This isn’t one of those get in the weeds recruiting posts – you know me better than that, right? – but I thought it was interesting listening to what’s on the mind of a big defensive tackle in the 2016 recruiting class.
Julian Rochester is one of the top defensive tackle recruits in the country. Out of Powder Springs (Ga.) McEachern, Rochester is a five-star recruit on the 247Sports Composite. At 6’6 and 325 pounds, he has great length and holds offers from more than 30 schools.
Rochester was widely perceived as being a strong Auburn lean, but evidently that’s changed recently, as he’s now expressed a big interest in Georgia.
In the video above, Rochester discusses how difficult it is to find Jordans in a size 16 and that he is hoping to get some good gear at The Opening if he eventually gets invited (Rochester was not invited Sunday but could be asked later). He also dishes on his recent visit to see Georgia — one he didn’t even want to take at first, and what made it so good that the Bulldogs pulled even with Auburn, his former No. 1 school.
He’s really taken with the position coaches at both schools. Say what you will about Rodney Garner, one of his strengths has always been his ability to connect with kids on the recruiting trail. If Georgia’s matched that ability with Tracy Rocker, to go along with what I would argue are better coaching skills at the position, that’s not bad. At all.
Of course, Rochester ought to realize if he comes to Athens, it ain’t all about being cuddly.
(Photo by John Kelley/UGA Sports Communications)
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Rodney ain’t cuddly either.
So with the DL coaches bing even, does it come down to Pruitt vs Muschamp?
Cause if it’s about the $, we lose.
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Cost of Attendance?
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Yeah, Garner’s been a lot more successful recruiting the 5 star D-Line recruits since going to Auburn.
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Absolutely right. Considering our DL recruiting during RG’s last 5 years or so with UGA, it seemed to me he was retired-in-place. Malzahn may have given him more $$, but he definitely made RG work for it.
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So what you’re implying is that Richt didn’t make Gardner (lol…relax, just making a sp funny) work for his $$? Rested on his laurels? Didn’t hold RG accountable?
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Or could be CRG has a slush fund now. You know, pre-cost of attendance, cost of attendance.
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I’ll stick with what I said and let others judge whether CMR got his money’s worth out of RG;-)
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Hope we interest Brown as well.
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According to 247 the interest is high. At 6’4 305lbs he may be a player for the middle…of course if there is some baby fat in that, Pruitt will want to trim him down. The prognosticators have him going to UGA. It would be something if we got them both. (D. Brown and J. Rochester)
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