'15 FL OLB Te'Von Coney (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

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Some of Te'Von's thoughts and reasoning on why he chose ND. Interesting to know that he wasn't sure of his decision until this morning.

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Whiskeyjack said:
Not sure if Saban's 'Bama is a realistic bar for "reloading". No one else in the country reloads like they have over the last few years. You could argue their current football dynasty is unmatched in CFB history.
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Exactly. That is why it sometimes gets tiresome that Kelly is held to the Saban standard by some fans. Almost no one in history has done what Saban is doing right now at Alabama. To hold anyone to Saban's standard is unrealistic and completely unfair. Kelly is a top 5 coach in the game right now and I believe he wins at least 1 title (hopefully more) before he leaves ND.

For the record I think we're just shy of "reloading." We're on the tail end of the "rebuild" and the talent we're amassing and developing is incredible.
 
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jspags10pg said:
Some of Te'Von's thoughts and reasoning on why he chose ND. Interesting to know that he wasn't sure of his decision until this morning.

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Awesome, welcome Te'Von!
 
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I haven't listened to it yet but apparently he told the rivals guy that was at his announcement that he wasn't sure if he hadn't decided whether he'd visit Miami or not. I have to believe that he doesn't if he wants his spot. Also, UF had no contact with him prior to his decision this week. This is per Blake Alderman of Rivals florida site.
 
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Will backer? Thought he was middle? I saw rivals said Will too but figured it was a mistake.
 
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Whiskeyjack said:
This is going to sound cliche, but with each passing year, I care less about recruiting rankings. Kelly's staff is crazy good at evaluating talent, so there's a very good chance many of our 3:s: recruits are going to turn into very productive players.

Consider our star receivers this year. Will Fuller's best offers (other than ND) were PSU, BC and Rutgers. He was a high 3:s:/ low 4:s: that we flipped from PSU late in the cycle with little very fanfare. And Corey Robinson, as a very low composite 3:s:, wasn't even on the radar for another major program.

Point being, Kelly is a boss at scouting and developing talent, so the recruiting rankings mean much less for us than they once did.
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I totally agree, I was just more commenting on the topic since it was brought up. I really just like following rankings for the prospect. Its cool to see their progress and then when they are rewarded for their hardwork. I think this class is very similar to every other year where we have some really good football players that the services just don't get.
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Welcome to the club gentlemen.
 
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One thing I keep in mind, especially with recruiting, and the "why is this kid offered, but this one isn't"......the staff evaluates these kids far more heavily than we do as fans. We see highlight films of them, the coaches see entire game film, watch them at camps, and so on. I've come to trust the staff's judgements over my own. They get in on kids incredibly early, and seem to be right far more than they are wrong. I've questioned so.e of their offers, but I won't bitch about them, they seem to know a hell of a lot more or as my college defensive coordinator used to tell us, "that guys forgotten more about football than I'll ever know".
 
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Good article on the newest member of the class.

Coney Picks Notre Dame - Irish Sports Daily

The four-star linebacker had offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Mississippi State, N.C. State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee and West Virginia among many others.
 
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Last night, Coney returned an interception for thirty yards and a score. Playing against a very good quarterback, Shannon Patrick, Palm Beach Gardens lost 23-17 to Wellington. Most see Coney as a middle linebacker. But, at the next level, I think Coney's skill set translates best as a weak side linebacker.
 
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Is it a visit, or a kid from Florida going to see a big time annual matchup between 2 of the 3 highest profile teams in the state?

Because if I were in his shoes, I'd be at that game if I could get tickets.
 
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koonja said:
FYI, his deal was no more visits.

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There were over fifty players from south Florida on the Sun Life Field last night. Some, like Dalvin Cook and Chad Thomas, could have walked home after the game. One of the best games of the year in which many freshmen played. Each year, Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade counties send over a hundred football prospects to colleges around the country. Think of it, three counties send more recruits to Div 1 schools than most states! Why not attend a game with so many personal friends, and be proud of their effort?
 
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There were over fifty players from south Florida on the Sun Life Field last night. Some, like Dalvin Cook and Chad Thomas, could have walked home after the game. One of the best games of the year in which many freshmen played. Each year, Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade counties send over a hundred football prospects to colleges around the country. Think of it, three counties send more recruits to Div 1 schools than most states! Why not attend a game with so many personal friends, and be proud of their effort?
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Because you told ND, specifically Alford that you were done taking visits. And they held off taking your commitment until you agreed to do that.

Maybe something happened after he committed and before this Miami visit and ND is all of a sudden cool with it, but they weren't OK with it a few weeks ago.
 
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Too bad we didn't take Kirkland before our team became a dumpster fire. We need linebackers in the worst way.
 
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dublinirish said:
this year's yeargin perhaps?
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Clemson was able to recruit two other Florida high school prospects who had shown interest in Notre Dame - receiver Artavis Scott and db Mackensie Alexander. As a freshman, Scott is leading the team with seven touchdowns. Yeargin would have been a perfect academic fit at Notre Dame. His family is from South Carolina - also his older brother is a student at Clemson. Red shirt, needs to add weight to play defensive end.
 
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This isn't an I told you so scenario because a lot of people have been saying this but I've said all a long Miami is actually running right there this entire time. If he can't sack up to leaving Florida he'll head to Miami.
 
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