The Book: 2003 Louisiana's Recruiting

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Originally posted by cajun37
I know everyone is excited that Bustle has gotten a lot of early verbal commitments. What concerns me is that most are from out of state. In my opinion to build a good program the large majority of the recruits should be from in state. Out of state players seem to leave the program faster than in state players. In state players seem to stay and develop in their Soph., Jr. And sr. Years. If you remember when Archer and Hallman were recruiting a lot of out of state players LSU went downhill. I am interested in hearing what you think about UL's recruiting.

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When you are reaching for respectability it's like the prophet who goes without honor in his own town but is respected else where.

Currently many local kids don't recognize the jewel that is in their own back yard.

Once they see kids from other states adopting UL as their own, the local kids will want to play for UL just like they did in the late 60's.

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Originally posted by ISUCajunfan
Looks like my Cajun's beat out my Cyclones for one. Congrats!

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Thanks. You win both ways. Were you aware tht the Cyclones were interested in Eddie McCray?

Relationships with coaches are built up over time. Coach Bartel already has relationships with the texas coaches. Baldwin ignored the local schools and never visited. Louisiana will be a focal point in the next few years.

Out of state recruits are exactly what UL needs right now.

I do not care where they come from as long as they can play :)

<BLOCKQUOTE><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>Advertisers-Dan McDonald

LAFAYETTE - Antoine Spann met Louisiana head football coach Rickey Bustle for the first time two weeks ago.

"He seemed like a cool dude," said Spann, a six-foot, 185-pound defensive back at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College. "He was honest with me, straight-forward. I liked that."

Spann liked it so much that he gave Bustle and the Ragin' Cajun program a verbal commitment Sunday, becoming the 11th player to commit to the Cajuns and the first junior college commitment.

Spann, a native of Oceanside, Calif., will graduate from the Perkinston, Miss., school in May. He came to the area to attend junior college since his parents are originally from Gulfport and his grandmother still lives there.

The Mississippi Gulf Coast staff and head coach Bill Lee were happy with that decision, since Spann twice earned all-region and all-state junior college honors. His teams went 3-6 his freshman year and 4-5 this past season.

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Prior to junior college, Spann played at Oceanside's El Camino High, where he played defensive back and broke the school record for receiving yards in a season as a senior.

Spann made an official visit to the UL Lafayette campus two weekends ago following the Cajuns' 3-9 season.

"I was impressed," he said. "I liked the campus a lot. I didn't think it was as big a town as it was until I got there. It reminded me a lot of home."

Spann was recruited by assistant coach Shawn Quinn, who made a home visit following his campus visit.

"They were the only people that came to my house, and seemed like they were sincere," said Spann, who was also being recruited by Sun Belt Conference schools Middle Tennessee and Arkansas State. "Some other people were trying to mess with me."

Spann's juco teams ran both 4-3 and 4-4 defenses with the cornerbacks playing mostly man coverage.

"That's my favorite thing to do," he said, "and they've already told me that they run a lot of man. I like that defensive plan. I've been manning up on some of the best receivers over here."
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I wasn't aware that the Clones were on him, however, every year the Clones seem to sign a couple players that no one's heard of, and a few times, they've turned out to be the best players we sign. Lord knows the Clones could use the help on the D-line, hopefully we can pull a different Texan d-lineman and I can win twice!

<blockquote><p align=justify>POPLARVILLE Five Pearl River Community College football standouts have committed to Division 1A programs for the 2003 season.

Wide receiver Donovan Morgan of New Orleans is headed for the University of Mississippi in Oxford, while <b>defensive lineman Darryl Blappert of Slidell and linebacker Joseph Scott of Hattiesburg High have committed to Louisiana</b>-Lafayette in Lafayette, La. Linebacker T.J. Jackson of Columbia High and defensive lineman James Atkins of Hattiesburg High have committed to Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La.

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Blappert (6-foot-7, 275 pounds) finished this past season with 59 total tackles sixth-best on the team including 16 solo stops and 43 assists. He also returned one of his two fumble recoveries for an 80-yard touchdown. He earned All-Region XXIII and All-State honors and was the recipient of his team's Defensive Lineman Award.

Scott (6-foot-3, 240 pounds) finished the season tied for third on the team in tackles with 65 (21 solos, 44 assists). He earned All-State honorable mention status this past season.

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Jackson (6-foot-1, 235 pounds) was the Wildcats leading tackler this past season
with 107 total stops (35 solos, 72 assists), including a 20-tackle effort in PRCC's 3-0 loss to Holmes in the MACJC playoffs. He earned All-State second team honors this past season.
Atkins (6-foot-2, 255 pounds) finished the season with 61 total stops (19 solos, 42
assists) fourth-best on the team. He also forced two fumbles and recovered another.
Blappert and Morgan will be members of the South Division squad in the MACJC
All-Star Classic at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville this Saturday.
Jackson was also selected for the game, but could not play due to a broken hand
suffered in PRCC's 3-0 first-round playoff loss to eventual state champion Holmes.
Other Wildcats slated for All-Star action include quarterback Daniel Forrest of
Houston, Tex., and defensive back Will Taylor of Water Valley.
PRCC head coach Tim Hatten said five others are expected to commit in the near
future, including Forrest, Taylor, wide receiver-kick returner Jaron Fountain of Haines
City, Fla.; wide receiver Ike Chekwa of New Orleans, defensive back Jason Santiago
of St. Stanislaus, and center Jeremy Burge of Forrest County AHS. -->

Here's a little info on Spann. It's kind of dated...but they do seem to think pretty highly of him.
P.S. This is my first attempt at posting a link, so it might not work.

http://www.iowastate.rivals.com/view...p?pr_key=13947

Spann was an all state selection as a senior at El Camino (Calif) High. Rivals gives him 3 stars.

I heard Jay Walker say that the Cajuns have a # 13..

Chris Clark 6' 6" 265 OL from McDONOGH 35 out of New Orleans..