Commit #9: DT Evan Hailes
by Run Up The Score on Jun 27, 2009 2:25 PM EDT
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Fight On State reports that Virginia DT Evan Hailes (6'2", 310 lbs, four star on both Rivals and Scout) has joined the recruiting class of 2009-10. Here's what you've won, according to ESPN:
Hailes is one big dude. He lacks ideal height on paper, but on film he looks like a massive kid with a bunch of bulk packed on his frame. For the most part he is a space eater that can plant himself in a gap and gobble up action that comes his way, but you can't be too fast to judge this big boy. He is not consistent, but flashes good quickness off the ball and will shock you how quickly he can get moving at times. When he can get to the shoulder of a blocker he can plow his way into the backfield. He does a good job of being able to get into gap and stay square. He moves well laterally between the tackles and can be disruptive player. When he brings his hands he can deliver a pop and knock a blocker on his heels. He tends to play high and can let blockers get into his chest, but even still he is tough to move backwards. Tries to engulf ball carries around the neck, but overall a serviceable tackler. Hustles around, but this kid is built to just do damage between the tackles. Can provide pressure as a pass rusher. He can bull rush and collapse pocket. When he gets to half-a-man he will try and work a move and he can be troublesome when he can get to the hip of the blocker. Hailes is a big kid who at the root of it all is a two-gap run stuffer, but there is some more to his game and if he watches his weight he can give you solid reps with some disruption and big plays peppered in.
Something tells me that Larry Johnson, Sr. can do wonders with a kid like this. Just a hunch. He's another guy who will have to watch his diet and work hard in the weight room -- he's not exactly a physical specimen right now (maybe that's an old picture, who knows) -- but the potential is certainly there.
He's definitely quicker than you'd think:
Evan Hailes 2009 US Army All American National Combine (via nbkuk15)
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Great Get
Offers from Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Clemson, LSU, Cal, and Tennessee.
This class is amazing. And those of you with access to TAP already know that Adrian Coxson may have let the cat out of the bag about “the other recruit” that committed this weekend.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Jun 27, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If I don’t have TAP am I allowed to guess?
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Jun 27, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can guess
I don’t have to answer.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Jun 27, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Order of names I'd like to hear:
(1) Lattimore
(2) Floyd
(3) Fortt
(4) Royer
(5) Still
That is all (because those would surprise me right now… Bolden is a lock, methinks…)
by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love it,
but when do I get nervous about the lack of DEs and shortage of schollies?
by PSUinBOSSton on Jun 27, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not at all worried about the DEs
Especially once we land Royer, who WILL be one of our 16. Don’t forget, Baublitz is a DE, and we have several younger cats stepping in.
And maybe, just maybe, we’ll pull Ego.
by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't sweat it
This class is becoming a snowball rolling down hill. It’s just gaining mass and momentum as we go.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Jun 27, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So was one of the guys on my list...
“the other recruit,” or was he the other recruit on my list?
by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kenney is the one
I would least expect.
by PSUinBOSSton on Jun 27, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I totally forgot
About Kenney. But no, I wouldn’t be surprised at all by that.
by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So maybe it could snowball into something that could catch fire?
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Jun 27, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Who said this line?
I forgot that one – it’s one to remember.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
by NJ lion on Jun 27, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gerg Robinson
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Jun 27, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it all makes sense, now
Greg Robinson’s evil twin, Gerg, was the one behind Syracuse’s collapse
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 29, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's more like a Jekkyl and Hyde type thing
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Jun 29, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does one of those sides
have some sort of coaching talent, or is the Jeckyl/Hyde scenario just good/evil, and they both suck as a coach?
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 29, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They both suck
but one has hilarious press conferences and the other is unremarkable.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Jun 30, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's really ironic you wrote "Gerg"
My 12 year old son and a bunch of friends were trying to figure out how to say their names backwards. They realized that mine is Gerg and it thought that was kinda funny, so wherever I go around town, I hear a “Hey, Gerg!”
Kids.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
by NJ lion on Jun 29, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Gerg!
When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --Joseph Vincent Paterno
by jtothep on Jun 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweeeet. Can’t wait to use on a regular basis.
Thanks, Gerg! Er, NJ Lion.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Relbmargnidaer
That’s awesome. Sounds like a Viking war god.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or
The bassist of Norwegian death metal band.
When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --Joseph Vincent Paterno
by jtothep on Jun 29, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Royer
Would be nice.
Do we know anything about Ego? Looks to be from Larryland and at Hargrave now. With LJ it’s the position I most want raw physical freaks.
by PSUinBOSSton on Jun 27, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The scuttlebutt says...
Kenney, and I think Jones may be a commit as well. I saw him stocking up on his PSU gear. Not a definitive answer or anything, but I would move him a little closer to being ours.
I was out in the trenches, which enables me to paint such a powerful picture, like Apocalypse Now.-Cormega
by OMEGAMAN on Jun 27, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jones was ours when we offered.
This is a good week. Before its all over, 16 new stars will be tabbed onto our recruiting class.
And it might kick the tires and light the fires under a few other kids (Fortt, Royer).
PS: Has anyone seen the thing about Fortt and Lattimore talking to each other about PSU? Somebody I work with said he’s read that, but I can’t find it.
by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about any word on Floyd?
I’d hate to lose a top PA player, even though we’ve gotten half of them already.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 27, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm positive he would be ours, but...
We have 16 spots, 9 wrapped up, 12 by the end of the week (I’m fully confident in Jones and Bolden, plus Kenney seemingly), that leaves 4. We need to get Fortt and Royer to fill needs. That leaves us two spots, and we need, IMO, a DB (preferably Keenan Allen or Ifill), leaving one spot for people like Ferguson, Easley, Floyd, and Lattimore. Do you think they’d withdraw an offer to any of those on the hopes of getting someone else?
This is that fly-by-night class we had last year coming back to bite us in the ass… Unless we’re cutting players.
by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if this causes a rush of sorts
If I’m a recruit and may want to play here, 12 of 16 spots says to me decide right now whether that’s the school for me or not.
by PSUinBOSSton on Jun 27, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Fortt & Lattimore
I’ve seen that article before (thought it was nittanynetwork.com) but couldn’t find the exact link. I found this though…
by Screen Name 20 on Jun 29, 2009 8:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just looked back at Mike's Recruiting updates and notes, and wrote a quick updated guide to needs:
Offense
QBs: 1/2 (Jones) *Strong possibility #2 will be Bolden
RBs: 1/1 (Redd) *We really don’t need another RB, I’m thinking Lattimore is a long shot
WR: 1/2 (Coxson) *Seems like Kenney is likely to fill the 2nd spot, it’ll be tough to take Stills from CA
TE: 0/1 *Like Mike said, we have Szczerba, Wedderburn, and Gilliam, so this could leave a spot open
C: 1/1 (Dieffenbach)
OG: 2/2 (Graham, Ricketts)
OT: 0/1 *We have Shrive from last class. Possibly Graham/Ricketts could switch with weight gain.
Needs fulfilled: 6/10 with a possible 8/10 after this weekend with Bolden/Kenney.
Defense
DT: 1/2 (Hailes) *Strong possibility of D. Jones this weekend, still in the running for Floyd
DE: 1/2 (Baublitz-kreig) *Still in the running for Easley
LB: 1/2 (Hull) *Likely commits of Fortt and Royer, so we’d be over Mike’s # on LB allotment
DB: 0/1 *Took in a ton last class, so not a huge need. Poss. Allen
Needs fulfilled: 3/7, but Fortt and Royer are considered most likely locks for PSU, with a possibility of Jones this weekend, for a possible 6/7.
I can’t find how many scholarships we have left online, but Mike had 17 spots on his updates, psume06 said 16 above. So, with current commits we have 7-8 schollies left, but with expected/likely commits, it’s 2-3 left. Correct me if I’ve completely missed something or a potential recruit here, or said something wrong since I can’t go back and edit. I would have written a post, but didn’t want to rip off Mike’s previous analyses.
I don’t have subscriptions to recruiting services, so this was based on Mike’s posts (Defense and Offense), and comments/posts with news and rumors about recruits, and free info, mainly from scout.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 27, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Royer
Royer is most likely a DE.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Jun 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, with your permission since a lot of this has been updates to your own material
and of course, if you’re not planning on doing a second update for recruitng, in which case I can hold off on writing one, and that way I can update easily when new developments arise.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 29, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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