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'18 JC RB Rakeem Boyd (Verbal to Arkansas)
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Jeric
Club Member
Sounds like it.
CULifer
Well-Known Member
Not really a lost cause when we've got our boys Travon and Deion this cycle. Not saying I wouldn't like to have Rakeem, but we got some Buffs in our backfield now, too.
DiggerBuffs
Well-Known Member
It'd be nice, but I think his credits are a hindrance. McMillan can have 60% of the carries this year. Sooner or later you'd hope for a back to step up in the group coming up/coming in. Phil kept us from having to worry about RB for 2 full years. I think they got some guys that can run the rock. You really only need 4-5 scholarship RBs. Kind of like QB. Only need one per class.
No. Boyd/McMillian was an either/or situation. If we brought in Boyd, that would mean losing McMillian. They're both looking for an opportunity to be a feature back.
As I think I made clear, I'm a big fan of Boyd's game. But there's academic risk there that there isn't with McMillian since Boyd still has work to do to get qualified. McMillian has also proven that he can deliver a 1,000 yard season at the P5 level and he's a career 4.8 y/a average. It's just a much safer way to go for the Buffs.
8Jah
Well-Known Member
McMilllian is one and done. We would have Boyd for three years. Could Boyd wait a year before he is feature back?
That would be nice. But if the young RBs we've signed aren't ready by next year, we should fire Hagan and everyone above them. This is RB, not OL. It doesn't take years to develop.
It's not Boyd I'm concerned about as a sophomore, 3 to play 3, guy. I think he'd be much more willing to do more of a split carries, RB by committee thing for a year with his eyes toward being the feature back for a year or two after that.
It's McMillian. I know if I was a grad transfer I wouldn't go into a situation unless I was guaranteed that I was being brought in to start and the job was mine unless I ****ed it up. He was VA Tech's leading rusher last year and he's leaving because he's got 1 shot to make his case for the NFL and it wasn't gonna happen in the committee situation he is leaving. I think you lose him to another opportunity if you decide to bring in Boyd.
P.S. Just so I'm clear, I would LOVE to have Boyd on the CU roster. Probably my favorite HS recruit at RB in the MacIntyre era and we lost out on him. He showed what he can do at Independence CC last year and I think he'd be a damn good player at CU. If there's a way to make that happen without chasing McMillian away, sign me up with zero hesitation.
As expected, committed to Arkansas
JOEinDenver
National Championship or Bust
so we traded a QB for a RB
Woo Pig Soooieee, good luck to him...
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I think he's referencing the Ty Evans decommitment from Arky earlier
