Recruiting 2022 Post-ESD Recruiting Thread: 4* DE Jack Pyburn commits

[alcoholica]

Solid players? Good on paper? Wow.

Three first round draft picks along with a 4th and 5th round pick. Those rating agencies are patting each other on the back for going 5 for 5 in player assessment with the exception being Ronald Powell want the best in his class. Should have been a high 4 star, not the number 1 player.

Remember, he tore an ACL and was too light to play DE, or even a real Buck. Graduated at 240lbs. Hindsight, too highly rated, but he tore up the All American game. Which is where the TE buzz kept coming from.

 

[Gulfstream]

Exactly! …will never be duplicated. This class allowed Muschump to appear like a good hire in ‘12

Easy there turbo...CBN bout to pull this off in his first year.

 

[Gulfstream]

I believe their value was overestimated. I can't remember Powell doing anything of note. But my memory is not to be relied on.

Cali kids. Powell was not used correctly and Shaw couldn't beat out FL kids.

Easley, Floyd and Elam were studs.

 

[Bullag8r]

Solid players? Good on paper? Wow.

Three first round draft picks along with a 4th and 5th round pick. Those rating agencies are patting each other on the back for going 5 for 5 in player assessment with the exception being Ronald Powell want the best in his class. Should have been a high 4 star, not the number 1 player.

I wasn't rating them based on stars or being high draft picks I was just reflecting on their overall consistency while playing for the Gators.
You may be right. I would have to go back to the stats

 

[Joegator96]

Solid players? Good on paper? Wow.

Three first round draft picks along with a 4th and 5th round pick. Those rating agencies are patting each other on the back for going 5 for 5 in player assessment with the exception being Ronald Powell want the best in his class. Should have been a high 4 star, not the number 1 player.

Edit to add college honors - 2 sec all freshman team; 3 all sec team seasons; and 2 all American seasons. With Easley accounting for none of those (due to injuries as he was otherwise the most dominant of that class). Meh.

Wow, that's impressive. Remind me what was UF's record while they were on campus? How many titles did we win? Glad they got some individual awards.

 

[Bullag8r]

Cali kids. Powell was not used correctly and Shaw couldn't beat out FL kids.

Easley, Floyd and Elam were studs.

Powell was big kid and very athletic. I never understood why he didn't do better. He did have an injury or 2. But I agree that his talents were not used properly

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Wow, that's impressive. Remind me what was UF's record while they were on campus? How many titles did we win? Glad they got some individual awards.

We would have won titles if Spurrier were calling the plays.......

 

[Joegator96]

We would have won titles if Spurrier were calling the plays.......

He was calling plays for USCe back then.

 

[Gulfstream]

^This.

 

[NVGator]

RoPo should have played tight end.

Never understood why he wasn’t given a shot.

 

[Bullag8r]

Thank you for adding some context and refreshing my memory

 

[Back Alley Gator]

He was calling plays for USCe back then.

Immaterial. His Xs and Os would have made those Jessies and Joes champions.

 

[Gatorphan]

I believe their value was overestimated. I can't remember Powell doing anything of note. But my memory is not to be relied on.

Gators went 12-1 with the a Musdwag offense in ‘12. These were the three best players!!!

 

[Gatorphan]

Easy there turbo...CBN bout to pull this off in his first year.

Wake up eco plug in! When Billy gets the nationally ranked 4, 6 and 14 players (that’s not counting Powell and Shaw), let us know

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Never understood why he wasn’t given a shot.

Because if a player was talented, Chimp wanted him on D. Remember, this is the same guy who recruited Johnny Manziel to play DB. There actually was a solid TE in that class; Gerald Christian. After Chimp tried one spring to make a LB out of him, he saw the writing on the wall and transferred to Louisville, where he had a decent career and played a few seasons in the NFL.

 

[aka]

Pisses me Musdawg gets a ring.

 

[neteng]

That class was great on paper!

Easley, Floyd and Elam were great on the field

They were solid players the team record except for one season was pedestrian

I thought they were good but they just didn't live up to their star ranking. I would have to look back at our defensive stats to remember for sure.

That was really my point! A class that looks to be outstanding by star rankings doesn't always work out on the field. If I remember Easley had some injury issues

Solid players? Good on paper? Wow.

Three first round draft picks along with a 4th and 5th round pick. Those rating agencies are patting each other on the back for going 5 for 5 in player assessment with the exception being Ronald Powell want the best in his class. Should have been a high 4 star, not the number 1 player.

Edit to add college honors - 2 sec all freshman team; 3 all sec team seasons; and 2 all American seasons. With Easley accounting for none of those (due to injuries as he was otherwise the most dominant of that class). Meh.

That D was great on the field too. Its a testament to how fuchsed up our offense was under chump. Our defense was left on the field for lots of the games and put in horrible positions because of that horrible offense.