“Obviously the season Auburn had this year will really help them in recruiting. They are finding themselves in the hunt with players they wouldn't have had a chance on at the beginning of the year.”
“Jermaine is so quick that they couldn't block him ... and when they did knock him on the ground, he would jump right back off the ground and chase after the play, ... That's what makes him so great. He never quits on a play for the entire game.”
“He has great size and quick feet and he is also a very powerful blocker, ... He also plays every down hard. His work ethic is also tremendous. That is what makes the good ones into great ones.”
“He is as good as they come. He has the ability to play anywhere along the line. Even with that, I don't think he has gotten the attention he deserves, because he committed so early.”
“I think it's a strategy. They'd rather be done early and be working on next year's class now. I think it kind of builds on itself. The earlier you get done one year, the earlier you get to start on the next.”
“[Duke's recruiting has] taken on a whole new level of talent, but it takes time. Before, they were trying to unearth the diamond-in-the-rough type, but you can't win consistently signing 25 guys like that. Now they're going after guys that a lot of schools are after.”
“I think they've been going after the same players [in Georgia]. What I see is that they're going after the same level of players in other states now.... They've gotten players from Texas. They've gotten players from Florida.”
“I usually don't doubt a coach when he goes in-state and gets guys like that so early. The coaches usually can see something in players like that and they knew what they wanted right away. When you think about problems with Florida's recruiting class, corner is one of the last things to come to mind.”
