Buffalo News article on Jimmy Scott. I sounds like SU was his first offer.
Although the 6-foot-3, 255-pound teenager is relieved it is over, being courted by some of the biggest names in college football was a dream come true.
buffalonews.com
If you compare offers, Scott looks like the far better player.
But he camped all over the place to get his name out there. It is a really important factor. He also had a really well done highlight tape on Hudl. Rashard had no highlights out there until very recently (think they finally came out in late February).
I bet Rashard didn’t go to any camps. Sure haven’t read about him attending any.
And Jimmy went to a fancy private school that plays other fancy private schools with big money, where all the games are filmed and the film is made available for creation of fancy Hudl highlight packages for every player with a pulse.
Rashard went to a HS in the inner city in Buffalo with a tiny budget and little support from the community. I suspect the only reason there is any film for him is because Bennett made a historic run to the state finals in the Dome, where a bunch of playoff games were televised.
I bet the staff at Bennett is half the size of the staff at St Francis and the Bennett coaches make less than half what the coaches make at St Francis.
So while Jimmy had many more offers than Rashard, and perhaps some were more prestigious, if you look at production on the field, looks look very different.
23 sacks to 5 sacks. 123 tackles? (I know it was over 120) to 43.
It will be interesting to see who ends up being the better player in college. Not to denigrate Jimmy, who I like and suspect is eventually going to be a fine college player. But I have my money on Rashard.
