'09 CA RB Cierre Wood (ND Verbal 4/19/08)

[Katzenboyer]

Why is he in the verballed prospects section? I'm not seeing anything that says he's announced...

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by OCIrish

I have one concern, what's with the reported 4.57 forty time?

First off forty yard dash times are overrated plus you can't go by what these article and databases say because I remember a couple of years ago the databases were listing Joe McKnight with a 4.7 forty time.

The kid is a stud and while the rankings aren't all that you don't have the #3 overall ranking on Rivals because your decent it's because the prospect has special tools and if you possess them then chances are that you can be a special player.

[piyachi]

His high school stats are un-friggen-believable...

Does he play in one of the smaller/weaker divisions? Obviously he is extremely talented regardless of the competition level but 42 TDs?? Very, very, very impressive. Glad to have him.

He seems well-spoken, hope he steps up like Crist and is one of the leaders of his class.

[laxkid23]

I love you guys. This is something so great to come home to. My lacrosse team lost because of an illegal stick penalty. The stick wasn't illegal, there was one ref and he was incompetent. We tested the stick after the game in front of the ref and it was completely legal. So we lose, I come home to this, and I'm happy again.

[MirageSmack]

Originally Posted by laxkid23

I love you guys. This is something so great to come home to. My lacrosse team lost because of an illegal stick penalty. The stick wasn't illegal, there was one ref and he was incompetent. We tested the stick after the game in front of the ref and it was completely legal. So we lose, I come home to this, and I'm happy again.

Don't they check them before the games?

[Junkhead]

Originally Posted by piyachi

His high school stats are un-friggen-believable...

Does he play in one of the smaller/weaker divisions? Obviously he is extremely talented regardless of the competition level but 42 TDs?? Very, very, very impressive. Glad to have him.

He seems well-spoken, hope he steps up like Crist and is one of the leaders of his class.

Not to take anything away from either of them, but Darius Walker had 46tds his season year. Anyway, Wood seems like he will pair well with Jonas Gray, thunder and lightning or something.

[SoCalDomer]

Originally Posted by piyachi

His high school stats are un-friggen-believable...

Does he play in one of the smaller/weaker divisions? Obviously he is extremely talented regardless of the competition level but 42 TDs?? Very, very, very impressive. Glad to have him.

He seems well-spoken, hope he steps up like Crist and is one of the leaders of his class.

The level of competition is something that often comes up for people from smaller football states. But I think in the greater LA area (those in ventura countym don't take offense that i included you in "LA area"), it would be hard to say all of the competition is weak, regardless of division/league. Plus, if the competition were that weak, there would be many backs in that league putting up those numbers.

But i think the bottom line is CW and co want him, rivals and scout have him as the top back, and he wants to be at ND. those are qualifications enough for me.

You're right, let's hope he becomes the west coast recruiting coordinator to get Barrett and others on board.