2017 Redshirt
2018 Safety for Diablo Valley (RS Fr.)
2019 LB for Diablo Valley (RS So.)
Eteva Mauga is N
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2018 Safety for Diablo Valley (RS Fr.)
2019 LB for Diablo Valley (RS So.)
cover kicks and punts at the very least year 1
I'd excuse some new-to-football penalties if they result in bone-crushing highlights
I'd excuse some new-to-football penalties if they result in bone-crushing highlights
So much this. We need athletic assassins (metaphorically, of course — this isn't Baylor) on special teams. Depth will allow more players like Mauga to excel on special teams. In addition, even if he just learns a couple of different blitz packages on defense and is inserted to wreak havoc on third-and-long, then we're better on defense as well as special teams. Dude doesn't need to be an every-down player to help us immediately. We have two fifth-year seniors as the likely starters at ILB, and we have a couple of strong RS freshmen to provide initial depth. All of the non-starters at DB and LB should be ready to say "hello" to Ihmir Smith-Marsette next year, and not just as he flies by them en route the end zone.
Two other sites have articles about his commitment and they both say that he has three years to play two. Are they incorrect?
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Rivals also lists a slew of old offers for a lot of prospects which could never have been used for a real life scholarship so I'm not sure how much we should make of those offer lists.
I didn't say online...I said twitter. I personally do not post anything personal, pictures or opinions that are tied to my actual being. Having discussion and dialogue about interests is far and away different from one sentence responses when you are emotionally distraught or enlightened. The seven second culture has made everything superficial and generally exaggerated. If you want to berate a player you have to go to twitter and say he sucks balls instead of pointing out in a data driven article that he wasn't blocking on screen passes. A kid who isn't on twitter is a kid who isn't addicted to attention, good or bad. And I guarantee the bad attention has a greater effect on performance than the good. There is a reason the great athletes go through social media blackout.
Getting voted conference defensive player of the year first year playing LB when he played on a team that went 0-5 in conference play is impressive.
And he follows up his announcement saying “nobody cares work harder”
And he follows up his announcement saying “nobody cares work harder”
If you think they are "blacked out" you are crazy. They have burner accounts, their friends share/show them ****, they post and tweet all the time you just don't know it is them. They sit around making fun of us and the stuff we post.
That’s great but playing LB in the Bay league isn’t exactly like playing LB in the B1G is it?
-15 years ago on this board I’d have had this kid winning the Heisman
-10 years ago on this board I’d have had him all conference
-5 years ago I’d have had him a day one starter
I’m just skeptical now. Sorry. I’ve just seen this late Juco diamonds in the rough story play out before and it doesn’t usually work
I believe Eteva came to college @ 5’10 160 pounds as a safety, hit a growth spurt and weights, eating etc. always was a hard hitter but know packing a punch at 220 instead of 160. Way under the radar, LSU showed late interest like us but he’s N.
He doesn't seem like a social butterfly. Offers listed on recruiting sites are self reported and I don't believe that the offering school can confirm that they've offered so regardless of what shows up on the database you're trusting the kid or his coach.
LSU likes him and believes he could help them. That's a pretty good endorsement right there.
Clearly the kid isn't out soliciting a star ranking and offers like Blake Lawrence did. IF our coaches like and want him, I want him.
He should at least be on special teams
We have to start taking tbat serious...hell Miles Jones could have at least return kick offs.
Since you couldnt put him in for 2 yard run early in the season instead of letting Wandale take a beating.
Not that it matters, but where is he listed at a 4*? Would certainly make our recruitment class look better on paper.
Rivals commit list has him as a 4 star.
Edit: weird, now he isn't. 20 minutes ago he was a 5.8 4 star
your post hasn't aged well now that he's finally been evaluated and his offers disclosed. Does he remind anyone of LaVonte David with the way he plays?