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2026 Ezavier Crowell 5* RB from Jackson, AL (Jackson HS) Committed to Bama
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Not to respond to the rest of what u are saying but ND slowed our passing game when they went zone. They moved their #1 guy on him and he got cooked by Toney as well. So yeah they said F it and went zone, much like UF did the entire game.It took Mario 6 classes to recruit a WR that can come in and be a major contributor as a freshman. “Flashing huge ability”, flashing don’t mean shii. 2 of the freshman WRs have so much more development left until they become a real threat to opposing teams. 2026 class looks good but they aren’t on campus. Spafford is not the fastest WR in the nation.
There’s a reason why the passing game went to Shii in the 2nd half vs ND. They had there best CB follow Toney everywhere, and nobody else could create space. It’s probably because Mario sucked at WR recruiting for 5 years prior.
So, if 2 out of 7 WR classes were good that makes his WR recruiting good. Tell me how that math works?
Idk what u mean by cooked, but he definitely didn’t get cooked. Whether they played zone or man, the WRs got taking out the game way too easy.
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22 was his class with literally a month on the job: Horton and Colbie Young were the only WRs. Both starters or heavy rotation guys at Bama/UGA, and would likely be starters or heavy rotation here, how would this be a miss?It took Mario 6 classes to recruit a WR that can come in and be a major contributor as a freshman. “Flashing huge ability”
There’s a reason why the passing game went to Shii in the 2nd half vs ND. They had there best CB follow Toney everywhere, and nobody else could create space. It’s probably because Mario sucked at WR recruiting for 5 years prior.
So, if 2 out of 7 WR classes were good that makes his WR recruiting good. Tell me how that math works?
23 was his first full class: Robby Washington, Ray Ray Joseph, Shemar Kirk. This was a fail
24 was a very highly rated class: Jojo Trader, Ny Carr, Chance Robinson... Trader can still be good. If he returns, he's likely a starter or heavy rotational guy next year. Carr is like 7th in pecking order currently but just played well against NCSt. Chance always been hurt. I mean a highly rated class, still tbd but not a great return so far.
25 has been a GREAT class: Malachi Toney, Josh Moore, and Daylyn Upshaw. 2 of them have started, and will likely start next year. And Upshaw is likely to continue to get heavy rotational snaps.
26 you are literally saying he will sign his best Wr yet in Wingo, and Parris and Spafford are good recruits as well.
Like what the **** are you *****ing about right now, just the the class from 23 basically?
Meanwhile the average rating for our WR recruits on the roster is literally 92.49 which is 2nd best of any position only to EDGE which is 93.18.
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Got cooked means they had to change the scheme again because he couldnt cover Toney. Not sure what's hard to understand about that. Toney should have had more yards in that game, Beck over threw him.
lol, u have no idea wat ur are talking about. #6 was not their best player and the throw was actually good placement by Beck, the CB got physical and stop Toney from getting to the spot. Their top 2 CBs weren’t even guarding him when he got most of his yards. #15 is their best CB and that’s who they made sure to have on Toney for majority of the 2nd. So again u got cooked and don’t know what u r talking about.
I was sure he had a couple more classes here.
I think that retaining talent is apart of recruiting. Especially in the portal era. They recruited Young and Horton and also lost them. 24 class is mid, u can wait longer to make a judgement, but that’s been my opinion for a while. didn't care wat the ranking saidI looked at the film and had concerns. JoJo will probably do a little something but that’s it.
When I look at film I try to find the weakness. Either the prospect has other elite traits to overcome those weaknesses or they work on those weaknesses so much that it no longer is one. Yall can keep hoping they turn into something though.
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