'10 FL DB LaMarcus Joyner (FSU Verbal)

[NDinL.A.]

'10 FL DB LaMarcus Joyner
Fort Lauderdale, FL St Thomas Acquinas


Ht: 5-8
Wt: 166
Forty: 4.34
Bench: 275
Squat: 405
Vertical: 36.5
GPA: 2.5
TEST: April

Rankings
Rivals , #1 CB, Rating 6.1
Scout , #2 CB
ESPN , #1 CB, Grade 87

Offers
Ohio State (OV 9/11)
Florida
FSU (OV 11/20)

Notre Dame (OV 10/16)
Alabama
Auburn
Boston College
California
Georgia
Illinois
Miami
Michigan State
Mississippi
N.C. State
Rutgers
South Florida
Tennessee
UCLA
USC
West Virginia
UCF

Decision: 12/9/09 FSU

 

[NDinL.A.]

*He's one of the top players in FL. A bit small but lightning quick.

*He has offers from the top schools in the nation, including the top 3 FL schools.

*He will be a tough to pull from FL, but he has ND in his top 5, along with Ohio State, and the big 3 FL schools. This from ESPN.com:

Class of 2010 ESPNU 150 Watch Lister Lamarcus Joyner told affiliate Web site InsideTheU.com, "It's so hard, so many great programs, but I can break my top five down to you, you've got Ohio State, Florida, Florida State, Miami and Notre Dame. They have all offered."

Joyner believes he could grow as a person at Notre Dame, loves Ohio State's success as a program and the number of defensive backs the Buckeyes have placed in the NFL, called Florida "the number one program in the nation right now", described Florida State as his childhood dream school, and would love to represent his hometown with the Hurricanes.

 

[Clausen2Kamara]

Will be a tough pull but time will tell

 

[fightinirish68]

he may be small but so is alphonso smith from wake forrest and that guys big play all day

 

[phork]

"Dream" schools are just that... These kids ideas are, for the most part, "How can I get myself prepared and trained to get to the NFL" the fastest? #1 Good program, that says Florida. #2 History in that position, clearly favouring OSU. I think if ND can pull it together this year they would be in the top 3 with those schools. FSU and Miami are on the outside looking in imo.

 

[irishmarine]

this year is goinjg to be very importasnt for recruiting. it could make this class number one or number 10.

 

[GOLDENISTHYTATE]

Our chances of landing this kid just got a lot better. He is transfering to St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home of current ND players Sam Young, Dan Wenger, Jordan Cowart, and Ben Turk. Also, we have offers to 3 Thomas Aquinas players right now - CB Cody Riggs, OC Brandon Linder, and most likely RB Giovanni Bernard. I would take all four. This is what Weis needs to do. Put the fences up around Catholic schools that produce tons of D-1 talent. We need to do this with Mater Dei, Servite, and SD Cathedral Catholic in California.

 

[wicket]

i just read that sta produced 40 D1 players over the last four years, sick

 

[IrishInFl]

I think I read somewhere that STA was the #1 ranked team in the country? Is this true? If so, it sure is nice to have that school as a pipeline!

 

[irishmarine]

hopefully it can continue to feed into us

 

[GOLDENISTHYTATE]

Last year STA was the number one HS football team in the country and consistently place in the top 10. A welcomed pipeline indeed!

 

[IrishInFl]

Is the STA QB any good? Should we give him an offer?

 

[nd1988]

I think I read somewhere that STA was the #1 ranked team in the country? Is this true? If so, it sure is nice to have that school as a pipeline!

My brother-n-laws live down in Palm Beach, FL..... Let me tell you guys and gals something..... Football is HUGE down there. The both of them are going to be freshman in high school and they're currently enrolled in a speed and conditioning program. One reminds me of a Urlacher and the other is a Pat White type QB....Simply unreal............ Here I am 28 years old playing football with those kids getting burnt.......

As far as this recruit goes......too short....

 

[fightinirish68]

My brother-n-laws live down in Palm Beach, FL..... Let me tell you guys and gals something..... Football is HUGE down there. The both of them are going to be freshman in high school and they're currently enrolled in a speed and conditioning program. One reminds me of a Urlacher and the other is a Pat White type QB....Simply unreal............ Here I am 28 years old playing football with those kids getting burnt.......

As far as this recruit goes......too short....

alphonso smith is 5'9 and hes about to be one of the first corners taken in the draft
steve smith is 5'9 and everyone knows how good he is.
drew brees is 5'9
todd pinkston is 6'3 in the nfl...and he still sucks. so size isnt the main factor.

 

[wicket]

alphonso smith is 5'9 and hes about to be one of the first corners taken in the draft
steve smith is 5'9 and everyone knows how good he is.
drew brees is 5'9
todd pinkston is 6'3 in the nfl...and he still sucks. so size isnt the main factor.

drew brees aint 5'9 he is 6.0 and a half but still short yeah

 

[fightinirish68]

yeah i made up the drew brees one to add another short player haha. flutie was short like 5'9-5'10 ish

 

[nd1988]

alphonso smith is 5'9 and hes about to be one of the first corners taken in the draft
steve smith is 5'9 and everyone knows how good he is.
drew brees is 5'9
todd pinkston is 6'3 in the nfl...and he still sucks. so size isnt the main factor.

I mean after all minnie mead is famous too..

 

[GOLDENISTHYTATE]

Steve Smith is actually 5'7, and if you want to name short guys doing well in the NFL: Wes Wlker (5'9), Maurice Jones-Drew(5'7), Darren Sproles (5'8), Leon Washington (5'8), etc. Needless to say, if height is the only thing limiting Joyner, I say awesome haha.

 

[IHateMarkMay]

Hopefully he has napoleon syndrome and takes it out on wide receivers.

 

[fightinirish68]

Steve Smith is actually 5'7, and if you want to name short guys doing well in the NFL: Wes Wlker (5'9), Maurice Jones-Drew(5'7), Darren Sproles (5'8), Leon Washington (5'8), etc. Needless to say, if height is the only thing limiting Joyner, I say awesome haha.

nfl.com has him 5'9 because a friend and i argued this same thing about a month ago

 

[IrishAddiction]

Okay, back to this recruit....when did we get an offer out to this kid? Early in the process i hope. Speed speed and more speed, thats what this team needs. And he really isnt that small fellas, a 5'8'' player at 166 is a stocky kid. Add 20 pounds in 2 years of college with that frame, and you have a lighting fast hitter.

 

[Ricochet]

nfl.com has him 5'9 because a friend and i argued this same thing about a month ago

Listen to the DB's that try to cover him and you will kear that they don't see him as a shorter player because he plays big and with his athleticism to go with his speed is what makes him as good as he is. The point is that we get way to caught up in these players measurables rather than there talent and understand, footwork and hands and whatnot.

ND is needs talent more than size and not all of the CB's have to be tall.

 

[nd1988]

Listen to the DB's that try to cover him and you will kear that they don't see him as a shorter player because he plays big and with his athleticism to go with his speed is what makes him as good as he is. The point is that we get way to caught up in these players measurables rather than there talent and understand, footwork and hands and whatnot.

ND is needs talent more than size and not all of the CB's have to be tall.

you're right.....afterall, lambert was 5'11 and he sucked

 

[fightinirish68]

Listen to the DB's that try to cover him and you will kear that they don't see him as a shorter player because he plays big and with his athleticism to go with his speed is what makes him as good as he is. The point is that we get way to caught up in these players measurables rather than there talent and understand, footwork and hands and whatnot.

ND is needs talent more than size and not all of the CB's have to be tall.

i mean why are u tellin me this haha. i made the initial post sayin size doesnt matter

 

[NDty9]

Anyone have any Video on this kid?? I'm intrested to see this speed!

 

[irishmarine]

i heard u cant see him, only hear him....

 

[IrishInFl]

i heard u cant see him, only hear him....

You mean the sonic boom, right? As he is faster than the speed of sound.

 

[Ricochet]

i mean why are u tellin me this haha. i made the initial post sayin size doesnt matter

Sorry, that's my bad. The intent wasn't to tell you but to continue the argument that height and other measurables are often overrated.

 

[Mattmags]

i heard u cant see him, only hear him....

*hand waves side-to-side in front of face mask

"you can't see me!"

 

[tko]

*hand waves side-to-side in front of face mask

"you can't see me!"

15 yard penalty and seat on the bench