re: recruiting chat at 11 via nola.com

Coaches would have liked Hootie to participate in their camps. He never did and he continues to grow. He will always be a top target just from his football game tape and potential. It will be interesting to see who gets left out if there is one scholarship left and Gage, Young, and Mcdowell are still uncommitted. Just for clarification, I'm not saying Gage is taking Hootie's scholarship. Gage would be closing the door on a Ramirez and Young commit if both Hootie and Garret commit to LSU. Hootie can commit even if we already have 24 safeties signed. I'm just saying from certain coaches standpoint it might not be as big of a drop off as it may seem. From my interpretation from reading many different websites (opinion only);they like Gage better in coverage but like Hootie better in physicality and playmaking ability.