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- 12/20/2023 at 4:29 PM #208226
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  cj13
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  Still a 4 star that is expected to commit to Utah. He’s announcing on January 6th. If we land him, our average recruit will be an 87.66
  
  Compared to following years:
  2023: 88.76
  2022: 87.46
  2021: 87.75
  2020: 86.52
  
  Not sure if there has been rating inflation over that time, but this class isn’t as bad as the 61st ranking makes it seem. If we want to make real noise in the playoff though, we need to consistently get to 2023 levels and surpass that into the .89 average. Hopefully this cycle was just a case of natural variance from year to year.
  
  Any more top targets that have not signed yet? It’s been pretty boring compared to last season.
- 12/20/2023 at 4:32 PM #208230
  
  DataUte
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  I think this target is the only one that would raise the average. Maybe some portal guys as things settle. There are a few other guys we have an offer to that we might get, but mostly in the 85-87 range
- 12/20/2023 at 4:34 PM #208231
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  AlohaUte
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  I’m less and less concerned about High School recruiting because of the Transfer Portal. It’s still got some importance, but not near as much as it used to. I still want us to get top recruits and keep them and develop them, but when we can augment with experienced players, there’s an argument to be made that we should put more focus on the portal.
- 12/20/2023 at 4:45 PM #208236
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  Charlie
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  At the top of the uncommitted list is Jericho Johnson a DL leaning toward Oregon, who would be an awesome get. Also Lamar Radcliffe who is leaning toward Utah is the short yardage RB we would love to have. Fonohema is also interesting.
  - 12/20/2023 at 4:54 PM #208238
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    RustyShackleford
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    Oregon already has like 3 highly rated DT committed I don’t understand why he would want to go there. Sometimes recruits make head scratching decisions and then wonder why they aren’t getting playing time 2 years from now.
    - 12/20/2023 at 5:01 PM #208241
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      EagleMountainUte
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      Because they were the best in High School so they assume they will be even better as the funnel narrows.
    - 12/21/2023 at 7:38 AM #208291
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      Central Coast Ute
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      NIL at oregon is huge
  - 12/20/2023 at 5:48 PM #208245
    
    concerned
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    Is Fonohema the springville player? I thought he committed to the Y.
  - 12/20/2023 at 6:04 PM #208249
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    cj13
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    Didn’t Radcliffe decommit? I’ve never seen a player who decommits recommit tick the same school.
    - 12/20/2023 at 6:29 PM #208252
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      D T
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      CJ Blocker did just last year.
  - 12/20/2023 at 7:29 PM #208260
    
    RustyShackleford
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    Is he actually leaning towards Utah after decommitting? That would be awesome. We don’t really have that power back like TT was.
    - 12/21/2023 at 12:20 AM #208287
      
      cj13
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      247 Sports says Utah is the favorite still. I guess I remember Blocker did decommit last year and recommit so hopefully we get him.
  - 12/21/2023 at 3:26 AM #208288
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    krindor
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    Some thoughts on Radcliffe
    
    Full disclosure/caveat that I have no inside info or particular skill breaking down film
    
    Radcliffe is a bit of an interesting case and frankly reminds me of Adarrius Harshaw, a 87.5 rated player who decommited from Utah…and ended up signing with Austin Peay. Harshaw had a great junior year and committed to Utah…but then was hurt and limited and lacked explosiveness as a senior, leading Utah to back off the offer and nobody else to offer.
    
    Radcliffe is not the same situation exactly…but there are similarities. He had a massive sophomore year and became a hugely sought after recruit. At the start of his junior year he was rated 90.99 – and then missed that entire year with injury. The expectation was that he’d be back, good as new, for his 2023 senior season. And his numbers for the season look very good, so maybe he is. But it’s worth noting that (per 247) nobody except Utah had offered him since his junior year injury and Utah may have backed off him. I’m wondering if his high rating (which has been dropping since that time and is now 88.3) is more an artifact of where he started and just hasn’t been updated. I hope not, both because I’d love a great talent at Utah and because it would suck for him if an injury reduced him from Oregon/Washington offers to hoping for FCS…but his scenario is a weird one and I’m not sure what the case actually is
- 12/20/2023 at 6:29 PM #208253
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  D T
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  247
- 12/21/2023 at 8:39 AM #208293
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  Jim Vanderhoof
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  Krindor appreciate your thoughtful and well researched posts. I see you on CB as well. It’s nice to see some intelligent non biased posts from a cougar. I’m a die hard Ute but still like to read posts from knowledgeable fans of any team.
- 01/05/2024 at 7:01 PM #209412
  
  highlandute7
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  Announces tomorrow. Any insight how he is leaning? 247 Crystal ball says TSPP.
  - 01/05/2024 at 8:34 PM #209413
    
    NarfUte
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    Pretty sure he signed with BYU during the NLI period and is just announcing during the game
- 01/06/2024 at 2:11 PM #209433
  
  Yergensen
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  Committed to BYU today. He wants to play TE, which they’ll accommodate. We wanted him on Defense.
  - 01/06/2024 at 6:35 PM #209435
    
    highlandute7
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    He said during his announcement that he is starting at defense but he hopes they will let him switch. Was kind of an awkward interview.
    
    Seems odd he would want to play TE down there given what we have done with TEs recently. To each his own.
    - 01/06/2024 at 7:16 PM #209437
      
      DataUte
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      Well, we have a lot of depth at TE, so we wouldn’t even let him have reps.
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