That’s the best way to describe the newest verbal to Pitt. There’s not a lot to say about James Julius, the cornerback out of Orlando, Florida who verbaled to Pitt this morning. Any real details about his commit are behind the recruiting site paywalls.
What details are known are that he is an unevaluated/no–star to 2-star recruit.
He is 5-10 to 5-11 at 165-175 pounds. He had offers from Iowa State, Cinci and Boise State. All programs that do well by finding (and developing) diamond-in-the-rough players.
Or there could be a more cynical view about his recruitment…
Julius is scheduled to take a visit for the January 11 weekend with his teammate Dominic Walker. A recruit who just happens to be a wide receiver. A WR with offers from Nebraska, WVU, Floida, FSU, Miami. Most sites list him as a 3-star recruit, except for ESPN.com which says 4-star.
The scouting report on Walker from ESPN.com (Insider subs):
Walker is an impressive outside wide receiver prospect who is capable of reaching top speed rapidly and threatening vertically on every snap. He is tall, rangy, has some natural bulk and a wide wingspan to create space and separation. He drives off the line with purpose and threatens a DB’s cushion right away. He is very smooth and athletic for a big wide receiver. He is quick and displays good change-of-direction skills. He is not afraid to go over the middle and is very effective on slants and underneath quick hitters…
And we all know Pitt is trying to make sure they bring in a couple more WRs to this class.
sign? The DB must have the potential
to help the team by the time he is a junior.
197 pounds will be in for a vist on 1/18/13.
and as far as julius we all ways need a CB
AND FROM ORLANDO FL. we are all ways bitiching
abought no players from FL well we got one i think it is a great start.
The DB has offers from Cincy, Iowa State and Boise State. He must not be chopped liver.
a hour ago.
i think the commits will start to come faster now
becuse we only have 6 more to give it will be take the commit or we move on to the nexy man.
of course we will save one for boyd.
i think we give 27 this year.
becuse as you see they are bringing in 2 outher WR
And we only have 6 more to give if you snnoze
you lose.
and it has been crazy cincin took 28 last year and we had 4 players droped from the team this year.
so maybe it is 29 the point is you are to have only 25 and i know there is some way around it
but i went with 27 wich is 2 more then the rule says you can have.
but even if it is 29 or 28 if they want to come they better get on board there are not that many more to give.
we are at 21 now and if boyd gets one that only leaves 6 or 7 so come on down or you dont get one
or last it they come off last year that will be 2 insted of 5 does any one reall know how many we really have help.
last year we signed 16 players
so that left 9 from lat year
so if 4 players come to school in jan count on last year that leaves 5 to put with this years total.
but we have 3 transfers so if you take them from the 5 you have 2 left
but we had 4 players leave so we are up to
31 so we have 31 for the year so far.
but he gave 3 to walk ons so we are left with 27 to give this year what have i missed?
so am i right or wrong i think we have 27.
WE got 2 from Florida last year, same HS.
So we get two more this year !
which is why i said the commits will come faster now.
if you have a offer from pitt every time you see
us get a commit you know that you have less
of a chance geting one as we go from 5 to 4
if you dont have a better offer.
you get worryed and so you committ so they will come quicker now most likely one or two a week
after x mas.
Oh, and he has proven to be a very good coach from very good programs…
And that is exactly what we need at Pitt if we want a transformational coach who can get this program out of its multiple decade funk of mediocrity and disappointment and make it a nationally relevant football team again.
After Foster went with Alabama, he said nothing and signed a kid from THE football capital of the USA, the state of Florida.
“We’ll see” was his reponse to the question of whether Cam Saddler would play in the bowl game after a suspension that has remained conspicuous by the silence that surrunds it.
I’m not suggesting that this means a NC within 4 years, but he sure as hell doesn’t mope about things does he?
That alone sets him apart from most.
He is a pretty cool customer.
He’s got decent speed and cover skills. Really shines in his aggression in coming up to make a play against the run.
That guy will have a bigger immmediate impact on the team than any one single recruit.
They got Julius and look like they could very well land Kemp.
Not exactly five stars, but a good start to establishing a recruiting inroad through Florida.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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So, as far as recruits go as long as you don’t go over the 25 in a single class rule (with January enrollees available to be counted against the previous class year’s 25 limit to the extent there is room in that class) you can bring in as many recruits as you want. That is, so long as three conditions are met–
1. The previous year’s class + January enrollees is 25 or under.
2. The current class of summer/fall enrollees does not exceed 25
3. The total number of players on ship on the overall roster does not exceed 85 as of the start of next fall’s school semester.
james julius is a very good pickup not only because he is a good prospect or the overall florida connection, but also with the connection to his very own school. obviously they have walker, but apparently julius has a sophomore brother who is an absolute stud and evans high school is a powerhouse with recruits.
also, rumors that corey davis is transferring are surfacing. that allows pitt to take 26 kids now.
if he goes we only have 3 that is bad.
BTW, I viewed the actual video, for the first time of Robert Foster’s recruit decision video. Is it just me or does this kid look like he is less than enthusiastic about his committment to Alabama? In the video, after Foster utters that he will play for Alabama it looks like his Father is consoling him more than congratulating him. This kid looks very distraught in his decision in that video. Very strange.
Merry Christmas to all of my Panther friends on the Blather. Lets all hope for the start of a Happy New Year with a sound victory over Old Miss.
Unless you have experienced being a northener, trying to fit in with a bunch of southerner’s, you just don’t understand. They are still fighting the war down there on several fronts. It will become obvious soon enough to the Foster’s. The southern folks should be ecstatic. The north wins the war and is dumb enough to stay …..in the north! LOL!!
Merry Christmas everybody. May all of your expectations for the coming year, be exceeded. My wish is great happiness and health to you all and to your families.
also, yes he decommitted from vanderbilt. It seems as though nebraska is his leader and his announcement is before his scheduled pitt visit but if julius can get him on pitts campus, there is a chance because he has said as recently as the past few days that he has interest in pitt
Davis not a good fit for a power running game. Needs space to showcase the decent speed he has.
On the other side, being the man with a plan that he is, no doubt Chryst has done the math and knows how many available scholarships he needs for the kids he expects to commit.
Likely, Davis will not be the last to leave.
The Foster video really struck me as well when you actually watch it… good points that this story is not over.
Hey, just found this article out of Florida on Julius. Good insights on him… seems like a good player.
Also some insight on Walker as “heavily” leaning towards Nebraska… but he is visiting Pitt with his teammate so….
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That said, PITT HCs will talk to 5th year SRs and tell them their scholarship is up if they feel that player won’t contribute much. Thus “moving on with life’s work” and we’ll see that with a few players over the offseason.
Also, our HCs will help a player who isn’t getting or going to get playing time a transfer to another school where he’d be a better fit. DW was very good with that.
But PITT does not yank scholarships just to open up roster spots / scholarships as other schools do.
If Chryst does specifically that it would be a big departure from the past and personally disappointing to me.
Chryst does not impress me as someone who would do anything but what he truly thought was best for the kid and the team.
His moniker is leaving the final decision to the player whether he be a high school recruit or a current member of the team.
That’s going to go a long way to establishing Pitt as a place where kids want to play.
