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A kid from Bama with a Bama offer. Cristobal and co are killing it.

https://247sports.com/Player/Trikweze-Bridges-46039710/

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From Rivals article:


https://oregon.rivals.com/news/trikweze ... t-analysis


Rivals Southeast analyst Chad Simmons

“Bridges is a long defensive back with the frame to fill out and some good muscle in the years to come. He is a defensive back who can cover a lot of ground in coverage due to size. He plays smart and with good awareness on the back-end of the defense. He takes good angles to the ball, he is always looking to turn the ball over and he is instinctive.

“He has a little burst that surprises some due to his length, but he is more athletic than some may give him credit for. He still needs to add weight, improve his strength and he can work on his overall speed, but he is a defensive back with length, good ball skills and intelligence, so he checks a lot of boxes. He is a true winner as well, so that is another trait to like if you are an Oregon fan.”

Jake’s Take

Even though Bridges is highly ranked as a four-star Rivals250 member, he is a bit of a sleeper recruit nonetheless. Not in the traditional sense of sleeper, just that he might be quite a bit better than his rating. Lanett is a small school, and as a result it is hard to know how good he would look against top competition.

But he is dominant at the Alabama 2A level, and with some refinement of his technique and a national level weight program, he has the natural athleticism, instincts and tools to be an excellent defender. There is a reason he was picking between an elite final group of offers: LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State and Alabama.

A pleasant surprise, but anytime you can get a 6'3" 4-star DB out of the South you take it and don't ask how it happened.

I looked through 247's rankings of our commits and compared it against the composite and it seems like 247 hates our commits. Rivals has Bridges as #221, ESPN has him #292 and 247 has him as a middling 3-star at #697.

Kinda of a pleasant surprise. I was wondering if he was going to commit since he's been posting and retweeting a lot of Oregon stuff on Twitter.

This is a great surprise!

A head to head win against at least 5 of the schools ahead of the Ducks in average class ranking. The rainmakers on staff are living up to their past performances. Funny how that works.

GrandpaDuck wrote:A head to head win against at least 5 of the schools ahead of the Ducks in average class ranking. The rainmakers on staff are living up to their past performances. Funny how that works.

Absolutely. Getting a kid to pick the Ducks over that list of schools shows how not only how hard the coaches are working at recruiting, but that it's producing results.

Wow this is big time in so many ways. Nice job by MC and staff!

He seems a little raw. Also sounds like he played at a smaller school and league.

Thing is, he had offers from power house schools, so you know that his upside is off the charts. Fun pick up, could be a guy who ends up being a stud.