Quaide Weimerskirch 1st team all state florida RB Commits to Cajuns

[ulXrunner]

Great! so if commit holds, seems like a great player to take up Zo Harris' spot. Continue to give us that contrast in style at RB with McGuire. Love the GPA as well.

[Just1More]

I like the young man's running style. He does remind me a little of ____erson. Shoulders squared and an upright stride. I see all of the solid attributes. He's got good size and speed, vision, instinct to step/slide toward open space but keep it north/south, drives his legs through traffic and gets low and square through impact. The name is excellent. Sounds like a Key and Peele East/West College Bowl name. I sported that same hair in high school going into UL. That's retro hair.

[CajunJack55]

Looks like he had offers from Army, South Florida, FAU, UAB and interest from Georgia Tech and Minnesota. Hope he stays true to his commitment. Looks like he can be a great player and would be a fan favorite.

[cajunhawk]

He's not ranked on major recruiting sites.

http://247sports.com/Player/Quaide-Weimerskirch-45006

Edit: On the frontpage they have him graded as a 3 star...

[Zeebart21]

The kid is a 6A All State football player in Florida. Screw 247 and their 3 ranking

Z

[Clutch0364]

His lack of stars on recruiting sites does not bother me. He put up great numbers against top competition and his film looks great, and that's all in concerned about.

[Bunch24]

His lack of stars goes back to the Toby Gerhart comparison. Gerhart was a 3-star "fullback" prospect coming out of high school. I've talked to Weimerskirch about the white tailback stigma and he has told me all along that he doesn't plan on being a fullback or H-back or whatever fancy title they come up with to not have to call him a tailback.

Like I said, you won't find a bigger fan of him than me, so I'm biased. But I do know that in a district with teams like Pensacola High, Escambia High, Washington, Milton and Pine Forest, he ran over, through and around those players that were all can't miss, 3-star/4-star Division I prospects. I even had at least two of the coaches on his schedule say "Ain't no way we're going to let that white boy run for 200 yards against us." Well, 300+, 400+ yards later, they were saying "That's a bad _____ white boy."

I think I know pretty good football players when I see them, and he's a gamer. And he's a humble kid that just likes to work hard. He comes from a good program, so you know he's not going to slack off. I like the commitment. There's a reason he was our unanimous Offensive Player of the Year last year. His numbers didn't lie.

[DaddyCajun]

I see a shampoo comercial contract coming for the young man, like Troy (Palmetto)sp of the Pittsburg Steelers! Will have to get some insurance on that curly doo!

[DaddyCajun]

http://247sports.com/Player/Quaide-Weimerskirch-45006

Edit: On the frontpage they have him graded as a 3 star...

Cool, keep him off radar, and let Hud and company train him up!

[zephyr]

His lack of stars goes back to the Toby Gerhart comparison. Gerhart was a 3-star "fullback" prospect coming out of high school. I've talked to Weimerskirch about the white tailback stigma and he has told me all along that he doesn't plan on being a fullback or H-back or whatever fancy title they come up with to not have to call him a tailback.

Like I said, you won't find a bigger fan of him than me, so I'm biased. But I do know that in a district with teams like Pensacola High, Escambia High, Washington, Milton and Pine Forest, he ran over, through and around those players that were all can't miss, 3-star/4-star Division I prospects. I even had at least two of the coaches on his schedule say "Ain't no way we're going to let that white boy run for 200 yards against us." Well, 300+, 400+ yards later, they were saying "That's a bad _____ white boy."

I think I know pretty good football players when I see them, and he's a gamer. And he's a humble kid that just likes to work hard. He comes from a good program, so you know he's not going to slack off. I like the commitment. There's a reason he was our unanimous Offensive Player of the Year last year. His numbers didn't lie.

You are probably right and I trust your judgement. However, until he comes in and proves it on the field at this level, I'll temper my expectations and enthusiasm and just be excited we seem to have gotten a good all around fit for our program.

I'll happily change my expectations and raise the roof of my excitement once he's run over Tovell...