Class of 2024 RB Yasin Willis (NJ) COMMITTED / SIGNED NLI TO SYRACUSE (12/10/23)

[Goin' Deep]

Thing(s) I like about Willis...ooops "What chu talkin' about Willis?" ...couldn't let that one go by.
Willis has the quick, nimble feet and balance...
Dohn will have a hard time dohn-grading this one...

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[hoopsupstate]

Thing(s) I like about Willis...ooops "What chu talkin' about Willis?" ...couldn't let that one go by.
Willis has the quick, nimble feet and balance...
Dohn will have a hard time dohn-grading this one...

Power AND speed. We’ve been missing the power part. These kids are are all big and strong. Next level recruits.

 

[David332]

Absolutely huge, now we just have to beef up the Oline and we’re gonna wreck havok in the run game.

 

[Ozone!]

Yasin, welcome​

 

[Dcuse]

Power AND speed. We’ve been missing the power part. These kids are are all big and strong. Next level recruits.

Allen is more power than speed despite his size so I will disagree here.

 

[721Comstock]

Allen is more power than speed despite his size so I will disagree here.

Agreed 144%.

For a “small” dude, LeQuint pushes the pile, and almost always seems to fall forward after contact.

He doesn’t have that top gear like (a healthy) Bad Mutha Tucker did.
Has been caught from behind on the majority of his long runs.

But yes - a 220+ dude is gonna bring the boom moreso then a 200 pounder.
It’s just physics.

 

[Chip]

Allen is more power than speed despite his size so I will disagree here.

Agree. Wouldn't have thought so last year. But watching him this year, he's not easy to bring down. Doesn't have take it to the house speed.

Great red zone back because of power and ability to run routes/catch passes.

 

[David332]

I’ll take two power goal line backs any day. Especially when one of them is Allen who is a solid receiver/ safety valve.

 

[baggerbob]

They are not impressed with 4*RBs. I guess he was “not a take”. lol. Knuckleheads. Very soon they are not going to be in our peer group recruiting anyway. Gonna have to worry about PSU/ND etc…

The bullies are about to have a nose bleed.

 

[Atlcuse44]

Absolutely huge, now we just have to beef up the Oline and we’re gonna wreck havok in the run game.

Agreed, I want to see some maulers down in the trenches. We haven't had a decent o-line since probably the Marrone coaching days.

 

[cusefan88]

Interesting article with Willis. Staff has told him they want to run 2 RB sets more. Would definitely compliment Allen's pass-catching to have a power runner like Willis.

 

[PhatOrange]

Yasin looks like the complete package. Day 1 starter in my opinion.

Would have to go back to Delone Carter 5-10 215, Walter Reyes 5-10 213, or Rhodes 6-0 213 for a back that big who moves that well.

Yasin at 6-3 218 is bigger and looks to have a better combination of speed and power.

We haven’t had a back rated this high since Reyes, Rhodes and Carter and Yasin is rated higher than all of them. #1 in NJ and the #12 RB in the country. Might have to go back to Mungro and Brinkley

Reyes 5-10 213
was rated the No. 2 running back and No. 26 overall recruit in the Midwest by PrepStar ... SuperPrep All-American and All-Midwest ... Rated the top running back in Ohio by Tom Lemming ... Ranked the 23rd-best running back in the nation by The Sporting News

Rhodes 6-0 213
Prep Star Dream Team selection … SuperPrep All-American and rated as the No. 28 running back by the publication … Rated as the fourth-best player in New York by SuperPrep … 2001 PrepStar All-American

Carter 5-10 215
SuperPrep All-American … Ranked the No. 29 prospect in Ohio and 55th-best running back in the country by … Ranked the 25th-best running back in the nation and 29th-best prospect in the Midwest by SuperPrep … Earned 2005 Ohio Mr. Football honors

Mungro 5-10 212
Parade and Street & Smith All-American, All-USA in 1996 ... Pennsylvania Player of the Year as a junior ...

Brinkley 5-9 203
Rated No. 20 prep school prospect for 2005 by … 2003 PrepStar All-American … 2003 Pennsylvania Class AAAA Offensive Player of the Year … Ranked the 12th-best running back in the nation by … Rated No. 64 among prospects in the Atlantic East region by rivals.

 

[David332]

Thunder and lightning comes to the Dome!

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Yasin looks like the complete package. Day 1 starter in my opinion.

Would have to go back to Delone Carter 5-10 215, Walter Reyes 5-10 213, or Rhodes 6-0 213 for a back that big who moves that well.

Yasin at 6-3 218 is bigger and looks to have a better combination of speed and power.

We haven’t had a back rated this high since Reyes, Rhodes and Carter and Yasin is rated higher than all of them. #1 in NJ and the #12 RB in the country. Might have to go back to Mungro and Brinkley

Reyes 5-10 213
was rated the No. 2 running back and No. 26 overall recruit in the Midwest by PrepStar ... SuperPrep All-American and All-Midwest ... Rated the top running back in Ohio by Tom Lemming ... Ranked the 23rd-best running back in the nation by The Sporting News

Rhodes 6-0 213
Prep Star Dream Team selection … SuperPrep All-American and rated as the No. 28 running back by the publication … Rated as the fourth-best player in New York by SuperPrep … 2001 PrepStar All-American

Carter 5-10 215
SuperPrep All-American … Ranked the No. 29 prospect in Ohio and 55th-best running back in the country by … Ranked the 25th-best running back in the nation and 29th-best prospect in the Midwest by SuperPrep … Earned 2005 Ohio Mr. Football honors

Mungro 5-10 212
Parade and Street & Smith All-American, All-USA in 1996 ... Pennsylvania Player of the Year as a junior ...

Brinkley 5-9 203
Rated No. 20 prep school prospect for 2005 by … 2003 PrepStar All-American … 2003 Pennsylvania Class AAAA Offensive Player of the Year … Ranked the 12th-best running back in the nation by … Rated No. 64 among prospects in the Atlantic East region by rivals.

6-3 218# is closer to Drummond's size.

 

[Cuse12]

Dudes built differently. He is day 1 D1 ready. As others eluded he is at the same HS as estime from ND went to… and he actually physically is very similar, and I think we all remember what he did to us in the dome…., this is the type of player that changes games. Think of Clemson 2018, how did we lose? By Clemson having a bruiser back who wore us down and ran us over. Travis etienne is his name. This is as legit a prospect physically on the offensive side of the ball as I’ve seen us grab in a long time. Day 1 RB2.

 

[David332]

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Interesting article with Willis. Staff has told him they want to run 2 RB sets more. Would definitely compliment Allen's pass-catching to have a power runner like Willis.

SWC75 your dream is alive!

But yeah, Allen works so well as a receiving threat that a 2 back set can work.

 

[Cuse181]

Its crazy how different he is rated on rivals versus anywhere else. top 15 RB on rivals, top 200 overall, #1 in NJ to as low as 91st RB, NA for National and 21st in NJ on ON3

Crazy

 

[baggerbob]

Interesting article with Willis. Staff has told him they want to run 2 RB sets more. Would definitely compliment Allen's pass-catching to have a power runner like Willis.

That will please Steve, and I like that idea, more blocking, less QB getting hit untouched.

 

[PhatOrange]

Syracuse flips 3 commitments from N.J. during Fran Brown’s 1st big official visit weekend

Brown landed his second and third highest ranked recruits in his 2024 class, and an underrated edge who could make just as much of an impact for the Orange when he touches down next summer.

www.nj.com

 

[orangepassion]

Syracuse flips 3 commitments from N.J. during Fran Brown’s 1st big official visit weekend

Brown landed his second and third highest ranked recruits in his 2024 class, and an underrated edge who could make just as much of an impact for the Orange when he touches down next summer.

www.nj.com

The return of Toad. This is him before, during, and after writing this article

 

[SWC75]

SWC75 your dream is alive!

But yeah, Allen works so well as a receiving threat that a 2 back set can work.

the way things were when I was a kid is the way things ought to be!

 

[SWC75]

Syracuse.com says all three of our 'flips', Hornsby, Lesaine and Willis are all three stars.

yeah?

 

[Cuse12]

Syracuse.com says all three of our 'flips', Hornsby, Lesaine and Willis are all three stars.

yeah?

Lol yeah 3 stars here but 4 stars elsewhere is how these sites grade guys it seems. The offers tell the story. These are a step above the normal recruit we receive.