29 AM ^

Of all the 2009 recruits I was the most excited about Fitz. Dude was BURNIN' past people in his highlight video. Hope he has an extremely productive career at UM and beyond!

Big Boutros

June 12th, 2009 at 2:10 PM ^

Oh, my grandfather picked it up and towed it back to base after the Battle of Monte Cassino. It used to be a church spire. The reason it doesn't look bigger is because I'm 14 feet tall.

Don

June 12th, 2009 at 11:42 AM ^

I listened to Webb this morning too, and I thought he said he was going to verify the information about Toussaint over the weekend before he made a definitive statement. Maybe he was referring to JT and Gallon...

victors2000

June 12th, 2009 at 12:11 PM ^

I remember I was pretty excited when Fitz first commited, he was receiving buzz similar to what Gallon and Smith (Vincent) have been receiving. He looked very impressive in his videos, it was hard to tell if he was that good or the opponents were not. He's a pretty stocky guy so he might get a shot this year; he's like 5'10" 190ish. It's great that he made the cut :)

Welllughhh

June 12th, 2009 at 12:59 PM ^

Also stated in the recruiting roundup was that Devin Gardner was a better reciever than Ricardo Miller at the camp... Devin Gardner must be a monster of an athlete. I mean I knew he was athletic, but it was surprising to hear that he was doing better at WR then Ricardo. Sam said that no one could stop him. Not even Dior or Mylan.

victors2000

June 12th, 2009 at 1:07 PM ^

a quote from Brian's entry today, "Sometimes I watch a player and I see another level of speed. That is what I saw the first time I took a look at Toussaint. … He ran a 10.7-second 100-meter time as a freshman. Last year he ran a 10.59 100-meter and clocked a 21.79 200-meter time. That is an entirely different level of speed." Is 10.7 and 10.59 truly that different? 0.11 seconds, that's like START! STOP!. Or perhaps shorter, depending on how good you read, but I find it difficult to see this as impulse power versus warp factor One.

WolvinLA

June 12th, 2009 at 1:34 PM ^

When he said "This is an entirely different level of speed" he wasn't comparing Fitz's 10.59 to his 10.7. He was comparing Fitz's speed to other running backs. As in, "since FT ran a 10.7 as a freshman and now has run a 10.59, he is on an entirely different level of speed than other running backs." However, in the 100m, .11 is fairly significant. A lot of times that's the difference between first and last place.