Recruits

[Ned Clampett]

LOL at that one dude talking crap about Lafayette women

This right here!

I've done way too much time in Lubbock back in the old days.

[raginsaints]

I've always heard that if you're looking for herpes, Lubbock is where you want to be

[Boomer]

If stars mattered, they wouldn't change depending on the school he is signing/committed to. He is either a 4 star or he isn't. So why when a kid is being recruited by upper level sec he is a 4, then if he commits elsewhere he is all of a sudden a 3? Nothing changed about the kid...just where he wants to go to school.

-------------------Well as a true star gazer, I figured this out a long time ago-----It is call a flaw in the 'STAW" ---little ebonic help there!!!! lol

[Ned Clampett]

I've always heard that if you're looking for herpes, Lubbock is where you want to be

Saints, thats one of the best things about Lubbock.

[CajunT]

D-line despite the conflicting details on Scout.

My apologies if my comment came off the wrong way. Just wanted to make it known to those who were asking a few days back about any unknown targets that the staff was looking at. Kidd was one of the ones that they were really hoping to flip.

No big deal guys, this is public info. Here's how it works, most athletes get bio's or profiles build their junior or sophomore years on Rivals, Scout or 247. It's usually done by publishers or recruiting analysis that cover a specific program or conference. So if an athlete plays both sides of the football it usually comes down to what position he is being recruited at or works out at when visiting football camps. So Ken Edwards and LaDarrius Kidd are listed as offensive linemen because they have played there and worked out at those positions for SEC programs. Both will play on the defensive line at UL. CJ Bates was an all-state safety at Louisiville HS his senior year, so he wants to return to the defensive side of the football. That is the primary position he will get a look at this spring. Malik Williams would be listed as an athlete, but Scout.com does not have that category to assign, so his primary position is listed at WR. He will get s shot on both sides of the football at UL.

[CrazyCajun]

No big deal guys, this is public info. Here's how it works, most athletes get bio's or profiles build their junior or sophomore years on Rivals, Scout or 247. It's usually done by publishers or recruiting analysis that cover a specific program or conference. So if an athlete plays both sides of the football it usually comes down to what position he is being recruited at or works out at when visiting football camps. So Ken Edwards and LaDarrius Kidd are listed as offensive linemen because they have played there and worked out at those positions for SEC programs. Both will play on the defensive line at UL. CJ Bates was an all-state safety at Louisiville HS his senior year, so he wants to return to the defensive side of the football. That is the primary position he will get a look at this spring. Malik Williams would be listed as an athlete, but Scout.com does not have that category to assign, so his primary position is listed at WR. He will get s shot on both sides of the football at UL.

With Edwards and Kidd, will they play defense because they are better suited here for that? Is it because that's where they rather play? Did that play a role in committing here? I hear it a lot at the larger programs and I'm sure it happens everywhere but I don't understand why a coaching staff would try to force a kid to play a position or a side of the ball that he doesn't want to play.

[CajunT]

With Edwards and Kidd, will they play defense because they are better suited here for that? Is it because that's where they rather play? Did that play a role in committing here? I hear it a lot at the larger programs and I'm sure it happens everywhere but I don't understand why a coaching staff would try to force a kid to play a position or a side of the ball that he doesn't want to play.

With Edwards and Kidd, they will play there because its hard for lower level programs to sign big athletes that run that well. If you are LSU, Auburn or Alabama....you sign a dozen like them on both sides of the football. Good DL are a premium at any level, but especially at mid-majors. Kidd ran a 5.0 forty at 310 pounds in camp last summer.

[DaddyCajun]

CajunT, Malik Williams, I am told by J-Town, that All opposing coaches, would say after playing Jennings, that Williams can play anywhere in the country, and he was the best talent/athlete on the field night after night. What say you?

[CajunFan3406]

Here's what Texas Tech thinks about their "once" prized recruit getting stolen

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=188&f=1650&t=12654306

What an interesting thread. Some immense stupidity from 2 or 3 posters, and then the rest seem very level-headed.

Their better posters do think that Kidd has the ability to become a good player and they were disappointed in losing him. Looks like he was their only d-line commitment out of HS. Rest that they have committed were JC guys.

[CajunT]

CajunT, Malik Williams, I am told by J-Town, that All opposing coaches, would say after playing Jennings, that Williams can play anywhere in the country, and he was the best talent/athlete on the field night after night. What say you?

Mailik Williams could be the McGuire of the 2014 Class!

[CajunT]

Stars are there for a reason. They were good enough to get noticed to receive stars. Granted there are some that slip through and do not get stars. or don't get graded appropriately and get less stars than they deserve.

But we all know that if we had more stars to look at than what we have, everyone would be praising it. since we don't have as much stars as we would like, everyone is discrediting the stars.

With all that said, I trust the UL coaching staff. 3 ....9-4 seasons in a row is enough proof for me!!!

Kidd pulled an offer from Oklahoma the week after he committed to Texas Tech. So he now has 2 legitimate Big12 offers along with UL, UAB and Louisiana Tech. Big linemen that can move as well as he can are not 2 Star atheltes.

[DaddyCajun]

Kidd is listed as a 2 star on CajunRedZone, what was he listed when committed to Texas Tech?