Zeon Chriss

[KajunKrazy]

And every one of those guys was going to choose LSU or a P5 over UL.

Around the time of Jamie Howard the Cajuns got the better QB out of Lafayette any way so it really didn’t matter.

Has Josh Stevens transferred anywhere? I talked to his mother last year at a funeral right before the season and she said he didn’t think Johnson was going to play him and he wasn’t very happy.

[Cajun Soldier]

lol we have always recruited locally. There are just some here that think their favorite player from local schools should get a scholarship from UL even though no other D1 programs will give them one, under some delusional idea that will lead to more fan attendance.

“Little jimmy rushed for 1500 yards for river ranch prep, he MUST be UL material! He’s a hard worker! He gives 120%!”

Wow I have to agree with you because we took that approach with our coach. How's that working out for us?

[Turbine]

This is precisely the problem with local recruiting. My only thought is that there must be local guys out there who aren’t good enough to play for LSU but they are good enough to provide a spark to UL. Right?

"Good enough" isn't the issue for me, "room enough" is.

There isn't. Louisiana needs to make room and rescue kids from the talent graveyards.

[zeppelincajun]

This is precisely the problem with local recruiting. My only thought is that there must be local guys out there who aren’t good enough to play for LSU but they are good enough to provide a spark to UL. Right?

And UL offers those kids. We have scholarship players on the team from
St. Martinville, Cecilia, Lafayette, Carencro, New Iberia, Erath, etc.

[cajuns80]

I can tell you from 2 people I talk to on a regular basis, who were on the practice field every day last fall with Lunch, they said he is struggling to pick up the offense, make the right decisions, and throw the football at this level.

Just watching the kid in warm ups, he can't even hit receivers.

[ZoomZoom]

You sign the best available players (regardless of hometown) that intersect in the venn diagram of cultural fit. I don't think you sign local FCS kids just for community support and to build bridges. I mean our coach is from the Berry and Iberia Parish not showing up for Des.

CHSNI has 286 students per LHSAA 24-26 classification numbers.

NISH, Westgate, Loreauville, Delcambre, Jeanerette, and Highland combined is probably ten times that. Catholic alone isn’t a draw to begin with.

[zephyr]

Name the last effective QB we’ve had that wasn’t mobile. We typically don’t have the protection needed. We have to have a guy that can run and evade pressure. A sack is a drive killer.

That's not even close to what I'm saying. Please read and come back.

[Cajunrunner]

I can tell you from 2 people I talk to on a regular basis, who were on the practice field every day last fall with Lunch, they said he is struggling to pick up the offense, make the right decisions, and throw the football at this level.

People said the same thing about Zeon right up until he showed up on the field vs. UAB.

I'm not some "insider" like a bunch of you on here, and I don't attend practices, but something tells me we should give the kid at least one more Spring before we start making him out to be Deion Ray.

[Big Buds]

“Little jimmy rushed for 1500 yards for river ranch prep, he MUST be UL material! He’s a hard worker! He gives 120%!”

Did River Ranch Prep win 3 out of the last 4 State Championships? If so, it may be worth taking a serious look at little Jimmy.

[zephyr]

Around the time of Jamie Howard the Cajuns got the better QB out of Lafayette any way so it really didn’t matter.

Has Josh Stevens transferred anywhere? I talked to his mother last year at a funeral right before the season and she said he didn’t think Johnson was going to play him and he wasn’t very happy.

In hindsight you are right. However, Jamie was the much higher ranked player and was higher profile than Jake. And the real question would have been for Jake. At that time, had he had the same profile and ranking and would have been offered by LSU, would he have taken that route??

I'm not familiar with the Josh Stevens kid. Are you talking about Josh Stephenson who plays baseball at LSU?