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'15 FL OLB Te'Von Coney (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>4-star LB Tevon Coney: "I see myself playing at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash">#NotreDame</a>." He discusses his visit to South Bend and more <a href="http://t.co/cYgXBfEKoq">http://t.co/cYgXBfEKoq</a> (VIP)</p>— Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomLoy247/status/512231407024762880">September 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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depends whether the new coaching staff shows interest....
Haha I wish UK would have beat them. But they still have a solid shot at losing 7 games this year.
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IF Coney can see himself playing here then why doesn't he just do it and commit already?! I wouldn't be surprised to see Hilliard change his mind IF Ohio St has a bad year and BVG's Defense continues it's dominance. I say, land em both!!!
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Let the poaching begin for Hilliard, I remember reading that ND had a spot for Hilliard. We'd have one heck of a LB class with Hilliard, Coney, and Barajas.
You are shooting for the stars when it comes to recruiting today.
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Notre Dame sophomore running back Greg Bryant has a mostly direct, honest approach. He knows when not to say something in public that might get him in trouble, but he also speaks from the heart.
Thus, when prized Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., inside linebacker Tevon Coney — the nation’s No. 11-rated inside linebacker by 247Sports — came up for his official visit to the Sept. 6 Michigan game, Bryant, from the same area, was made his host. No sugarcoating came with it.
“I basically told him that it’s not going to be easy,” Bryant said. “It’s going to be a tough transition, it's going to be hard, the weather and everything ... When I first got here it was tough — it was real tough. But now I’m used to it and I got used to the Indiana lifestyle.”
Then he went into the crux of his salesmanship.
“Being around the people here at Notre Dame, it just makes you a better person, makes you a man and makes you want to be successful. …I adapted to living the lifestyle of a Notre Dame student-athlete,” Bryant said. “Waking up, going to school, knowing that I’ve got to do stuff that I don’t want to do every day. It turned me into a man now and made me realize the big picture. It’s not all about football. It basically made me the person I am today.
“I’m in class raising my hand, trying to just get my teachers’ attention. They actually make you want to be better, and make you want to be a better person and make you succeed in stuff you never thought you would. … If you come here, then you’ll want to be successful, it will be in you.”
The message Bryant imparted was the one he heard all the time from his father, also Greg, a former college football linebacker: “I’ll roll the red carpet before you; you just have to walk it.”
Bryant’s forthright approach and Coney’s overall experience on campus actually has given Notre Dame a chance to lure him away from the heavily favored Gators. Whether or not Coney does come doesn’t alter Bryant’s own progress, and not just on the FieldTurf.
During Notre Dame’s 3-0 start, he has been the top rusher with 119 yards and 5.4 yards per carry, compared to classmate Tarean Folston’s 110 yards and 3.7 figures and senior captain Cam McDaniel’s 97 and 3.9 in the three-man rotation. Bryant’s first two career receptions last week against Purdue each picked up 17 yards, and his one kick return netted 29 yards. His three punt returns in the opener averaged 10.3 yards — with a fearless approach to the return game.
“I don’t know when I’m going to get the ball again, so I’m just going to take this punt and try to take it to the house,” said Bryant on his approach to returns.
Hard to believe right now he’s been the third man inserted at running back in games, and he’s not reticent about addressing it.
“I don’t want to be just a third-string running back ever,” Bryant said. “I’m just going to keep making plays and see what the coaches do from there. If you make plays, they got no choice.”
He will also be honest about when he’s wrong … like going the wrong way on quarterback Everett Golson’s final of three touchdown runs in the opener against Rice.
“Yeah, I messed it up,” he said, bowing his head with a sheepish grin “… It worked out for the better.”
As a four- to five-star high school back, he also acknowledges that he never had to block at that level, which is what has prevented him from becoming a complete back so far.
“I feel like I can run the ball, I feel like I can catch the ball, but one thing I really want to work on is my blocking,” he said. “That’s one thing that can separate me from not just the running backs on the team but everybody in the country.”
The player he tried to pattern himself after was current New York Jets speedster Chris Johnson, a three-time Pro Bowl pick who in 2009 set the NFL single-season yards from scrimmage with 2,509. But now…
“I used to look up to Chris Johnson but I’m trying to be better than Chris Johnson … I’m just trying to be the best I can be,” Bryant said.
He’s even become more analytical about his game, although “make plays” is always going to be his mantra. In any five-minute football session with Bryant, the over-under about how many times he says “make plays” is about a dozen. His desire to make plays has sometimes led him to be not patient on waiting for his blocking to develop or reading his keys.
“I feel like I’ve made an improvement being more patient and setting up the blocks to go where I want to go,” said Bryant, who admits he was humbled last season when he took a medical redshirt while taking care of some knee issues. “But sometimes that [doesn’t] work, too, so you’ve got to make a play on your own when stuff breaks down. You just have to be a football player and make plays.
“Sometimes you can wait on that block, but sometimes somebody could be coming behind you … If I see something, I’m going to be patient, but I’m going to hit it as well.”
Trying to be too physical on blocks also has to be balanced with smarts.
“You can overreact,” he said. “You can be really physical, but as you’re being really physical, a really good defender can swim off of you, run around you. So you can’t react really quick; you have to just react the way they do.”
For Bryant, it’s just another honest day of work, all around.
Greg Bryant Keeps It Real With Tevon Coney
Thus, when prized Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., inside linebacker Tevon Coney — the nation’s No. 11-rated inside linebacker by 247Sports — came up for his official visit to the Sept. 6 Michigan game, Bryant, from the same area, was made his host. No sugarcoating came with it.
“I basically told him that it’s not going to be easy,” Bryant said. “It’s going to be a tough transition, it's going to be hard, the weather and everything ... When I first got here it was tough — it was real tough. But now I’m used to it and I got used to the Indiana lifestyle.”
Then he went into the crux of his salesmanship.
“Being around the people here at Notre Dame, it just makes you a better person, makes you a man and makes you want to be successful. …I adapted to living the lifestyle of a Notre Dame student-athlete,” Bryant said. “Waking up, going to school, knowing that I’ve got to do stuff that I don’t want to do every day. It turned me into a man now and made me realize the big picture. It’s not all about football. It basically made me the person I am today.
“I’m in class raising my hand, trying to just get my teachers’ attention. They actually make you want to be better, and make you want to be a better person and make you succeed in stuff you never thought you would. … If you come here, then you’ll want to be successful, it will be in you.”
The message Bryant imparted was the one he heard all the time from his father, also Greg, a former college football linebacker: “I’ll roll the red carpet before you; you just have to walk it.”
Bryant’s forthright approach and Coney’s overall experience on campus actually has given Notre Dame a chance to lure him away from the heavily favored Gators. Whether or not Coney does come doesn’t alter Bryant’s own progress, and not just on the FieldTurf.
During Notre Dame’s 3-0 start, he has been the top rusher with 119 yards and 5.4 yards per carry, compared to classmate Tarean Folston’s 110 yards and 3.7 figures and senior captain Cam McDaniel’s 97 and 3.9 in the three-man rotation. Bryant’s first two career receptions last week against Purdue each picked up 17 yards, and his one kick return netted 29 yards. His three punt returns in the opener averaged 10.3 yards — with a fearless approach to the return game.
“I don’t know when I’m going to get the ball again, so I’m just going to take this punt and try to take it to the house,” said Bryant on his approach to returns.
Hard to believe right now he’s been the third man inserted at running back in games, and he’s not reticent about addressing it.
“I don’t want to be just a third-string running back ever,” Bryant said. “I’m just going to keep making plays and see what the coaches do from there. If you make plays, they got no choice.”
He will also be honest about when he’s wrong … like going the wrong way on quarterback Everett Golson’s final of three touchdown runs in the opener against Rice.
“Yeah, I messed it up,” he said, bowing his head with a sheepish grin “… It worked out for the better.”
As a four- to five-star high school back, he also acknowledges that he never had to block at that level, which is what has prevented him from becoming a complete back so far.
“I feel like I can run the ball, I feel like I can catch the ball, but one thing I really want to work on is my blocking,” he said. “That’s one thing that can separate me from not just the running backs on the team but everybody in the country.”
The player he tried to pattern himself after was current New York Jets speedster Chris Johnson, a three-time Pro Bowl pick who in 2009 set the NFL single-season yards from scrimmage with 2,509. But now…
“I used to look up to Chris Johnson but I’m trying to be better than Chris Johnson … I’m just trying to be the best I can be,” Bryant said.
He’s even become more analytical about his game, although “make plays” is always going to be his mantra. In any five-minute football session with Bryant, the over-under about how many times he says “make plays” is about a dozen. His desire to make plays has sometimes led him to be not patient on waiting for his blocking to develop or reading his keys.
“I feel like I’ve made an improvement being more patient and setting up the blocks to go where I want to go,” said Bryant, who admits he was humbled last season when he took a medical redshirt while taking care of some knee issues. “But sometimes that [doesn’t] work, too, so you’ve got to make a play on your own when stuff breaks down. You just have to be a football player and make plays.
“Sometimes you can wait on that block, but sometimes somebody could be coming behind you … If I see something, I’m going to be patient, but I’m going to hit it as well.”
Trying to be too physical on blocks also has to be balanced with smarts.
“You can overreact,” he said. “You can be really physical, but as you’re being really physical, a really good defender can swim off of you, run around you. So you can’t react really quick; you have to just react the way they do.”
For Bryant, it’s just another honest day of work, all around.
Greg Bryant Keeps It Real With Tevon Coney
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If this defense shows up against Stanford and FSU and we manage to win these two games, I could see the interest pick back up between Hillard and ND especially if OSU struggles. Go Cincy
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Go BIG or go home! I just think we have enough "fill" players in this class so I want to close with some big name studs that have that day 1 impact potential. BVG has good energy that kids feed off. As the defensive dominance continues, more heads will start turning and more curiosity will creep into the minds of those already committed. All it takes is a bad season for the grass to look greener somewhere else.
Hilliard has shown no signs of looking elsewhere. He's been to ND 28 times so he knows what it's all about. Why would he flip? He already knows what ND is all about. Ohio State has one loss it's not like they are 0-3 and urban is on the hot seat.
You seem upset. Every ND fan and coach would take Justin Hilliard in this class. But if they both were committed to ND you would say how great they are and how they are Notre Dame men and RKGS
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I'm not, at all. As every ND fan I'd welcome him with open arms. But I'm not too worried about it...at all.
I think, no I know, we'll be just fine without Hillard. And that is all. No bad feelings.
Hilliard was a recruit ND needed to land and we didn't. You win some and lose some. You're right we will be just fine but Hilliard was a big loss and someone the staff really wanted.
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No, you are wrong...ND does not need Hillard. He will not make or break ND for the upcoming four years. I'll tell you who will, a top level QB. That is who we NEED.
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Might I suggest you take a look at the bullpen?
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Yup...like I said, we'll be just fine. Let it play out.
I agree with you. Hilliard would have been a nice pick up but he's hardly a must have. I became less enamored when I found out he wasn't 6-2 but in fact 6 feet even.
Ooo really? Because we are just stacked at linebacker with ability to play in coverage and play physical? Is that why the staff really wanted Justin Hillard? We have a former walk on and a former WR starting at linebacker with not a lot of guys behind them with the ability of Hilliard. But it's good to know we don't need top 5 linebacker in the country.
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I agree that we'll be fine without Hilliard, but fine doesn't always cut it. If we sign Coney and/or Bilal, that's a lot of talent still. But if we miss on one or both of those, missing Hilliard hurts even more.
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Nobody said that. He is not a "need". And will be fine, meaning IMO will get someone else...he might be on the roster right now. Granted not as good as your guy, possibly, but pretty damn good.
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He'll be announcing on Oct. 11th after his UF OV. If they give him the green light on his OV he'll be a Gator. Pains me to say this but there are rumblings out there that with the potential for the UF ship to sink they'll lose guys like Adonis Thomas (looking at Bama hard still) and they'll take Coney at this point.
