Laray Smith. Probably was coming here until Marrone left.
www.sports-reference.com
Honestly expect Kansas to offer at some point. Hope you are wrong.
I saw a video a couple days ago that makes me think he would be all Kansas if they offer. Im surprised they havent yet.
Looks like Kansas only has 5 commits so far for 2023 but two are WR's. One is a slot WR and the other WR is 6'-2". But they took no freshman WR's in the 2022 class but did have one WR transfer that was originally a 2019 kid. So they could take another WR still.
Thanks for looking that up. Here's the video I saw. I think he's good as gone if they offer. Wouldnt blame him.
My takeaway too. Complete unicorn.
You may be right, but for now I am going to choose to believe that he’s a polite kid who at the time wanted to keep as many doors open as possible.
We just offered him on his official visit, a few days before he committed. Why would we offer and then not take his commitment?
Any idea when the video is from? I'm also skeptical that he sticks if he gets a KU or similar offer closer to home.
6/8/22
It certainly could be very hard to keep him with a KU offer considering he is a legacy, his dad played there, and he has always been a KU fan. That video appears to be from just 22 days ago on the rivals site. But he could now see a better opportunity at Syracuse and/or maybe that offer from KU never comes. I';m sure the staff is taking that under consideration and probably even spoke to him about it. Personally I think our offense and passing game is going to change for the better pretty soon with Anae and Beck and the QB's we have in the fold. So sticking with Cuse is probably a better move than going to KU. I mean KU did just have 2 wins this past season.
I mean, who knows? Maybe his fingers were crossed?
And it was an interview by a KU site reporter. He said the right words for the target audience. Time will tell.
It was also a homer interview ... with teed up questions tilted towards his home state (nothing wrong with that, we'd do the same). Despite his responses, once SU got involved I'm sure the young man discussed playing in NY with his parents. I don't know if our staff saw the video, but regardless they are also savvy enough to ask the young man how he felt about playing out of state, whether he wanted to wait on a KU offer, was his heart set, etc. Hopefully all that went into his commitment and he's at peace with his decision.Was it the "growing up, I was a Jayhawk, always wanted to be a Jayhawk" part that caused your skepticism?
Maybe in the end he loved Cuse and is filled with righteous indignation about being passed over by Kansas (and KSU)?
Yeah, that's the guy. I remember he and Edwards were the same class and being excited about the prospect of having our own thunder qnd lightning.
