We're gonna throw some last minute stuff out here.
First of all, let's talk a little bit about O'Shae Clark. Look, I'm no genius, but that film was damned impressive. Yes, he's little. The coach told me they have him at 5-foot-8, 154 pounds. But he is fast as hell.
"Plays like he’s 6-foot," coach Rick Cobia told me. "We play the ball at high point. Will be physical in single or double coverage. Great hand eye coordination.
"He’s a kid that goes up to catch the ball but when he’s coming down he’s looking to run when he touches the ground. He’s trying to get more yards. Now."
When we first heard of Clark coming on the radar, he was described to me as a slightly lesser version of Jeff Thomas.
Basically the kid hadn't taken the SAT. He took it recently, got an 1120 and all of a sudden he's a qualifier. The coach said Missouri is recruiting some of his other players and would always check on Clark, then when he qualified and they needed a guy, Mizzou pulled the trigger.
Clark's high school has 3100 kids and his coach told me it's one of the smallest in the district. He said they played against teams with a number of D1 guys.
"He saw some good secondary players and was able to make plays on them," Cobia said. "Everywhere we had him matched up athletically with an opponent we felt like we had an advantage by having him."
Seriously, watch the film
*So that leaves two more we're anticipating sign with Missouri tomorrow. We have reason to believe the Tigers will land Malik Young and Caleb Sampson.
That's probably going to be it for a while. We understand Zion Debose is headed elsewhere (not sure where, but my guess is Virginia Tech). The Tigers appear to have moved on from Shannon Forman with the other DTs in the mix and won't pursue Jaylond Adams or DeAndre McNeal after landing Clark.
So the class will be 25 for now (barring any major surprises and Clark was the only "surprise" we expected), leaving three spots open to see what happens in the spring.
Paul and Sean are going to be trying to get in touch with Young and Sampson after announcements are made. Brian and I are going to be covering everything throughout the day in Columbia and will have comments from the coaches, video, and complete coverage.
If you like us at all, say a prayer tonight that the technology allows us to do all of that.
First of all, let's talk a little bit about O'Shae Clark. Look, I'm no genius, but that film was damned impressive. Yes, he's little. The coach told me they have him at 5-foot-8, 154 pounds. But he is fast as hell.
"Plays like he’s 6-foot," coach Rick Cobia told me. "We play the ball at high point. Will be physical in single or double coverage. Great hand eye coordination.
"He’s a kid that goes up to catch the ball but when he’s coming down he’s looking to run when he touches the ground. He’s trying to get more yards. Now."
When we first heard of Clark coming on the radar, he was described to me as a slightly lesser version of Jeff Thomas.
Basically the kid hadn't taken the SAT. He took it recently, got an 1120 and all of a sudden he's a qualifier. The coach said Missouri is recruiting some of his other players and would always check on Clark, then when he qualified and they needed a guy, Mizzou pulled the trigger.
Clark's high school has 3100 kids and his coach told me it's one of the smallest in the district. He said they played against teams with a number of D1 guys.
"He saw some good secondary players and was able to make plays on them," Cobia said. "Everywhere we had him matched up athletically with an opponent we felt like we had an advantage by having him."
Seriously, watch the film
*So that leaves two more we're anticipating sign with Missouri tomorrow. We have reason to believe the Tigers will land Malik Young and Caleb Sampson.
That's probably going to be it for a while. We understand Zion Debose is headed elsewhere (not sure where, but my guess is Virginia Tech). The Tigers appear to have moved on from Shannon Forman with the other DTs in the mix and won't pursue Jaylond Adams or DeAndre McNeal after landing Clark.
So the class will be 25 for now (barring any major surprises and Clark was the only "surprise" we expected), leaving three spots open to see what happens in the spring.
Paul and Sean are going to be trying to get in touch with Young and Sampson after announcements are made. Brian and I are going to be covering everything throughout the day in Columbia and will have comments from the coaches, video, and complete coverage.
If you like us at all, say a prayer tonight that the technology allows us to do all of that.
