'23 FL DE Keon Keeley Decommits From ND

[AnTostal 765]

According to 24/7, if Keeley indeed plays at ND, he will be the 7th highest rated player since 2000 to do so.  

Without looking it up (and I know that's asking a lot), name 5 of the 6 rated higher who played at ND since 2000.  Try to be honest; just toss out some names.

[ND4EVR 3]

Ok, just a guess, but I'll go with Jimmy Clausen, Jalon Smith, Michael Mayer, Sam Young, Gunner Kiel, Q Nelson

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19 minutes ago, ND4EVR said:

Ok, just a guess, but I'll go with Jimmy Clausen, Jalon Smith, Michael Mayer, Sam Young, Gunner Kiel, Q Nelson

Jimmy, Jaylon, and Sam are there. 
Good memory on Sam!

[jessemoore97 1,278]

The RB from Florida who transferred out was a 5* on a few sites.  He was shot to death unfortunately.

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55 minutes ago, jessemoore97 said:

The RB from Florida who transferred out was a 5* on a few sites.  He was shot to death unfortunately.

Not in the top 6 though. 

[jbrown_9999 1,018]

1 hour ago, AnTostal said:

According to 24/7, if Keeley indeed plays at ND, he will be the 7th highest rated player since 2000 to do so.  

Without looking it up (and I know that's asking a lot), name 5 of the 6 rated higher who played at ND since 2000.  Try to be honest; just toss out some names.

Brian Clausen, Dayne Christ, Sam Young, James Aldridge, Jaylon Smith were my guesses

[ND4EVR 3]

Ok, just remembered the great DL recruiting class they had 11 or 12 years ago with Stefan Tuitt and the guy who transferred after 1 year...so I'll say Stefan Tuitt 

[coltssb 1,044]

1 hour ago, jbrown_9999 said:

Brian Clausen, Dayne Christ, Sam Young, James Aldridge, Jaylon Smith were my guesses

Great guesses. Don’t forget Manti!

[AnTostal 765]

2 hours ago, jbrown_9999 said:

Brian Clausen, Dayne Christ, Sam Young, James Aldridge, Jaylon Smith were my guesses

Clausen, Young, and Smith. 
 

There are two very obvious and one less obvious left unnamed. 

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2 hours ago, ND4EVR said:

Ok, just remembered the great DL recruiting class they had 11 or 12 years ago with Stefan Tuitt and the guy who transferred after 1 year...so I'll say Stefan Tuitt 

Not Tuitt.
The guy who transferred is correct!  Name him…

Edited December 28, 2021 by AnTostal

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1 hour ago, coltssb said:

Great guesses. Don’t forget Manti!

That’s one!

[EddieAngel 508]

14 minutes ago, AnTostal said:

That’s one!

Yuck on Aaron Lynch. RIP Greg Bryant.

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2 minutes ago, EddieAngel said:

Yuck on Aaron Lynch. RIP Greg Bryant.

Lynch!

Theres one more guy who was ranked higher than Keeley. 
played in the NFL quite a while. 

[NDhoosier 1,229]

Was Michael Floyd ranked super high out of high school? He played in the NFL for awhile. Either him or Golden Tate. I didnt really follow recruiting back then though. I'll say Floyd

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5 hours ago, NDhoosier said:

Was Michael Floyd ranked super high out of high school? He played in the NFL for awhile. Either him or Golden Tate. I didnt really follow recruiting back then though. I'll say Floyd

That’s it!

The list, in order:

Clausen, Smith, Te’o, Young, Lynch, Floyd, Keeley. 

[ND_JACK 321]

There was a couple of defense linemen. One kid was an absolute beast and transferred back to Florida somewhere and played in pros. The other I think his name was Williams and he was from NY state. Those are my guesses 

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53 minutes ago, ND_JACK said:

There was a couple of defense linemen. One kid was an absolute beast and transferred back to Florida somewhere and played in pros. The other I think his name was Williams and he was from NY state. Those are my guesses 

Ishaq Williams had a little lower 24/7 rating (.9888) than Keeley (.9894).  Aaron Lynch (.9947) is one of the 6 players rated higher than Keeley.  Dayne Crist was just behind Williams (.9886).

[ndfanatic78 285]

https://tdalabamamag.com/2022/01/16/5-star-de-keon-keeley-gets-offer-from-alabama-schedules-visit

Edited January 17, 2022 by ndfanatic78

[Irish-scoop 107]

Any feelers out there about his upcoming visit to Alabama?   Makes me a little nervous 

[coltssb 1,044]

46 minutes ago, Irish-scoop said:

Any feelers out there about his upcoming visit to Alabama?   Makes me a little nervous 

I'm going to laugh when Bama starts to go down or Saban retires and one of these kids loses what he thought he was going to get.  Father time is undefeated.  I haven't seen a great coach who doesn't call it quits end on his own terms.  From Bowden, Lou, Spurrier, to Hayes, something gets them in the end.  Saban is also 70.  This is about the year when i've seen coaches start to decline.  Look at Belichek yesterday.  Blow-out city.  I'll be keeping an eye on Saban and Bama the 3 years.