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'11 CA C Alex Kelley (Signed to Colorado)

Buffnik said:
sacky and daaah,

There are a couple things playing into this.

Rivals and ESPN haven't evaluated his film. There may not be any yet. Scout's recruiting guy for the west observed him in person and gave him a 3* rating. (I forgot to update the profile until just now.)


As far as offer list, that's probably due to no film and the fact that Kelley's a true center. He won't play guard or tackle in college. If you need a center, great. If you don't, you won't offer him.
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It can also be due to how the kid handles the recruiting process. The schools aren't allowed to comment on who they have offered or what they think of a kid so virtually all the information on the services comes from either the kid themselves, a HS coach, or in some cases someone who is "handling" the kid to help them through the process.

If a kid chooses not to report offers to the services they don't have offers to report, same as if a kid chooses not to discuss visits, etc.

In terms of offers, if a kid makes it clear to schools that he is not interested then he is also very unlikely to even get an offer. If Kelley told other schools that he was a CU legacy and was going to commit if offered then they are much less likely to devote time to him or bother to offer.
 
ESPN has now added an evaluation. They have Kelley as a solid 3* and the #16 Center in the nation.
 
Rivals just made an initial evaluation of Kelley. He is a solid 3* prospect with a 5.6 rating (middle of the 3* range).
 
In case anyone was worried, Marshall visited Kelley and Embree also spoke with him at length. Here's a bit of what Kelley had to say:

"I didn't know who Colorado was going to hire and I was worried that they might not get the right person," said Kelley, a 6-foot-3, 295-pounder. "But now that I have gotten a chance to talk to Coach Embree for a good amount of time, I know I am going to Colorado now.
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http://colorado.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1168133

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I'm very happy to have a true center in this class. One thing about CU's roster than looks very strong is our OL depth and talent from class to class. Kelley-Lewis-Mustoe is a very solid group of freshmen coming in with a lot of upside. I'm still hoping we finish it off with Asiata, but it's a good OL class regardless.
 
Buffnik said:
I'm very happy to have a true center in this class. One thing about CU's roster than looks very strong is our OL depth and talent from class to class. Kelley-Lewis-Mustoe is a very solid group of freshmen coming in with a lot of upside. I'm still hoping we finish it off with Asiata, but it's a good OL class regardless.
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I was about to say the same thing. I'm really excited to finally get a true center. :gobuffs:
 
Big talented centers welcome here! Great get for the Buffs!
 
per Adam Munsterteiger's Twitter:


2011 CU Buffs signee Alex Kelley broke his foot in three places and had successful surgery earlier this month. He will redshirt.
 
chipwich said:
per Adam Munsterteiger's Twitter:


2011 CU Buffs signee Alex Kelley broke his foot in three places and had successful surgery earlier this month. He will redshirt.
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Sucks that he got hurt but most likely would have been a RS anyways. Give him a chance to get used to school, get accustomed to the system.

Feet are pretty sensitive and fragile, I hope this doesn't turn into a long term problem for him, here's hoping for a full and complete recovery.
 
How the hell do you break your foot in three places unless you fell out of two story building or got ran over by something?
 
Highlander27 said:
How the hell do you break your foot in three places unless you fell out of two story building or got ran over by something?
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You can make muscles bigger and stronger but bones are still bones. A 280+lb guy puts a lot of force on his feet and if one gets turned under the wrong way something has to give.
 
I dont know what it is, some people just break bones easy. I got my hand smashed on a drilling rig because of some dumbass greenhat. The Kelley and the elevators were swinging and this idiot goes walking through there so I pushed him out of the way. Well the elevators slammed my hand on the pipe joint sticking out of the rig floor for my efforts. It should have crushed my hand or took it off but I didnt break a thing. 8 stitches is all, still havent figured that one out.
 
BuffLuKe said:
I dont know what it is, some people just break bones easy. I got my hand smashed on a drilling rig because of some dumbass greenhat. The Kelley and the elevators were swinging and this idiot goes walking through there so I pushed him out of the way. Well the elevators slammed my hand on the pipe joint sticking out of the rig floor for my efforts. It should have crushed my hand or took it off but I didnt break a thing. 8 stitches is all, still havent figured that one out.
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Fall down a well, eyes go crossed. Get kicked by a mule they go normal....I dunno...

Sorry to clutter the recruiting forum with movie quotes. You know I can't help myself.
 
The Walrus said:
Fall down a well, eyes go crossed. Get kicked by a mule they go normal....I dunno...

Sorry to clutter the recruiting forum with movie quotes. You know I can't help myself.
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"You might wanna take a raincheck on that Art, he has a lip fungus they havent identified yet." Lmao.
 
I'm pretty sure he did. But since he didn't enroll in the fall, he technically is still a free agent (as all Gray Shirts are).
 
He'll be here in time to play in THE barometer of all barometers: the Sping Game.
 
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