He is announcing Friday. Do you think he will commit to purdue?
George karlaftis
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Come on George....pick the old gold and black! Coach Brohm has been on him hard since he arrived. I have a good feeling about this!!!
Purdue, Michigan, and Miami seem to be the favorites.
Michigan already has Hinton and Herron (5 star ends) in the '19 class. Even with that, Michigan fans are still quite tasteless in all of their responses on Twitter over him and the possibility of going to Purdue. No shocker there.
Miami is where his father played and he visited in July I believe.
OSU just offered on a few weeks ago and he did a visit. Probably the most worrisome of the offers. He wasn't in the top 3, but they hadn't offered and he hadn't visited when he announced the top 3.
Purdue - He has been to every home game. His timeline on twitter is filled with Purdue. CJB has written letters to his mother and his grandparents. CJB and staff have gone all in and showed maximum love. Purdue has done everything right here and could be rewarded with the highest rated recruit in a very very long time. An early commitment of this caliber also helps with this year and next year's class. It shows that Purdue truly is rounding the corner and headed the right way! I like our chances. I would say, 90% Purdue and 30% OSU. I know it doesn't = 100 percent, but with OSU being involved, they have a higher than normal shot of swooping in for the steal. An early commitment here does bode well though.
Michigan already has Hinton and Herron (5 star ends) in the '19 class. Even with that, Michigan fans are still quite tasteless in all of their responses on Twitter over him and the possibility of going to Purdue. No shocker there.
Miami is where his father played and he visited in July I believe.
OSU just offered on a few weeks ago and he did a visit. Probably the most worrisome of the offers. He wasn't in the top 3, but they hadn't offered and he hadn't visited when he announced the top 3.
Purdue - He has been to every home game. His timeline on twitter is filled with Purdue. CJB has written letters to his mother and his grandparents. CJB and staff have gone all in and showed maximum love. Purdue has done everything right here and could be rewarded with the highest rated recruit in a very very long time. An early commitment of this caliber also helps with this year and next year's class. It shows that Purdue truly is rounding the corner and headed the right way! I like our chances. I would say, 90% Purdue and 30% OSU. I know it doesn't = 100 percent, but with OSU being involved, they have a higher than normal shot of swooping in for the steal. An early commitment here does bode well though.
Very good sign that he has gone to every Purdue home game this year. I love the fact that brohm is going after these Indiana players especially the very good ones. When was the last time a recruit choose Purdue over osu and michigan?
Girlfriend?....... where is she leaning to? George K will be the face of this program for 4 yrs. Ryan Kerrigan II. We need you buddy.... You will be an icon! No other school can feature you or promote you the way Purdue will.......
Staying close to family is important
Being close to his family is important for obvious reasons. I like our chances.
He isn’t going to play next fall if that is what you are getting at
C’mom George, Hometown Hero and B1G Champs have a awfully nice vibe to it! Hammer it down George!!
Hazell wouldn't have even offered him. Pretty sad
I don’t know... I could envision The Haze using a bye weekend to go see a Red Devils home game...
Hope he chooses Purdue! But either way, him deciding early makes the staff's job a little easier. They will know Friday whether or not to move on to other targets and with plenty of time left before 2019 signing day. And if he commits over offers from ND, UM, and Miami I'd call that a very solid verbal.
I hope he becomes our first commit for 2019. It's rare for us to be able to get a commit this early from a high end prospect regardless of the fact he's in our backyard, and having a guy leading the charge in getting other players to come here over a year in advance will be huge. I thought Robinson would have been the next one in the Den of Ends but he's definitely more effective at DT. We need to continue our tradition of elite pass rushers.
Anyone remember the good old days when high school athletes signed a LOI and mailed it in without a press conference? Seems like a long time ago.
Ok. basketball players change their recruiting years, why can't football players? I'm confident coming from West Lafayette, he could do it. I have an inside source that informed me several of her classmates graduated early and went to Purdue.
He certainly could. Given the physical maturity required in football versus basketball, it would make no sense.
I can’t think of one player that has done it.
The closest you get is the kid who graduates 7th semester and shows up for spring practice.
Yep.
I could see it if you had a child who start school a year later, but why would you? Why waste a year of physical development.
Chance to start seems like a bad one. Panfil had the chance to start as a freshman. Probably hindered his development. Same with some others forced out there early by Hazell.
I'm thinking more situations like Clayton Richard. He won the 2002 Mr Football (awarded in November 2002) and was born in September 1983. As a comparison, my brother graduated from HS in May of 2002 and was born in March of 1984. His parents kept him out a year (he would have been almost 7 when he entered KG) AND he was old for his natural school class (he would have been almost 6 if he started KG on time). That is almost 2 years of physical development beyond his classmates.
So Richard was 19 when he won Mr. Football and 20 when he stepped on to UM's campus. As a 19/20 year old with a spring practice, someone like him wouldn't be hurt starting as a true freshman at a position like QB.
GK is a different situation as he is playing a physically more demanding position.
This would be one of the biggest recruiting hauls in recent history. It could be a huge springboard for the 2019 class as far as momentum is concerned. He would be the first unanimous 4 star recruit since Danny Etling in 2013 (Robinson and Jallow were 4 stars by various services, but 3 stars in others).
Come on board Mr. Karlaftis!
Come on board Mr. Karlaftis!
Basketball it makes sense, because the recruits that typically change their classes usually have the expectation they won't play more than 2 years and so they want to best position themselves to leave early for the NBA. Football especially for a defensive player is going to be a 4 year deal. Pushing a kid who isn't physically ready to play actually hinders their development.
If he commits, then ND will really start recruiting him - Like those turds did with Drue Tranquill. Kelly is a snake.
I have more faith in Brohm holding recruits over Hope and Hazell.
I'd really like to see Purdue getting some early recruiting commitments. Mich and OSU usually have 3-5 early commitments. and we've all said the greatest recruiting tool is the players themselves recruiting other players.
And gaining a stud 2019 recruit could help secure some great recruits to close out our 2018 class. I have to believe we only have 3-5 spots left for the 2018 class. and I don't see any of our current recruits de-committing. If Brohm holds true and brings in 2-3 transfers/jucos, we probably only have room to add 3 more HS players. And it would appear one of those players is a WR, and one is an RB.
And gaining a stud 2019 recruit could help secure some great recruits to close out our 2018 class. I have to believe we only have 3-5 spots left for the 2018 class. and I don't see any of our current recruits de-committing. If Brohm holds true and brings in 2-3 transfers/jucos, we probably only have room to add 3 more HS players. And it would appear one of those players is a WR, and one is an RB.
ND offered him on 04/01/17. Tranquill didn't have an ND offer when he committed to Purdue. Two very different situations.
In Tipton, Indiana, we could get WLS out of Chicago crystal clear. Of course they broadcast at 50,000 watts while most radio stations were about 5,000 watts.
More importantly, Tranquill was a tool. He claimed it was a "business decision." 1.) Most businesses I have worked at frown on saying you will do something, then backing out to do something else. 2.) Unless he played this year, he has rarely played in his time up there. So if football was business, that was a fail too. 3.) Purdue was ranked higher as an overall school recently if I recall correctly. I don't know what that really means - other than a chance for us to point and laugh at reversible jacket fans - because Nd still has a very good degree that employers would pay a premium for. But for Tranquill to suggest that Purdue engineering (his field of study) was inferior to Nd is laughable.
