'17 AL DT SDE LaBryan Ray (Alabama Signee)

[BobbyMac]

Strongside Defensive End / Defensive Tackle
Madison, AL
James Clemons HS

Measurements:
Ht: 6-4
Wt: 270

Rankings:

247 Comp: .... ........ #3 SDE ..... #94 OA ..... .9516 rating

247: ............... ........ #2 SDE ..... #45 OA ...... 95 rating
Rivals : .......... ........ #12 SDE
Scout: ............ ....... #14 SDE .... #157 OA
ESPN: ............ ....... #3 DT ........ #34 OA

Offers:
Notre Dame
Bama
Arkansas
Auburn
Cincinnati
Duke
FSU
GT
Kentucky
Louisville
Michigan
Miss St
Mizzou
Nebraska
NC St
Oklahoma
So Miss
Texas
Texas A&M
Va Tech

Media Links:

https://twitter.com/LabryanRay

LaBryan Ray - Hudl

Highlights:

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[BobbyMac]

Got offered on March 15th.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Notre Dame <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blessings?src=hash">#Blessings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irish?src=hash">#Irish</a> &#55356;&#57152; <a href="https://t.co/j0UBiA4PYF">pic.twitter.com/j0UBiA4PYF</a></p>— LaBryan Ray (@LabryanRay) <a href="https://twitter.com/LabryanRay/status/709893062093316097">March 16, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[BobbyMac]

Made his Top 12

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blessings?src=hash">#Blessings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thankful?src=hash">#Thankful</a> &#55357;&#56908; <a href="https://t.co/2CAhaPx9ZV">pic.twitter.com/2CAhaPx9ZV</a></p>— LaBryan Ray (@LabryanRay) <a href="https://twitter.com/LabryanRay/status/727323609555963904">May 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[BobbyMac]

Visiting for Irish Invasion. Now I'm interested.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Add a 2017 four-star defensive lineman to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IrishInvasion?src=hash">#IrishInvasion</a> list. ($) <a href="https://t.co/99F6nR7NXg">https://t.co/99F6nR7NXg</a> <a href="https://t.co/0T6WsxIRz9">pic.twitter.com/0T6WsxIRz9</a></p>— Matt Freeman (@mattfreemanISD) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattfreemanISD/status/730224174606606338">May 11, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[GBdomer]

Huge Bama lean. II is shaping up to be nuts, unreal job by the staff with some names out there still who are coming

 

[BobbyMac]

Huge Bama lean. II is shaping up to be nuts, unreal job by the staff with some names out there still who are coming

Yeah... hence why I didn't put up his profile on this site but now that he's coming to II, he gets the red carpet treatment.

I'm looking forward to comparing II to BBQ @ Pig House.

 

[Irish#1]

Huge Bama lean. II is shaping up to be nuts, unreal job by the staff with some names out there still who are coming

What kid from Alabama isn't? lol

 

[Domina Nostra]

Huge Bama lean. II is shaping up to be nuts, unreal job by the staff with some names out there still who are coming

What kid from Alabama isn't? lol

There are a couple of Auburn holdouts, and one or two FSU recruits!

 

[GBdomer]

Yeah... hence why I didn't put up his profile on this site but now that he's coming to II, he gets the red carpet treatment.

I'm looking forward to comparing II to BBQ @ Pig House.

Who is all in for the bbq?

 

[BobbyMac]

Who is all in for the bbq?

No idea. I won't actively follow it. I'll just be interested to see the final score of II vs BBQ vs OSU's FNL.

I hope they are on different days.

 

[greyhammer90]

Love that he wears number 1.

To quote Jim Rome: "If you're a defensive lineman with a single digit number, you have baaaad intentions."

 

[OCIrish]

Yeah... hence why I didn't put up his profile on this site but now that he's coming to II, he gets the red carpet treatment.

I'm looking forward to comparing II to BBQ @ Pig House.

Michigan fans prefer the Out House........

 

[Ndaccountant]

Who is all in for the bbq?

This chick

and

this dude

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Belongs in the Skunkbear thread.


This kid is a dream, but he is a good dream. And dreams are sometimes worth pursuing!

 

[ginman]

From Bama..... I like our chances and don't imagine we will get much competition for this one!

 

[Wingman Ray]

Yeah what a waste of print. No way this guy leaves the south. Was this offer just to say ND offered? Cant figure out why the waste of resources

 

[DillonHall]

Yeah what a waste of print. No way this guy leaves the south. Was this offer just to say ND offered? Cant figure out why the waste of resources

If they get him on campus, then what's the complaint?

 

[GreyWorm]

Yeah what a waste of print. No way this guy leaves the south. Was this offer just to say ND offered? Cant figure out why the waste of resources

Because people complain about ND not recruiting top defensive lineman. ND offers and recruits the hell out of this kid and gets him to visit and people are unhappy.

 

[Luckylucci]

Because people complain about ND not recruiting top defensive lineman. ND offers and recruits the hell out of this kid and gets him to visit and people are unhappy.

We should not be held accountable for, or judged by, his posts, lol.

 

[Domina Nostra]

Because people complain about ND not recruiting top defensive lineman. ND offers and recruits the hell out of this kid and gets him to visit and people are unhappy.

I actually do think it is often a waste of time if it is taking away at all from kids who may actually come. If its not affecting your other recruiting, who cares. But making googly-eyes with a southern 5-star and delaying a recruitment with a more realistic low 4-star MW kid is not smart for ND, IMO.

Under Kelly, recruiting has been pretty good. But I really dislike the pattern of over-recruiting a position to make up for past recruiting, and then under-recruiting that same position the next year because we took so many kids the previous year!

I think you try as hard as possible for 22 kid classes- one kid per position each year. Transfers and Fifth years may change things up a little-- meaning you may only take 4 OLmen most years.

But taking ZERO DTs is just silly, IMO. I LOVE what we did at LB this year. We got 3 kids who all want to be here, all good prospects, and then freed ourselves up to chase the big fish. If we swing and miss, we're fine.

 

[brewdog_14527]

Is this visit a result of getting the Ben Davis' on campus last year? If so, I think that it is worth it to get them on campus. Have to keep opening those doors. May not come here, but still helps get the word out. Not sure that the sat. camps work for ND if the opinion is that kids need to get on campus to really "get" ND.

 

[Domina Nostra]

Is this visit a result of getting the Ben Davis' on campus last year? If so, I think that it is worth it to get them on campus. Have to keep opening those doors. May not come here, but still helps get the word out. Not sure that the sat. camps work for ND if the opinion is that kids need to get on campus to really "get" ND.

As long as you treat all such recruits as super long-shots, and aren't fooling yourself... a Jerry Tillery or Justin Tuck comes along once in while.

 

[BobbyMac]

Yeah what a waste of print. No way this guy leaves the south. Was this offer just to say ND offered? Cant figure out why the waste of resources

What you don't know about are all the interactions that went on before he was offered in March. The staff obviously thought it was worth the effort.
Every now and then you get lucky and find an RKG down there, hell sometimes you get lottery lucky, find a guy, get lost on the way to see him and THEN end up finding the rightest guy of all.

 

[Wingman Ray]

But you also have to realize, Tuck didnt come after Bama and Auburn won several NC back to back. Pressure to stay in state has to be at its all time high. Big difference in teams between now and then.

Bama gets what Bama wants. The rest go to Auburn.

 

[Luckylucci]

I actually do think it is often a waste of time if it is taking away at all from kids who may actually come. If its not affecting your other recruiting, who cares. But making googly-eyes with a southern 5-star and delaying a recruitment with a more realistic low 4-star MW kid is not smart for ND, IMO.
Under Kelly, recruiting has been pretty good. But I really dislike the pattern of over-recruiting a position to make up for past recruiting, and then under-recruiting that same position the next year because we took so many kids the previous year!

I think you try as hard as possible for 22 kid classes- one kid per position each year. Transfers and Fifth years may change things up a little-- meaning you may only take 4 OLmen most years.

But taking ZERO DTs is just silly, IMO. I LOVE what we did at LB this year. We got 3 kids who all want to be here, all good prospects, and then freed ourselves up to chase the big fish. If we swing and miss, we're fine.

I would agree with this, if it was January, we didn't have a full class, and only weeks left to recruit. And we put all our eggs in this prospects basket, like we did with a few kids last cycle. However, its roughly 9 months until NSD and there will be a ridiculous amount of talent on campus, regardless of whether he came or not. Not an issue at all.

 

[Luckylucci]

But you also have to realize, Tuck didnt come after Bama and Auburn won several NC back to back. Pressure to stay in state has to be at its all time high. Big difference in teams between now and then.

Bama gets what Bama wants. The rest go to Auburn.

Did you make sure to CC BK on that memo, he just has to read this.

Good news for the rest of CFB, there are more than 30 good HS players in the country.

 

[Domina Nostra]

I would agree with this, if it was January, we didn't have a full class, and only weeks left to recruit. And we put all our eggs in this prospects basket, like we did with a few kids last cycle. However, its roughly 9 months until NSD and there will be a ridiculous amount of talent on campus, regardless of whether he came or not. Not an issue at all.

Right. It's not bad in the abstract, as long as its kept in perspective.

But you also have to realize, Tuck didnt come after Bama and Auburn won several NC back to back. Pressure to stay in state has to be at its all time high. Big difference in teams between now and then.

Bama gets what Bama wants. The rest go to Auburn.

Tuck isn't a great example anyway because he was a 3-star, like the Ameer Abdullah kid from AL who went to Nebraska.

But there are kids like Tillery and Lyons who are from the deep South who aren't looking for a football factory.

 

[GBdomer]

No idea. I won't actively follow it. I'll just be interested to see the final score of II vs BBQ vs OSU's FNL.

I hope they are on different days.

Just figured because this board talks about a team we don't play anymore daily they would have a list. =]

 

[Irish#1]

Is this visit a result of getting the Ben Davis' on campus last year? If so, I think that it is worth it to get them on campus. Have to keep opening those doors. May not come here, but still helps get the word out. Not sure that the sat. camps work for ND if the opinion is that kids need to get on campus to really "get" ND.

At least with the satellite camps, you have a chance to get your message out and convince them to visit. Then they can "get it" once they get to campus.

 

[BobbyMac]

Just in case you hadn't unsubscribed already...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blessed?src=hash">#Blessed</a> &#55357;&#56908; <a href="https://t.co/mO5mG31nrr">pic.twitter.com/mO5mG31nrr</a></p>— LaBryan Ray (@LabryanRay) <a href="https://twitter.com/LabryanRay/status/759898593880834048">July 31, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>