The House of Blue

Out of the blue on me.

I will need to digest this.

I don't think I've ever heard of this guy. Can't find anything online.

Definitely strange, if true, given that Fant and Yancey are coming this weekend.

Jeff wrote an article about his a couple of weeks ago. He performed well at a camp and UK offered shortly after.

His video is solid, but looks like a player that we could have waited a little longer on.

http://kentucky.247sports.com/Article/Kentucky-Wildcats-first-SEC-offer-for-Alabama-WR-80426

Between my 1st and 2nd posts I apparently forgot what I read in the OP

SMDH

Well im sure we will be taking around 3 WR's in this class dont you think? And couldne Fant play DB? I hope they still commit to us. Ole miss has 7 WR's n we have 1 so still love the chance of a commit this wkend

I googled his name and came up with some posts about him from other camps, Auburn, Bama,. He was listed as a top performer in a couple of them, but it obviously didn't yield an offer from those schools. One of those I'll have to trust the coaches on. So far I have no complaints with their recruiting. After the banner '10 class, half of them didn't make it. I guess it's better to retain kids to play special teams and get a few marquee guys. Better than them not being here at all and creating problems with depth.

I watched his highlights. Looked worth an offer to me. At worst he looks like a nice possession receiver, at best a good playmaker with the ball. Some of the he pulled off in hs def can't do in SEC, but the kid had good straighline speed and got the ball at its highest point. I thought his film looked good.

Attention Staff: Confirmation?

He's listed now. Story on the way.

Thanks for the early update jehamm!!! Looks like we landed a pretty solid kid in Smith..nice size at 6'1 180...4.46 40..looks like he has nice acceleration and possession type hands. Makes catches in traffic..which is what UK needed so bad last year. Factor in AJ Legree, Sweat, R.Cunningham,Collins, Robinson..we have the makings of a deep and talented wr corp going forward~!! Nice job bro!! Voted 4 ya!!

I think they plan to take at least three WRs but I don't know about four. Still plenty of room.

We saw him and he performed drills for us, in person.He was offered a scholarship and the staff can't wait forever. I can't see turning his offer down on the hopes that all three of the others will commit. I can see holding off on a kid in hopes that someone else will commit but when betting on how many out of a group will commit, it is almost always a certainty that at least one won't. Plus,the season will start in a week which will put considerable time constraints on the staff's ability to recruit until it is over. If the staff holds off and then others start committing in the middle of the season, they could be in a real bind. We're not in April anymore. Fall practice starts in one week.

That's my two cents.

Just curious about this "At this point, I just wish they would take players that had other BCS offers." Why should our recruiters wait for other recruiters to think a player is good (i.e. with other BCS offers) before accepting a commit when our staff already likes what it sees?

Also curious, if they decide to wait, at what point should our staff decide they have waited long enough if the players they are waiting on haven't committed?
In this specific case, if theese three WRs hold out, how long should they wait for all three WRs to commit to UK before looking back to those who wished to commit previously?