Alfy Hill Commits
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 9, 2009 11:25 AM CDT
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Alfy Hill has committed to play football at the University of Alabama. Hill is a native of Shallotte, North Carolina, and weighs in at approximately 6'4 and 230 pounds. Playing for West Brunswick High School, 2009 marks only the second year that Hill has played organized football. Last year as a junior, he finished with 112 tackles, 15 tackles for a loss, 12 sacks, and four blocked punts.
Hill ultimately picked the Tide over North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia Tech, and others. Hill was not seriously considering Alabama until at the last minute he decided to attend Alabama's first summer camp, but he was blown away by the Tide then and has remained high on them ever since. He was recruited to Alabama by Sal Sunseri, formerly of the Carolina Panthers.
Hill comes to Tuscaloosa as a highly-touted recruit. Scout.com rates him as a four-star and the #26 defensive end prospect in the country. Likewise, Rivals has him as four-star defensive end, the #77 prospect prospect in the country, the #10 defensive end, and the #4 prospect in the state of North Carolina. Though rated by the recruiting services as a defensive end, Hill was recruited by the Alabama coaching staff to play Jack linebacker.
Snagging Hill out of North Carolina is a major coup for the Tide. It goes without saying that in no way is North Carolina a traditional recruiting area for Alabama, and recruiting talent in the Tarheel state is not easy with Butch Davis at the helm in Chapel Hill. With Hill on board, the Tide now looks to set its sights on another elite prospect out of the state of North Carolina: Keenan Allen.
Hill becomes Alabama's 20th commitment in the 2010 recruiting class, not counting possible re-signs Devonta Bolton and Brandon Lewis.
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ESPN has him rated even higher, I think
Good commitment for the Ballin’ Bama Boom Train
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
Yep...
ESPN has him rated as the #51 overall player in the country. No matter how you splice it, this one is an impressive get.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 9, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Out of state recruiting...
… keep this in mind:
Of the 20 commitments we have right now, only 9 of them come from the state of Alabama. Moreover, moving forward, there is really only one in-state prospect legitimately left on our board right now, and that is C.J. Mosley, so at most we’ll sign 10 in-state prospects this year.
At the end of the day, it just impresses how well we are doing in out-of-state recruiting. We only signed nine in-state prospects a year ago, but still ended up with a #1 recruiting class thanks to the sheer strength of our out of state recruiting. That looks to be the exact same thing that we see this year as well. We’ll probably end up signing only 10 guys from in-state, and then the other 10-15 signees in this class will come from out of state.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 9, 2009 11:54 AM CDT reply actions
impressed at the number
of kids from GA and TX. I don’t pay a lot of attention to recruiting because it makes me feel dirty, but I don’t remember a class this full of Out of State talent in a long time (with the exception of the example provided about, but i didn’t remember it)
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk.
by That Other Dave on Sep 9, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Lugenbill?
Can’t remember if it was him on CFB Live or I read it on Rivals, but someone was recently commenting about it being a down year for Alabama recruiting, in that there are fewer five-stars than in recent years, no breakout player like Julio, Dre, Fluker, etc. Given that comment, this info makes a lot of sense.
How’d you like to be going up against Saban in recruiting right now, especially if your name isn’t Urban Meyer? Those two are cherry-picking the south. There’s a pretty decent chance that in the next 6-7 years, Bama-Florida SEC championships become an era-defining institution, similar to the battles in the mid-’90s. The two best coaches are getting the best players.
"That rug really tied the room together."
someone was recently commenting about it being a down year for Alabama recruiting, in that there are fewer five-stars than in recent years, no breakout player like Julio, Dre, Fluker, etc.
I just love that we’ve reached a point where having only two 5* players at this point is a down year.
i'm really not surprised by this....
when stocking the cubbard you gotta grab as much talent as you can lay your hands on. thus big splash classes are a necessity. now that saban has the foundation he needs and has a reasonable amount of depth, we should see the recruiting specialize more – looking for specific players with specific skill sets. and given the detail the recruiting team focuses on research, those players might not be the consensus five star players. terrence cody, anyone?
my question is though,
where do the REST of the players from the State of Alabama go? Does Auburn get a decent recruiting class by default?
2008 Iron Bowl Bumper Sticker: Shut DOWN, Shut OUT, now SHUT UP!
Alabama 36 - Auburn 0
weirdly...
i’d expect their recruiting to improve. first because it has sucked so badly as saban locked down the state it almost HAS to. second, as the staff targets specific athletes with specific skills, possibly on the national level, a number of quality in-state players will be there to pick up. also, good players who might not make our starting lineup might be lured to auburn with the promise of playing time.
all in all, it’s not a bad position to be in – save for the crowing of craptastic barner blogs that misunderstand what is actually happening.
King
I would not mind getting Allen’s teammate, Gabe King either. I knew originally he was thought to be a Cal lean, but really enjoyed his camp at Alabama. Not sure where things stand with him now though.
they talk about this kid a good bit up here...
I’m on the other side of NC, but he’s still popular…
I know some UNC fans were hyped and thought they had him in the bag…
obviously they’re not familiar with the Process…
enjoy...
They DID have him in the bag for a while...
… it wasn’t just homer sunshine pumping on their part. Had Hill not attended the summer camp at ‘Bama, he’d be a Tarheel today.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 9, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice pickup. Of course
jackass Kausler had to post the commitment before the kid had a chance to make his announcement. If the B’ham News is the Bamaham News as the aubs like to say I would hate to see what they would be like if the really hated UA.
klauser is a whiny brat m*****f*****
his rant yesterday about not being able to identify the injured wide receiver at practice and wondering aloud if the injury should even be mentioned in his column has to make you wonder if he “gets it”. saban’s 10 min rule was obviously put in place to keep the media from printing such subjects, yet he finds it necessary to get all boo hoo-y. cns doesn’t like whiny beotches. what’s the over/under on that guy’s tenure?
I missed that blog, and it looks like it's now down
Does anyone have a cache of it? how much heat did he take from the commenters?
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk.
by That Other Dave on Sep 9, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
our '10 LB class looks stacked
especially if we are able to land either jordan hicks or jeff luc.
I'd like to see
a list of potential prospects for the six or so spots we have left and how they are leaning. Also an analysis of what our needs are for the class.
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