Per ESPN Rodney Hardrick commits to Oregon

[karrob5250]

Rodney Hardrick, OLBColton, CA Dec 14, 2010Colton H.S. (CA)
Scouts Grade: 76Position Rank (OLB): 95Ducks add three-star outside linebacker Rodney HardrickFrom Colton, Calif., outside linebacker / receiver Rodney Hardrick has committed to sign with Oregon, ESPN's Greg Biggins reports.

Oregon State, Washington, New Mexic and Idaho also extended scholarship offers to the 6-foot-2, 205-pound prospect.

"The local schools really didn't recruit him that hard but I don't know if it would have mattered. He tore his ACL last season and missed a lot of time and I know some schools were a little hesitant to go on him early on in the year. He really liked Oregon though and we have a few former Colton players there already so he'll be in a great situation," coach B.J. Bray said.

Hardrick will join safety Derrick Malone and kicker Alejandro Maldonado, both former Colton players, at Oregon next fall.

[Phenom]

We love dudes who tear their ACLs.

I hadn't heard of this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEojXgoMrk

[Phenom]

We love dudes who tear their ACLs.

I hadn't heard of this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEojXgoMrk

USC was probably going to offer:

http://wearesc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149444

[buckmarkduck]

Wow that's a lot of LB in this class, have to wonder if 1-2 will be asked to put on some weight and play DE.

[jimmy12]

I am most certain there will be 1-2 gray shirts in there.

[bellsduck]

I am most certain there will be 1-2 gray shirts in there.

But then don't the greyshirts count against next year's class and will reduce the number we can sign off of winning a NC? Don't know about that strategy.

Plus, I know that the recruiting year isn't over for another 2 months, but I'm shocked that our Pac-10 champ from last year and #1 ranking from this year can only bring in guys that are "under the radar."

[Hoagduck]

Great measurables. Comes from a great HS program. The only knock on the guy is the acl injury. Plus "Rodney Hardrick" is a greaet LB name.

[Phenom]

I am most certain there will be 1-2 gray shirts in there.

But then don't the greyshirts count against next year's class and will reduce the number we can sign off of winning a NC? Don't know about that strategy.

Plus, I know that the recruiting year isn't over for another 2 months, but I'm shocked that our Pac-10 champ from last year and #1 ranking from this year can only bring in guys that are "under the radar."

You really think we're only getting guys that are "under the radar"?

[UOducksTK1]

Solid pickup. Is it just me, or is Oregon taking more injured players in this class than ever before? Had Bigelow committed to Oregon, that'd be four players who had season ending injuries this season, or last season.

[NCDucks09]

Oregon's recruiting to this point has put us in a position to win a National Championship. I'm done basing my expectations on recruits by their star rating.

To all the haters and complainers. LMJ was a 3-star, in case you didn't notice, he landed 3rd best player in the country this year. In fact most of our senior class is a bunch of 3-stars. To name a few...

2007 Class (Seniors): Casey Matthews, Eddie Pleasant, Jeffrey Maehl, Talmadge Jackson, and David Paulson.
2008 Class (rs Sophomores & Juniors): LMJ, Josh Kaddu, Kenjon Barner.

Lol, the list just goes on and on. This class already looks superb, Anthony Wallace, Christian French, Jared Ebert, Ekpre-Olomu, Sumler, Randall, Yruretagoyena... More to come, like Tra Carson, Devon Blackmon, and a couple I bet we don't even know about yet.

Go DUCKS!

[greenyellow]

Solid pickup. Is it just me, or is Oregon taking more injured players in this class than ever before? Had Bigelow committed to Oregon, that'd be four players who had season ending injuries this season, or last season.

Seems odd that's been a common denominator in several of the commitments but the coaches must be confident that they can bounce back from injury or they are serious grayshirt candidates so they can offer more recruits than usual.

[buckmarkduck]

ACL injuries aren't as big a deal now as they where just 10 years ago. Remember they use to have a huge scar now it's just a few little dots around the area. My sister tore her ACL and was back to training within 7months. WTIII tore all the ligaments and was back this summer with the Seahawks, and has played in every game this year with no ill effects. Knee surgeries and rehab just keep getting better and better.

[Duck07]

Ryan DePalo blew his knee out like WT3 did and made in back in time for fall camp with the ARP as just another athlete who has recovered quickly from knee injuries. German doctors already have nano-bots that can repair entire ligaments the only problem is getting the nano-bots to stop replicating once the ligament has been repaired.

For those truly interested in understanding more about where science/medicine/technology is leading us, read "The Singularity is Near" by Raymond Kurzweil. In our lifetimes we will see All-Pro qbs tear their knee on Sunday and be back playing the following week.

As for Rodney/under the radar recruits: the rankings usually are based primarily off of what a kid is like at 17, 18 years old in HS, not what they will be like at 20, 21 once they hit the active depth chart. Considering that in the past decade the number of guys who played/started as True Freshman for us consists mostly of Haloti, Cameron, Snoop, Harper, Huff I can certainly see why fans want those kind of players. I however have no problem with taking guys like Pat Chung who was practically a "Pre-teen" when he committed or Max Unger, TJ Ward etc. Heck, even AJ Hawk from Ohio State was a 3* LB coming out. It's less about where these guys are now as it is where they take themselves in 2-3 years when they are most likely to be contributors.

[Sooth]

We love dudes who tear their ACLs.

I hadn't heard of this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEojXgoMrk

reminds me of jerome boyd.

[greenyellow]

Ryan DePalo blew his knee out like WT3 did and made in back in time for fall camp with the ARP as just another athlete who has recovered quickly from knee injuries. German doctors already have nano-bots that can repair entire ligaments the only problem is getting the nano-bots to stop replicating once the ligament has been repaired.

For those truly interested in understanding more about where science/medicine/technology is leading us, read "The Singularity is Near" by Raymond Kurzweil. In our lifetimes we will see All-Pro qbs tear their knee on Sunday and be back playing the following week.

As for Rodney/under the radar recruits: the rankings usually are based primarily off of what a kid is like at 17, 18 years old in HS, not what they will be like at 20, 21 once they hit the active depth chart. Considering that in the past decade the number of guys who played/started as True Freshman for us consists mostly of Haloti, Cameron, Snoop, Harper, Huff I can certainly see why fans want those kind of players. I however have no problem with taking guys like Pat Chung who was practically a "Pre-teen" when he committed or Max Unger, TJ Ward etc. Heck, even AJ Hawk from Ohio State was a 3* LB coming out. It's less about where these guys are now as it is where they take themselves in 2-3 years when they are most likely to be contributors.

It's not like Oregon needs many of these players to contribute as FR anyways. Chip only played 5 true freshmen this year, so there are lots of redshirt freshmen ready to help while this year's class gets acclimated to college.