Four star Jeoffrey Pagan

[vagusnerve]

From what I've gathered, Clemson and Tennessee are in the lead for his services. Also, he went down with a season ending ACL injury a few weeks back. Even so, he'll be a great grab for whoever lands his services.

What's with Oregon going after all these players with ACL injuries? I know that they are most likely going to be able to come back from such injuries but it seems odd that so many Oregon recruits are down with ACL injuries.

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I don't mind bringing in players with injuries since many high school kids have been through an injury or two during their days but it seems like this year we have a rather high number of them. The one that worries me the most is Bigelow since he has had 2 knee surguries, both on the same knee. I can't help but immediately think of Costa's knees.

Most likely its because the coaches think they have a leg-up on the other schools when recruiting these kids since they can sell our rehab facilities and give examples of athletes who have recovered fully and faster due to them. (Dixon, DJ Davis, Colvin, Costa, etc.)

Maybe true of Bigelow but Garrick doesn't have any other offers

[UOducksTK1]

fwiw, Garrick and Kamp are our only commits that have less than 3 stars. But obviously injuries have hurt their status. I'm OK with the coaches going after injured players for a couple reasons. We could end up with a steal. I remember reading around that Garrick was projected to be a top 250 player in the country, but then he got injured. Second, they could redshirt/greyshirt giving them more time in our system and not really taking up any scholarships this year.

[polyduck]

Would be amazing. We lose 75% of our starters up front, and with Heimuli possibly going on a mission, this would be a fantastic get.

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...from my sources, it looks like Heimuli will STAY thru the 2011 season....which would be perfect because we'll have Hamani Stevens back from his mission....it still would be nice to pick up this kid/Shelton or Moala for depth!

[Boom]

Maybe true of Bigelow but Garrick doesn't have any other offers

He was hearing from most of the schools on the west coast before his injury.

[goducks75]

fwiw, Garrick and Kamp are our only commits that have less than 3 stars. But obviously injuries have hurt their status. I'm OK with the coaches going after injured players for a couple reasons. We could end up with a steal. I remember reading around that Garrick was projected to be a top 250 player in the country, but then he got injured. Second, they could redshirt/greyshirt giving them more time in our system and not really taking up any scholarships this year.

That and we can sell them on the world class training facilities. If you're looking to recover from an injury then you can't get a much better chance at that possibility going elsewhere (if only Brennan Scarlett saw the light in that regard...). Dennis Dixon could also say a thing or two about those.

[goducks75]

Would be amazing. We lose 75% of our starters up front, and with Heimuli possibly going on a mission, this would be a fantastic get.

^
...from my sources, it looks like Heimuli will STAY thru the 2011 season....which would be perfect because we'll have Hamani Stevens back from his mission....it still would be nice to pick up this kid/Shelton or Moala for depth!

If that's the case then I'm even more excited about next year! We haven't had significant depth on the DL for a while...

[vagusnerve]

fwiw, Garrick and Kamp are our only commits that have less than 3 stars. But obviously injuries have hurt their status. I'm OK with the coaches going after injured players for a couple reasons. We could end up with a steal. I remember reading around that Garrick was projected to be a top 250 player in the country, but then he got injured. Second, they could redshirt/greyshirt giving them more time in our system and not really taking up any scholarships this year.

That and we can sell them on the world class training facilities. If you're looking to recover from an injury then you can't get a much better chance at that possibility going elsewhere (if only Brennan Scarlett saw the light in that regard...). Dennis Dixon could also say a thing or two about those.

Bro, Garrick had no other offers, and I don't know about Kamp but he didnt have many.

That's not to mean not a lot of offers from Pac 10 schools, like, no offers. So why would we have to "sell" anything?


Great news on Heimuli!!!

UOtkDucks, great point about these guys. I'm not trying to bash on the guy. I love sleepers, we've all seen tons of 2star dudes turn into 4star players! It seems like Garrick will grayshirt. Does anyone know if Kamp will grayshirt as well??

[goducks75]

fwiw, Garrick and Kamp are our only commits that have less than 3 stars. But obviously injuries have hurt their status. I'm OK with the coaches going after injured players for a couple reasons. We could end up with a steal. I remember reading around that Garrick was projected to be a top 250 player in the country, but then he got injured. Second, they could redshirt/greyshirt giving them more time in our system and not really taking up any scholarships this year.

That and we can sell them on the world class training facilities. If you're looking to recover from an injury then you can't get a much better chance at that possibility going elsewhere (if only Brennan Scarlett saw the light in that regard...). Dennis Dixon could also say a thing or two about those.

Bro, Garrick had no other offers, and I don't know about Kamp but he didnt have many.

That's not to mean not a lot of offers from Pac 10 schools, like, no offers. So why would we have to "sell" anything?


Great news on Heimuli!!!

UOtkDucks, great point about these guys. I'm not trying to bash on the guy. I love sleepers, we've all seen tons of 2star dudes turn into 4star players! It seems like Garrick will grayshirt. Does anyone know if Kamp will grayshirt as well??

I was referring to injured players in general (includes guys like brendon bigelow, brennan scarlett, etc.), but ok...

[vagusnerve]

fwiw, Garrick and Kamp are our only commits that have less than 3 stars. But obviously injuries have hurt their status. I'm OK with the coaches going after injured players for a couple reasons. We could end up with a steal. I remember reading around that Garrick was projected to be a top 250 player in the country, but then he got injured. Second, they could redshirt/greyshirt giving them more time in our system and not really taking up any scholarships this year.

That and we can sell them on the world class training facilities. If you're looking to recover from an injury then you can't get a much better chance at that possibility going elsewhere (if only Brennan Scarlett saw the light in that regard...). Dennis Dixon could also say a thing or two about those.

Bro, Garrick had no other offers, and I don't know about Kamp but he didnt have many.

That's not to mean not a lot of offers from Pac 10 schools, like, no offers. So why would we have to "sell" anything?


Great news on Heimuli!!!

UOtkDucks, great point about these guys. I'm not trying to bash on the guy. I love sleepers, we've all seen tons of 2star dudes turn into 4star players! It seems like Garrick will grayshirt. Does anyone know if Kamp will grayshirt as well??

I was referring to injured players in general (includes guys like brendon bigelow, brennan scarlett, etc.), but ok...

point taken... not trying to bag on you dude

[goducks75]

fwiw, Garrick and Kamp are our only commits that have less than 3 stars. But obviously injuries have hurt their status. I'm OK with the coaches going after injured players for a couple reasons. We could end up with a steal. I remember reading around that Garrick was projected to be a top 250 player in the country, but then he got injured. Second, they could redshirt/greyshirt giving them more time in our system and not really taking up any scholarships this year.

That and we can sell them on the world class training facilities. If you're looking to recover from an injury then you can't get a much better chance at that possibility going elsewhere (if only Brennan Scarlett saw the light in that regard...). Dennis Dixon could also say a thing or two about those.

Bro, Garrick had no other offers, and I don't know about Kamp but he didnt have many.

That's not to mean not a lot of offers from Pac 10 schools, like, no offers. So why would we have to "sell" anything?


Great news on Heimuli!!!

UOtkDucks, great point about these guys. I'm not trying to bash on the guy. I love sleepers, we've all seen tons of 2star dudes turn into 4star players! It seems like Garrick will grayshirt. Does anyone know if Kamp will grayshirt as well??

I was referring to injured players in general (includes guys like brendon bigelow, brennan scarlett, etc.), but ok...

point taken... not trying to bag on you dude

Haha no worries man. Dead week/finals week has been a killer for me so far and it won't change til Thursday at around 5:15. I tend to take things the wrong way/sound abrasive as a result. I'll be more sane after Thursday though, I promise!