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Verbal to CU '25 TNFR IOL Carter Miller

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University Of Louisiana-Monroe / Ravenwood HS (Brentwood, TX)

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Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 300
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Transfer ratings:
247s rating: 3* - 88 grade; #12 IOL (#158 overall)
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Rivals rating: unrated OL
On3 rating: 3* - 87 grade; #22 IOL (#269 overall)

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As a '22 recruit:

247s rating: unrated IOL
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Rivals rating: unrated OT
On3 rating: unrated IOL

247sports Composite: unrated

Reported Offers: Air FOrce, Arkansas St, Army, Eastern Kentucky, James Madison, Nevada
 
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I don’t see how adding a decent (but not great) player from the sunbelt conference helps CU get to the playoff. Particularly at a position of need and with most transfers still uncommitted we should be aiming higher.

For some reason this staff keeps thinking mediocre transfers from non-P5 schools will fix the o-line…Yakiri Walker, Landon Bebe, Savion Washington, Justin Mayers, Philip Houston, Reggie Young, Wyatt Hummel, Jack Bailey, Tyler Brown, Kardell Thomas.
 
GoBuffs99 said:
I don’t see how adding a decent (but not great) player from the sunbelt conference helps CU get to the playoff. Particularly at a position of need and with most transfers still uncommitted we should be aiming higher.

For some reason this staff keeps thinking mediocre transfers from non-P5 schools will fix the o-line…Yakiri Walker, Landon Bebe, Savion Washington, Justin Mayers, Philip Houston, Reggie Young, Wyatt Hummel, Jack Bailey, Tyler Brown, Kardell Thomas.
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We have 105 roster spots. Not every transfer is an automatic starter. Miller has starting experience at a position of need at Center, as well as OG. You can never have too much quality depth, and if he wins the starting spot, all the better.
 
mattrob said:
We have 105 roster spots. Not every transfer is an automatic starter. Miller has starting experience at a position of need at Center, as well as OG. You can never have too much quality depth, and if he wins the starting spot, all the better.
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This isn’t just about one player. It’s all the players mentioned above. The last 2-3 years the o-line transfer strategy seems to be to throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks (and nothing has stuck). NIL resources are limited. I would rather that money was being used for likely starters even if competition/depth is sacrificed as a result.
 
GoBuffs99 said:
This isn’t just about one player. It’s all the players mentioned above. The last 2-3 years the o-line transfer strategy seems to be to throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks (and nothing has stuck). NIL resources are limited. I would rather that money was being used for likely starters even if competition/depth is sacrificed as a result.
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In year one, they had limited time to recruit and put together a roster, let alone an above average OL, and relied primarily on Sean Lewis and Bill O'Boyle to identify and bring guys they were familiar with from Kent State. Savion was an average to maybe slightly above average player, while Bailey and Beebee were below average to bad P4 players. Both of those coaches are gone for reason you can probably guess. We have a new OL coach who secured Jordan Seaton, Justin Mayers, Khalil Benson and Cash Cleveland last year (among a couple others who didn't ultimately work out).

Fact is, Jordan Seaton level OL rarely, if ever, will be available in the portal. They are starting to build that recruiting pipeline from the high school ranks, but those guys are also the most sought after players in the country (right next to elite DL). They got Seaton, they signed Gooden and Carde Smith, two blue chip players at IOL and OT respectively. They went hard after the top IOL in the country in Michael Carroll and just couldn't beat out Dad's wishes for him to go to Bama.
 
GoBuffs99 said:
This isn’t just about one player. It’s all the players mentioned above. The last 2-3 years the o-line transfer strategy seems to be to throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks (and nothing has stuck). NIL resources are limited. I would rather that money was being used for likely starters even if competition/depth is sacrificed as a result.
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The Yak said it well, but OL recruits in the portal have been a mixed bag for everyone, not just us. And year 1, we really didn't have the resources to go after the top tier targets. Last year was better, but we still ended up with Houston starting and Johnson couldn't find the field. The staff has to trust their evaluations and keep swinging.
 
cnbuff410 said:
CU is relying more and more on the HS recruiting for OL players, which I think is the right strategy.

It's just too hard to build your OL from portal. We wanted to believe it last year, and we all saw it failed miserably.
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Year 1 failed miserably. Year 2 was mediocre, but showed the limitations of recruiting OL through the portal. Year 3 will hopefully show the benefit of an elite portal addition or 2, mixed with strong HS recruiting efforts.
 
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