'14 KY DT Matt Elam (Kentucky Verbal)

[KPENN]

 

[dublinirish]

i bet he wont decide on NSD either

 

[PANDFAN]

did the stories ever get to anyone? feel free to pm me...i love good reading

 

[IrishSteelhead]

The story was basically about a trip to (school name retracted) and a certain coach (name retracted) being a pretty weird SOB.

*I got nothing, that's just my guess on what happened

 

[T Town Tommy]

I am not sold on Elam being a big time college player. But it's his recruitment. And his choice. And his timing. We should at least respect that and not criticize him for not doing things maybe the way we would or announce when we think he should.

 

[Booslum31]

Instead of NDinLA sending a bunch of PMs then explaining it to the rest of the board after NSD like he said he would, how about you save him all of the time and just be patient until NSD?

Just looking out for his time, lol.

I want my Umpa-Lumpa NOW!

 

[PANDFAN]

So no pm. .. disappointed

 

[TheChosen1]

Was listed in a column under the most disappointed by on Rivals roundtable. Says lacks explosiveness and is nothing more than a space eater.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

'14 KY DT Matt Elam (Offer)

'14 KY DT Matt Elam (Offer)

If he goes to Bama they will develop him into A second Cody. If he goes to UK he won't develop into anything.

 

[Irish YJ]

Was listed in a column under the most disappointed by on Rivals roundtable. Says lacks explosiveness and is nothing more than a space eater.

sure dodged a bullet there....

 

[rtrn2glory]

If he goes to Bama they will develop him into A second Cody. If he goes to UK he won't develop into anything.

wouldn't sell stoops short...he's a pretty good defensive coach.

you could be right, but i'm not going to go that far just yet

 

[STLDomer]

Rivals is just taking this hard stance to oppose 247. Who's right? We'll see in a couple years. Both sites know he's really high cieling but also really low floor.

 

[Luckylucci]

Rivals is just taking this hard stance to oppose 247. Who's right? We'll see in a couple years. Both sites know he's really high cieling but also really low floor.

Yep, agreed. I actually saw some video of him from AA practice and he actually played well. Wasn't as good as Valentine, IMO but still did well. 247 is probably a little high right now and rivals is extremely low.

 

[rtrn2glory]

thought he looked relatively disruptive several times during the game as well.

either way if he had ended up coming here as long as his "space eating" contained a double team i'd be fine with it.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

thought he looked relatively disruptive several times during the game as well.

either way if he had ended up coming here as long as his "space eating" contained a double team i'd be fine with it.

Agreed.
Space eater is what defines a typical 3-4 nose.
That's what made Nix elite.
He was a space eater and disruptive in the passing game.
Want him anymore or not, he's exactly what we need.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

wouldn't sell stoops short...he's a pretty good defensive coach.



you could be right, but i'm not going to go that far just yet

I just think if he goes to UK he will be the big man on campus and he will be pampered and won't work as hard if he went to a program like Bama where everyone is a 5 and you have to work your ass off to play.

 

[rtrn2glory]

I just think if he goes to UK he will be the big man on campus and he will be pampered and won't work as hard if he went to a program like Bama where everyone is a 5 and you have to work your ass off to play.

gotcha that makes sense.

 

[GBdomer]

someone said he looks like a guy who has a ton of bad weight and might only get 15 snaps a game

 

[ThePiombino]

someone said he looks like a guy who has a ton of bad weight and might only get 15 snaps a game

Weren't people saying the same thing about Nix two seasons ago.

 

[NCND]

Weren't people saying the same thing about Nix two seasons ago.

Yep. Now since ND is out of the running, everybody wants 2 talk shit and make lil smart remarks about the guy. He anit coming here so oh well NEXT!

 

[dublinirish]

you say that about every DT coming out of HS though

 

[GBdomer]

you say that about every DT coming out of HS though

who?

 

[Irish To The Core]

someone said he looks like a guy who has a ton of bad weight and might only get 15 snaps a game

Yeah, and we would take him in a heartbeat and try to correct that bad weight.

 

[GBdomer]

I was never that high on him and just thought he was a big body. It still blows my mind 24 7 thinks he is a top 10 player. But we do need a space eater

 

[Irish Insanity]

He's not coming here. He fucking sucks now. No motivation. Over weight. Bad feet. Overrated.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Matt Elam's coach said he had not seen the eBay site with some of his Army Bowl gear for sale and was going to find Elam to ask about it.</p>— Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveJones_CJ/statuses/423162424858927104">January 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Matt Elam was late to school and had just checked in recently, so Coach hadn't talked to him.</p>— Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveJones_CJ/statuses/423162592677208064">January 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Ironman8]

This might be one of the few cases where the old 'dodged a bullet' adage may actually be applicable.

 

[T Town Tommy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Matt Elam's coach said he had not seen the eBay site with some of his Army Bowl gear for sale and was going to find Elam to ask about it.</p>— Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveJones_CJ/statuses/423162424858927104">January 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Matt Elam was late to school and had just checked in recently, so Coach hadn't talked to him.</p>— Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveJones_CJ/statuses/423162592677208064">January 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Rumor is he gave it to a friend and then the friend decided to sell it on eBay. Either way, I hope this clown goes to UK and not Bama. For a big guy, he sure is a prima donna. Geez.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Wouldn't be an NCAA violation until he signs his LOI.

Right now he's just a high school athlete without any contractual (LOI) ties to any school.

And, there is nothing wrong with pocketing some cash. If I recall correctly, Elam's family isn't exactly dining on lobster every night, and selling his jersey, which he is asking $300 for, is what he thinks can help out.

 

[JTLA]

Wouldn't be an NCAA violation until he signs his LOI.

Right now he's just a high school athlete without any contractual (LOI) ties to any school.

And, there is nothing wrong with pocketing some cash. If I recall correctly, Elam's family isn't exactly dining on lobster every night, and selling his jersey, which he is asking $300 for, is what he thinks can help out.

This can't possibly be true.

I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

So high school kids can profit off their likeness and retain NCAA eligibility??? Where are the AAU basketball $20 autograph signing sessions? Why isn't every kid in America doing this?