Scout and 247 have him as a four star. Rivals has him as a three. Depends I guess which of the services you trust best.
Yep. Positive sign was McQuitty tweeted a picture of him wearing Kirk Ferentz rings. This is shaping up to be a great class. Scout has Iowa right now at 14 and 247 has Iowa now at 11th and 2nd in the Big Ten behind Ohio State.
Graves-KC, Mo. McQuitty-Columbia, Mo.. Colbert is "closer", being from KC, to Graves, and possibly McQuitty, than AJ.. I get your overall point about having these two possibly"help" in the recruitment of Graves and McQuitty, though.
You're right. My bad. Graves would be a huge get with AJ. He's a big athletic freak at end just like AJ but he plays left side opposite AJ. They would make a dynamic pair of ends the likes of which we haven't recruited to Iowa in some time. We've had great pairs of ends obviously, but none with the raw athleticism, size and potential of AJ and Graves.
Graves looks like type of player that could move inside. Epenesa is an freak and will be a dominant player for Iowa. Think he starts as a freshman and will be an All American kind of player at Iowa.
Epenesa being from Edwardsville is about an hr. from St Louis. He may know a few players from the St Louis area.
Graves is NOT moving inside. Way too explosive. He's 6'5" 220 and runs in the 4.7 range. Very quick first step and he's an end without question. He's the perfect compliment to AJ. It's vitally important we pair AJ with someone at the other end spot who is dynamic and commands attention. I think we'll be really good in the middle with Lattimore in there and I think we'll find us another really good d tackle prospect if for some reason Juan Harris doesn't make it. When we're locked in at defensive line, Iowa football is really really good. This has a chance to be as talented a group as we've had IF we can just secure that end spot opposite AJ.
That could be a very good d line. Trevor trout tweeted about how he and Juan Harris talked about teaming up and playing at Iowa. Trout is a beast. 4 star by scout and 247. Wouldn't shock me if he ends up a five star.
I seem to remember you also said either Nelson or Hesse will be moving inside now you have Graves moving inside too....lol Dude just STOP cuz you don't know what you're talking about...smh
FYI, Colbert is from KC. McQuitty is from Columbia and Graves from KC also. They are not from St. Louis.
Talking about freshman receivers with good years makes me think of Dominique Douglas... dang it.
