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Message: [QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1299730, member: 3201"] I guess it's possible for a kid to fly totally under the radar, if he doesn't do the camp routine, 7 on 7, etc. The competition level is certainly a factor, which blows his highlights out of proportion. So many kids are evaluated at camps and tournaments and events now, so not participating would make it much harder to be evaluated. Often a "sleeper" is discovered by coaches out to see another guy, sometimes they catch a promising looking freshman or something and keep an eye on him. But when you are isolated, and from a small school/league that doesn't produce enough big time players for coaches to venture out, it's possible a 3-star guy (which this guy might be) could get overlooked. I also wonder if the fact that he apparently excels in two other sports is a factor...maybe he's not really had a football future on his radar. I'm impressed with his height. Nine times out of ten when you hear people crowing about landing a great sleeper that somehow slipped by the big boys despite a great highlight reel, you click it and see a guy that's 5'11". 90% of the time the big programs are going to pass on that. But this kid has pretty good height for a receiver, if he's got ball skills at all I would have expected at least some mid major/low P5 interest. How does a Wake Forest or Duke miss a kid like this, if his grades are what they say? I have zero ability to evaluate a QB, but the ball does pop off his hand. The Dubose factor is the weirdness in all this. If he thought the kid could play at the next level, he couldn't make a call? If the kid had NBA dreams, he wouldn't have sat down and had a talk with him about real life? I just don't see how a coach like that can almost let this kid miss on a free college education, even at a low mid-major. In any event, Syracuse should be really happy...how can you go wrong with a kid like this? He's got good size, decent athleticism, and he's a good student and apparently citizen. It's a good land. [/QUOTE]

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