2019 Football commit #1 - Tyjae Spears. Rb. Ponchatoula, LA

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2019 Football commit #1 - Tyjae Spears. Rb. Ponchatoula, LA

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Looks like we have our 1st commit for 2019. This tweet has been retweeted by Willie and Wesley Fritz as well as JJ Mcleskey.

https://twitter.com/tyjae_spears/status ... 54624?s=21

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/9403655/5a ... 2834ded169

A quick scroll through his twitter account shows usm, Texas state and all the fcs in state schools have offered. Also showed he’s real close with his class of 2020 qb who has been offered by Bama, Georgia the tiggers and basically everyone else in the country.
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He reminds me of Mewelde Moore.
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I like his hometown
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Likes to cutback. Interesting running style.
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He plays in a wing position in his HS offense & runs a lot of pass routes. He'd be doing something different here so it's not easy to project.
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Donny Z wrote: Also showed he’s real close with his class of 2020 qb who has been offered by Bama, Georgia the tiggers and basically everyone else in the country.
And he is supposed to commit to the cesspool up the river today.
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He was hurt the vast majority of 2017. When healthy, he's very quick and has some long speed. I'd say from a height/weight/speed standpoint, he matches up favorably to Garland LaFrance last year. He might have a touch more initial burst, but they are very comparable. If he had been healthy last year, he'd have 10-15 offers by now IMO...with a similar recruitment to LaFrance.
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He looks bulkier than LaFrance to me.
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As I've written before, for these option type offenses to work you have to have a credible threat at an inside game. That usually means a big strong kid with talent that can gash you up the middle if the defense starts cheating toward the ends. Looks like he could fit that need. Also, if he has the expected senior year his recruiting should blow up, hopefully he'll remember who stood by him first.
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I had heard about him a while back. Has been wanting to commit to Tulane but had to wait for an offer.
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Spears caught 20 passes for 311 yards & 2 td’s last year.
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Furthermore, he ran a 10.8 hundred meters his Jr year on bad ankle?
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gerryb323 wrote:
Donny Z wrote: Also showed he’s real close with his class of 2020 qb who has been offered by Bama, Georgia the tiggers and basically everyone else in the country.
And he is supposed to commit to the cesspool up the river today.
He made it official. Too bad for him, they don't utilize dual threat QBs too well.
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GreenieBacker wrote:As I've written before, for these option type offenses to work you have to have a credible threat at an inside game. That usually means a big strong kid with talent that can gash you up the middle if the defense starts cheating toward the ends. Looks like he could fit that need.
Listed at 5'10" 175 so I think he's more speed on the edge than strength up the middle.
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waverider wrote:
gerryb323 wrote:
Donny Z wrote: Also showed he’s real close with his class of 2020 qb who has been offered by Bama, Georgia the tiggers and basically everyone else in the country.
And he is supposed to commit to the cesspool up the river today.
He made it official. Too bad for him, they don't utilize dual threat QBs too well.
Finley is not really a dual-threat guy.
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waverider wrote:
gerryb323 wrote:And he is supposed to commit to the cesspool up the river today.
He made it official. Too bad for him, they don't utilize dual threat QBs too well.
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long green wrote:
waverider wrote:
gerryb323 wrote:
Donny Z wrote: Also showed he’s real close with his class of 2020 qb who has been offered by Bama, Georgia the tiggers and basically everyone else in the country.
And he is supposed to commit to the cesspool up the river today.
He made it official. Too bad for him, they don't utilize dual threat QBs too well.
Finley is not really a dual-threat guy.
Everything I read referred to him as "one of the top dual threat QBs in his class".
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Spears was just rated an 83 by 247, a three-star and the 50th ranked player in LA. That would equate to a low 3 star on Rivals.
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On the heels of our bowl victory, k state and their new staff are making a run at spears.

https://twitter.com/tyjae_spears/status ... 98784?s=21
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Donny Z wrote:On the heels of our bowl victory, k state and their new staff are making a run at spears.

https://twitter.com/tyjae_spears/status ... 98784?s=21
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Donny Z wrote:On the heels of our bowl victory, k state and their new staff are making a run at spears.

https://twitter.com/tyjae_spears/status ... 98784?s=21
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They are visiting with several players down here.
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long green wrote:They are visiting with several players down here.
They should bring the bowl game trophy
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Hope he stays with the Wave!
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