'15 TX S Prentice McKinney (Oklahoma Signee)

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

He did one of the rivals camps down in Texas. I haven't been able to find any video (outside of an interview) or any analysis of how he did.

Big23Head · Mar 28, 2014

He also told Anna he doesn't plan to take any visits other than ND.

Sherm Sticky · Mar 28, 2014

Welcome to Notre Dame Prentice!

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

TJ's take on the Mckinney/Hendrix conversation.

[not staff, obviously, but throwing in a penny's thought here...]

Pete and Tim have some excellent thoughts above on any comparison here. Mostly agree with them.

I'll simply say that the major difference may lie in the fact that Hendrix would have been better in Diaco's zone-based preferred coverages (esp. C-2), while McKinney is a great and better fit for BVG's man-based preferred coverages (esp. C-1 and C-3). Both can run and hit and bring some punch and good range on the back-end. I do think McKinney has better Safety skills overall -- he's more of the "classic" style S in some sense.

McKinney has a real nice offer list and some other top programs were on the verge of getting in with him, too. But since we offered, staff felt pretty good here that we were the team to beat. I don't see that changing. He's a great fit as he should confirm over the BG weekend.

Very excited about this one. Now, it could get interesting at S (and overall DB) recruiting going forward.

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

Prister likes Hendrix more and Pete basically shared the thoughts of the board. Hendrix bigger and McKinney better at the rest.

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

The funny thing is I think A&M could be in for a rough year themselves. They lose a lot of firepower on offense and that defense has been atrocious. It will be interesting to follow.

koonja · Mar 28, 2014

Edit: Forget I said anything. Once a hitter always a hitter. He's best at safety.

BeauBenken · Mar 28, 2014

Ironman8 said:
The old standards. We aren't relevant, not in a relevant conference, haven't won anything in years, etc.

I had forgotten how good A&M had been this past decade...oh wait.

Ndaccountant · Mar 28, 2014

Luckylucci said:
The funny thing is I think A&M could be in for a rough year themselves. They lose a lot of firepower on offense and that defense has been atrocious. It will be interesting to follow.

No question here.

They have to go to South Carolina, Bama and Auburn but do get LSU at home.

Hopefully they aren't beat up enough to win the non-conference games against the always tough Lamar. Other OOC games are Rice, SMU and UL-Monroe.

Irishman77 · Mar 28, 2014

Luckylucci said:
He did one of the rivals camps down in Texas. I haven't been able to find any video (outside of an interview) or any analysis of how he did.

Here Nike 7on7

dublinirish · Mar 28, 2014

Ironman8 said:
The old standards. We aren't relevant, not in a relevant conference, haven't won anything in years, etc.

not so long ago they went down 77-0 to a rival on a nationally televised game!

IrishLax · Mar 28, 2014

kuehnja said:
Don't hammer me for this, just playing devil's advocate.

Anyone think he'd be a good WR? He's fast enough IMO, has good length, and is a bit on the light side but plenty big for WR. I love how he hits, but I also thought a lot of those hits were illegal.

To be clear, I like him more at safety, just wondering if anyone else thinks he'd be a better WR. Although we're being picky with WRs this year, so probably a dumb question.

Absolutely not. The fact that he doesn't currently play a large WR role on his teams tells you all you need to know about his upside there. From one 247 reporter, apparently he should've had even more INTs last year but dropped a bunch. And he's not exceptionally fluid on film (seems more than good enough for safety, but not quick-twitch cuts like you see from an elite WR).

koonja · Mar 28, 2014

IrishLax said:
Absolutely not. The fact that he doesn't currently play a large WR role on his teams tells you all you need to know about his upside there. From one 247 reporter, apparently he should've had even more INTs last year but dropped a bunch. And he's not exceptionally fluid on film.

Yeah - I took my post down right away. I'm just getting impatient and want Blake to have a target already, lol.

dublinirish · Mar 28, 2014

kuehnja said:
Yeah - I took my post down right away. I'm just getting impatient and want Blake to have a target already, lol.

your post was bad and you should feel bad brah!

will be interesting if one of the 3 WR's ND takes will be one of "Blake's guys" i.e. a WR he has connected with on the camp circuit and one he is fighting his corner for with the coaches.

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

You were doing so well there for a minute Coon, haha. But in the words of Whiskyjack you went full potato.

koonja · Mar 28, 2014

Luckylucci said:
You were doing so well there for a minute Coon, haha. But in the words of Whiskyjack you went full potato.

Yeah, that one was a heat check, lol.

I'm getting impatient (for no good reason) and want Blake to have a WR realize what an opportunity it will be with him, the OL, and it being ND.

Ironman8 · Mar 28, 2014

I'd be very surprised if we didn't get 3 very good WRs in this class, with Boykin and a TX Slot WR looking likely. Hope we can get a potential superstar type to go with them.

Ndaccountant · Mar 28, 2014

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

Ironman8 said:
I'd be very surprised if we didn't get 3 very good WRs in this class, with Boykin and a TX Slot WR looking likely. Hope we can get a potential superstar type to go with them.

You referring to Newsome?

arrowryan · Mar 28, 2014

Ironman8 said:
I'd be very surprised if we didn't get 3 very good WRs in this class, with Boykin and a TX Slot WR looking likely. Hope we can get a potential superstar type to go with them.

My top 3 for most wanted receivers in

1. Equanimeous St. Brown

2. Carlos Strickland

3. KJ Hill

I hope we can just get one of them

arrowryan · Mar 28, 2014

Luckylucci said:
You referring to Newsome?

Probably Newsome or Guyton

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

Yea, I spaced Guyton. Good call.

Ironman8 · Mar 28, 2014

arrowryan said:
Probably Newsome or Guyton

Those seem like the most likely.

Then I would love to add one of ESB, KJ Hill, Strickland, Broadus or Ofodile and call it a day.

Cpnd1 · Mar 28, 2014

Luckylucci said:
Yea, I spaced Guyton. Good call.

Could be Humphrey as well.

Luckylucci · Mar 28, 2014

Cpnd1 said:
Could be Humphrey as well.

I love Humphrey but he seems like a huge stretch at this point. Ive read multiple interviews where he doesnt mention ND at all. Its still early but seems unlikely.

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 28, 2014

You guys are just kidding, right?

arrowryan · Mar 28, 2014

Coach made it official

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WeAreND&src=hash">#WeAreND</a></p>— Brian Kelly (@CoachBrianKelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachBrianKelly/statuses/449633849551499264">March 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Grahambo · Mar 28, 2014

Late to the party but great to have this kid:

AdmiralBackhand · Mar 28, 2014

Needs to be stickied to the top with the other commits.

texbender · Mar 29, 2014

Love to see Cooks grabbing the talent down here in TX. Kid has pretty good reviews locally, and sure seems to be strongly committed to Irish.

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