re: TigerDroppings 2011 Top 30--Revised February 16, 2010; Updated March 19 with Watch List

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What is it about his frame you dont like? I love him, we have him in our top group. We felt he's clearly the #2 Dt in Louisiana. Im truly interested to see how he adjust to not having Bates on the Dline. If we can get spring video and see him handling the double will tell a lot..With Hunter also.

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Height is probably the only real concern. He is about 5'11 which is kind of small.

I have Q. Thomas ahead of him right now because I see a higher ceiling at this point. I consider Micky to be a better player right now though.

I agree about not having Bates on the edge. It will play a big role.

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Any idea who #50 in Rasco's film is? He is a big ol' guy but I am not familiar with him.

Brandon Jackson, Its hard to tell those guys switch jerseys a lot..I thought he was the sleeper of the Dline this year. I wouldnt be shocked if he had over a hundered tackles this year

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He is about 5'11 which is kind of small

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Hmm, thats interesting..I never had luxury of seeing him in person. However, if he's closer to being under 6'0 then above, maybe is what took so long to get the official offer from LSU..I see listed consistantly around 6'1. Hope he gets taller this summer..

whats your thoughts on Liggins from Leesville?

I like his perimeter skills..If he gets in the right camp, id like to see him at corner against
Landry,Sylve,Lewis,Byrd and company..this is how Mathieu blew up. I see them being the same type of player. Whats your thoughts

seinfeldtiger Liggins and Byrd will both be worked on offense and defense at the first camp. Liggins spoke with Gonzalez so i'm sure he will looked at receiver also.

Lynx...where did you go to HS?

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T.K Fleming 1/2" less than Hunter in Long Jump. Whats high jump stat?

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T.K.'s high jump is 6'6

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How is it that you reconcile this information to rate/rank Thomas and Hunter ahead of M. Johnson? I think it is a fair question and I would like a thoughtful response. I’m not taking pot shots at you, but am interested in understanding what you see that makes Thomas and Hunter have more potential and makes them better prospects from their film?

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Sonny, thanks for the question.

My first comment to make is that the current rankings were done on February 16th. At that time, Mickey was sitting on only a handful of smaller offers (no LSU offer yet). Ever since his name became a common occurrence on this board, his recruitment has blown up (I think we can contribute some of his name recognition and the increased offers list in correlation to the internet chatter).

I plan on moving him up in the near future. At the same time, I do not foresee him skyrocketing very far into the top 10 due to the depth and talent of the 2011 class. I will give him a well deserved bump (as well as many others...there will be some substantial shifts in the future), nonetheless.

The lack of offers for both Chucky Hunter and Q. Thomas is a bit of a head scratcher at this point. While Mickey is very talented, I do not see such a large discrepancy that should account for a 16 offer difference. I do plan on bumping him into the #2 DT spot in the state.

There is a general lack of film on Thomas, which I think is limiting his exposure and therefore his lack of offers. It also makes it tough to evaluate him. However, I like his size and that he received a very early offer from LSU.

With Hunter....I think everyone is a little surprised he hasn't at least gotten a few smaller offers. Exposure and film isn't an issue at all with him. He very well could be a product of the West Monroe hype machine.

Does that answer your question?

there could be possibly even more movement at the DT position as well... from what I've seen and heard it could be a battle for the number 2 DT in the state between Johnson and Thomas (who could just as easily project as a SDE), but don't sleep on the DT from Rayville. This guy was the best DT I've seen in a few years as far as how dominant he was, and I've seen Sentimore and Hunter

yeah, the TE is suppose to pretty good as well. The QB at Rayville had crazy numbers as well, because they put a ton of points up against anyone they played. It's crazy how good the athletes in such a small area are, but in the past there have been some academic issues with the bigger guys out of Rayville so I get a little cautiously optimistic regarding there players. I will say this about Rayville, they have consistently good coaching and a 1st class head man