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'11 CO RB Adonis Ameen-Moore (Verbal to Syracuse)
- Thread starter Sexton Hardcastle
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winning is cool. Kids like cool. wins are the best recruiting tool.
I suppose it's debatable as to whether he is the best player in Colorado or not, but he will certainly be the most highly touted player in Colorado next year. We can't afford to be losing players of this caliber. The staff needs to be very diligent on this.
Maybe by the high school sportswriters. But I think the odds are pretty good Leilon Willingham or Brendon Austin are going to be more highly touted players in recruiting circles.
dyemeduke
Well-Known Member
Next year's recruiting cycle is huge in CO. There are some great players, and this really aggravates my annoyance with Hawk's keeping his job. If he doesn't win, he's a lame duck coach. I hope these kids realize how great of a place Boulder is, and how good of an academic institution CU is. There's a lot to love about Boulder.
I think our first target needs to be that transfer from KState that wants to walk-on at CU. He needs to keep talking to his former teammates and convince them - CU is a great school with good football roots. They can help bring the program back to where it should be - national prominence.
AAM may not be the best prospect in CO, but he is still an important get in my opinion. So are his teammates and others in the state...I hope Hawk is able to sell these kids on the university.
I think our first target needs to be that transfer from KState that wants to walk-on at CU. He needs to keep talking to his former teammates and convince them - CU is a great school with good football roots. They can help bring the program back to where it should be - national prominence.
AAM may not be the best prospect in CO, but he is still an important get in my opinion. So are his teammates and others in the state...I hope Hawk is able to sell these kids on the university.
MCskid
Well-Known Member
who are these two guys, as well as who are the d1 players in state for next year? seems like next year co. will have alot of d1 kids.
If you take a look at the "sticky" threads at the top of the forum, you'll notice that we have some very useful resource threads for checking out players CU is looking at. We put some extra in-state guys in that would likely become preferred walk-ons if they don't get any D1 scholarship offers.
Recruit Profile Links for 2010 Class
Recruit Profile Links for 2011 Class
And, yes, 2011 is looking strong for in-state recruiting. There are a number of good linebackers, some good running backs, some good o-linemen and even some guys at WR and DB who might be BCS caliber (unusual for Colorado prep football).
:smile:
As both a sophomore and a junior he's been a big part of a defense that's won consecutive 5A state championships. He's also got prototypical size and speed for a linebacker. Willingham is a really great prospect. That's nothing against Corey, who could really move up by camping well, adding some bulk, and having another big year as a senior.
Anyway, let's try to get this back on topic. It is the Adonis profile thread after all. :smile:
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
So how good is this guy? Top 100 in the nation? Top 10 RB in the nation?
Glad to see we stepped up with his first offer, hopefully Hawk and crew try their offer everyone philosophy on Mullen next year.
Glad to see we stepped up with his first offer, hopefully Hawk and crew try their offer everyone philosophy on Mullen next year.
To give you some idea, Scout ranked 29 running backs as 4* or better for the 2010 class (6 were 5* prospects). For 2011, so far they've given a 4* or better to 18 guys (1 is a 5*). Adonis is one of their early 4* guys. It's going to vary from year to year, but it's a safe bet that he's considered one of the top 30 running backs in the country heading into his senior year.
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
Sounds pretty good, probably a top 250 player or so. What's the question on him? Someone posted that he may not be fast enough, is that it? Judging by his size, hopefully he has a pretty brutal running style.
Am I reading is this wrong or is he ranked 6th out of 250--if so :wow:
LongHaulBuff
Club Member
Correct and most likely top 2 or 3 RB it appears to me.
oregon is his leader.
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issed:TheEvilBeak
Member
oregon is his leader.
Oregon appears to like the Thunder and Lightning combos that USC used with Bush/White. Oregon will need a replacement for their thumper that is graduatiing.
Please tell me you aren't really Corey's dad as you state on this other thread! Hyping Corey is a dis-service as a parent. Questioning "his competition"? Seriously? This is the quickest way to assure Corey is avoided like the plague....
http://www.allbuffs.com/showthread.php/44049-2011-in-state-Recruiting?highlight=ayers
White_Rabbit
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Yeah it seems like it. They got a lot of lightning this year, I guess they're going for the thunder this next year.
LeGarrette Blount (6'2" 245) was supposed to be the thunder part this year. He was the one who got suspended for throwing the punch after the Boise game. LaMichael James (5'9" 180) had to take the majority of the snaps after that.
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
Ah yeah, I meant recruiting wise. They got 3 smallish scatback LaMichael James types, so in 2011 I'm assuming they're going to go after some bigger guys like AAM.
White_Rabbit
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Scout has an update for AAM. Not sounding very good for us.
edit: oops forgot to link: http://nebraska.scout.com/2/949120.html
edit: oops forgot to link: http://nebraska.scout.com/2/949120.html
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They had that nice run in the late 90s, but that was over a decade ago. And CU's back were just as good in the 1990s. We actually had a Heisman winner at RB. Advantage to the Nubs on the running ability of its QBs back in the day, but we still had Hagan and that doesn't impact AMM anyway.
For the 2000s, I'll take Colorado's 5 main guys (Chris Brown, Bobby Purify, Lawrence Vickers, Hugh Charles and Rodney Stewart) over Nebraska's 5 main guys (Jammal Lord, Roy Helu, Dahrran Diedrick, Cory Ross and Marlon Lucky). Seriously, Adonis needs to get himself some better information.
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
Yeah I could definitely disagree with him on the RB part, what mostly concerns me is how Nebraska already leads for him without even offering and we're not even a close second.
Idot Buff
Guest
Ahman Green, C Buckhalter....oops, that is 2.