The Book: UL Football Recruiting 2006

[CajunGuru]

The coaching staff has done an excellent job of trying to keep local talent. If this kid is as good as everybody says he is, then you go get him. I don't care if he fills a specific need. If he is a gifted athlete, a good student and good character guy, and he is local, you get that guy every time. They can find a position for him. I'm sure everybody remembers a linebacker by the name of Ricky Jackson who was very small but had the heart of a lion.

Just my two cents.

The question is he as good as everyone thinks?If you are trying to improve the talent level on the defensive side of the ball like the last two classes of offensive skill positions,then he is not it.Just my opinion.

[CajunProud]

The question is he as good as everyone thinks?If you are trying to improve the talent level on the defensive side of the ball like the last two classes of offensive skill positions,then he is not it.Just my opinion.

What are you basing your opinion on? I only ask because I have not seen the kid play.

[CajunGuru]

What are you basing your opinion on? I only ask because I have not seen the kid play.

Proud we are talking about opinions here,so I tell you mine.I watched two Comeaux games this year,Jamboree and Acadiana High.Now if you are going to raise your talent level,eventually you want athletes better then the ones you have on scholarship now.I also witnessed the Cajun spring game and the fall season as well, and the only athlete that he compares to on scholarship now is Simon.Is not a better athlete then the rest of the kids and Simon is a walk-on.This does not mean he is terrible or that no state school will offer Fitzgerald.But the staff are presently recruiting kids that are more highly thought of then Fitzgerald.We had a similar discussion last spring about a local QB and I argued then that we had Desormeaux and we didn't need that kid to play QB ,and he reshirted at a Div.1AA program this year.Now I don't speak for the staff and if they miss out on some recruits they just might offer him.That's my opinion.By the way,there is a better propect right now in Lafayette that played DB named Williams.He made All-state and some believe he is better then the Andrus kid that signed with Ole Miss.The Cajun staff did not recruit Andrus and I was told they have not offered Williams either.

[Clutch0364]

Proud we are talking about opinions here,so I tell you mine.I watched two Comeaux games this year,Jamboree and Acadiana High.Now if you are going to raise your talent level,eventually you want athletes better then the ones you have on scholarship now.I also witnessed the Cajun spring game and the fall season as well, and the only athlete that he compares to on scholarship now is Simon.Is not a better athlete then the rest of the kids and Simon is a walk-on.This does not mean he is terrible or that no state school will offer Fitzgerald.But the staff are presently recruiting kids that are more highly thought of then Fitzgerald.We had a similar discussion last spring about a local QB and I argued then that we had Desormeaux and we didn't need that kid to play QB ,and he reshirted at a Div.1AA program this year.Now I don't speak for the staff and if they miss out on some recruits they just might offer him.That's my opinion.By the way,there is a better propect right now in Lafayette that played DB named Williams.He made All-state and some believe he is better then the Andrus kid that signed with Ole Miss.The Cajun staff did not recruit Andrus and I was told they have not offered Williams either.

If the williams kid you are refering to is John Williams from Breaux Bridge he is only a Jr. He is a stud though and he is far better than andrus. He is up there as one of the best to come from Breaux Bridge and that means a lot when you look at the talent that has coem from there.

I understand your opinion about Trea but I disagree. I see him as a much better player than Simon and close to Cutrera. I have watched him play a lot sense his freshmen year and I see a lot of things in him that we could use. He has a lot of heart, will hit you in the mouth, and he wants to be a cajun...I played with his brother Landon and he only played one year of football ball and was arguebly our best defensive player that year. if he can put on weight like his brother and not lose the athletic ability he has now he could play at a much higher wieght than he does now.

All of this is opinions and I'm glad we can have these discussions without someone having to get out of hand about it.

[CajunGuru]

If the williams kid you are refering to is John Williams from Breaux Bridge he is only a Jr. He is a stud though and he is far better than andrus. He is up there as one of the best to come from Breaux Bridge and that means a lot when you look at the talent that has coem from there.

I understand your opinion about Trea but I disagree. I see him as a much better player than Simon and close to Cutrera. I have watched him play a lot sense his freshmen year and I see a lot of things in him that we could use. He has a lot of heart, will hit you in the mouth, and he wants to be a cajun...I played with his brother Landon and he only played one year of football ball and was arguebly our best defensive player that year. if he can put on weight like his brother and not lose the athletic ability he has now he could play at a much higher wieght than he does now.

All of this is opinions and I'm glad we can have these discussions without someone having to get out of hand about it.

DB Tremaine Williams Northside 6-0 185 Sr

____ of football player and one of the top track athletes in the state.First Team 4A All-State.

[NewsCopy]

WR Roy James, East St. John, 6-0, 175 -- Great hands and big-play talent. Has 4.5 speed. Has core grades and should be OK academically. Arkansas, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe are his choices. WR Louis Lee, East St. John, 5-10, 170 -- Has that exceptional burst of speed (4.5). Honor student with a 3.5 GPA. Is considering Arkansas, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe. DT Scott Ward, St. Paul's, 6-3, 280 -- Played defensive line but could be a guard or center in college. All-district as a senior. Has received interest from Vanderbilt, Memphis, Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe. Has 5.0 speed. Fully qualified. The source of the story

[NewsCopy]

Playing for one of the nation's top rushing teams sounded like a good idea to Hildebrando "Junior" Ramos. The 6-3, 295-pound center, a two-year starter at Compton Community College in California, gave University of Louisiana head coach Rickey Bustle a verbal commitment one week ago. And it's no longer verbal, since Bustle received scholarship papers back from Ramos Tuesday. "What they did with the running game influenced me a lot," said Ramos Tuesday evening. "I plan on making sure we keep on doing what they did this year, and next year go to a bowl game." The Ragin' Cajuns finished seventh nationally in rushing at 254.3 yards per game, and starting center Greg Hodges was one of two seniors on the offensive line. Ramos said he plans on stepping right into that slot. "I hope I can," he said. "They do a lot of things in the running game that are kind of like what we did here at Compton, so I love that. Running it like that is an offensive lineman's dream." Ramos was UL's fifth commitment for the 2006 signee class and is the first junior college signee. He will enroll at UL in January and go through spring drills. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[RaginRash]

BIENVENIDOS AL PANTANO, JUNIOR!

[Cajun1997]

Thanks to the Advertiser we now have the height and weight for each player so far.

Tyler Albrecht, K/P, 6-1, 170, Lafayette-STM

Ian Burks, OL, 6-3, 260, Denham Springs

Matt Desormeaux, FB/LB, 6-1, 205, Catholic-NI

Richie Falgout, WR, 5-11, 170, Lafayette High

*Hildebrando Ramos, C, 6-3, 295, Los Angeles, Calif.-Compton CC

* mid-term signee

[NewsCopy]

Frantz Accime didn't give the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns a verbal commitment because of facilities, or because of the squad's recent football success. It was all about the coaches. "It was only one visit," Accime said, "but they took me under their wing, they were very humble and they cared about me. I didn't want to choose a college just because of a weight room or something like that." Accime, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound cornerback from Boyd Anderson High in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gave head coach Rickey Bustle and assistant Brian Jenkins a verbal pledge this week. He became the sixth member of the commitment list and the first out-of-state high school commitment. Accime was one of South Florida's top defensive backs, making the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel's All-Broward County squad and helping lead coach Lawal McCray's team to a 7-4 record prior to an upset loss in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com