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JUCO Highlights linked below. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16804050/6180a7cb478cc60a40ec3089

Love the potential of this pickup! I’m not sure what the deal was at Memphis, but Nelson was a stud in high school. Rivals had him rated as a 5.5 - 3 star when he probably should have been 5.7 (their 3 stars are from 5.5-5.7). He’s more in line with Cam Threatt. Nelson has long arms, flips his hips well, and is excellent at getting his hand in to break up the pass. He, unlike some of the CBs we have on the roster now, has the burst to cover ground quickly if he gets disconnected from his man. Nelson will come down hill and hit as he displays plenty of physicality. Not all of these transfers will pan out, but no one can rightfully argue about the physical talent and potential the staff continues to bring in.

Im sure he’s still a QB. There was never much chance of him playing this year outside of a rash of injuries. He’ll be behind the other QBs in picking up the offense and in experience. With so much of the QB position being mental, it’s not always easy to project who will pan out. My guess is he’ll redshirt and potentially be asked to move to WR is he doesn’t show progress by the end of the year. Assuming Wasel stays committed, we are likely to have a competitive QB group in 2023. At least that’s my hope, as I’m going off the assumption Irons and Undercuffler will make strides in 2022. We’ll probably add one more QB to the roster for 2022, but who knows if that’ll be by scholarship or walk-on.

It won’t be easy, that’s for sure. Tennessee’s offense moves faster than any we’ll see this year. They put a lot of stress on the middle of the field and can hang points up in a hurry.

I thought I watched the majority of them on one of the ESPNs last year, but couldn’t recall which ones. I hope they are all televised because I doubt I’ll be able to attend many - if any- of them.

If I’m reading the graphic correctly, we are guaranteed to have at least 7 of the 12 games televised. Not too bad. If by some stroke of luck we knock off MSU or Tennessee, I bet we get a few more games televised.

I assume so. He’s signed and officially a Zip, but they haven’t updated the roster since his signing.

I did include guys that could potentially play special teams in the position groups. But like @Zipmeister said, we have no way of knowing. The information we receive from the team is limited. I’m just going off of what I’ve seen on film and what I suspect will happen. We currently have one kicker and one punter listed on the roster, so we’ll have to see how things unfold as we get closer to the season. Thankfully, we have a great group of posters here that help collect information for us all to view.

I didn’t do a position group for special teams, but I suppose I should. Maybe as we get closer to the season. I honestly don’t know much about what we have besides Smigel drilling attempt after attempt in the spring game.

Bump for updates. Of note: A few former walk-ons are no longer listed on the official roster, nor is scholarship tight end Matthew Monaghan.

I like the potential Bowen possesses. He has a nice frame, moves well, and has some decent straight line speed. He strikes me as a guy who hasn’t fully grown into his body and will continue to develop. If that’s the case, he could turn out to be a steal. I’m guessing he’ll be slotted as an edge guy and either fill the OLB or DE role.

Spot on. Great assessment!

I hope Draft Guy Jimmy is right, but saying that about a guy who has yet to take an FBS snap and likely to be the backup in 2022 sounds more like wishful thinking or clickbait.

A few of the 2022 class must either be walk-ons or we are blueshirting guys. Blueshirting would make a lot of sense since those scholarships would count towards the 2023 class and the 25 scholarship limit no longer applies for 2023.

Interesting that the majority of his highlights on his Twitter feed are of him playing safety, but yet he’s listed as a cornerback. He’s definitely a better fit at safety. He plays the ball well in the air and will come down and hit. At cornerback, he loses a step when he flips his hips and doesn’t possess the burst to catch back up on a well thrown ball. All of his breakups at CB are on under thrown balls. He flashed the same traits on his high school film. I think we landed a solid player if we play him at safety. He’ll fit right in laying some hits with our young ILBs.

Commitment from Jaden Woods. Cornerback from Eastern Kentucky University.

I’m guessing we just landed Jeff Undercuffler as he tweeted out 🤐

https://www.on3.com/news/alabama-crimson-tide-football-texas-am-aggies-steve-spurrier-comments-on-nick-saban-jimbo-fisher-debacle/ I miss Spurrier coaching college football.

Northern Colorado is FCS. Morris played in 5 games last year. 20 receptions, 143 yards, 1 TD. He apparently was limited due to concussion issues.

He might be, but I doubt it. Illinois was well under the 85 scholarship limit and had no way of getting to that limit outside of blueshirting guys like crazy. They were one of the schools pushing hard for the 25 yearly scholarship rule being suspended.

Bret Bielema tries to even out his roster between the classes, so I’m sure Morris being a senior played a role in Illinois’ interest. He has the physical ability to help, but he’s missed so much football in the past few years due to injuries and COVID. He’ll have a chance to get on the field due to the lack of experience on Illinois’ roster at the receiver position, but I'm still skeptical about how much production Morris will be able to provide.

Not a commitment to us, but Akron related - Jonah Morris committed to Illinois as a grad transfer.

We just landed Senior DT Ravontae Holt from Wyoming. Wyoming’s coach talking about Ravontae last season linked below.

Oh boy, that’s not good. If he can’t make it to class on time in high school, he’s really going to struggle in college.

I’m familiar with TAMU as my brother-in-law attended TAMU, works in the oil industry, and still attends all their games. I’m not saying that as a trump, but just to let you know I’m familiar with their status. They’ve always had plenty of money. It seems this thread has turned into the meaning of “leveling the playing field” as in regards to Alabama. Alabama doesn’t always land the top rated recruiting class, but certainly gets more than their fair share. TAMU perennially lands high recruiting classes as well. There is only so much separation between the top classes and players, but Saban has routinely brought out the best in his. UGA, for once, had the more dominant team this past year and that had nothing to do with NIL. There will be years where Alabama is not the top dawg regardless of NIL. The teams we are discussing have always been the “haves” and will continue to be that way. NIL isn’t helping level the playing field with the “have nots” vs the “haves.” Alabama hasn’t even played the NIL game the same as others and they still landed the #2 recruiting class. To think others will routinely beat them out for major prospects due to NIL -once Alabama joins the party - doesn’t line up. We can differ in opinion, but until I see anything proven different, things won’t change at Alabama until Saban steps down. NIL or not.