'15 GA DE Austin Bryant (Clemson Verbal)

[NDhoosier]

Dont see this one going our way.

Clemson the favorite here?

 

[Luckylucci]

Its largely believed he commits to Clemson and will then OV to ND and maybe others in the fall.

 

[dwshade]

That is incredibly naive. Does Brian Kelly hold spots for everyone regardless of their unwillingness to commit? Trust me, even 4 star top 100 talent like Bryant is told to make a decision or risk losing a spot. Very few recruits get that treatment.

Sure it sucks for us what happened with Blake Barnett, but assume for the moment that Alabama was always his dream school and they weren't sold yet.

If they never commit to an actionable offer to him, he is perfectly happy to go to ND. If he doesn't commit to ND, back in 2013, ND is hunting for someone aggressively and maybe gets their Waller or Stidham. Now Blake is stuck.

Flip that scenario around and consider that if we get Iman Marshall or Marvell Tell to commit I could easily see Nick Coleman and Ashton White to look around.

It's a game and is the reality of recruiting in 2014. I don't blame Barajas or White or Adams or Everett Golson for that matter for playing it.

Couldn't be more wrong. Unless a surprise like Cowart commits Bryant is a take for ND in this recruiting cycle.

 

[dwshade]

Tommy Schutt went to his 3rd choice allegedly due to schools filling up at his position. Josh Adams by all accounts would be a PSU commit right now if he wasn't beat to the punch by 2 RBs.

I'm sure there are hundreds of examples of guys who were solid 4-stars who this has happened to.

If he were a Top-50 player I'd agree with you, but composite of #145 doesn't make think that he can wait as long as he wants and go anywhere.

Josh Adams wasn't considered a top recruit for PSU. ND and Michigan both backed off Schutt. Diaco didn't see Schutt as a fit for his defense. I can guarantee you Bryant is someone the staff really, really likes and they will stay after him even if he commits to Clemson.

 

[ResLife Hero]

247 shows a commitment to Clemson tonight.

 

[TheChosen1]

As predicted by all.