Christian French

[karlhungis]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruit ... nch-106845

* SpeedBlue Chip
* SizeBlue Chip
* StrengthDivision I Player
* AgilityDivision I Player
* AthleticismBlue Chip

On the Hoof: French is a tall, long, angular athlete and has the look of a shooting guard or small forward in basketball. His body type most resembles a taller Justin McCay of Oklahoma.
Needs Improvement: Defensively, he needs to work on wrapping up ballcarriers rather than just striking them. He also needs to tackle lower by getting better leverage and knee bend at the point of contact. If French is to play on the defensive side of the ball he will need to add some size and muscle mass. He does not have the experience as a receiver to make an impact at that position early in his career.
Most Impressive: He can run sideline to sideline and catch ballcarriers from behind. His skill set makes him ideal for blitzing quarterbacks from the edge. As a receiver his height makes him a mismatch for almost any defensive back.
Conclusion: This athlete is ideal for covering kicks on special teams but will likely redshirt as he gains size and strength. At this time I still feel he is best suited on the defensive side of the ball.

Now is he going to be a DE or a TE?

[Phenom]

Hell to they yes! Offense or defense? He had 55 tackles, 7 sacks through 4 games of his senior year according to Scout.

Did I mention that he's 6'6" 230 and runs a legit 4.4 or 4.5? He ran a 10.7 100 in his first year of doing track.

[Destroyer77]

Yup I hastily posted another thread with the title ^^^^. French = Ducks!!!

[Duck07]

He's announcing his decision on Thursday.

Announcing between Notre Dame and Iowa.

Great Call!

[OreDucks01284]

Did he said why he pick the ducks? Lol great pick up!

[Hoagduck]

He was recruited here as a TE, but so was Dion Jordan.

[Duck07]

For everyone who's ever had their butt hurt from watching a recruit go to pick up an Oregon hat before settling elsewhere, he started to go for the Iowa hat before grabbing the Ducks.

[Hoagduck]

That's 8 Four-stars per Rivals' rankings now. This time last year we had 4. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mariota jump up sometime as well.

[duckfan96]

Does he have good hands? How bout a wr??

[cordy02c]

so since french is a te does that mean if colt comes colt plays d

[uostudent]

Reactions from Notre Dame fans:
"Not a great 40 year decision but it is a great 4 year decision. He would probably be sitting for a couple years at ND at WR or OLB... at Oregon he could potentially come in and play pretty early. They don't really have any stud TEs or WRs."
"Stings for sure, but I read ND was intrested in him as a LB.....We all see how much these verbals really means...Chip Kelly goes to Florida he is probably as good as gone. Look at Miami, down to 4."
"if anything we wouldve been a pet project for kelly "
"No knock on Christian for his choice. Oregon is in the NC so it can't be a bad choice at his point. We will see what happens with Chip and the domino effect from there."

A very classy and knowledgeable fan base. I think he would have actually gone to Iowa had they not collapsed at the end of the year. Iowa is a very good program with an outstanding coach that has a history of sending a lot of players to the pros.

[Duck07]

so since french is a te does that mean if colt comes colt plays d

at this point the staff probably doesn't even know where a few of these guys will end up since some of them still have some growing/maturing to do and positions change.

How bout these obnoxious ND fans:

"Well, Christian French didn't pick Oregon for the "education" -- the Ducks GSR was 54 -- meaning they graduate 54% of their players."

and

Does French's commitment come with a "french toast" icon in Chip Kelly's play calling boards?

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Butt hurt a little?

[Tray Dub]

Reactions from Notre Dame fans:
"Not a great 40 year decision but it is a great 4 year decision. He would probably be sitting for a couple years at ND at WR or OLB... at Oregon he could potentially come in and play pretty early. They don't really have any stud TEs or WRs."
"Stings for sure, but I read ND was intrested in him as a LB.....We all see how much these verbals really means...Chip Kelly goes to Florida he is probably as good as gone. Look at Miami, down to 4."
"if anything we wouldve been a pet project for kelly "
"No knock on Christian for his choice. Oregon is in the NC so it can't be a bad choice at his point. We will see what happens with Chip and the domino effect from there."

A very classy and knowledgeable fan base. I think he would have actually gone to Iowa had they not collapsed at the end of the year. Iowa is a very good program with an outstanding coach that has a history of sending a lot of players to the pros.

Yeah I posted the DJ Davis article on Davis' tribute to the kid who died falling from the tower at ND, and their fans were extremely appreciative and complimentary of DJ. I was very impressed with the ND fan base.

[uostudent]

Reactions from Notre Dame fans:
"Not a great 40 year decision but it is a great 4 year decision. He would probably be sitting for a couple years at ND at WR or OLB... at Oregon he could potentially come in and play pretty early. They don't really have any stud TEs or WRs."
"Stings for sure, but I read ND was intrested in him as a LB.....We all see how much these verbals really means...Chip Kelly goes to Florida he is probably as good as gone. Look at Miami, down to 4."
"if anything we wouldve been a pet project for kelly "
"No knock on Christian for his choice. Oregon is in the NC so it can't be a bad choice at his point. We will see what happens with Chip and the domino effect from there."

A very classy and knowledgeable fan base. I think he would have actually gone to Iowa had they not collapsed at the end of the year. Iowa is a very good program with an outstanding coach that has a history of sending a lot of players to the pros.

Yeah I posted the DJ Davis article on Davis' tribute to the kid who died falling from the tower at ND, and their fans were extremely appreciative and complimentary of DJ. I was very impressed with the ND fan base.

I was being sarcastic. Those comments reeked of "we didn't really want him", "not a big loss", "Chip Kelly's going to Florida so French won't be going there anyways". I live in Los Angeles and there are so many Notre Dame bandwagon fans who have absolutely no affiliation with the school. The USC/Notre Dame rivalry is comical because Notre Dame fans actually believe that they are on USC's level. One of the most delusional fan bases I've ever encountered - up there with UW.

[karlhungis]

I love how everyone is assuming that Chip is going to bail on the ducks before the championship game and take the Florida job. I guess it makes sense that Notre Dame fans would assume as much, since their current head coach pulled that very move on his old team.