2009 Recruiting: D.J. Fluker Commits

by outsidethesidelines on Nov 6, 2007 3:02 PM CST in Football

For those who have been waiting for years for a big and dominating interior defensive lineman, your wait is probably now over.

According to published reports, D.J. Fluker has committed to the Crimson Tide. Fluker is a mammouth 6-6, 325 pound defensive tackle prospect for the 2009 class out of Biloxi, and recently named the Tide his leader. He was in Tuscaloosa for the Alabama v. LSU game, comparing the atmosphere of the game to the Super Bowl, and was apparently blown away.

Fluker is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up an LSU fan. He then moved to Biloxi, and later was forced to move for a year to Mobile -- where he played at McGill-Toolen -- as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and is now back in Biloxi. Though he is only in his junior year, he has offers from just about every major school in the country, and the recruiting services are very high on him. Scout.com at the moment has him as a four-star prospect, and with more solid play he will move up to a five-star. Fluker could legitimately be the number one defensive tackle recruit in the country come next year.

Saturday was a disappointing day on the football field with another heartbreaker to LSU, but every recruit has came away with nothing short of a glowing approval of their visit, and thus far we've already yielded two commitments. Things just keep looking better and better on the recruiting front, and not only in just the 2008 class.

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Recruiting and possible QB for 2009

The current class sounds great..Who do you see as the QB in 2009 as I would imagine John Parker will start and play next year..I have not heard a lot about McElroy and Fanuzzi..

by captbill on Nov 6, 2007 9:57 PM CST reply actions

Hard to say...

Honestly it's hard to say at this point. It's really just way too early to tell.

I honestly don't think McElroy will do it. He doesn't have a great physical skill-set, and a lot of me says that if he can't beat out Wilson that he won't be able to beat out guys two years down the road.

Fanuzzi has a lot of talent, and is very mobile, but he's also really raw. Who knows how he will progress?

Star Jackson is a commitment now, and he is a four-star QB that Scout.com has as the eighth rated QB in the country. He's very athletic and has a big arm, plus good decision-making abilities. He will come in next year and learn in 2008, and will likely compete for the job in 2009.

A.J. McCarron is in the class of 2009, and he is the highest-touted QB to come out of the state of Alabama since JaMarcus Russell, and he's likely coming to Tuscaloosa. He'll come in as a true freshman then, but he may contend for some playing time. We've seen some guys do that in the SEC recently -- Leak, Ainge, Tebow, Stafford, etc. -- so it's possible.

If I had to say one way or the other, I'd say that Star Jackson will start and a couple of other guys may get some playing time. But honestly at this point it's all a blind guess.

What we can say is that we're bringing in a lot of guys with a lot of talent, and that's the good news.

by outsidethesidelines on Nov 6, 2007 10:53 PM CST up reply actions

ots, dead on.

Our staff has made it very clear to recruits which direction the ALABAMA program is headed.
I hate losing more than anybody, the lsu game was a tough one, but you are right, we are now back in the mix. ROLL TIDE ROLL, good times are on the horizon with SABAN at the helm.

tubs sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!

by BAMA PHREAK on Nov 7, 2007 6:42 PM CST reply actions