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Aren’t we after more linebackers? And I had the same question on Thompson. Is this a situation where we are shooting our shot out of state? Or is south florida down?
 
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I wonder how hard we pursue Gamble. I read that his mom is a lawyer who specializes in IP/NIL and driving his recruitment.
 
cway313 said:
Where was he a 5*?
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247. For the entirety of 2017. Before the inevitable "but he picked Miami, knock him down a few pegs" last-minute reaction.


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amanan28 said:
What a bust...
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Absolutely.

Some posters with poor memories like to act as if we just imagined this stuff. As if Mark Pope wasn't a 5-star on Rivals. As if Mark Pope wasn't a 5-star (until the final re-rank) on 247 for his entire senior year. The only thing holding Mark Pope back from being a consensus 5-star was ESPN, the worst of the three rating services (at the time, and probably still).

Now, whether the kid was a bust later, well that's a different story. But he was very highly rated in HS by the two primary rating services.
 
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Wrap up the locals like Johnson, Hyppolite, and Gourdine asap. Then lets go full on big trophy hunting all summer 🙌
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
Absolutely.

Some posters with poor memories like to act as if we just imagined this stuff. As if Mark Pope wasn't a 5-star on Rivals. As if Mark Pope wasn't a 5-star (until the final re-rank) on 247 for his entire senior year. The only thing holding Mark Pope back from being a consensus 5-star was ESPN, the worst of the three rating services (at the time, and probably still).

Now, whether the kid was a bust later, well that's a different story. But he was very highly rated in HS by the two primary rating services.
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I remeber his recruitment vividly. He was one of those "if we can't close the deal on this kid fire the whole staff" situations here. His numbers were underwhelming but we needeed a high profile recruiting "win" since he did apparently have a legit Bama offer. I remember his film thinking okay, staright line fast, not sure what else I'm missing. But of course he was a "5 star" so I was on board too. Him and Dee Wiggins on the field at the same time was one of the most depressing situations. Because every now and then they *did* make a big play. And you just figured one of them could bust out any time. Pope did have reasonalbe numbers for like a 3rd WR in 2020 and Ed Reed "mentored" him in the off-season which led to him doing nothing, trying to be a DB, then transferring to Jasckson State and doing nothing there.
 
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