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Ha ha, just beat me to it!

Go Ducks!

Seems like kind of a gamble to me, but hey, trust the coaches right?

Pretty good story, I like that injuries don't scare our coaches away from recruiting these kids.

His highlight tape didn't really impress me but I admittedly know nothing. I wonder if he had any other offers? Anyone know what his 40 time is?

Just read his story, so I assume his highlights were from his JR year.

not much info on him be sounds like a good kid

interesting that we've got both Garrick and Kyrie Wilson on board at LB... there's several top top top LBs interested in the Ducks. Not saying they aren't good just because of star ratings... but these guys must fit the niche that they are going for on OLBs: tall, fast, athletic.

someone mentioned we'll be taking six LBs a while back. I hope there's still a spot for that Wallace 5* kid from texas.

it's concerning about the ACL injury, especially given the fact he hasn't played since. but hey, what do i know?

karlhungis wrote:His highlight tape didn't really impress me but I admittedly know nothing. I wonder if he had any other offers? Anyone know what his 40 time is?

Just read his story, so I assume his highlights were from his JR year.

d'accord

Seems like a gamble that we don't need to take. But what do I know?

I would bet that he and bigelow (should he commit) will gray shirt to get healthy.

jimmy12 wrote:I would bet that he and bigelow (should he commit) will gray shirt to get healthy.

Maybe so. But why take on greyshirts when you have plenty of 4* LBs lining up who might be ready to play right away?

After next year the team will be desperately thin at LB, so we need guys that can play after a redshirt, at a minimum.

I checked the espn site and we are in it for Dawson, Gibson and Jefferson, all rated as 4* OLBs... plus there is the Wallace kid from Texas.

It does seem strange (said with the caveat that i have no idea what i'm talking about)

vagusnerve wrote:

jimmy12 wrote:I would bet that he and bigelow (should he commit) will gray shirt to get healthy.

Maybe so. But why take on greyshirts when you have plenty of 4* LBs lining up who might be ready to play right away?

After next year the team will be desperately thin at LB, so we need guys that can play after a redshirt, at a minimum.

I checked the espn site and we are in it for Dawson, Gibson and Jefferson, all rated as 4* OLBs... plus there is the Wallace kid from Texas.

It does seem strange (said with the caveat that i have no idea what i'm talking about)

I agree. I mean I don't know much about recruiting and the coaches do know a lot, but it seems to me that Oregon can afford to be more picky given their recent success. I would guess that several top players would dream about playing for the ducks, and we have already taken a gamble on a few recruits this class. That seems more like something Oregon State would do. I'm sure we will end up with a great class, but outside of a few players so far it doesn't seem all that impressive to me given where this program is.

This also means that the coaches really like this kid.

vagusnerve wrote:

jimmy12 wrote:I would bet that he and bigelow (should he commit) will gray shirt to get healthy.

Maybe so. But why take on greyshirts when you have plenty of 4* LBs lining up who might be ready to play right away?

After next year the team will be desperately thin at LB, so we need guys that can play after a redshirt, at a minimum.

I checked the espn site and we are in it for Dawson, Gibson and Jefferson, all rated as 4* OLBs... plus there is the Wallace kid from Texas.

It does seem strange (said with the caveat that i have no idea what i'm talking about)

"Colleges from all over the Pac-10 and west coast told me they saw enough from me and that they just needed three games of my senior season to know my knee was good and offers would come by," explained Garrick. "Then this summer I hurt my knee again and it was decided that I should just rehab my knee and not play my senior year. Oregon and Oregon State both stuck with me though."

Sounds like the kid would have been a 4* if it wasn't for his injuries.

I don't think many coaches are as confident in their trainers/rehab programs as our current staff is.

And btw, OSU is pretty good at evaluating these type of players..... So I'm glad we got him

according to espn, Garrick has had two ACL tears in the past year.

vagusnerve wrote:according to espn, Garrick has had two ACL tears in the past year.

Costa had 3 or 4 and he looks pretty good.. I noticed in the article that he had to come to Oregon and get looked at by our training staff.. They must think that they will be able to completely rebuild him.. Thus we will get or fist ROBO BACKER!!! Someone likes what they see in him. Maybe its just his attitude more than his abilities at this point. It seems what sets the ducks apart from other programs is that Kelly gets his guys to buy into his whole philosophy 100 percent.