Nahlin with a not great DB update
Like always, with decision season comes twists and turns. Currently, defensive back recruiting is seeing the most shifts. After talking to as many people as we can possibly think of, here’s the latest we’re hearing.
It’s not great.
DB Chace Calicut: Georgia does lead at this point. Bulldogs are pitching cornerback while Texas is pitching safety with the ability to move around. There might be another smart angle Georgia is playing as well with a person of influence.
Calicut announces June 27 so the clock is ticking.
CB Samari Matthews: Our South Carolina site has growing optimism on the North Carolina cornerback. When Wiltfong and Simmons put in RPM’s for Texas I texted the group “I wanted to do the same but hadn’t heard anything new from his SCar visit.” I’m not liking what I’m hearing of late. That visit shook things up for sure.
Matthews announces July 11. There is time but Shane Beamer, yes Shane Beamer, has reversed momentum. I wouldn’t put in a pick for South Carolina yet but I’m nowhere close to doing it for Texas.
CB Davon Benjamin: Each miss Oregon has make them more focused on not losing Benjamin and they’ve had quite a few misses. I think Texas has recruited him better since the spring and he feels like it’s a great place to be developed but Oregon is being aggressive.
Benjamin has no known decision date. This is a two team race between Texas and Oregon.
We had years and years to get to learn how Terry Jospeh operates. Jospeh’s approach was patient, methodical, and unflinching. If he lost a recruit he just worked even harder to ultimately sign him. He never panicked to take low hanging fruit. More often than not, that approach worked out.
Hopefully Mark Orphey can regain momentum in these recruitments, but if not, as Joseph routinely demonstrated, it ain’t over til it’s over.