Starting this here on 6/24…Talent the definite #1 factor, then need and importance of the position (with a small dose of local pipelines as more of a tie-breaker than anything)…Tying to stay away from extreme long shots, and kids will be taken down from this list if it appears they are entering that category.
The players that I think can DEFINITELY commit to UM right now are: 1-9 (ending with Antoine) plus Myles, Carter, Anding, Upshaw, Moore
The players that I think MAY POSSIBLY have the green light to UM are Boucard, Mills-Knight, Louis, Manfred, T.Williams, Fitzgerald, C.Smith. (Some of these are gonna fall off the list soon if some things to start heating back up)
The bottom 3 starting with Cox are definitely backup plans only and honestly I’m not sure how much communication is going on…There may be a couple of those above, but I’m pretty confident that is the case with Cox, Branch, Ajax
FYI…Today 247’s Gabby U posted his top 10 UM most wanted…They are (in no order) Antoine, Epenesa, Pickett, Griffin, Myles, Carter, Wilson, Hanks, V.Brown, B.Louis…So basically all 10 are in my top 15.
I believe the top 16 outside of
FK Henry (maybe)
Mills (maybe, weird)
Boucard (maybe)
Can commit to UM.
Other Maybes
Mathis
Louis
Wiley
Cannot commit to UM as of now (maybe not even in contact with, but were at one point, and I have to think are at least backup plans)
Adirika
Hamilton
Cox
Branch