Carlyle Garrick

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http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog?nam ... id=5715868
Carlyle Garrick (Castro Valley, Calif./Castro Valley) took an official visit to Oregon during the week and committed to the Ducks on Friday afternoon.

Garrick is an interesting prospect who had his second ACL surgery earlier this year and will likely miss his entire senior season. At 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, he's a big athlete who played safety and will likely play linebacker for the Ducks.

"I got up here on Wednesday and just loved the place," Garrick said. "I had a chance to see the team prepare for the game and toured the campus. Then on Thursday, I saw more of the facilities and of course the game with UCLA.

"They have an incredible team, very explosive and the crowd support was amazing. Coach [Nick] Aliotti is the one recruiting me and I like him a lot. He showed a lot of faith in me to recruit me and then offer, even though I had the surgery and that really means a lot."

Prior to his knee injury, Garrick was hearing from just about every school out West but along with the Ducks, Air Force was the only other school that had offered.

[karlhungis]

Well, hopefully this turns out like TJ Ward did.

[vagusnerve]

Well, hopefully this turns out like TJ Ward did.

tj ward was actually a walk on if you can believe it

[karlhungis]

Well, hopefully this turns out like TJ Ward did.

tj ward was actually a walk on if you can believe it

I thought that TJ was a highly rated junior that was injured his senior year. I didn't think he had to walk on. It isn't the first time that I've been wrong though.

[vagusnerve]

pretty sure he walked on. he had a couple teamates with offers so he came with them from the Bay i think

[brich75]

I'm pretty sure he was a 3 or 4 star till he blew out his knee and didn't play as a senior. Thus forcing him to walk on at Oregon and bust a few heads before receiving a scholarship...

[greenyellow]

I'm pretty sure he was a 3 or 4 star till he blew out his knee and didn't play as a senior. Thus forcing him to walk on at Oregon and bust a few heads before receiving a scholarship...

You are correct. If there is any training and conditioning staff that can get Garrick ready to play, it will be Oregon's.

[AugustDuck]

I'm pretty sure he was a 3 or 4 star till he blew out his knee and didn't play as a senior. Thus forcing him to walk on at Oregon and bust a few heads before receiving a scholarship...

You are correct. If there is any training and conditioning staff that can get Garrick ready to play, it will be Oregon's.

I hope they aren't using cadaver tissue.

[bellsduck]

Obviously I don't know about this guy since I've never seen him. But I've also never heard of him until 2 days ago. Seems like he would've been a backup offer if some of the higher rated guys hadn't come our way.

[vagusnerve]

yeah, that is probably true. he was just offered yesterday, and accepted it right away.

so maybe the coaches felt like they were losing a couple of higher rated targets?

we also need a couple ILB types so hopefully we can get some good ones.

i bet that at least one of the OLB "project" guys turns out to be a player, either Garrick or Wilson.

at least that's the coaches track record the last four years.... we had some big misses with unrated players in 04 , 05, 06 but since then it's been stud factory nation

[duck55]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAS3BfTW5M
Not bad as a receiver and has the size.

[Boom]

yeah, that is probably true. he was just offered yesterday, and accepted it right away.

so maybe the coaches felt like they were losing a couple of higher rated targets?

we also need a couple ILB types so hopefully we can get some good ones.

i bet that at least one of the OLB "project" guys turns out to be a player, either Garrick or Wilson.

at least that's the coaches track record the last four years.... we had some big misses with unrated players in 04 , 05, 06 but since then it's been stud factory nation

Oregon has been recruiting him since his junior year....... I really doubt that he was a "fallback guy".

Most kids don't get official offers until they visit us.

[UOducksTK1]

Works for me, I'm sure this kid would be a high 3 star or a low 4 star if he had never got hurt. There were some solid schools interested in him before he got injured. His highlights looked solid, and he's got pretty good size.

Him, Kamp, Wilson and maybe Prater all seem to be more under the radar and project guys. It doesn't bother me having a few guys like this each class. Hopefully we start seeing some big time guys like Anthony Wallace start committing.

[UOducksTK1]

Btw jhop said we'd likely take 5-7 LBs this class. So we still have plenty of room for Gibson and Wallace.

[justducky0]

pretty sure he walked on. he had a couple teamates with offers so he came with them from the Bay i think

birch75 is right, he was a highly rated prospect then had a knee injury so oregon allowed him to walk on.