2008 Recruiting Wars

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UL's football team added two Baton Rouge natives to its 2008 recruiting class. As reported Wednesday afternoon at theadvertiser.com, Ronald Clark, an offensive lineman from Desire Street Academy, and Emeka Onyenekwu, a defensive end from McKinley High, have both committed to sign with the Ragin' Cajuns. The earliest they can sign a binding letter of intent is Feb. 6. Neither Clark nor Onyenekwu - both unrated recruits by Rivals.com - could be reached for comment Wednesday. Clark, who is 6-foot-4, 270-pounds, played on both sides of the ball as a senior and helped lead Desire Street Academy to the Class 1A state semifinals this season. He visited UL's campus two weeks ago. The rest of the story Joshua Parrott jparrott@theadvertiser.com

[J-Town Cajun]

Falgout does have very good hands I was comparing Kelley to Chery.

[shof]

Even at his height and only 220, OLB or even SS (if fast enough) might be an option.

[CharlieK]

The DE sounds awful light...will he be a linebacker?

[IHateLaState]

_ The DE sounds awful light...will he be a linebacker? _

Agreed... Hard to get excited over these two... Hopefully the 2 starts keep their commits

[ulforlife]

1A State Finals? heh ok : p

[CrazyCajun]

LB maybe but safety thats a big transition

[Clutch0364]

_ Sounds a lot like the commit a few years ago from Hall Davis from Hahnville. Tall and thin. Hall has played sparingly and still probably needs to put on some weight. I want to see some of these other guys in the 6'3" 240-250 range at DE. Maybe he just has an unbelievable motor. _

Demarcus Ware when he first signed with Troy was he was a tall lanky guy and now he is a pro-bowl outside LB (he played DE at Troy). Can't just look at size, plenty of other measurable to look at.

[DestinCajun]

Demarcus Ware when he first signed with Troy was he was a tall lanky guy and now he is a pro-bowl outside LB (he played DE at Troy). Can't just look at size, plenty of other measurable to look at. _

I'm thinking the next Eugene Kwarteng, all SBC DE at UL his senior year.

[HoustonCajun]

_ Sounds a lot like the commit a few years ago from Hall Davis from Hahnville. Tall and thin. Hall has played sparingly and still probably needs to put on some weight. I want to see some of these other guys in the 6'3" 240-250 range at DE. Maybe he just has an unbelievable motor. _

There was also an OL player who committed. The DE is 6'4" and 215 lb. who was only recruited by 1AA schools. The OL was not recruited by anyone, at least no one was mentioned. These players are NOT rated.

I posted this under another thread, but it applies here. Why are we recruiting these kind of players? Is it because we need to get to 23-24 recruits and only had 17 with a week to go. Are we getting desparate for signees? Or, do these guys have an upside that only UL as the only 1A school to recruit them could recognize?