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Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: April 29th, 2016, 5:10 am
by Bob Green
Will Taylor, another OL, has verbally committed to Duke:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/footb ... ill-taylor

Nice size at 6'4" 280 with offers from Illinois, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Colorado State...

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: April 29th, 2016, 10:05 pm
by devildeac
Bob Green wrote:Will Taylor, another OL, has verbally committed to Duke:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/footb ... ill-taylor

Nice size at 6'4" 280 with offers from Illinois, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Colorado State...
That's a lot of beef for a HS junior :-o . Where do you think Cut will play him, center, OG or OT?

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: April 30th, 2016, 6:23 am
by Bob Green
devildeac wrote:Where do you think Cut will play him, center, OG or OT?
He will be a center/guard at Duke.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 18th, 2016, 6:57 pm
by CameronBornAndBred
6'3, 200 lb rusher, and committed to Duke.
Welcome to Duke, Chris Rumph II. 3 stars and smart...
"I chose Duke most of all because of the academics," Rumph II told 247Sports. "They have the best academics. I love the campus. I love the coaches there."
http://duke.247sports.com/Bolt/Three-St ... e-45391692

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 18th, 2016, 10:15 pm
by devildeac
CameronBornAndBred wrote:6'3, 200 lb rusher, and committed to Duke.
Welcome to Duke, Chris Rumph II. 3 stars and smart...
"I chose Duke most of all because of the academics," Rumph II told 247Sports. "They have the best academics. I love the campus. I love the coaches there."
http://duke.247sports.com/Bolt/Three-St ... e-45391692
Looks like a good pedigree. His father is assistant coach, defensive line at some school in Gainesville :D :

http://floridagators.com/coaches.aspx?r ... h=football

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 19th, 2016, 4:49 am
by Bob Green
It sounds like he has a lot of work to do in the weight room but I like that he is the son of a DL coach.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 19th, 2016, 9:27 am
by devildeac
Bob Green wrote:It sounds like he has a lot of work to do in the weight room but I like that he is the son of a DL coach.
Yep. His listing is OLB/DE but 6'3" and 200 lbs is kinda, sorta small for a DE.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 19th, 2016, 10:02 am
by CameronBornAndBred
devildeac wrote:
Bob Green wrote:It sounds like he has a lot of work to do in the weight room but I like that he is the son of a DL coach.
Yep. His listing is OLB/DE but 6'3" and 200 lbs is kinda, sorta small for a DE.
Cut and company has done a decent job before when moving folks around. ;) A tall, fast guy can irritate the hell out of QBs. (Jeremy Cash would agree, and he's 3" shorter with barely more weight.)

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 20th, 2016, 4:03 pm
by Bob Green
Bob Green wrote:4* LB Ellis Brooks has verballed to Duke. He is a 6'2" 240 stud out of Richmond from the same high school as Scott Bracey (and Silent G).
Brooks announced he is de-committing and reopening his recruitment. A big loss.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: May 21st, 2016, 8:45 am
by CameronBornAndBred
Bob Green wrote:
Bob Green wrote:4* LB Ellis Brooks has verballed to Duke. He is a 6'2" 240 stud out of Richmond from the same high school as Scott Bracey (and Silent G).
Brooks announced he is de-committing and reopening his recruitment. A big loss.
Wonder the reasoning. It wouldn't be "wanting to play closer to home", and we haven't gone on any losing streaks lately.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 1st, 2016, 6:52 am
by Bob Green
Duke received three verbal commits over Memorial Day weekend to bring the number up to 11:

S Lummie Young (6'2" 195)
CB Joshua Blackwell (5'10" 170)
WR Gavin Holmes (5'11" 178)

The 2017 class now has seven offensive commits and four defensive. Here is the position breakdown:

Offense - OL (3), WR (2), RB, TE
Defense - S (2), OLB, CB

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 9th, 2016, 3:44 pm
by Bob Green
Offensive lineman Patrick Leitten (6'7" 250) from Brentwood, TN verbally committed yesterday:

http://www.scout.com/college/duke/story ... ck-leitten

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 9th, 2016, 11:09 pm
by devildeac
Bob Green wrote:Offensive lineman Patrick Leitten (6'7" 250) from Brentwood, TN verbally committed yesterday:

http://www.scout.com/college/duke/story ... ck-leitten
Imagine him at ages 19-23 after a year or two of the Cut diet and in the Duke weight room at about 280-290 lbs. What a beast!

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 13th, 2016, 7:17 pm
by Bob Green
TE Noah Gray (6'5" 225) is the newest Blue Devil. He reportedly ran a 4.7 40. That's great speed for a guy that big. Lots of possibilities.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 14th, 2016, 7:56 am
by DevilWearsPrada2.0
devildeac wrote:
Bob Green wrote:Offensive lineman Patrick Leitten (6'7" 250) from Brentwood, TN verbally committed yesterday:

http://www.scout.com/college/duke/story ... ck-leitten
Imagine him at ages 19-23 after a year or two of the Cut diet and in the Duke weight room at about 280-290 lbs. What a beast!

:happy-bouncyblue: :D #DukeGang #BeastMode

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 14th, 2016, 4:27 pm
by Bob Green
Bob Green wrote:He reportedly ran a 4.7 40.
Gray's 4.7 40 was run at Duke so it is confirmed.

http://www.scout.com/college/duke/story ... -noah-gray
He was offered after performing well at Duke’s first camp of the summer...he ran a 4.7 confirmed forty time at camp.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 14th, 2016, 5:49 pm
by Devil in the Blue Dress
Bob Green wrote:TE Noah Gray (6'5" 225) is the newest Blue Devil. He reportedly ran a 4.7 40. That's great speed for a guy that big. Lots of possibilities.
Jim Bridge is the coach on record for this commit. ;;)

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 19th, 2016, 3:17 pm
by Bob Green
Drew Jordan (6'2" 235) is the newest Blue Devil. He is an ESPN300 4 Star with an impressive offer list:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/footb ... rew-jordan

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 25th, 2016, 9:49 am
by Bob Green
There are rumors at The Devils Den a big recruit is going to announce for Duke this weekend. I'll be keeping an eye on Twitter all day.

Re: 2017 Recruiting

Posted: June 25th, 2016, 12:47 pm
by devildeac
Bob Green wrote:There are rumors at The Devils Den a big recruit is going to announce for Duke this weekend. I'll be keeping an eye on Twitter all day.
Big as in taller than 6'6" or more than 300 pounds? Or both? :D