Signing Day Superlatives -- Call Your Shot

IrishLax

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Now that the class is mostly signed on the dotted line, interested to get people's opinions on the following:

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest)
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking)
Instant Impact
Favorite
Captain Material
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) - Eli Raridon
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) - Jayden Bellamy
Instant Impact - Sneed
Favorite - Burnham
Captain Material - Tyson Ford/Ziegler
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch - I doubt he transfers but Donovan Hinish
 

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Best - Burnham
Most Underrated - Gobaira
Instant impact - Merriweather and McFerson
Favorite - Raridon
Captain - Ziegler
Transfer - I hate to do this - Chan
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) - Billy Schrauth: 1st round, top 10
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) - Eli Raridon: 1st round
Instant Impact - McFerson: someone's got to punt
Favorite - Jaden Mickey: if only for the confidence shown in his response to CJ's decommit
Captain Material - Burnham, Zeigler, Ford, Angeli, Schrauth
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch - Ashton Craig: transfer watch not bust. Just tough to find playing time with all the OL studs in the last 2 classes
 

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Now that the class is mostly signed on the dotted line, interested to get people's opinions on the following:

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest)
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking)
Instant Impact
Favorite
Captain Material
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch

Best: Josh Burnham

Underrated: JD Price on O. Nolan Ziegler on D

Instant Impact: Tyson Ford. I think he has a path to meaningful minutes.

Favorite: Eli Raridon. Super star potential.

Captain Material: Joey Tanona

Bust watch: Jayden Bellamy
 

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Best: Jadarian Price
Under: Gobaira
Instant: Merriweather
Fav: I love them all equally
Captain: Sneed, Ford, Tanana
Transfer: Yeah it has to be an oline.
 

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Best: Sneed
Underrated: Price
Instant: Sneed, Merriweather
Favorite: Price
Captain: Ziegler
Transfer: Craig

GO IRISH!
 

IrishLax

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Here's my list:

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) - Ty Chan
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) - Aiden Gobaira. Have a tough time seeing him not developing into an elite pass rusher and getting drafted in the first 100 picks.
Instant Impact - Mickey
Favorite - Merriweather
Captain Material - No clue
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch - Angeli. More because I don't know what happens if he can't beat out Buchner. CJ Williams was going to be the easy pick here if he stayed in the fold.
 

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Now that the class is mostly signed on the dotted line, interested to get people's opinions on the following:

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) Sneed
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) Sneed
Instant Impact - Sneed
Favorite - Sneed
Captain Material - Sneed
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch - Sneed

Just kidding on the last one.
 

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Best: Aamil Wagner
Most Underrated: Nolan Ziegler
Instant Impact: Sneed or Burnham
Favorite: Jaden Mickey
Captain Material: Tyson Ford
Transfer/Bust Watch: Not speculating on this
 

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I'd just like to say that I really hope Angeli balls out. For all the negativity and crap that has been directed his way, I would love to see him prove the eval correct.
Obviously for ND, it would be great to have a top flight QB. But for a really nice kid who has been totally disrespected through no fault of his own... I wish him all the best.
 

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I'd just like to say that I really hope Angeli balls out. For all the negativity and crap that has been directed his way, I would love to see him prove the eval correct.
Obviously for ND, it would be great to have a top flight QB. But for a really nice kid who has been totally disrespected through no fault of his own... I wish him all the best.

He even tried his best to keep CJ Williams in this class after he publicly trashed him. He's the guy I'm rooting for the hardest in this class.
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): Aamil Wagner (Top 15 pick in the ‘25 draft)
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Raridon (Future 1st rounder)
Instant Impact: Jaden Mickey (I like Bellamy a lot too)
Favorite: Burnham
Captain Material: Tyson Ford, Steve Angeli, Burnham
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: Morrison (like his game, just a position that tends to get buried or transfer pretty easily, I liked Isaiah Rutherford’s game a lot too)
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest): Sneed. He's the best, right?
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking): Raridon. Could turn out to be the best TE in class.
Instant Impact: Mickey on special teams and maybe nickel
Favorite: Burnham b/c it'll be interesting to see how he develops. I kinda hope he fills out and plays on the edge. He'd be a bit undersized but undersized, athletic, high motor guys on the edge can do a lot of damage in college.
Captain Material: Wagner. He'll have to work hard to get bigger but has the athleticism to be a really good tackle. Seems like a good kid that will work hard and get on the field - hard working, really good tackles usually end up being captains. Just watch out for those parking tickets.
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: angeli b/c QBs transfer a lot.
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) - Eli Raridon. Could be Kyle Pitts light.
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) - Jaden Mickey. I think he could have a Julian Love type career and play himself into the 2nd round.
Instant Impact - Merriweather due to the depleted WR room
Favorite - Burnham
Captain Material - Burnham and Ford
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch - JR Tuihalamaka. The scourge of CA recruiting plus he seems the most 1 dimensional of our last two linebacker classes.
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) - Sneed
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) - Tobias
Instant Impact - Tobias
Favorite - Sneed
Captain Material - Hinnish / Zigler
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch - not going here
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) -------------------------------------- Sneed
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) ---- Schrauth
Instant Impact ------------------------------------------------------------------- Merriweather... besides McFerson of course.
Favorite --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price & Raridon
Captain Material ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3/4 of the class
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch ----------------------------------------------- Angeli / Staes / Bellamy / Hinish / Tuihalamaka



IF ND lands the 3 Amigos today?

Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest) -------------------------------------- Moore
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking) ---- Moore
Instant Impact ------------------------------------------------------------------- Williams
Favorite --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore
Captain Material ---------------------------------------------------------------- Add Williams
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch ----------------------------------------------- Walker all by himself on the transfer / kicked out list.
 

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Best - Price
Most Underrated - Price
Instant impact - Sneed
Favorite - Price
Captain - Ford
 

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If we’re doing it based off the draft. Gotta gravitate towards the hogmollies given our history.

Best: Aamil Wagner
Most Underrated: Joey Tanona
 

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Texas A&M will run the SEC once Saban retires. That's my call.

I think Saban has ruined people’s perspective on what is “normal”. Nobody has ever run college football like Saban has and I don’t think it will happen again anytime soon. Doubt anyone will be able to even dominate that league, too many good teams.
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest)--------------------------------------------- Raridon
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking)----------- Angeli
Instant Impact-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sneed
Favorite---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price
Captain Material----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ford
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch------------------------------------------------------ Tuihalamaka
 

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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest)
- Christian Gray
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking)
- Cooper Flanagan
Instant Impact
- Jaden Greathouse
Favorite
- Kenny Minchey
Captain Material
- Drayk Bowen
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch
- Ben Minich

If we’re doing it based off the draft. Gotta gravitate towards the hogmollies given our history.

Best: Aamil Wagner
Most Underrated: Joey Tanona
I am sad I just remembered Joey Tanona is done.
 
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Transfer Watch // Bust Watch: Morrison (like his game, just a position that tends to get buried or transfer pretty easily, I liked Isaiah Rutherford’s game a lot too)

Sorry but first loser in the books. And none of us smart guys had him as instant impact!
 

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Sorry but first loser in the books. And none of us smart guys had him as instant impact!
I hate to bring it up, because it’s Driskell…but the entire offseason he said Morrison was the best DB in the class, & didn’t care he wasn’t an EE, he would be challenging to start by the end of the season.
 

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I hate to bring it up, because it’s Driskell…but the entire offseason he said Morrison was the best DB in the class, & didn’t care he wasn’t an EE, he would be challenging to start by the end of the season.


Haha Loy also had Morrison as most underrated which is why I bumped our version of this.

Talking heads get something right for once
 

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I noticed someone had Sneed as instant impact & Jr as bust watch.

I’m a big Jr fan & was worried about Sneed being overrated.
I don’t know the final minutes, but Jr played a lot didnt he? And Sneed played only the 3 (4th being the Bowl) allowed for RS year?
 

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Haha Loy also had Morrison as most underrated which is why I bumped our version of this.

Talking heads get something right for once
I never watched film on Morrison, but evidently IB loved his film & said it would translate to college immediately.
They feel really good about Christian Gray too, so hopefully he is the same as Morrison.
 
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Best (i.e. will be drafted the highest)
- Christian Gray
Most Underrated (i.e. will be drafted higher than their ranking)
- Adon Shuler
Instant Impact
- Jaden Greathouse - one of WRs for sure, Greathouse is physically ready
Favorite
- Kenny Minchey - local kid to me
Captain Material
- Drayk Bowen
Transfer Watch // Bust Watch
- Jaiden Ausberry - more transfer watch than bust
 
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