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JoJo Earle with 2 rec for -1 yard yesterday for UNLV

Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:33 am
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
4529 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:33 am
Don’t always cry when we miss out on recruits. Sure, some go on to great things. But more than half the time they don’t work out.

For every Devonta Smith there is a Speedy Noil. For every Landon Collins there is a Hootie and the Blows at football.
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
56166 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:34 am to
LeTerrance Welch had a pick
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
4529 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:36 am to
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LeTerrance Welch had a pick


Happy for the kid. Made the right choice to go get some playing time.
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
9499 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:39 am to
Yeah. We got lucky by missing JoJo Earle. Addition by subtraction.

It shows how little the national recruiting analysts and the casual posters on her actually know. Some were comparing him to Percy Harvin. Those guys are obviously not in the same stratosphere at all.
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
4529 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:45 am to
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national recruiting analysts


This. They know nothing about how a kid will develop. They just look and say this kid has offers from big schools and is good in this moment. Development is huge.
Posted by wutangfinancial
Treasure Valley
Member since Sep 2015
11817 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:48 am to
You didn’t watch his tape obviously
Posted by FnTigers
Member since Sep 2021
2261 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:48 am to
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Honkus
LeTerrance Welch had a pick
heard his name and sounded familiar. Forgot he transferred out.
Posted by Hurricane2020
Member since Apr 2020
3159 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:48 am to
I was obsessed with Jojo Earle's tape. I thought he was gonna be a beast. He just didnt translate.
Posted by friendlyobservation
Member since Mar 2024
3288 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:48 am to
Surprised Earle is a bust. He looked like a stud coming out of HS. It's not just posters here and national analyst who whiffed, LSU, Bama, and pretty much every major university in the country did as well. They all wanted him badly. Has to be more to the story here he looked too talented to be what he is now. I'm guessing attitude and work ethic is a major problem but who knows. If you have no drive to play football you'll look terrible even if talented.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
287746 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:02 am to
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It shows how little the national recruiting analysts and the casual posters on her actually know. Some were comparing him to Percy Harvin. Those guys are obviously not in the same stratosphere at all.


one of the hardest things in all sports is evaluating, and attempting to forecast what young athletes will become.

Nick Saban, one of the greatest football coaches in the history of earth, wanted Jojo Earle. Yea we will give ChalkyWhite84 shite for melting down over missing Jojo Earle, but every expert coach in the nation wanted him on their team, too.
Posted by MasterAbe1
Member since Oct 2016
6355 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:14 am to
I believe Earle tore something in his leg his senior year of HS, never recovered his speed.
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
24717 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:23 am to
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I'm guessing attitude and work ethic is a major problem but who knows. If you have no drive to play football you'll look terrible even if talented


Things change now that money is involved before someone even steps on campus.
Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10829 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:28 am to
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Surprised Earle is a bust. He looked like a stud coming out of HS. It's not just posters here and national analyst who whiffed, LSU, Bama, and pretty much every major university in the country did as well. They all wanted him badly. Has to be more to the story here he looked too talented to be what he is now. I'm guessing attitude and work ethic is a major problem but who knows. If you have no drive to play football you'll look terrible even if talented.


Yep. It’s all about character. Keanu Koht also flipped from LSU to Alabama the same day on NSD. He was an even bigger bust. I’m never surprised when recruits that can’t honor a commitment to a school fail to put in the work to develop with the program they sign with.
Posted by Louisianabound88
BR
Member since Dec 2016
3582 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:45 am to
Was touted as the next Jaylen Waddle coming out of high school
Posted by Jax Teller
Member since Aug 2018
4491 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:14 pm to
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Hootie and the Blows at football


This made me lol for some reason
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
16492 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:19 pm to
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It shows how little the national recruiting analysts and the casual posters on her actually know. Some were comparing him to Percy Harvin. Those guys are obviously not in the same stratosphere at all.

I know it’s easy to say “national recruiting analysts are casuals and don’t know what they are looking at” but in doing that you are also saying the same for all the coaches that also want those players. Hindsight is 20/20.
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
16492 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:25 pm to
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Yep. It’s all about character. Keanu Koht also flipped from LSU to Alabama the same day on NSD. He was an even bigger bust. I’m never surprised when recruits that can’t honor a commitment to a school fail to put in the work to develop with the program they sign with.

What about all of the guys that flip that don’t turn out to be busts?
Posted by GhostofJackson
Speedy Teflon Wizard
Member since Nov 2009
7022 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 2:27 pm to
Earle had elite tape. If a kid has that type of film in high school you have to try to get him. No one can know how you will develop.
Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10829 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 2:50 pm to
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What about all of the guys that flip that don’t turn out to be busts?


Not every kid that flips has character issues and not every kid with character issues turns out to be a bust. I’m just saying I’m not surprised when a kid that flips on NSD turns out to be a bust.
Posted by Ironhead985
Member since Jun 2013
9409 posts
Posted on 8/24/25 at 3:32 pm to
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LeTerrance Welch had a pick
2 of them. Glad, the kid has found his place.
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