4-star TE Israel Briggs Sets Commitment Date Between Two Schools

Trinton Breeze
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Could he catch in High School? If he couldn’t, why did we pursue him so hard & why did we celebrate this as a big time flip?

No clue. Mario’s mulligan class of 2022. I know I was caught up in the hype like everyone else back then. But even his HUDL is meh. Langham’s was better. I just assumed he was all world given Mario’s rep as a recruiter. I don’t think he gets through the evals now given the NIL he would be demanding.
 
No clue. Mario’s mulligan class of 2022. I know I was caught up in the hype like everyone else back then. But even his HUDL is meh. Langham’s was better. I just assumed he was all world given Mario’s rep as a recruiter. I don’t think he gets through the evals now given the NIL he would be demanding.

Miss me w this mulligan class b.s, my boy. Ya’ll gotta stop this. Not one poster said “he’s meh.”

We’re talking about the #3 rated TE in the nation. Stop revising history b/c the product didn’t pan out. Mario heavily recruited this dude while at Oregon since 2020, which is y he went hard after him…WHICH means he was thoroughly evaluated.

My point is u can’t say: “Briggs won’t be be like Skinner b/c he can catch.” Uhhhhh, so could Skinner in HS while playing at a preeminent HS in the nation. Let Briggs be Briggs, & hopefully he’ll develop into a top tier TE; but, concerns about his size (pause) r warranted especially since

a) we’ve not been the model program to help guys grow into collegiate ready bodies that are frail &

b) as I stated, he plays at quite literally one of the most underdeveloped areas in Central CA.
 
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Miss me w this mulligan class b.s, my boy. Ya’ll gotta stop this. Not one poster said “he’s meh.”

We’re talking about the #3 rated TE in the nation. Stop revising history b/c the product didn’t pan out. Mario heavily recruited this dude while at Oregon since 2020, which is y he went hard after him…WHICH means he was thoroughly evaluated.

My point is u can’t say: “Briggs won’t be be like Skinner b/c he can catch.” Uhhhhh, so could Skinner in HS while playing at a preeminent HS in the nation. Let Briggs be Briggs, & hopefully he’ll develop into a top tier TE; but, concerns about his size (pause) r warranted especially since

a) we’ve not been the model program to help guys grow into collegiate ready bodies that are frail &

b) as I stated, he plays at quite literally one of the most underdeveloped areas in Central CA.

I hear you. But it is a fact that Skinner had bad hands in college. I don’t know why that concern wasn’t exposed earlier just that he couldn’t get it done at the U.

I also am a firm believer in stacking because even the best evaluators fail over half the time. Butch, Saban, Harbaugh. They all had half their classes disappoint. The difference is they stacked. Net/net, my main point is just because Skinner failed doesn’t mean Briggs will.
 
Man Skinner is from Greer,Sc. That’s 15 mins from me. I saw him play at Greer HS plenty of times b4 he transferred to IMG. He was never really like dat or was targeted that much unless it was the red zone so I already knew what it was wit him b4 he got 2 UM
 
Not for nothing but this kid is more athletic and a much more accomplished receiver than skinner was. This kid's upside is much higher but weight is a concern. Hope he's in the 215 vicinity when he enrolls.
 
California does a good job producing TE. The just add weight thing has not worked well in recent memory, but he is worth the risk. Couple more pieces on offense and I can see the vision.
 
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