'16 GA ATH Demetris Robertson (Georgia Transfer)

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He's going to Stanford if he gets in IMO.

And GB I think you are insane if you think the staff should tell a Georgia 5 star to not OV when he wants to early in the year just so maybe we can get him to visit closer to NSD. If he didn't OV early on and love it we wouldn't be in it now.
 

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He's going to Stanford if he gets in IMO.

And GB I think you are insane if you think the staff should tell a Georgia 5 star to not OV when he wants to early in the year just so maybe we can get him to visit closer to NSD. If he didn't OV early on and love it we wouldn't be in it now.

I am more saying he should have taken his OV later in the process. Maybe for the Banquet or something.
 

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I am more saying he should have taken his OV later in the process. Maybe for the Banquet or something.

And I am saying I don't believe we'd be in it for him without an early OV. He took his OV early, loved it, and said he would come back. I didn't work out (yet), but I 100% believe the only reason we have a shot now is because he loved his early visit.
 

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No. 2 ATH, Demetris Robertson, that might be fading on the Tide. BOL spoke with a source close to the former Bama commit this afternoon that told us Stanford and Notre Dame are likely the teams to beat, followed by Georgia, heading into the final month before signing day

BOL?

This bit of news doesn't sound like any of the others we've been hearing.
 

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Wouldn't surprise me

The fact that he's trying so hard to get into Stanford makes him sound like a perfect fit for ND. How many guys have we seen totally blow off trying to improve their scores or take a foreign language or otherwise work to get past admissions? McKenzie, Carson Palmer, etc. Refreshing to see someone set goals like that.

It bothers me that they'll have such a late visit, and I also really love their campus. The biggest drawback to Stanford is their absolutely god awful game atmosphere... which is why they have kids generally take their OVs outside of game weekends.
 

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This is what happens when you get to play a crap Iowa team in your bowl game. Our boards are all doom and gloom and they're going to ride recruiting momentum allllll the way into next year.

Still think he ends up at Bama.

https://n.rivals.com/news/army-bowl-updates-on-georgia-four

ATH Demetris Robertson, Savannah (Ga.) Christian

Latest: Robertson has already taken official visits to California and Notre Dame and said he’s focused on three official visits after the dead period, with Alabama, Georgia and Stanford on the schedule. Robertson has long referred to the Cardinal as his dream school, but has yet to achieve the SAT score required for admission and said he’s slated to take it one more time before Signing Day. The longer it plays out the more it looks like it’s an Alabama-Georgia battle for Robertson. He said on Monday that his twin sister is set to enroll at Alabama for the spring semester and he has said several times the two are likely to attend the same program in college.

In his words: “My mom hasn’t even been on a visit yet so she’s definitely going on my local visits to Alabama and Georgia and those types. She can’t really get out there that far but she’s going to those schools because she really wants to see them. If she’s really impressed then I’ll make the decision.”

Prediction: Alabama. Despite backing off commitment from Alabama the Tide have remained very much involved. Nick Saban personally handles Robertson recruitment and he is pitching the chance for Robertson to be another dynamic wide receiver in the vein of Amari Cooper and Calvin Ridley.
 

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“I actually heard from Coach Booker,” said Robertson. “He told me that Will was gone and it’s time for me to step up and was saying that that spot is wide open for me. It’s funny. If I were to go to Notre Dame, part of me really wanted to play with him, learn from him, get some tips fro him, and then another part makes me think that now there would be an even bigger role for me.”

“I talk to Coach Booker and Coach Denbrock a lot,” said Robertson. “They both tell me that I can play outside and inside. They don’t want anyone trying to double-team me, so they want me to play both spots. They think I’m good enough, so if I were to end up there, they’d try to use my versatility.”

“We all went to dinner. It was a good time,” said Robertson. “They all left and then my brother was telling me that he loves the staff and the school. He said he loves what the school has to offer for life after football. He kind of thinks I’d be better off leaving home. He really doesn’t care where I go. He just wants me to be happy and make the best decision I can. Honestly though, he’s feeling Notre Dame or Alabama. With Alabama, it’s all about football and what they can do for me on the field and getting me to the next level. With Notre Dame, it’s all about academics and what he thinks they can do for me with education and then get me to the next level too.”

“I take the SAT one more time. It’s actually pretty soon after this game. If I get admitted to Stanford, it’ll be pretty big for me. They are basically waiting to make sure I get the scores and then I’ll take the official visit. That’s pretty much all we’re waiting for. It’s probably been the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Trying to get into Stanford is tough, but it’s something I really want to do.”
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Someone tell him ND is pretty close to Stanford in regards to academics. I assume that's why he wants into Stanford so bad. Not like they're WR-U or anything like that.
 

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Thanks panda pretty encouraging update

Sounds like with the right scores he's a slam dunk for Stanford but otherwise he could be wide open if he doesn't make the grade.
 

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I love this kid...

It sounds like he is struggling between whether to make a football decision to prepare for NFL or an academic decision. To me, Notre Dame is the perfect balance of the two. Stanford may have had more success lately on the field but they have not had more success getting players to the NFL and the definitely have not had as much success with getting wide receivers to the NFL that are highly successful. Floyd and Tate are more successful than any Stanford WR I can think of.

Stanford is a run first offense. Notre Dame is pass first. Academics are close enough. This is a no brainer to me.
 

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Someone tell him ND is pretty close to Stanford in regards to academics. I assume that's why he wants into Stanford so bad. Not like they're WR-U or anything like that.

He sounds well aware (and appreciative) of what Notre Dame offers academically. Definitely an edge over the SEC schools he's considering.
But Stanford is a better school, by most measures, and offers things we don't/can't that may be important to him (weather, perhaps campus culture or diversity of the student body). And you can get to the league from either just fine. I get why kids choose Stanford - not that I want to play against this one for the next four years.
 

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ND VS Stanford. ND has put way more WR's in the league over the last few years. Also if he wants to play right away I think he would have a better shot at ND. Mcaffrey will be the entire teams offense next year. IDK why any high profile recruit would want to go to Stanford and play in front of a half empty stadium .
 

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ND VS Stanford. ND has put way more WR's in the league over the last few years. Also if he wants to play right away I think he would have a better shot at ND. Mcaffrey will be the entire teams offense next year. IDK why any high profile recruit would want to go to Stanford and play in front of a half empty stadium .

Yeah, they intentionally have a lot of kids visit after the season for this reason. It's emphasizes the good weather, they don't see the embarrassing game day atmosphere, and Stanford has a better idea if they're getting past admissions.

You got to play to your strengths, which is why we have kids visits for big games... and it's why they generally don't. When their home games vs USC are 50% USC fans and their home games against us are 60% Notre Dame fans it can be a turn off.
 

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Unfortunately, Stanford has put some quality wide outs in the league lately.
 

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Ty Montgomery wasn't half bad and before him Doug Baldwin was a 2 star recruit
 
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I imagine the draw of playing with that superstar freshman QB that's RSing right now is enticing.
 

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Unfortunately, Stanford has put some quality wide outs in the league lately.

Who besides Baldwin? (And Baldwin wasn't anything other than below average until this past couple weeks where all of a sudden he is lighting the world on fire).

Ty Montgomery wasn't half bad and before him Doug Baldwin was a 2 star recruit

Montgomery was so bad that the Packers went out and got Old Man Jones to start over him plus continued to use Davante Parker despite his million mistakes.

There is not a single WR that Shaw has put in the league that has done anything. The gold standard right now is obviously Alabama with both Julio Jones and Amari Cooper.
 

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Unfortunately, Stanford has put some quality wide outs in the league lately.

They have two. Baldwin and Montgomery. Not really a large number.

In comparison we have three currently. Again not a large number, but I'd put Floyd and Tate up there over both from Stanford anyday.
 

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I was thinking those two and Chris Owusu

ND definitely has more but it's not like they have none.
 

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Don't forget LSU with Jarvis Landry, OBJ, Reuben Randle, Brandon Lafell, and Dwayne Bowe
 

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Considering the Stanford Offense is anything but WR friendly its not bad. Grif Whalen has hung around the league too
 

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I was thinking those two and Chris Owusu

ND definitely has more but it's not like they have none.

I mean, they effectively do have none. Comparing/contrasting is hard, because Kelly obviously shouldn't get credit for Tate for the same reason Shaw shouldn't get credit for Baldwin (although Shaw was at least a position coach/coordinator while Baldwin was there).

Fact is that since Shaw has been at the helm, they don't have a single receiver that has done anything in the pros. I know, I drafted Owusu in my dynasty league and tried to draft Montgomery this year. Owusu has like 20 catches total in 4 years. Montgomery was embarrassingly bad and disappointing this year for where he was drafted, and may get cut sooner rather than later.

The only WR of note that Kelly has put in the pros is Floyd, who has 2750 yards and 17 TDs over the past three seasons despite being slowed a bit by some injuries. And then there is going to be Fuller this year. If Fuller goes in the first, you're talking about two 1st round WRs Kelly has produced in span where Stanford has nothing close to a 1st round WR.

And there is also TJ Jones, who is sort of on par with Owusu and Montgomery as currently being irrelevant in the NFL.
 
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