Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney is joined by Ryan Young of TrojanSports.com, Tyler James of InsideNDSports.com and Jeremy Birmingham of DottingTheEyes.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION.
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1. USC should move away from recruiting the Southeast after numerous decommitments from the region.
Gorney’s take: FICTION. Every program that has won a national championship over the last decade with the exception of Michigan last season has had a preponderance of players from the Southeast on the roster. USC has had some major heartbreak over the last few weeks with some elite players backing off their pledges but that should not dissuade coach Lincoln Riley and his staff from recruiting the region hard and not backing down. Five-star QB Julian Lewis is from Georgia and keeping him is crucial.
I do agree that working for these super early commitments – especially prior to these kids taking other visits through June – don’t seem to be helping. Maybe trying to convince them to see every place and then make a decision would work out better.
Young’s take: FICTION. What the Trojans may well want to do is stop pushing for early commitments from highly-rated Southeast prospects months before they’re going to take official visits to other programs. Those are the ones that seem to inevitably fall through (see: Justus Terry, Isaiah Gibson, Hylton Stubbs, Dominick Kelly all in the last month and a half).
But then they hit on guys like four-star defensive end Kameryn Fountain, four-star tight…
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Publish date : 2024-08-04 14:08:24
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