The Book: 2003 Louisiana's Recruiting

[WebWatchDog]

uNfReAkIng BELIEVABLE coach Bustle is AWESOME !!!!

[snote]

Eddie McCray... tell us all what you know about him..

then again also looking for things like.. of all the guys rickey brought in this year.. in the first semester...the average gpa is 2.2 and the average hours passed amongst them was 13 hours.. and yes.. the sunbelt first team "scout team" player led the way.. in the classroom also..

[ISUCajunfan]

Anybody know of any visitors this weekend? Seems like Bustle has it rolling as far as recruiting is concerned? Any idea of who's coming in this weekend? On a side note, does anyone know who his top Juco prospects are? I see Joseph Scott committed does anyone have any info about him?

[Turbine]

Originally posted by snote
.. of all the guys rickey brought in this year.. in the first semester...the average gpa is 2.5 and the average hours passed amongst them was 13 hours.. and yes.. the sunbelt first team "scout team" player led the way.. in the classroom also..

Jerry Babb's mom is an educator I am not surprised, that he led the way in the classroom.

I overheard a conversation between coach Bustle and Ross Brupbacher the elder. With recruits grades are the first thing he looks at.

This would be the initial crop you are speaking of:
Jerry Babb, QB
Rashon Brown, LB
Brandon Cox, OL
Mack Fair, LB
Johnny Felders, DB
Terryl Fenton, DB
Josh Harrison, WR
Chester Johnson, RB
Anthony Hills, DE
Jarvis Murchisson, DB
Michael Peterson, LB
Eric Rekieta, QB (JC Transfer)
Ross Rix, RB
Tyler Wheeler, WR

[snote]

Eddie McCray...
DE 6' 3" 224 lbs
Baytown, Tx..
Robert E Lee (Ganders) High School

[Turbine]

Yahoo Eddie McCray is UL's latest committment.

6-3,225 DE

Robert E. Lee's head coach Dick Olin’s loves the passing attack but in the article linked above he singled out Eddie McCray for his fine play at defensive end.

[NewsCopy]

Advertisers-Dan McDonald / Staff Writer

LAFAYETTE - Eddie McCray made only one trip to the Louisiana campus this year, but that was enough to convince him to become part of the Ragin' Cajun football program.

The product of Baytown, Texas, and Lee High School gave the Cajun squad a verbal commitment to sign with UL Lafayette this week, becoming the Cajuns' ninth commitment of the recruiting period.

McCray, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound defensive end, visited the campus on Nov. 2 when UL hosted Idaho for Homecoming and took a rain-marred last-second 31-28 win.

"I really liked it," McCray said of that trip. "I took a tour of the area, and it seemed like the people were really nice. I talked to some of the players, and it felt like an environment that I'd be comfortable in."

The rest of the story

[ISUCajunfan]

Looks like my Cajun's beat out my Cyclones for one. Congrats!

[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.

[TuffGuy84]

If I had to say a reason, with La Tech, LSU, and Tulane all in the state, it makes recruiting battles in a state with a population like ours that much tougher, when we can recruit players away from the likes of SMU and Houston. UL may not have had a great program over the years, but you cant really say in all honesty that SMU and Houston have had better histories then ours. Besides, recruiting out of other states proves you arent just focusing on the small area of your state. thats my take on it.

Tuffguy