Reading 247 - a thread from a T&L show - do you consider Jerrion Ealy a bust?...

[dawgstudent]

Reading 247 - a thread from a T&L show - do you consider Jerrion Ealy a bust?...

He had a solid college career but he was a 5-star that went undrafted. Discuss.

 

[Faustdog]

No way. I'm not sure how this is even a conversation. Guy averaged nearly 6ypc over his career and was really good on returns.

Ole Miss has more than its fair share of busts. He isn't it.

 

[GloryDawg]

He should have gone to a more pro set team. He could have gone anywhere. He also went into the draft too early.

 

[johnson86-1]

He had a solid college career but he was a 5-star that went undrafted. Discuss.

He averaged 926 yds from scrimmage per year and averaged 8 TDs a year. One of those years was as a true freshman and his second season was a ten game schedule against all SEC competition (and I guess a bowl game?).

There's no way that qualifies as a bust. I guess maybe that's not all you'd hope a 5 star would be, but that's a pretty solid career.

 

[onewoof]

College career was about what you would expect from a 3/4 star RB honestly. In my opinion, a 5 star is elite NFL caliber talent that can at times START in the NFL. He is not that. Not yet. We will see maybe one day.

 

[57stratdawg]

No. Ealy would get meaningful touches at every school in America. Hadad’s definition of a ‘bust’ is a tough to sell.

Quay Evans is a bust. Not Ealy and Channing Ward.

 

[curseddawgs]

He’s Chad Bumphis. Productive but didn’t live up to the hype completely

 

[Ralph Cramden]

Most people would expect a 5* running back to have a very good college career and parlay that into being drafted at least by the 4th or 5th round. Maybe he shoulda concentrated on baseball.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Didn't live up to billing, but had a better than average career. Didn't get drafted, so certainly made the wrong choice for college.

 

[Smoked Toag]

Most people would expect a 5* running back to have a very good college career and parlay that into being drafted at least by the 4th or 5th round. Maybe he shoulda concentrated on baseball.

Well, he's not really a true 5 star stud. He was a 4 star most of the process and got the Ole Miss bump late in the game:

https://247sports.com/Article/Ole-M...tar-Status-Per-247Sports-Composite-128018183/

And it's not like he's a Chris Jones and was unknown until the end. Ealy was been a known recruit well before his senior year, folks knew what he was, he got the benefit of politics pushing him up a spot or three.

So no, he's not a bust. At all. Expectations were maybe a tad too high.

 

[Seinfeld]

I loved that episode because it’s always fun going down memory lane with these recruiting battles. I don’t follow it nearly as closely as I used to, but I can easily remember being devastated when so many of those guys didn’t pick State, and it was crazy to look back and realize how many completely flamed out.

That said, I felt like the goal posts moved quite a bit throughout the discussion. Some guys were graded based on stars, some on college careers, some where they were drafted, and some based on NFL careers. For Ealy, I think it’s fine to say that he underperformed as compared to his 5 star rating out of HS, but I have a hard time with the bust label considering how productive he was for OM. I just think it’s possible to not live up to your 247 ranking without necessarily being a bust

 

[Deen.sixpack]

I d say John Emery Jr. has been a true "bust" so far. 700 total yards and 7 tds in two seasons as the number two ranked RB in the nation and number 13 player overall in the 2019 class. Trey Sanders' (number 1 RB in the 2019 class) stats at Alabama are actually worse than Emery and Ealy

 

[patdog]

Definitely not a bust. He was a good player.

 

[fishwater99]

For his 5 star rating yes, but he was over rated as a recruit.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Wow didn't get drafted? He defintely wasn't a bust. He'd tear it up had he stayed another year. OM had a good team this year and he was a big reason why. He shared the load too, otherwise he probably could have had +1,200 yards.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Overrate =/= bust

Overrated, yes. Bust, no.

 

[Seinfeld]

Emery was another guy along with Deion Smith that killed me when he flipped to LSU. I though both were going to be studs

 

[FISHDAWG]

College career was about what you would expect from a 3/4 star RB honestly. In my opinion, a 5 star is elite NFL caliber talent that can at times START in the NFL. He is not that. Not yet. We will see maybe one day.

as compared to our 5-Star Quay Evans who little playing time in college and was a definite bust

 

[Ralph Cramden]

Who does he play for now ??