‘27 CA/FL WR Osani Gayles (Alabama Verbal)

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A team is always going to have low periods after losing an elite coach. Look what happened to ND after Holtz got pushed out. Football is too important to Bama to allow middling teams for long. This coach that they have is so not a fit and it shows.
 
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Loy said in the recent Irish illustrated podcast Gayles was coming here but they decided to move on because they expect faison back next year.
 
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Very possible they think Brayden Robinson, Bubba Frazier, and JJ Jr are already too similar to spend big $$$ on.

Also think the fact he was choosing between UW and Bama indicates that the top of the sport didn’t view him as a top 100 recruit like his composite grade.
 
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ndinoxford said:
Loy said in the recent Irish illustrated podcast Gayles was coming here but they decided to move on because they expect faison back next year.
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so we turn down a borderline 5 star because a guy might come back for his 5th year makes zero sense
 
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I think Faison has a real NFL shot. I’m not sure I entirely buy Gayles out, Faison in as being that simple.

Probably more like Porter, Graham, 5 for 5 IN, Gayles out, we also didn’t like him enough to break the budget.
 
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Save the money, keep Faison another year, and then grab another Graham/Porter in the transfer porter at the end of the season anyway.
 
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ndinoxford said:
Loy said in the recent Irish illustrated podcast Gayles was coming here but they decided to move on because they expect faison back next year.
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I don't buy that for a fucking second.

There is no way that Freeman and staff are making that kind of decision based on the notion that Faison is back next year. Dude is a senior and if he has an insane year (which he is absolutely capable of), he is almost certainly gone.

No chance this is what happened. Zilch. Nada.
 
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I don't buy that for a fucking second.

There is no way that Freeman and staff are making that kind of decision based on the notion that Faison is back next year. Dude is a senior and if he has an insane year (which he is absolutely capable of), he is almost certainly gone.

No chance this is what happened. Zilch. Nada.
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Should clarify, Loy didn’t say he was 100% going to ND but that we had a very good chance of closing if he did visit. Also - probably has more so to do with last years recruiting/portal class than faison potentially returning for one more year.
 
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I just listened. It was what I posted above. He said “we just talked about 5 for 5 passing, like they expect Faison back next year”

Faison was an example of the overall picture that 5 for 5 passing led them to take two commits this cycle because many guys will have an extra year moving forward. Not exclusively a Faison point, a greater picture of the WR room’s eligibility surplus.
 
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Right now Faison is coming back for 2028, but if he has a big year things would change. CJ is going to have options at WR, I think the 3 G's are going to shine- Greathouse, Gilbert, & Graham. Throw in Porter when he returns and Ian Premer when he opens some eyes on the field.
 
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irishandy said:
Right now Faison is coming back for 2028, but if he has a big year things would change. CJ is going to have options at WR, I think the 3 G's are going to shine- Greathouse, Gilbert, & Graham. Throw in Porter when he returns and Ian Premer when he opens some eyes on the field.
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also the 2028 WR class is pretty deep so maybe that’s part of the reason
 
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Welcome to a soft cap, salary cap era. Gayles is the type of prospect that ND would have never turned down pre-NIL. Then again, they probably wouldn't have been in on him either. But when you spend what ND did to bring Quincy Porter and Myland Graham over from Ohio State and you project out what it will cost to try to convince Jordan Faison to take advantage of the 5-for-5 rule rather than being a mid round NFL Draft pick at the conclusion of 2026, it is what it is. They chose to save some money and get Jackson Coleman, then spent more elsewhere.
 
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IrishInOntario said:
Welcome to a soft cap, salary cap era. Gayles is the type of prospect that ND would have never turned down pre-NIL. Then again, they probably wouldn't have been in on him either. But when you spend what ND did to bring Quincy Porter and Myland Graham over from Ohio State and you project out what it will cost to try to convince Jordan Faison to take advantage of the 5-for-5 rule rather than being a mid round NFL Draft pick at the conclusion of 2026, it is what it is. They chose to save some money and get Jackson Coleman, then spent more elsewhere.
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This is where I would love a budget sheet. If gayles was 500k but they showed that money went to Segun and Simien, I am good with it
 
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