FWIW Jerry Rice's son Brendon has UM on his list of top choices
3 Start WR, Rated as the 12th-best player overall in Arizona, 69th-best wide receiver and No. 394 player nationally.
49er's connection?
Brenden doesn’t talk with Jerry much - he lives with his mom and stepfather (who played at Texas A&M) - so most likely not.
Kid’s offer sheet is better than his ranking somewhat. Think we just like him.
Last name helps
Cool beans.
Was Jerry Rice any good?
Never had it. Yellow rice is great though.
No bro, Uncle Ben's.
poor man's Randy Moss.
Motivated Randy Moss was the most destructive WR in history. His '07 season with the Pats was ridiculous. But, yeah, Jerry Rice is admittedly the GOAT.
It makes you wonder what a motivated and competitive version of Calvin Johnson would have looked like (yes, the Lions sucked the energy right out of him).
If the Pats had only been able to pick up Megatron during any part of his career...
I don't think Johnson was healthy at the end of nine NFL seasons so I question if it was totally a matter of motivation or Lions sucktitude - those didn't help, for sure. It's important to note that when Calvin Johnson tapped out, there wasn't a long line of potential suitors. He was done.
Here's how I quantify the GOAT to my son who was too young for Jerry:
Rec 1497, Yd 22,678, TD 150, 8 all-pros and 12 Pro Bowls;
Rec 1,549, Yds 22,895, TD 197, 10 all-pros and 13 Pro Bowls.
One of these is Jerry Rice and the other is Calvin Johnson plus Chad Johnson.
GOAT Rice is the original San Francisco treat...
Well, he was runner-up on Dancing With the Stars several years ago.
Also in WR recruiting: Michigan just hosted Roman Wilson, a 4 star WR out of Honolulu, HI. His parents are both from Michigan and are huge Michigan fans so that's the connection driving his interest for Michigan. He is 6'0, 175 and ran a 4.37 40 at regional opening camp.
Yes please!
Speed in space. I love it. When RR was at UM it was the spread and everyone hated it. Now Harbaugh calls it speed in space and everyone is onboard with it.
Not true.
Gattis called it 'Speed in Space' on his way to An Arbor. You need to do a better job of tracking coach quotes to be considered an ascending poster...
IIRC Gattis made that statement on his way to The Arbor ;)
Haha!! To be an ascending poster, I need to improve on my spelling!
Different concepts and I believe everyone hated losing. If Michigan had the same record over the last 4 years with RR then RR would still be around.
That's some speed in space.
Sam said he had a 10.5 100 meter also, so long and short speed.
4.62 40? Is Gattis going to move him to TE?
Didn't Jerry Rice run like 4.6 - 4.7? I also recently remember Jarvis Landry running a 4.7 at the combine. Personally I think an athlete running a straight line with no pads isn't the end all be all evalutation of a player.
You only have this opinion because you are sophisticated and rational. Small minds are entitled to think that a 4.6 40 time is a death knell for future success.
There aren't to many WR's or DB's running 4.6's in the NFL.
I'm not saying your wrong, but you can have it either way... do you remember what those 4.3* running MFers did to us last november?
Fast covers up a lot of technical errors. You know, the sort of errors that college football players make.
You can teach solid technique. You can't teach fast. I'm not going to dump on this kid, but it's pure stupidity to demean someone for pointing out that faster is better, all else equal.
Of course you’re right, but “all else equal” is never the case. Are you saying you wouldn’t offer Mario Manningham a scholarship?
Can we also remember that a kid can get faster after he’s 17? Not every kid who runs a 4.4 at the combine was doing that as a HS junior.
What did I say to suggest that "I" wouldn't offer Mario Manningham a scholarship? A scholarship to what, I don't know.
Given this kid's dad was a NFL WR, one could assume that he's more polished than average in his technique. The fact that he's still not a high level prospect suggests that he has limited upside. Does that mean he's not going to be good? No. Is it a predictor of future success? Definitely not.
Remember Denard? He was an extremely technically limited QB who did a great job for Michigan... because he was fast. Fast makes up for a lot of technical deficits.
According to Al Davis you only draft players who can fly in t shirt and shorts. Their ability to run routes and catch footballs is secondary. Just win baby!!
Go Blue!!
Fred Biletnikoff used to smoke. At halftime. The game was different then.
This doesn't address that but Jerry Rice went to Mississippi Valley State--he was not a big name recruit. Read into that what you will.
Actually reported to be somewhere between 4.45 and 4.55
Coming soon to a wedding near you: Jerry Rice.
69th? Nice.
Giggity.
Nice WR #
Wonder how much stick'em jr. has on his gloves?
his nickname should be "Wild"
Or brown
Better than "Dirty Rice". But if he goes off for 11-186-3 on the last game in November, I'll call him whatever you guys want.
Jerry himself would probably be a generic 3-star by today's standards. Meh speed, size, etc. He would still probably go to MVSU. He was WR version of Tom Brady of his day . . . nothing suggested he's be the GOAT. Some extremely rare guys just have it at game time, and especially big game time. He also had the luxury of being on the receiving end from 2 of the best QBs ever, one of whom (Montana) fits in that same Rice/Brady mold.
Shouldn't Jerry Rice have grandkids by now?
Cool story bro time. My office building in Phoenix had a little snack/breakfast/lunch place on the first floor. One morning in ‘06 I found myself in line behind Jerry Rice and I didn’t say a word to him. I had a poster of the guy on my wall in high school. Anyway, found out later that his attorney practiced in the same building and pieced it together that he was probably preparing for his divorce. Glad I didn’t bug him.
He probably wondered why you were so aloof.
This is intriguing. I teach at Mississippi State. Jerry grew up about 15 minutes East of here. He comes to town at least a couple of times a year to golf at Old Waverly and visit with family. I have a friend who is part of his regular foursome. Somehow, I have never managed to meet him. I don't know the backstory of his college recruitment but he must not have been highly regarded in high school for the SEC schools to miss out on him.