According to Swan Lake, this is a huge pick up if true. RB from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, LA. Fielded offers from USC, Oklahoma, etc.
Montrell Conner commits
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According to Swan Lake, this is a huge pick up if true. RB from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, LA. Fielded offers from USC, Oklahoma, etc.
It's official... its been widely known but not firmly stated for a little while now.. huge pickup if it sticks.
*edit* its on the junction with a complete story now.
*edit* its on the junction with a complete story now.
Guess it wont be long before Ole Miss has the private investigators out on poor ole Sly. We just arent supposed to do so well in recruiting so you know they are hard at work. Khayat has a lot of work to do again.
They'll have to go a different route this time. Croom is a paragon of virtue in the eyes of the NCAA and we have an AD with some balls to tell Ole Miss to <17> off.
And he'll be a damn good one. This guy may be the best player yet in this class. This from BDJ, from a rivals LSU site:
<div id="post_message_14785"> MONTRELL CONNER (uncommitted)
RUNNING BACK (6-2, 215)
Ouachita Parish High School
Conner has probably stirred up more debate among LSU fans than any other in-state prospect in the Class of 2009. For one thing, his ranking varies widely. Conner is ranked as a four-star and the No. 31 RB in the nation by Scout. Rivals pegs Conner as the No. 19 Athlete in the country, as well as the No. 11 player in preseason Louisiana rankings. However, TigerBait.com (a Rivals site) recently ranked Conner as the No. 30 player in the State of Louisiana.
LSU, which has not offered, is rumored to be interested (or has been interested) in Conner as a linebacker, but the big back from Monroe is evidently intent on playing RB in college. Conner's offer sheet varies, depending on which recruiting service you look at - if you combine the two together, he reportedly has offers from USC, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, and others. However, the talk coming out of Monroe seems to indicate that Miss. St. is the team to beat for Conner's services.
On film, Conner reminds you of a young, raw, Adrian Peterson. He does the bulk of his running out of one-back and I-sets and he reaches full speed in a hurry. He's listed as having 4.4 speed, although he's never been timed at a camp or combine (that has been made public).
While the bruising runner runs too upright, he's able to get away with it in high school because he is simply too big and strong (335 bench, 475 squat) for much of the opposition. When Conner breaks into the clear, he is able to brush off many defenders with relative ease - especially on attempted tackles above the waist.
Shows a nice spin move and does run lower at times, especially in goal-line sets. Is brutally effective with his stiff-arm. Is a good student with a 3.0 gpa. Rushed for approximately 1,300 yards and 22 TDs as a junior. It should be noted that Ouachita completely changed its offensive scheme after Conner broke into the starting lineup as a sophomore. Prior to his arrival, the Lions were a true spread team.
Hands have to be considered a question mark at this point, as OPHS simply doesn't throw him the football (at least on film). While Conner breaks many tackles, he is impatient at times - and often outruns his blockers. Doesn't appear to be quite as fast as the listed 4.4 speed.
OPHS is a 5A school that reached the first round of the playoffs last year as a No. 31 seed (lost 42-7 to St. Thomas More). Key games this year include home tilts in Weeks Four and Six versus district foes West Monroe and Ruston.
BOTTOM LINE: Conner is a raw tailback-type with enormous talent. He'll continue to develop and should be a star workhorse back in college. </div>
<div id="post_message_14785"> MONTRELL CONNER (uncommitted)
RUNNING BACK (6-2, 215)
Ouachita Parish High School
Conner has probably stirred up more debate among LSU fans than any other in-state prospect in the Class of 2009. For one thing, his ranking varies widely. Conner is ranked as a four-star and the No. 31 RB in the nation by Scout. Rivals pegs Conner as the No. 19 Athlete in the country, as well as the No. 11 player in preseason Louisiana rankings. However, TigerBait.com (a Rivals site) recently ranked Conner as the No. 30 player in the State of Louisiana.
LSU, which has not offered, is rumored to be interested (or has been interested) in Conner as a linebacker, but the big back from Monroe is evidently intent on playing RB in college. Conner's offer sheet varies, depending on which recruiting service you look at - if you combine the two together, he reportedly has offers from USC, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, and others. However, the talk coming out of Monroe seems to indicate that Miss. St. is the team to beat for Conner's services.
On film, Conner reminds you of a young, raw, Adrian Peterson. He does the bulk of his running out of one-back and I-sets and he reaches full speed in a hurry. He's listed as having 4.4 speed, although he's never been timed at a camp or combine (that has been made public).
While the bruising runner runs too upright, he's able to get away with it in high school because he is simply too big and strong (335 bench, 475 squat) for much of the opposition. When Conner breaks into the clear, he is able to brush off many defenders with relative ease - especially on attempted tackles above the waist.
Shows a nice spin move and does run lower at times, especially in goal-line sets. Is brutally effective with his stiff-arm. Is a good student with a 3.0 gpa. Rushed for approximately 1,300 yards and 22 TDs as a junior. It should be noted that Ouachita completely changed its offensive scheme after Conner broke into the starting lineup as a sophomore. Prior to his arrival, the Lions were a true spread team.
Hands have to be considered a question mark at this point, as OPHS simply doesn't throw him the football (at least on film). While Conner breaks many tackles, he is impatient at times - and often outruns his blockers. Doesn't appear to be quite as fast as the listed 4.4 speed.
OPHS is a 5A school that reached the first round of the playoffs last year as a No. 31 seed (lost 42-7 to St. Thomas More). Key games this year include home tilts in Weeks Four and Six versus district foes West Monroe and Ruston.
BOTTOM LINE: Conner is a raw tailback-type with enormous talent. He'll continue to develop and should be a star workhorse back in college. </div>
I just hope we can sign most of these guys...now if bumphis and thames commit it would probably be the best looking class we've ever seen.
even if Croom and Co. were cheating, which I certainly don't believe they are, there is no way the NCAA is even going to look at the only black head football coach in the SEC and one of the very few in all of D-1A. One of the great things about Croom hopefully being successful long term is that the NCAA is not going to touch him with a ten foot pole and everybody knows it. Now I do believe that Croom will do the things the right way because of his personal character, or at least as close to the right way as things can be done in modern big-time college football.
patdog said:
</p>I agree. What makes this class so good is the depth top to bottom. Usually when we sign 3-4 high profile guys in a class, there are several signees who are very questionable ability-wise. In this class, Hollingsworth is the only one that seems like a questionable recruit. This is how you build good, solid depth at every position. You never see Tennessee, Florida, LSU, etc. signing 8 or 9 players with a 2-star ranking that had offers from Troy and Louisiana-Monroe to complement their 4-stars and 5-stars.
and upset the applecart in the conference and if it was known that we were cheating, you can bet your *** the ncaa would take us down. The color green trumps any other colors.
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Oh I know our SEC brethren will do all in their power to keep us down, Croom or no Croom, but this time they will not get an ear from the NCAA. With all the lawsuits the NCAA has paid out lately added to the fact of how politically correct they are hell bent on being, there is no way they would even want to risk the sight of the Jacksons and Sharptons of the world coming down on them because they were targeting Croom.</p>
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