'12 IL CB Anthony Standifer (Ole Miss Verbal)

[rtrn2glory]

also has visits scheduled to:

Boise St - Jan. 27
Pitt - February 10

 

[IrishMoore1]

Standifer: "Narrowed my list down to Notre Dame, Boise State and Pitt! Tough decision."

He's taking his official visit to ND this weekend.

 

[Rocky2820]

Slightly off topic: Standifer cites the fact that the Pitt Panthers and the Pittsburgh Steelers share the same facilities as a major plus for them, which I agree it is. Interestingly, Pitt's previous one-year coach, Todd Graham, completely avoided interaction with the Steelers organization every chance he got. He even had a separate dining area set up so players from the two teams wouldn't eat at the same location. The Steelers upper management was actually pretty upset about it, and were not the least bit sad to see Graham leave. Idiot move by Graham if you ask me. He was turning his back on what should have been a major recruiting pitch, as Standifer points out.

 

[koonja]

Slightly off topic: Standifer cites the fact that the Pitt Panthers and the Pittsburgh Steelers share the same facilities as a major plus for them, which I agree it is. Interestingly, Pitt's previous one-year coach, Todd Graham, completely avoided interaction with the Steelers organization every chance he got. He even had a separate dining area set up so players from the two teams wouldn't eat at the same location. The Steelers upper management was actually pretty upset about it, and were not the least bit sad to see Graham leave. Idiot move by Graham if you ask me. He was turning his back on what should have been a major recruiting pitch, as Standifer points out.

I don't know how college students mingling with professional athletes could be a good thing.

 

[NYIrish14]

I think he's ours by the end of the weekend.

 

[NDPhilly]

I think we slow play him because of our position with Darby/Yuri/Poole. Atleast I hope so.

 

[Rocky2820]

I don't know how college students mingling with professional athletes could be a good thing.

They're in a controlled environment. They're not going out clubbing together.

If you're a college player and you have an opportunity to pick the brain of an NFL player at your position, you couldn't see how that could be a good thing?

There's a reason why the University of Pittsburgh has universally embraced the partnership since Heinz Field was built, with the exception of this past year under Graham. And those are the same reasons why Pitt's new coach is embracing the relationship, and in fact why the Steelers brass was actually part of Pitt's interview committee.

 

[NDdomer2]

His tweet actually had it like this"...Notre Dame, Boise State, and PITT!" I don't know if the all caps makes a difference for those who pyscho-analyze.

 

[stlnd01]

Yeah, hard to see what harm could come of Pitt and the Pittsburgh Steelers having a good relationship. Few college programs (any?) are so lucky to have that kind of relationship with a pro franchise.
As for Standifer, he sure looks like a fallback. Otherwise why hold a spot for him until mid-February? Would think we'd slow play him until/if the other three fall off the board.

 

[NDhoosier]

His tweet actually had it like this"...Notre Dame, Boise State, and PITT!" I don't know if the all caps makes a difference for those who pyscho-analyze.

It doesnt, He spelled out Notre Dame and spelled out Boise State, but shortened Pittsburgh to PITT, very common... Just like we shorten Notre Dame to ND! "ND" is all caps, but I dont go crazy about it when a recruit says "ND" is in this final 3...

 

[NDdomer2]

You can shorten pittsburgh to Pitt like in the original post. He chose all caps. I didn't say it meant anything, but if you are a psychologist you could analyze that to mean different things. Just as you could the order they are mentioned.

 

[NDPhilly]

My Friend who is a Pittsburgh fan always says PITT in his texts not Pitt. I think you guys are overanalyzing though.

 

[Irish Fam]

Pitt is also a fairly new school for him according to 247. Said that a coach at Northern Illinois was recruiting him pretty hard, moved to pitt, and continued his recruitment of Standifer

 

[NDdomer2]

Personally, I could care less what he capitalizes. Just saying you could look into it if you were as you said over analyzing.

 

[Buster Bluth]

He can go to Pitt--errr, PITT--and I'd be fine with it.

 

[NDPhilly]

I think Stamdifer is a very good fit for our scheme and If we had like 7 spots open I'd take him but with 4-5 spots left I say no unless we miss on all 3 of Poole, Yuri, and Darby which is very unlikely.

 

[Irish Fam]

I think Stamdifer is a very good fit for our scheme and If we had like 7 spots open I'd take him but with 4-5 spots left I say no unless we miss on all 3 of Poole, Yuri, and Darby which is very unlikely.

The guys that do the ISD Power Hour (Mike Frank and someone) think that he would be a very good pick up for us right now. They said pretty much the same reason as you, that he would be a very good fit. But I am with you. I would like to see what the higher ranked DBs want to do first.

 

[irishbird]

The guys that do the ISD Power Hour (Mike Frank and someone) think that he would be a very good pick up for us right now. They said pretty much the same reason as you, that he would be a very good fit. But I am with you. I would like to see what the higher ranked DBs want to do first.

best fit> higher ranked

 

[Irish.Ca]

for your consideration:

per Rivals profiles which would list their high school measureables

Robert Blanton 6'1 178 lbs speed: slow

Ant. Standifer 6'1 177 lbs speed: gotta be faster than RJ

Conclusion: Don't judge a book by its cover b/c I'd sign every RJ I could find. Easily one of my favourite players in the last decade. Look forward to seeing him on Sundays.

 

[koonja]

best fit> higher ranked

Higher ranked=find a fit.

 

[deise mike]

If Sandifer commits early it means we are not too well placed with the others.

 

[SirStrutsAlot]

If Sandifer commits early it means we are not too well placed with the others.

I Agree, everything i've read has pointed to him choosing a school after NSD.

 

[koonja]

Yeah, hard to see what harm could come of Pitt and the Pittsburgh Steelers having a good relationship. Few college programs (any?) are so lucky to have that kind of relationship with a pro franchise.
As for Standifer, he sure looks like a fallback. Otherwise why hold a spot for him until mid-February? Would think we'd slow play him until/if the other three fall off the board.

Millionaires mingling with college students, some who are about the same age? Developing friendships? Showing off the new Maserati? "Oh yeah, man, you can have my autographed gameday jersey, we get a new one every week". "You gotta see my new pool, yo! It goes through the deck!". Next thing you know, they're inviting to house parties, clubs, who knows.

And we all know Big Ben shouldn't be around any college students

I'm sure it will be closely monitored but I can see it being a problem.

 

[NDinFL]

for your consideration:

per Rivals profiles which would list their high school measureables

Robert Blanton 6'1 178 lbs speed: slow

Ant. Standifer 6'1 177 lbs speed: gotta be faster than RJ

Conclusion: Don't judge a book by its cover b/c I'd sign every RJ I could find. Easily one of my favourite players in the last decade. Look forward to seeing him on Sundays.

And how did you calculate those speed ratings exactly?

 

[koonja]

for your consideration:

per Rivals profiles which would list their high school measureables

Robert Blanton 6'1 178 lbs speed: slow

Ant. Standifer 6'1 177 lbs speed: gotta be faster than RJ

Conclusion: Don't judge a book by its cover b/c I'd sign every RJ I could find. Easily one of my favourite players in the last decade. Look forward to seeing him on Sundays.

Hard to quantify the way RJ tackled like a Monstar.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I think Stamdifer is a very good fit for our scheme and If we had like 7 spots open I'd take him but with 4-5 spots left I say no unless we miss on all 3 of Poole, Yuri, and Darby which is very unlikely.

You nailed it NDPhilly. You have a lot of knowledge for a high school kid. Kudos to you.

 

[Irish.Ca]

And how did you calculate those speed ratings exactly?

With my eyes, Rivals had RJ listed as 4.5 speed but it looked like he ran with the speed of a coiled Cobra ready to strike which he always seemed to do well. If Blanton had good speed I think it would have been mentioned at least once in his career which I've never heard. Mike Floyd always seemed to move slowly too but still got the job done FWIW.

 

[felkey72]

I think after what happend to Yuri we take Anthony, as we need at least one more CB this cycle

 

[irishpat183]

With my eyes, Rivals had RJ listed as 4.5 speed but it looked like he ran with the speed of a coiled Cobra ready to strike which he always seemed to do well. If Blanton had good speed I think it would have been mentioned at least once in his career which I've never heard. Mike Floyd always seemed to move slowly too but still got the job done FWIW.

RJ? Not to sound like an idiot.....

 

[ryno 24]

RJ? Not to sound like an idiot.....

RJ BLanton