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Pretty sure the close will be Dalvin Tomlinson & Kwon Alexander

Tomlinson is an excellent student (3.9 GPA despite losing BOTH parents recently in the last 2 yrs, and a full academic scholarship offer to Harvard) and a war mentality in the trenches, very strong and great use of leverage, staff thought for a long time he would stay in state & go to Ga Tech, so the staff pursued Kirven, in my eyes (played DL as well so I like to think I have a bias, & some eval skills in this area) Tomlinson is not only a MUCH better prospect, has a higher ceiling, better technique, MUCH better motor than Kirven OR 5* Goldman, stronger than both as well, just a nasty attitude with pads on & a relentless drive. 2 time state wrestling champ as well in the state of Ga, exemplifies that nasty attitude & drive. He is a guy that will be able to play both DE and NG after putting on a little more weight, 6'3 280 right now, couldn't say that about Kirven OR Goldman (different skill set, more speed pass rush & less read & react). Dalvin will be making his announcement early Wed at 8:30

Kwon is a guy I continuously like through the whole process. Bama made it a difficult decision for him at first by making him wait on an offer in this class, then offereng a greyshirt offer, now that appears the staff is not gonna land Kirven, we are close to offering him a full scholly to come in this Summer, rehab that knee, and be a part of this class ultimately, he could still pick LSU, but ppl close to him are saying if Bama offers, it is the offer he has waited on growing up a Bama fan, as far as his ability, he has it no doubt, he is a tackle machine, just suffered a gruesome knee injury this year, kind of turned most teams away, but I would love to have him. No word yet on his announcement time, once I find out I will def let you guys know


 

Thank you for the update.

Good stuff.

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Recruiting at Bama =  :jump:

FIFY   :dunno:


and they will want to be moving to the SEC East in ... 5-4-3-2-1    :tinfoil:

Thanks for all these recruiting notes Outstanding work.

Re: Tomlinson

The wrestling expertise gives him an often overlooked advantage on the line. Line play is all about leverage, and angles, and position, and center of gravity. Those are precisely the sorts of things that wrestlers use to gain advantage over their opponents. Add smart to that (the big red H does not hand out them schollies to just anyone), and you got a winner.

^^^THIS^^^

John Hannah was the state heavyweight wrestling champ.  Those skills served him well for many years.

Allow me to get you over the 1200 "hump".