DEFENSE
DL
Bo Peek, Florida
#40 DT
Three time zones away, but a private school kid (Berkeley Prep, Tampa).
Decent offer list: Mississippi, Wisconsin, VA Tech, Georgia Tech, Penn State
6-3, 290.
Plays too high, needs more lower body work, but moves well for a very big guy.
One report has Miami, Notre Dame, and Texas as his top three-two private schools and a good public one.
Signed and almost delivered.
Garrett Rand, Arizona
#13 DT, #150 overall
At 6-2, 275 and mobile, Rand is an ideal pickup because he can play all three spots on the D.
Clearly loves Stanford.
Stanford almost never loses in Arizona-Peat, Hoffpauir, Martinez, Tucker-and never to someone this passionate about us.
We're one big envelope away from a big win.
Daniel Joseph, Illinois
#9 SSDE in 247
#17 DE composite ranking, #109 recruit overall
But NR in Rivals
Yet another Lake Forest lineman.
DE only (6'3.4, 245)
Long and moves very well, like the basketball player he is. Excellent feet and a relentless worker, according to his coach.
Very athletic; terrific receiver for a big man.
Lineman's upper body, OLBs lower body.
Comes off the line well, closes fast. Nice second gear,
Home state Illinois plus Duke, Michigan State and Vandy on a modest offer list.
Says Wesley Annan "is basically family to me."
Very good chance.
Thomas Schaffer, Illinois
#38 DE
Yet another prep school guy, from Wesley Annan's Lake Forest School (Illinois)
Oregon, Cal, home state Illinois, Iowa among his offers.
Would be a giant (6'7", 250) DE and prefers the position, perhaps likelier at LT.
Good burst and close for such a long guy.
Needs lower body and flexibility work, could make a leap with it.
Has clear NFL ambitions.
Good chance, but sure looks like an NFL OT rather than NFL DL.
Mike Williams, Texas
#31 DT
Fort Worth, Texas
Attends a very good private (Episcopal) school-always a nice sign.
Terrific offer list includes Texas, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Miami
Calls Stanford, TCU and Texas his top three.
'That's big-time," he said of his Stanford offer. "That's one of the highest honors you can receive."
His pastor recently ave him a Stanford recruiting pitch
Looking at coming to Stanford Junior Day on his mom's dime.
Prototype NT body at 6-2, 280. Good chance.
Chidi Okonya, Georgia
#20 SSDE
6'5" 230
#20 SS DE
4.1 GPA, taking AP classes.
Speaks highly of Duke: "You have to look at the academic opportunities that a degree from Duke will do for you. It is among the top schools like Stanford and Vanderbilt."
But has said Georgia has an edge on Duke.
Florida, Georgia, Miami, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Penn State, Clemson among offers.
Not the prospect his offers imply; not fast, plays too stiff and high, needs more punch.
Good chance.
Rashan Gary, New Jersey
#1 DT, #4 overall
Will have his choice of schools: Everyone wants him.
From Jabril Pepper's New Jersey high school. Distance the usual challenge.
Looks better than 40-60 that we can get him to visit:
"Stanford has great academics. . . I would be set for life when it comes to business and things outside of football. The coaches said that they can't really find great defensive linemen with good grades like me. They want me to keep my grades up. . ."
Long shot.
McTelvin Agim, Arkansas
#6 SSDE
6'2, 261
Reports a 4.6 40.
3.5 gpa
From Bill Clinton's home town.
Six forced fumbles as a junior.
Exceptionally strong
"I will enroll early unless I choose Stanford."
A shot-for now. Doubt it lasts.
LB
Keith Sims, Maryland
6-3 225
#21 OLB
Bat ass crazy about Stanford.
A near lock
Tre Lamar, Georgia
6-3 250
#3 ILB
Says we are "a great program, great academics, great engineering"
"I fit in well there"
"I want to get out there for a visit."
Georgia, Clemson, Florida sound like good bets, names us among his standouts.
We're alive. Let's see if Vaughters, a fellow Georgian, can help us here.
Brendan Ferns, Ohio
#17 OLB
6'2 222
Alabama, USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oklahoma. A&M. Mich State among offers
Says he takes academics very seriously, looking for engineering-particularly petro. (If this sounds familiar, elite DE prospect DeShawn Hand (VA) said this several years ago, but we never got traction. This seems likely to go better, but Ohio kids rarely stray far from home.
In the game, but need to see traction soon.
DB
Treyjohn Butler
5-11, 185 CB
#15 CB
Attended Stanford's camp this summer.
Has been in contact with ince his sophomore year.
4.2 gpa.
"Coach Alamar tried to stress to me how much I fit into the program and how that was something I should be a part of."
"I got a chance to see the engineering department, that interests me a lot.
"They were in my top five sat the beginning . .To get the offer, it was like a very big accomplishment, And just humbling and thankful."
"Re Akina, likes "his coaching style but his off the field coaching style and the fact that I'm able to talk to him about anything. . .And he stressed the fact that this isn't about the next three years or four years that you're here. It's about the 10-year, 20-year long relationship.
"I took an unofficial to Stanford and camped there too; they have a great program, both on and off the field.
"The campus and the coaches are amazing. Everything they do is in unison."
"Stanford is definitely my dream school."
ASU, Cal, Washinngton, Northwestern offers
Very good chance.
Brandon Burton, South Central LA (Gardena Serra) 6-0, 193 S/CB
#6 S
"(The SC-Serra connection) is a great pipeline and I'm proud to have the option of continuing it. But right now I'm open to going anywhere. I'm excited about some of the offers I recently received."
"Stanford is one that really stands out. It's a great football program and a great education up there. Stanford offers the best of both worlds and that's a big deal to me. Physical and powerful.
Florida, Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA offers
Good chance. Easy to project a USC vs. Stanford final.
Malik Antoine, Louisiana
5-11, 182 CB
NR CB
4.2 gpa.
Couple guys on 247 say Stanford.
Cal, Oklahoma State, Northwestern his best offers
Very good chance; our pipeline to Louisiana dbacks helps overcome the distance issue.
Nygel Edmonds, Tennessee
5-11 185 CB
#10 CB
Private school-educated: Now at McCallie, formerly at Westminster (Atlanta)
Academic support is a key factor in his recruiting process;
"Academics are also important to Edmonds and his family. Top academic schools such as Vanderbilt, Stanford, Duke, and Georgia Tech are appealing to the Chattanooga corner."
This spring and summer he hopes to tsee Oregon, Stanford, and Cal.
Has made unofficial visits to Vanderbilt, California, Duke, South Carolina, Stanford, USC, and UCLA.
"Tennessee , Vanderbilt, Stanford are probably recruiting me the hardest.
"I don't have any favorites."
Miami, Ohio State, Auburn, Va Tech, Tennessee, Clemson among offer-plus Harvard, Duke.
A definite shot.
Andrew Pryts, Pennsylvania
6-3, 190 S
#34 S
From a relatively poor area in Pennsylvania.
"I'm really excited about the offer. They're one of the only (few) schools in the country that are so high on academics and football. That's something that I take into consideration when I'm looking at a school, academics, so I'm really excited about it."
Said our offer surprised him. "I haven't been talking to them much at all,. I know my high school coach reached out to Stanford about two weeks before they offered. He sent my film, my transcripts and everything. So, there wasn't much of a relationship at all with them, but I do have interest in Stanford. I want to learn more."
"Pryts said that he has "a lot of high interest in Stanford" and is planning to make his first trip to The Farm this summer.
"I plan on going out June 17th, they have a Junior Day. . .I probably won't be able to make it to schools like Alabama and Stanford until the summer."
Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Michigan offers.
A real shot, Distance a concern.
Eric Cuffee, Waco, Texas
6-0 188 CB
#29 CB
"(Akina said that) I'm a great defensive back, physical,big."
Well aware of Akina: ""I know a couple of the DB's he coached at Texas. They tell me how great of a coach he is and how he gets guys to the league"
"Cuffee was thrilled to receive the Stanford offer. 'It's a real good school. Richard Sherman, he came from there. A lot of other great DB's came from there. To come from Stanford all the way to Waco, Texas, that's pretty big. I was very excited about it.'"
Looking to take official to Stanford next fall, and perhaps this spring:
Oklahoma, TCU, Michigan, Baylor, Missouri among offers
A shot-for now.
OFFENSE
OL
Thomas Schaffer. Illinois
6-7 250
#33 OT
Native of Austria, family still back there.
Obviously needs to bulk up
Moves well.
"A big deal to hear from would be Stanford, . like the Pac-12 a lot. . .
"My two favorites are Oregon and Stanford, Oregon has a good med program. Stanford is a good academic school that is also good at football. I like Northwestern a lot."
Very good chance-especially when he learns more about Oregon's pre med program, and ours.
Devery Hamilton, Maryland
#23 OT
6-6 270
Says distance does not matter and academics are important-and Stanford "has great academics. Being great at both is difficult"
Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, South Carolina, Ga Tech among offers
Realistic chance.
Michael Menet, Pennsylvania
#7 OT
6-5, 265
Top five includes Duke, Stanford, Michigan, Ohio State, and home state Penn State
Moves and blocks very well; could be an OG, too.
Realistic chance. Duke's presence on short list is encouraging. Distance a worry.
Matt Farniok, South Dakota
6-5, 312
Would need time to adjust to the speed of Pac-12.
Called a freak; looked D1-ready a season ago,
Father Brad played small college OL, now a security guard.
Brothers are D1 linemen (Just-graduated Iowa State HM all Big 12 center, Oklahoma OT)
Hard to call. His brothers no longer will be at their respective schools, which helps us a bit.
RB
Brandon Stephens, Plano, Texas
#19 RB
6-0, 195
Reports Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Texas offers
Very good vision, cuts well, very good speed
Not a power back body; not a tackle-breaker
Excellent at reading and setting up blocks; patient, nice burst to daylight
Could be very effective running the bubble.
"One of my idols is Richard Sherman. . .I'm interested in Stanford. It's a great program academically, and that's the main thing that I want.'
'I have the grades to get into any school. I stay on top of that.'
Good chance.
Robert Washington, North Carolina
#15 RB
5-10, 214, 4.45 40
Stellar offer list.
Some encouraging things but insists on enrolling early.
Knows Bryce Love and Brian Chaffin.
In almost daily contact with Stanford coaches (Taylor)
Neat guy: charming and upbeat, A Shaw guy,
Needs to get pad down and run lower
But a load when he gets to speed; body suggests Marshawn Lynch
Lists Syracuse, Florida, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Tennessee as leaders (before Stanford offered).
A shot. Taylor would not pursue this so hard, and Washington would not regularly takes his calls, if Stanford had no hope here. Distance and great offer list are major hurdles.
QB
K.J. Costello, California
#2 QB, #25 overall
Down to U$€ and Stanford, with Michigan not clearly out
Prototype QB frame, still filling out.
A leaner Hogan but a step slower. Will need to work on working in a collapsing pocket.
Nice touch and a very good long ball, good high release. Not the fastest fast ball in the class.
Mom was an SC song girl.
Former SC QB Carson Palmer attended his high school, and Mark Sanchez lives in RSM now.
Many visits starting as a sophomore-a visit that blew him away.
A football first and second guy, by all accounts, which makes SC a bigger threat here.
From a classic Stanford feeder area (Ranch Santa Margarita)-very affluent and educated-and feeder school.
Calls Stanford "unbelievable,"
Call Coach Turley "really incredible, and different than anyone else I've heard. . .I was in awe."
Call Stanford "one of most unique places in the world" and the team "real tight knit. . ."They want to play in the NFL but they have a fall back and that's pretty cool."
Calls the team "really great dudes. They love football but are very committed to academics. I fit in really well there."
"The depth chart sets up great as well. . .That's pretty of exceedingly large proportions for me."
Very good chance
TE
Kaden Smith, Texas
#308 TE, #200 overall
6'5 233
Five-star offer list: Alabama, Texas, LSU, Georgia, Oklahoma, Michigan, A&M, Miami
Evokes Zach Ertz, perhaps a little longer.
Catches in his hands; good hands, good-sized radius, makes some spectacular catches
Good blocker.
Had camped, attended Junior Day, and visited unofficially-all the way from Texas
Nice frame, probably can play at 255.
X or Y: Can flex out or play in and block.
If this class has seven better tight end prospects, it's the TE class of the Decade
Mentions Bama, Stanford and Texas first in interviews.
24 ACT, and is retaking. Doing all he can to get admitted.
Looks like Stanford.
WR
Simi Fehoko, Utah
#54 WR
6-2, 178
Offers from all three Utah schools. both Washington schools, and Clemson
Great hands.
An academics-first guy; "football ends."
Obviously leaner than the ideal blocking WR we favor in our scheme.
Told Andy, a must-read on Rivals; "They're my top school. It's the dream school. For my family academics are a big priority. So Stanford is obviously the No. 1 school for academics. . .So we all kind of decided Stanford would be a great choice."
Attended the Stanford-UCLA game. "Their team just played phenomenal."
Plans to serve a two-year mission before enrolling.
Interested in sports medicine and computer science.
Very very good chance.
Josh Imartorhebhe, Georgia
#26 WR
6-2 202, 41" (vertical)
4,65 40
Big, and even bigger when he jumps.
Five star offer list: Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Auburn, South Carolina, Florida
Visited Stanford as a freshman, again as sophomore
Clearly gets Stanford: "a dream school of mine. . .a very separate bunch."
4.0 gpa.
The big WR Stanford prefers in its scheme
Good chance
Dylan Crawford, Southern California (Rancho Santa Margarita)
#13 WR
Teammate and close friend of QB recruit K.J. Costello, which means he's heard a passionate version of the Stanford story.
Says U$€ feels like home "but I have no favorites."
Calls academics, something he likes about Michigan, a major factor.
Good chance if we land Costello; no chance if we don't.
Not enough information to project:
DL L Onwuzurike, but apparently a very good student
LB Lokeni Toailoa
]LB Caleb Kelly
OL Ben Bredeson, but expect him to stick in or near Wisconsin
OL John Raridon
WR Devin Duvernay
WR Javon McKinley, but doubtful; expect him to choose SC or another big name
I will forget about:
DB Deontay Anderson
ATH Jordan Fuller
WR Mykel Jones
TE Isaac Natua
DT Derrick Brown
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DL
Bo Peek, Florida
#40 DT
Three time zones away, but a private school kid (Berkeley Prep, Tampa).
Decent offer list: Mississippi, Wisconsin, VA Tech, Georgia Tech, Penn State
6-3, 290.
Plays too high, needs more lower body work, but moves well for a very big guy.
One report has Miami, Notre Dame, and Texas as his top three-two private schools and a good public one.
Signed and almost delivered.
Garrett Rand, Arizona
#13 DT, #150 overall
At 6-2, 275 and mobile, Rand is an ideal pickup because he can play all three spots on the D.
Clearly loves Stanford.
Stanford almost never loses in Arizona-Peat, Hoffpauir, Martinez, Tucker-and never to someone this passionate about us.
We're one big envelope away from a big win.
Daniel Joseph, Illinois
#9 SSDE in 247
#17 DE composite ranking, #109 recruit overall
But NR in Rivals
Yet another Lake Forest lineman.
DE only (6'3.4, 245)
Long and moves very well, like the basketball player he is. Excellent feet and a relentless worker, according to his coach.
Very athletic; terrific receiver for a big man.
Lineman's upper body, OLBs lower body.
Comes off the line well, closes fast. Nice second gear,
Home state Illinois plus Duke, Michigan State and Vandy on a modest offer list.
Says Wesley Annan "is basically family to me."
Very good chance.
Thomas Schaffer, Illinois
#38 DE
Yet another prep school guy, from Wesley Annan's Lake Forest School (Illinois)
Oregon, Cal, home state Illinois, Iowa among his offers.
Would be a giant (6'7", 250) DE and prefers the position, perhaps likelier at LT.
Good burst and close for such a long guy.
Needs lower body and flexibility work, could make a leap with it.
Has clear NFL ambitions.
Good chance, but sure looks like an NFL OT rather than NFL DL.
Mike Williams, Texas
#31 DT
Fort Worth, Texas
Attends a very good private (Episcopal) school-always a nice sign.
Terrific offer list includes Texas, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Miami
Calls Stanford, TCU and Texas his top three.
'That's big-time," he said of his Stanford offer. "That's one of the highest honors you can receive."
His pastor recently ave him a Stanford recruiting pitch
Looking at coming to Stanford Junior Day on his mom's dime.
Prototype NT body at 6-2, 280. Good chance.
Chidi Okonya, Georgia
#20 SSDE
6'5" 230
#20 SS DE
4.1 GPA, taking AP classes.
Speaks highly of Duke: "You have to look at the academic opportunities that a degree from Duke will do for you. It is among the top schools like Stanford and Vanderbilt."
But has said Georgia has an edge on Duke.
Florida, Georgia, Miami, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Penn State, Clemson among offers.
Not the prospect his offers imply; not fast, plays too stiff and high, needs more punch.
Good chance.
Rashan Gary, New Jersey
#1 DT, #4 overall
Will have his choice of schools: Everyone wants him.
From Jabril Pepper's New Jersey high school. Distance the usual challenge.
Looks better than 40-60 that we can get him to visit:
"Stanford has great academics. . . I would be set for life when it comes to business and things outside of football. The coaches said that they can't really find great defensive linemen with good grades like me. They want me to keep my grades up. . ."
Long shot.
McTelvin Agim, Arkansas
#6 SSDE
6'2, 261
Reports a 4.6 40.
3.5 gpa
From Bill Clinton's home town.
Six forced fumbles as a junior.
Exceptionally strong
"I will enroll early unless I choose Stanford."
A shot-for now. Doubt it lasts.
LB
Keith Sims, Maryland
6-3 225
#21 OLB
Bat ass crazy about Stanford.
A near lock
Tre Lamar, Georgia
6-3 250
#3 ILB
Says we are "a great program, great academics, great engineering"
"I fit in well there"
"I want to get out there for a visit."
Georgia, Clemson, Florida sound like good bets, names us among his standouts.
We're alive. Let's see if Vaughters, a fellow Georgian, can help us here.
Brendan Ferns, Ohio
#17 OLB
6'2 222
Alabama, USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oklahoma. A&M. Mich State among offers
Says he takes academics very seriously, looking for engineering-particularly petro. (If this sounds familiar, elite DE prospect DeShawn Hand (VA) said this several years ago, but we never got traction. This seems likely to go better, but Ohio kids rarely stray far from home.
In the game, but need to see traction soon.
DB
Treyjohn Butler
5-11, 185 CB
#15 CB
Attended Stanford's camp this summer.
Has been in contact with ince his sophomore year.
4.2 gpa.
"Coach Alamar tried to stress to me how much I fit into the program and how that was something I should be a part of."
"I got a chance to see the engineering department, that interests me a lot.
"They were in my top five sat the beginning . .To get the offer, it was like a very big accomplishment, And just humbling and thankful."
"Re Akina, likes "his coaching style but his off the field coaching style and the fact that I'm able to talk to him about anything. . .And he stressed the fact that this isn't about the next three years or four years that you're here. It's about the 10-year, 20-year long relationship.
"I took an unofficial to Stanford and camped there too; they have a great program, both on and off the field.
"The campus and the coaches are amazing. Everything they do is in unison."
"Stanford is definitely my dream school."
ASU, Cal, Washinngton, Northwestern offers
Very good chance.
Brandon Burton, South Central LA (Gardena Serra) 6-0, 193 S/CB
#6 S
"(The SC-Serra connection) is a great pipeline and I'm proud to have the option of continuing it. But right now I'm open to going anywhere. I'm excited about some of the offers I recently received."
"Stanford is one that really stands out. It's a great football program and a great education up there. Stanford offers the best of both worlds and that's a big deal to me. Physical and powerful.
Florida, Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA offers
Good chance. Easy to project a USC vs. Stanford final.
Malik Antoine, Louisiana
5-11, 182 CB
NR CB
4.2 gpa.
Couple guys on 247 say Stanford.
Cal, Oklahoma State, Northwestern his best offers
Very good chance; our pipeline to Louisiana dbacks helps overcome the distance issue.
Nygel Edmonds, Tennessee
5-11 185 CB
#10 CB
Private school-educated: Now at McCallie, formerly at Westminster (Atlanta)
Academic support is a key factor in his recruiting process;
"Academics are also important to Edmonds and his family. Top academic schools such as Vanderbilt, Stanford, Duke, and Georgia Tech are appealing to the Chattanooga corner."
This spring and summer he hopes to tsee Oregon, Stanford, and Cal.
Has made unofficial visits to Vanderbilt, California, Duke, South Carolina, Stanford, USC, and UCLA.
"Tennessee , Vanderbilt, Stanford are probably recruiting me the hardest.
"I don't have any favorites."
Miami, Ohio State, Auburn, Va Tech, Tennessee, Clemson among offer-plus Harvard, Duke.
A definite shot.
Andrew Pryts, Pennsylvania
6-3, 190 S
#34 S
From a relatively poor area in Pennsylvania.
"I'm really excited about the offer. They're one of the only (few) schools in the country that are so high on academics and football. That's something that I take into consideration when I'm looking at a school, academics, so I'm really excited about it."
Said our offer surprised him. "I haven't been talking to them much at all,. I know my high school coach reached out to Stanford about two weeks before they offered. He sent my film, my transcripts and everything. So, there wasn't much of a relationship at all with them, but I do have interest in Stanford. I want to learn more."
"Pryts said that he has "a lot of high interest in Stanford" and is planning to make his first trip to The Farm this summer.
"I plan on going out June 17th, they have a Junior Day. . .I probably won't be able to make it to schools like Alabama and Stanford until the summer."
Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Michigan offers.
A real shot, Distance a concern.
Eric Cuffee, Waco, Texas
6-0 188 CB
#29 CB
"(Akina said that) I'm a great defensive back, physical,big."
Well aware of Akina: ""I know a couple of the DB's he coached at Texas. They tell me how great of a coach he is and how he gets guys to the league"
"Cuffee was thrilled to receive the Stanford offer. 'It's a real good school. Richard Sherman, he came from there. A lot of other great DB's came from there. To come from Stanford all the way to Waco, Texas, that's pretty big. I was very excited about it.'"
Looking to take official to Stanford next fall, and perhaps this spring:
Oklahoma, TCU, Michigan, Baylor, Missouri among offers
A shot-for now.
OFFENSE
OL
Thomas Schaffer. Illinois
6-7 250
#33 OT
Native of Austria, family still back there.
Obviously needs to bulk up
Moves well.
"A big deal to hear from would be Stanford, . like the Pac-12 a lot. . .
"My two favorites are Oregon and Stanford, Oregon has a good med program. Stanford is a good academic school that is also good at football. I like Northwestern a lot."
Very good chance-especially when he learns more about Oregon's pre med program, and ours.
Devery Hamilton, Maryland
#23 OT
6-6 270
Says distance does not matter and academics are important-and Stanford "has great academics. Being great at both is difficult"
Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, South Carolina, Ga Tech among offers
Realistic chance.
Michael Menet, Pennsylvania
#7 OT
6-5, 265
Top five includes Duke, Stanford, Michigan, Ohio State, and home state Penn State
Moves and blocks very well; could be an OG, too.
Realistic chance. Duke's presence on short list is encouraging. Distance a worry.
Matt Farniok, South Dakota
6-5, 312
Would need time to adjust to the speed of Pac-12.
Called a freak; looked D1-ready a season ago,
Father Brad played small college OL, now a security guard.
Brothers are D1 linemen (Just-graduated Iowa State HM all Big 12 center, Oklahoma OT)
Hard to call. His brothers no longer will be at their respective schools, which helps us a bit.
RB
Brandon Stephens, Plano, Texas
#19 RB
6-0, 195
Reports Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Texas offers
Very good vision, cuts well, very good speed
Not a power back body; not a tackle-breaker
Excellent at reading and setting up blocks; patient, nice burst to daylight
Could be very effective running the bubble.
"One of my idols is Richard Sherman. . .I'm interested in Stanford. It's a great program academically, and that's the main thing that I want.'
'I have the grades to get into any school. I stay on top of that.'
Good chance.
Robert Washington, North Carolina
#15 RB
5-10, 214, 4.45 40
Stellar offer list.
Some encouraging things but insists on enrolling early.
Knows Bryce Love and Brian Chaffin.
In almost daily contact with Stanford coaches (Taylor)
Neat guy: charming and upbeat, A Shaw guy,
Needs to get pad down and run lower
But a load when he gets to speed; body suggests Marshawn Lynch
Lists Syracuse, Florida, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Tennessee as leaders (before Stanford offered).
A shot. Taylor would not pursue this so hard, and Washington would not regularly takes his calls, if Stanford had no hope here. Distance and great offer list are major hurdles.
QB
K.J. Costello, California
#2 QB, #25 overall
Down to U$€ and Stanford, with Michigan not clearly out
Prototype QB frame, still filling out.
A leaner Hogan but a step slower. Will need to work on working in a collapsing pocket.
Nice touch and a very good long ball, good high release. Not the fastest fast ball in the class.
Mom was an SC song girl.
Former SC QB Carson Palmer attended his high school, and Mark Sanchez lives in RSM now.
Many visits starting as a sophomore-a visit that blew him away.
A football first and second guy, by all accounts, which makes SC a bigger threat here.
From a classic Stanford feeder area (Ranch Santa Margarita)-very affluent and educated-and feeder school.
Calls Stanford "unbelievable,"
Call Coach Turley "really incredible, and different than anyone else I've heard. . .I was in awe."
Call Stanford "one of most unique places in the world" and the team "real tight knit. . ."They want to play in the NFL but they have a fall back and that's pretty cool."
Calls the team "really great dudes. They love football but are very committed to academics. I fit in really well there."
"The depth chart sets up great as well. . .That's pretty of exceedingly large proportions for me."
Very good chance
TE
Kaden Smith, Texas
#308 TE, #200 overall
6'5 233
Five-star offer list: Alabama, Texas, LSU, Georgia, Oklahoma, Michigan, A&M, Miami
Evokes Zach Ertz, perhaps a little longer.
Catches in his hands; good hands, good-sized radius, makes some spectacular catches
Good blocker.
Had camped, attended Junior Day, and visited unofficially-all the way from Texas
Nice frame, probably can play at 255.
X or Y: Can flex out or play in and block.
If this class has seven better tight end prospects, it's the TE class of the Decade
Mentions Bama, Stanford and Texas first in interviews.
24 ACT, and is retaking. Doing all he can to get admitted.
Looks like Stanford.
WR
Simi Fehoko, Utah
#54 WR
6-2, 178
Offers from all three Utah schools. both Washington schools, and Clemson
Great hands.
An academics-first guy; "football ends."
Obviously leaner than the ideal blocking WR we favor in our scheme.
Told Andy, a must-read on Rivals; "They're my top school. It's the dream school. For my family academics are a big priority. So Stanford is obviously the No. 1 school for academics. . .So we all kind of decided Stanford would be a great choice."
Attended the Stanford-UCLA game. "Their team just played phenomenal."
Plans to serve a two-year mission before enrolling.
Interested in sports medicine and computer science.
Very very good chance.
Josh Imartorhebhe, Georgia
#26 WR
6-2 202, 41" (vertical)
4,65 40
Big, and even bigger when he jumps.
Five star offer list: Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Auburn, South Carolina, Florida
Visited Stanford as a freshman, again as sophomore
Clearly gets Stanford: "a dream school of mine. . .a very separate bunch."
4.0 gpa.
The big WR Stanford prefers in its scheme
Good chance
Dylan Crawford, Southern California (Rancho Santa Margarita)
#13 WR
Teammate and close friend of QB recruit K.J. Costello, which means he's heard a passionate version of the Stanford story.
Says U$€ feels like home "but I have no favorites."
Calls academics, something he likes about Michigan, a major factor.
Good chance if we land Costello; no chance if we don't.
Not enough information to project:
DL L Onwuzurike, but apparently a very good student
LB Lokeni Toailoa
]LB Caleb Kelly
OL Ben Bredeson, but expect him to stick in or near Wisconsin
OL John Raridon
WR Devin Duvernay
WR Javon McKinley, but doubtful; expect him to choose SC or another big name
I will forget about:
DB Deontay Anderson
ATH Jordan Fuller
WR Mykel Jones
TE Isaac Natua
DT Derrick Brown
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