'10 KY S Austin Collinsworth (Notre Dame Signee)

[IrishInFL]

Originally Posted by OCIrish

There's a reason why we never heard of him, he sucks.

The state championship mvp sucks?

[Big23Head]

Well get used to him, Austin is Irish!

Commit #18 (again)

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Scout is also now reporting this

[Dacian_Irish]

Originally Posted by OCIrish

There's a reason why we never heard of him, he sucks.

Your attitude sucks!

You have to trust BK. He has been doing this for like 20 years. He knows we are weak at this position so he is bringing guys in immediately. We can't afford to take the chance and only go with one safety this year.

In my opinion this is a great move. Plus you never know he may be a great player in a couple of years.

[NDinL.A.]

Here's what ESPN says about him:

Collinsworth is a tall and physically impressive skilled athlete. He has good size in terms of height but needs to put on some overall strength and bulk. A long strider that doesn't have great lateral agility or shiftiness, but does kick it into gear and demonstrates excellent playing speed-- especially on a straight-line. Takes great pursuit angles to the football from the safety position; often makes tackles on the opposite side of the field when coming from the backside or crossfield. A real competitive football player that gives 100 percent every play and will lay out to make a tackle. Shows the talent to go up high to make a play on the deep ball and gets a quick break on the ball-- good ball skills. Excels as a punt return specialist; fields the ball with the courage in a crowd and heads upfield immediately. Collingsworth is a very intelligent football player that makes the most out of his football skills. He will get better and better at the next level as he physically matures. We are not sure he is the right fit to be matched-up in many man-to-man situations especially against speedy, quicker players, but we really like his football awareness.


Collinsworth was considering offers from Cincinnati, Oregon, Louisville, and Kentucky. He visited campus yesterday and committed to Coach Kelly quickly after.

"It's a great balance for me," Collinsworth told Pete Sampson at Irish Illustrated. "I was looking for that balance of academics, football, social life and people. I really found that at Notre Dame

This is the type of recruit that ND fans laud while other fans snicker. Let's be honest...we've been laughing at Michigan for getting 3 star recruits that fit what DickRod wants to do. This is a 3 star recruit that fits the type of mentality that Kelly wants.

This is also the type of recruit that works his tail off and makes the most out of every single ounce of talent God has given him, and lunch pail guy that will work and work and work and learn and learn and learn and by his redshirt junior year you never want to see him off the field. The type of kid you see in other schools where you're like 'damn, why didn't WE offer that kid?'

Now, you obviously can't build your class around these guys, but we're just going to have to trust Kelly on this one. Oregon liked him...

EDIT: Here's a youtube video of him. Check it out:

YouTube - Austin Collinsworth Highlights

[JefMaj]

He has the desire to get where his dad was... on Sundays... and he will have to do it through hard work and who knows.... BK needs to get guys he thinks he can mold and he feels will work their butts off... I'm in!!!! So I trust his judgment.

[jmurphy75]

Originally Posted by OCIrish

There's a reason why we never heard of him, he sucks.

That's a great response.....way to class it up and make a kid feel welcome. I hope he turns into another McCarthy and makes you eat your words. I really can't belive you'd post this crap on a recruits thread. Like it or not he'll be wearing an IRISH jersey show some respect.

[DirtySecret]

Originally Posted by jmurphy75

That's a great response.....way to class it up and make a kid feel welcome. I hope he turns into another McCarthy and makes you eat your words. I really can't belive you'd post this crap on a recruits thread. Like it or not he'll be wearing an IRISH jersey show some respect.

Why would he eat his words? McCarthy wasn't that great, he blew coverage a couple times this year, one was on a wide open Uconn player running in for a TD. Secondly, we need playmakers not a guy who's ranking is 98. We already have a soild safety in Chris Badger who by the way is better ranked and also works his tail off, so we can take a chance to chase Riley. No matter how well you coach him up, he's going get burnt by faster wide outs.