'18 FL OT Nicholas Petit-Frere (Offer)

[BeauBenken]

Can you equate that to a percentages?

great spot = 50%, 60%, 75% of landing him?

It's the typical "the staff likes where they are" type thing.

I'm not used to waiting on linemen to commit ever since Harry got here so I'm not sure how I feel.

 

[Luckylucci]

It's the typical "the staff likes where they are" type thing.

I'm not used to waiting on linemen to commit ever since Harry got here so I'm not sure how I feel.

In Loy's recent article he does mention that Frere's camp, or a portion of it, is in ND's corner.

This will be the second straight cycle where we've had HH recruiting a lot longer than normal. I still haven't gotten used to it either. I'd say last year had mixed results. Got Banks, who looks really good. But missed on Sarrell. With the losses of Parker and Hoge, I would like to see HH go after a couple of easier targets that he likes, while leaving room for Frere and Salyer. Maybe add a 3rd swing OL, which will give us some flexibility for the rest of the cycle.

 

[BeauBenken]

In Loy's recent article he does mention that Frere's camp, or a portion of it, is in ND's corner.

This will be the second straight cycle where we've had HH recruiting a lot longer than normal. I still haven't gotten used to it either. I'd say last year had mixed results. Got Banks, who looks really good. But missed on Sarrell. With the losses of Parker and Hoge, I would like to see HH go after a couple of easier targets that he likes, while leaving room for Frere and Salyer. Maybe add a 3rd swing OL, which will give us some flexibility for the rest of the cycle.

I'm okay with last year as we were picking up top of the board type guys who our depth wasn't entirely dependent on. Now with the departures, the pressure is on.

 

[irishff1014]

One thing we can all agree on is that HH is one of the best on this staff at getting his players and doing well with them. Yea we might miss out on a few 5 stars but if HH is happy I sure as hell am.

 

[BobbyMac]

Former ND analyst Andrew Ivins with Miami F's 247 site with a CB for Bama.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

That hurts.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Womp womp

 

[dad4aa]

Former ND analyst Andrew Ivins with Miami F's 247 site with a CB for Bama.

That sucks

 

[GBdomer]

ISD mod as well

 

[Crazy Balki]

He's visited there multiple times.

Despite the urgency for OL, we didn't "need" him, but I really wanted him. We NEED guards and we need them NOW.

 

[calvegas04]

HH doesn't get who he wants anymore

 

[Crazy Balki]

HH doesn't get who he wants anymore

Not really. This has just been a really weak year for OL.

 

[Domina Nostra]

Not really. This has just been a really weak year for OL.

He's never gotten whomever he wanted. He s just always ended up with a bunch of good prospects.

 

[NDMIA]

Parker Boudreaux and Tristen Hoge leaving caused some changes in numbers and the staff hasn't thrown a whole lot of offers since then. The OL class probably would've been 2-3 this year and instead it's needing to be 4-5. I think HH was taking Dirksen and Mabry and trying to get the best 3rd player he could get (Salyer, Petit-Frere, Sewell). Now he needs to take 2-3 more players and that changes his recruiting outlook. Hard to jump in late for 4 star recruits so we're probably looking at a very weak OL class and hopefully one big name guy to come from it.

 

[BobbyMac]

Parker Boudreaux and Tristen Hoge leaving caused some changes in numbers and the staff hasn't thrown a whole lot of offers since then. The OL class probably would've been 2-3 this year and instead it's needing to be 4-5. I think HH was taking Dirksen and Mabry and trying to get the best 3rd player he could get (Salyer, Petit-Frere, Sewell). Now he needs to take 2-3 more players and that changes his recruiting outlook. Hard to jump in late for 4 star recruits so we're probably looking at a very weak OL class and hopefully one big name guy to come from it.

HH will have a banner class in '19 so don't load up with a bunch of Boudreaux, Ruhland, types that clog up the depth chart like the DT's are right now.

ND is loaded with young talent = Kraemer, Eich, Banks, Hainsey, Lugg and Gibbons (who might turn out to be a great RG... IF he can get on the field.) Everybody there has 4-5 years left at ND.

It's best to ask Jimmy Bryne back for a 5th or see if PWO Sam Bush wants to get started on his MBA if they need numbers for practice vs giving a 4 year plug to a guy who will never play that simultaneously takes away a '19 scholarship where ND has a lot of talent with high interest.

Mabry's a project at OT, Dirksen is an OG with potential (to start or to be a Ruhland)

I hope they can land Salyer like everyone else but ND doesn't surprise me very often and Jamaree would be a Manti level surprise. NPF is a great prospect but he's light and needs him some Balis time.

All HH has to do is offer one of these (first come, first served) and that's an OG taken care of and then wait on a BIG fish for the 4th or I hold at 3.

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[Sherm Sticky]

HH will have a banner class in '19 so don't load up with a bunch of Boudreaux, Ruhland, types that clog up the depth chart like the DT's are right now.

ND is loaded with young talent = Kraemer, Eich, Banks, Hainsey, Lugg and Gibbons (who might turn out to be a great RG... IF he can get on the field.) Everybody there has 4-5 years left at ND.

It's best to ask Jimmy Bryne back for a 5th or see if PWO Sam Bush wants to get started on his MBA if they need numbers for practice vs giving a 4 year plug to a guy who will never play that simultaneously takes away a '19 scholarship where ND has a lot of talent with high interest.

Mabry's a project at OT, Dirksen is an OG with potential (to start or to be a Ruhland)

I hope they can land Salyer like everyone else but ND doesn't surprise me very often and Jamaree would be a Manti level surprise. NPF is a great prospect but he's light and needs him some Balis time.

All HH has to do is offer one of these (first come, first served) and that's an OG taken care of and then wait on a BIG fish for the 4th or I hold at 3.

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^This

 

[Ndaccountant]

Cb's coming in for Florida, including Wiltfong

 

[Domina Nostra]

Who wants a lineman named Nicholas Petite, anyway? College isn't like high school, where everyone is kind and thoughtful. He's going to get a lot of teasing during his games ("Hey Nicky, your jersey says "petite," but it should probably say, "super fat." ... "Hey St. Nicholas, I want a few sacks for Christmas! You gonna give them to me?"). College bros can be just awful.

I'm just not sure how effective he could ever be playing through those giant tears...

 

[BobbyMac]

Malik neg recruiting?

 

[dwshade]

Never really got a good vibe on him for ND.

 

[GBdomer]

I guess he is extremely close with his mother and her having a chance to see him play is a big factor.

 

[Big23Head]

HomeTeam 100: Football's a slam dunk for Nicholas Petit-Frere

TAMPA — Nicholas Petit-Frere played on the same YMCA basketball team with former Tampa Catholic and current University of Kentucky standout Kevin Knox II in the fourth grade.

Knox was just beginning to be recognized for his burgeoning talent. Petit-Frere's athletic prowess was noticeable, too.

It just was not in basketball.

"Nicholas was a really big kid, but he could barely do a layup at the time," said Kevin Knox Sr., who coached the YMCA team.

Knox Sr., a former receiver at Florida State, was convinced Petit-Frere would turn into a bona fide star in football.

Nine years later, Knox Sr.'s prognostication came true. Petit-Frere, a senior at Berkeley Preparatory School, is a four-star recruit who is considered one of the top six offensive tackles in the 2018 class. He also is the highest-ranked player in the Tampa Bay area by just about every major recruiting service.

Such praise helped Petit-Frere wrap up the No. 1 ranking among bay area high school players in the Tampa Bay Times' annual HomeTeam 100.

Knox Sr.'s hunch was based on size. Petit-Frere, which means little brother in French, was anything but that — even in elementary school. At 5-foot-10, 160 pounds, Petit-Frere towered over other kids his age.

Still, Petit-Frere had to persuade his mother to let him play.

Loris Petit-Frere had serious reservations. She did not know much about football except that it was violent. She feared her only child would get hurt.

Petit-Frere was in sixth grade when he signed up for football. Organizers for the Brandon Ravens did not believe his mother when she told them about her son's size.

Before Petit-Frere could even play, he had to lose 20 pounds.

Petit-Frere shed the weight. Then he started shredding everything in his path. In one of his first drills, Petit-Frere was asked to wrap his arms around a tackling dummy held by a coach. He ended up driving the tackling dummy — and the coach — to the ground.

"I was there for that drill," his mother said. "After that I was more worried he was going to hurt other kids than himself. I mean, he just knocked a grown adult man to the ground."

After two years of creating havoc on defense, Petit-Frere added offensive line duties in eighth grade. He sent opponents in reverse, forcefully and repeatedly.

But it was not just brute strength that made him stand out. Petit-Frere also has tremendous footwork and hand-eye coordination, skills he developed on the basketball court at an early age.

"I've coached a lot of great players and Nicholas is right up there," Berkeley Prep coach Dominic Ciao said. "We had a feeling he was going to be special when he got here."

It did not take long for the offers to come in from colleges, including Alabama, Florida, Michigan and Ohio State.

Petit-Frere said he is in no rush to make a decision.

"It's really going to come down to where I'm most comfortable," Petit-Frere said. "I'm trying to make sure everything stays normal throughout the process. I want to play football and get my schoolwork done.

"The focus is more on trying to get better."

And bigger.

Petit-Frere added 35 pounds this offseason and now weighs 275. He did it by eating peanut butter sandwiches, pasta and chicken.

"It's about eating right and working out and growing into your body," Petit-Frere said.

But his large frame and lofty status on the field has not earned him the title as big man on campus.

"If you score 1,400 on your SAT that makes you the big dog around here," Petit-Frere said.

Still, he holds his own in the classroom. Petit-Frere has a 3.7 grade-point average and scored a 1,270 on his SAT. Those were the numbers that mattered to his mother.

Loris' parents are from Haiti and did not graduate from high school. The family moved to Fort Pierce for better educational opportunities before relocating to Tampa. Loris was the first among her seven siblings to graduate from college. She also was as a single mother.

"In Haiti you have to pay for your education, even in high school," she said. "Here, in high school, it's for free and our parents stressed taking advantage of that.

"With Nicholas I always made him do schoolwork before he could play anything. He didn't always like it, but it was important. To see where he is now with so many colleges to choose from is such a blessing."

Knox II is about to embark on his college basketball career with the Wildcats for a season before likely declaring for the NBA draft.

Petit-Frere is about to start his senior season with the Buccaneers as a prized prospect — in football.

"It's pretty remarkable how everything turned out," Knox Sr. said.

 

[NDVirginia19]

Maybe the money she'll save by not having to feed Nicholas during the school year can go towards plane tickets to South Bend 6-7 times a year

 

[Praytorian]

Maybe1 time it WAS pb&j sandwiches

 

[BobbyMac]

...and with Lind's CB to SC for Carman comes a CB to OSU for NPF.

Once again... Thanks Herbie!

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Ugh


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[Big23Head]

Few weeks old but solid article

5-star OT Nicholas-Petit Frere discusses mystery recruitment, recent Florida visit

Nicholas Petit-Frere now a 5-star recruit

There’s a new recruit sitting atop the player rankings for offensive tackles in the Class of 2018.

Nicholas Petit-Frere, who attends Berkeley Prep in Tampa, Fla., is now the nation’s No. 1-ranked OT and has been bumped up to a 5-star rating by 247Sports. He’s also a top-10 overall prospect.

Programs from across the country have the 6-foot-6, 272-pound Petit-Frere at or near the top of their overall recruiting board for this cycle. SEC Country knows of at least three league coaches who view him as a future first-round pick in the NFL Draft.

Petit-Frere hasn’t let the hype go to his head. In fact, he can’t even tell you how many scholarship offers he has.

“I’m sorry. I’m not sure,” Petit-Frere said when asked. “It’s whatever. I’m very humble to have all the offers I have. As long as I have one, I’m very grateful.”

No, that’s not a humble brag or a conceited kid. Petit-Frere is the real deal.

He shows humility and modesty with every word and he thinks before opening his mouth. And yes, he keeps things close to the vest and doesn’t give away anything about his recruitment.

Alabama, Florida and Notre Dame are considered the top contenders for Petit-Frere, who holds more than two dozen offers. However, he isn’t ready to name a leader or even a group of favorites.

“A lot of schools have tried to say good things about me and they’re very nice and thoughtful,” Petit-Frere said. “There’s no one I can really say who hasn’t done a good job recruiting me. They all have.

“Their job is to make sure that they recruit good players and I’m very grateful that they think I can be one of those players. I’m just trying to make sure that I enjoy the process to the best of my abilities, see everything I can and make a very informed decision.”

That attitude is one reason why coaches think so highly of Petit-Frere. It’s not just about his talent. He has the physical skill set and the mental makeup to be the face of a college program and potentially an NFL franchise.

Petit-Frere told SEC Country after his spring game he planned to take several visits this summer and did just that, hitting up Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio State over the last two months. He checked out the Gators on July 22 and met with UF coach Jim McElwain and offensive line coach Brad Davis, his primary recruiter.

“It was a good trip,” Petit-Frere said of his Florida visit. “We just went around the campus and talked to a few coaches. We talked to Coach Davis and Coach McElwain. They were excited to have me on campus and they were just expressing how happy they were that I came up to see them.”

“It’s close to home and we thought it would be a good chance to go and do a little more research on Florida. [The school has] great facilities, great people, it was just great overall.”

Petit-Frere took his recruiting process slow in the spring and still has more left to do, such as official visits this fall and dinners at his house with the likes of McElwain and Nick Saban.

The Under Armour All-American will “most likely” commit after his senior season, and he’ll make that decision with the guidance of his mother and high school school, Dominick Ciao.

“There’s a lot of factors,” Petit-Frere said. “My mom told me to make sure I take care of my academics. So I just want to make sure that if I go anywhere, I get a good education and I finish with a degree.”

 

[Meatloaf]

In for USC on an OV per ISD

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Fingers crossed.

 

[connor_in]

In for USC on an OV per ISD

OK, thanks for the FYI from ISD on the OV for USC, IMHO that was a HR by you my BFF who is savage AF.