re: Predict Who Commits This Weekend

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Justin Williams -Terrebonne

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You already have a solid Soph JUCO transfer in Mett and 2 Freshmen QBs who will redshirt this fall

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Hope we find a real diamond in the rough.

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In the summer of 2009, Tyrann Mathieu was a little-heralded rising senior at St. Augustine...

"It all started at the Tennessee camp when we drove nine hours to get to it," St. Aug Coach Dave Johnson said. "Nobody knew him. That's where he got his name. From there, that's when he got noticed.

"These camps are probably more important than the game, because the coaches have a chance to see them up close and not just see them perform but to see their intangibles."...



LSU recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson, who was chosen the nation's top recruiter by Rivals.com, said the summer camps have become the most integral piece in the recruiting process.

"Video is one form of the evaluation," Wilson said. "The next portion is going into their sophomore and junior years. We like to go out and watch them play live. But probably the most critical piece is camp.

"Camp is the most critical piece because now we have a chance to coach them and take them through drill-specific stuff. It's not so much of an evaluation for us of their skill, but even more their work ethic."...



"They are a very useful tool for both the college and the players," said Breaux Bridge High School Coach Paul Broussard, who has two players committed to LSU for the 2012 season. "For the players, it gives them some exposure to the coaches, and it gives them a feel for the facilities and atmosphere on campus.

"It also gives the coaches a chance to evaluate them over a two- or three-day period that they may not see scouting film."...



Many college coaches will hype their on-campus camps as a way to teach fundamentals. But the ultimate reward of the camps is often landing a top recruit or unearthing obscure talent such as Mathieu and even LSU running back Spencer Ware, who shined in the 2009 camp before being offered scholarships.

At last year's camp, defensive backs Ronald Martin of White Castle and Jalen Collins of Olive Branch, Miss., two small-school athletes, turned heads and landed scholarships to LSU.

"Those camps put those kids on another plateau," Wilson said.



This year, Breaux Bridge receiver Kavahra Holmes, a rising senior known mainly for his record-setting exploits in track, stole the show at June's high school camp. He was so impressive in drills and flashed his speed that the coaches didn't hesitate offering Holmes a scholarship despite his tepid success as a receiver last season, although he averaged more than 30 yards per punt return.

"Every once in a while you get a player like Kavahra that comes on late," Broussard, the Breaux Bridge coach, said. "You don't hear from him much his junior year, but in the spring heading into his senior year, like in Kavahra for instance, you start to develop and start to mature, and all of a sudden you get some attention.

"And that's what happened in his case. He had so much attention, but he was just late coming around. He was always relatively fast, but he picked it up a gear in the spring."

Had Holmes missed the camp, chances of him landing an offer from LSU would have diminished, as the coaching staff likely would not have been able to make its own evaluation before the signing period.

"In his case, that might have been a possibility," Broussard said. "I think (LSU) was anxious to get him in there and look at him. He was one of those kids that they didn't see much on film, so they wanted to evaluate him on there on."

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We lose two SR QB's. You lose two, you sign two



So we lost 0 QBs last year and took 3. How does that work for your math?

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