'17 TN OT Obinna Eze (Memphis commit)

[BaldBiker]

Good luck to the young man.

 

[Glitch]

Offers from Bama, UF, LSU, UT...

And picks Memphis.. :blink:

Saban, McElwain, Les, and Butch have all fallen off in recruiting. Especially Butch since this was an instate player. Those schools will be lucky to finish with classes in the 35-40 range. They might never sniff a national championship amongst the four of them again.

 

[Pacer92]

Saban, McElwain, Les, and Butch have all fallen off in recruiting. Especially Butch since this was an instate player. Those schools will be lucky to finish with classes in the 35-40 range. They might never sniff a national championship amongst the four of them again.

Ha. Just taking a stab, because it does raise eyebrows, but maybe when it came down to it the coach at Memphis seemed a little more concerned about Obinna the person, than the meat market SEC coaches? Playing time could of factored too? Who knows...

Good luck to him!

 

[wtorange]

No doubt a very strange choice whether you look at it from a football or academic standpoint, but we all knew this was coming.

He wants to play early and he wouldn't see the field until year 3 with the major offers. Remember this guy has yet to take a varsity snap in HS.

 

[VolGee4]

Norvell has shown to be a great recruiter so far. Their class is much better than its normal rankings.

That said, as others have stated, Eze was going to need a couple of years of development.

 

[bignewt]

I think we can flip him tbh. He doesn't really care about winning though. "I don't want to just be another messed up football player" He has a unique perspective.

Flip him? Nope, lets just leave him be he seems happy.

 

[Crazy Ivan]

what is your background in football to evaluate players?

He reads a lot of CrunchyLeb posts.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

When Trey commits none of us will remember Eze

 

[VAVolsFan2009]

He had some very good offers, but I wonder how many were actually committable.

 

[BigorangeBoy]

Those offers were commitable, but as mentioned he is very raw but has a great upside. Remember he was originally a basketball player when he came from Nigeria.

 

[Catbone]

Make Memphis Mississippi

 

[Nashvegas31]

Better Memphis than an Sec school. It's not as crazy of an pick if you think of current direction of that program. Fuentes got it rolling. Norvell is a great offensive coach. Uniforms are pretty slick. Rumors of joining big 12 and facility upgrades. Starter day 1 probably instead of waiting until Jr. year.

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

His choice was about more than playing football.

 

[RikidyBones]

His choice was about more than playing football.

It was about not taking the ACT.

 

[tonybologna]

Freak, mods lets get this thread title changed since Eze has made a hard commit to Memphis. Thanks!

 

[butchna]

Freak, mods lets get this thread title changed since Eze has made a hard commit to Memphis. Thanks!

 

[tonybologna]

No, I ask politely to get it done. Others don't know what the word polite means. Are you one of those butchna?

 

[butchna]

Didn't see the word "please". POLITE recruiting experts utilize that word. :wink2:

 

[tonybologna]

Didn't see the word "please". POLITE recruiting experts utilize that word. :wink2:

But, you see the word "Thanks" which a common word I use on here & every other forum that I'm on. Thanks! :wink:

 

[Eastsidevol]

Wished we could have landed Eze but he is a raw prospect who has yet to play a down of varsity football.

I can't remember the last time we lost a recruit to Memphis.

If Butch had not landed Ty today then this would have looked really bad.

 

[jabroni]

As long as we get Tre Smith then I'm not worried about Eze committing to Memphis.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Better Memphis than an Sec school. It's not as crazy of an pick if you think of current direction of that program. Fuentes got it rolling. Norvell is a great offensive coach. Uniforms are pretty slick. Rumors of joining big 12 and facility upgrades. Starter day 1 probably instead of waiting until Jr. year.

Step back coming this yr

 

[butchna]

But, you see the word "Thanks" which a common word I use on here & every other forum that I'm on. Thanks! :wink:

Thanks...for following orders.

 

[OrangeMound]

Good decision by Eze. He will start Day 1 at Memphis High. We are gonna land Trey so no hard feelings here

 

[chaseasl]

He will not start day 1, he will have to redshirt, didn't matter where he went.