Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!). I'm Bud Elliott, SB Nation's National Recruiting Analyst, and in this space I'll be sharing news, rumors and musings on the world of college football recruiting.
The SB Nation College Football Recruiting Podcast is back with another episode. This week we take a look at the national landscape and answer some listener questions. If you missed anything this week in recruiting, this is a good chance to get caught up.
Blue Chip Commitments
Each week I discuss the biggest commitments and the impact they’ll have on the team to which they committed and the teams that were recruiting them.
- Neil Farrell, DT to LSU
- Bruce Judson, ATH to USF
- Montaric Brown, S to Arkansas
- Jerry Jeudy, WR to Alabama: I discuss what makes Jeudy so good.
- Adarius Lemons, RB flipped from UNC to Florida: I compared his running style to that of an NFL star.
- Josh Thompson, CB, flipped from TCU to Texas
- Emory Jones, 2018 QB to Ohio State
What I wrote about this week
- Penn State negative recruiting accusations that maybe weren’t, and the risks of negative recruiting.
- Ohio State’sridiculous class is better than Alabama’s at this point.
Reader questions
We ask for reader questions via twitter (@sbnrecruiting) and on Facebook. If they don’t make sense in print, don’t worry, I explain them in the show before answering.
- Where is Cam Akers going and please call it with 100% certainty. Does Akers being back in Tally today mean anything for the Noles?
- Thoughts on the swinging back and forth w/ JaCoby Stevens and UGA, Bama, Auburn and LSU? Where does he end up?
- What effect would UH in the B12 have on all teams recruiting Houston? Did TCU to the Big12 have an effect on teams recruiting the DFW?
- Has UGA made up the ground on Tennessee for Deangelo Gibbs?
- You think LSU taking Farrell means they don't think they are getting [Marvin] Wilson?
- OU is dominating Texas recruiting this year aren't they?
- Does FSU get a big time recruit at WR this year?
- Biggest game with regards to recruiting in Florida this year: FSU/UF, FSU/UM, FSU/Clem?
- Of the top safeties you've seen in person, how would you rank them?