'16 MI DE Adetokunbo Ogundeji (Notre Dame Signed NLI)
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I like his film. Lots of power in that long frame. Pretty good speed. Showed alot of desire to win his matchups. Not doing back flips on his get-off with a hand in the dirt...maybe its the tape...not a big deal because I think most long guys get that explosion later. He looks like a real good get.
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Honestly, his upside is 5 out of 5. The dude's potential is as big as you can get, but he still has quite a few things to fine tune, so I'm not expecting anything from him until year 3. Great initial burst, unbelievable strength considering his rather lanky frame. For a dude that is 6'5 nearly 6'6 and 225 pounds just destroying players like that is quite impressive. He has little to no technique, but that can be taught and we have one of the best in the business in that regard. He's one to keep an eye on.
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I waited a day to post the way I really feel.
Every post since my last is a facet of the Ogundeji conversation, I feel. (That is why 'they' is mad reps to you'all!)
My motivation in this post is my absolute disgust with the posters on other sites and through other media sources that "congratulate ND on pulling a recruit in a rough fought battle from Western Michigan, Toledo, and Buffalo!"
First of all fvck them because next to the Irish, I love my Rockets! Does anyone know how many players Toledo has put in the NFL over the last 20 years? It may surprise some that it ranks favorably with some of their cockles power five schools!
Secondly, the reason schools like Toledo, Western, NI, BSU, BGSU, etc, often upset major players, and sometimes end up in the Top 25, is because of how they recruit. They are much more intense in evaluating, reach a broader scope of athlete, and spend a hell of a lot more time looking than the big schools do. And that is a fact. Because the difference between a good and a great season for these schools is finding a kid or two a year that is a cut above. (eg., See any article about Chuck Martin at Miami.)
Everyone knows the list with that kid from Miami that plays for the Steelers. Why do you think the Redhawks got him? His high school coach moved him to WR so his own son could play quarterback!
I think you all have touched on important points. This kid is young and not developed. He is going to explode, with his work ethic and the program ND sets out for these kids. No offense to anyone, especially Coach D, but I think the evaluation holds a presupposition that this is a developed high school athlete. In other words, you would rate a guy like Tillery different than a guy like Ogundeji, for instance.
Speaking of comparisons for this kid without hyperbolizing, there are two; Romeo and Kappy. Kappy was a skinny kid out of Texas that came to ND as only a bit of what he became, because he was a major lynchpin of that '12 defense. And as for Romeo, how many people have wished aloud that he had benefitted from a red-shirt year? We will see how Romeo does this year!
Every post since my last is a facet of the Ogundeji conversation, I feel. (That is why 'they' is mad reps to you'all!)
My motivation in this post is my absolute disgust with the posters on other sites and through other media sources that "congratulate ND on pulling a recruit in a rough fought battle from Western Michigan, Toledo, and Buffalo!"
First of all fvck them because next to the Irish, I love my Rockets! Does anyone know how many players Toledo has put in the NFL over the last 20 years? It may surprise some that it ranks favorably with some of their cockles power five schools!
Secondly, the reason schools like Toledo, Western, NI, BSU, BGSU, etc, often upset major players, and sometimes end up in the Top 25, is because of how they recruit. They are much more intense in evaluating, reach a broader scope of athlete, and spend a hell of a lot more time looking than the big schools do. And that is a fact. Because the difference between a good and a great season for these schools is finding a kid or two a year that is a cut above. (eg., See any article about Chuck Martin at Miami.)
Everyone knows the list with that kid from Miami that plays for the Steelers. Why do you think the Redhawks got him? His high school coach moved him to WR so his own son could play quarterback!
I think you all have touched on important points. This kid is young and not developed. He is going to explode, with his work ethic and the program ND sets out for these kids. No offense to anyone, especially Coach D, but I think the evaluation holds a presupposition that this is a developed high school athlete. In other words, you would rate a guy like Tillery different than a guy like Ogundeji, for instance.
Speaking of comparisons for this kid without hyperbolizing, there are two; Romeo and Kappy. Kappy was a skinny kid out of Texas that came to ND as only a bit of what he became, because he was a major lynchpin of that '12 defense. And as for Romeo, how many people have wished aloud that he had benefitted from a red-shirt year? We will see how Romeo does this year!
Gotta admire the MAC love. As a Miami grad, there was definitely a lot of NFL-caliber talent on those Roethlisberger teams. And I think Martin is going to produce a few before he moves on to a bigger stage.
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per rivals as they were watching his practice---tenn and michigan have tried gaining traction w/ him but has said he loves ND and isn't going anywhere.....msu was in contact w/ very early on but when they got King they didn't need him due to #'s....they compared him to Calhoun...dantonio contacted narduzzi at pitt to get on him but we had already swept in and got him
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I can't see the above, but I watched the Rivals premium highlights of his game last night and was massively underwhelmed. He looked like a high school WR playing DE.
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he's gonna need a couple of redshirt years methinks, can we send him on a mission perhaps? anybody got any hookups in the Mormon church?
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I was thinking juice up for 2 years, come off for 1 year, then play in year 4 and 5 lol.
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The kid is a project. He was a project 2 months ago and shocker, is still one today. Not sure what you expected. He hasn't miraculously gained 25 lbs. of muscle since we last saw him on tape.
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I did expect him to be significantly stronger than the high school OL that was blocking him.
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The tackles he was playing against are Iowa DE commits. Its not like those guys are chumps. Plus, they have anywhere between 15-25 lbs. on him.
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Didn't know that. Makes me feel better.
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https://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Cedrick-Lattimore-171894
https://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Chauncey-Golston-177858
EEV is a Detroit prep school and much much stronger force than WLC.
They rub shoulders with the likes of Cass Tech etc.
Ade's team were manhandled last night 56-20
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Two great bull rushes against their LT. One resulted in the PF caused by being flung into him. He's up to 256 per his bio. I think he should stack on 20-25 more and flip to the other side. He carries 255 with ease.
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I agree that he got pushed into the personal foul on that sack. I didn't like the call for the reason that he beat the tackle, the tackle pushed him in the back, which caused him to fall and hit the QB low.
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This is what it looks like when expectations are reasonable, and we can let guys develop.
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It's such a small sample size, but based on what we've seen in spring game and last night, I'm fine with this guy getting some real reps. He's always closing in on the qb...
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He should of had a sack last night instead he gets called for a penalty for hitting the QB below the waste
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His bull rush is solid but he needs to rip and shed the tackle. nice to see him coming along though!
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Shout out to Ogundeji for his performance yesterday. Looking forward to focusing in on him and the DL v OL when I rewatch the game on the big screen / dvr. Had a nice little stat line:
6 tkl ... 2 Sks ... 2.0 TFL
If he brings a 1b game to Kareem's 1a, line play will be even better than we're hoping.
6 tkl ... 2 Sks ... 2.0 TFL
If he brings a 1b game to Kareem's 1a, line play will be even better than we're hoping.
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Gotta give it up to my dude. Underrated stud.
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If he can play like this regularly it’s going to be fun watching him and Daelin next year