I love his film. In my judgment, he is a tremendous physical talent and if he were to come here, would be a near lock to start at MIKE for us next year. The only issue is whether he can handle the mental part of the job. But the staff wouldn't have offered him if this was an issue.
I think he could be an all conference player his senior year and play on Sundays. He is that good. That being said, he is also a huge risk. He suffered a severe concussion his frosh year at Nevada and was told his football career was over. After sitting out a year or two, he decided to get back into the game and has played really well. However, one bad collision and his career will be over for good.
Given all the collisions a MIKE has, odds are pretty good he is going to get another brain injury. If he didn't have this problem, I think he would be extremely heavily recruited.
Given our acute need at this position, I see him as the most important remaining recruit in the class. He is the missing link...with him, the SU defense could be outstanding.