Tre Bradford RB

MCMLXXX · December 21, 2023

https://tylerpaper.com/news/texas/unt-lands-lsu-transfer-rb-former-lancaster-standout-tre-bradford/article_7fe6973a-1a9d-5d57-96f4-1459de78f2bf.html

Tre Bradford, LSU, Running Back (247sports.com)

Edited December 21, 2023 by MCMLXXX

peanuts104 · December 21, 2023

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MeanGreen_MBA · December 22, 2023

Ok….we are cooking

UNT86 · December 22, 2023

There is something going on behind the scenes with this young man. He has too much talent to not get on the field much for LSU. Hopefully he can get closer to home and figure it out.

If he does, this is a homerun for us. I don't mind giving a kid a chance as long as he isn't a cancer to the team. That LSU was willing to let him come back tells me that he is not.

I love that we are getting this level of transfer, even if he comes with a question mark.

peanuts104 · December 22, 2023

13 minutes ago, UNT86 said:

There is something going on behind the scenes with this young man. He has too much talent to not get on the field much for LSU. Hopefully he can get closer to home and figure it out.

If he does, this is a homerun for us. I don't mind giving a kid a chance as long as he isn't a cancer to the team. That LSU was willing to let him come back tells me that he is not.

I love that we are getting this level of transfer, even if he comes with a question mark.

Give the dude a shot

Coltonw83 · December 22, 2023

1 hour ago, UNT86 said:

There is something going on behind the scenes with this young man. He has too much talent to not get on the field much for LSU. Hopefully he can get closer to home and figure it out.

If he does, this is a homerun for us. I don't mind giving a kid a chance as long as he isn't a cancer to the team. That LSU was willing to let him come back tells me that he is not.

I love that we are getting this level of transfer, even if he comes with a question mark.

The reactions to your comment are perplexing. Took a few minutes of research to see there is some unexplained stuff. He was left off the team at one point at LSU for unknown reasons and also transferred to OU for 2 months before going back to LSU. He had three separate stints at LSU where he left the team before returning. https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/08/09/lsu-football-tre-bradford-second-chance-brian-kelly-explains/#

That isn’t a hater comment to make given his history. Hopefully he balls out and it comes together at North Texas.

peanuts104 · December 22, 2023

4 minutes ago, Coltonw83 said:

The reactions to your comment are perplexing. Took a few minutes of research to see there is some unexplained stuff. He was left off the team at one point at LSU for unknown reasons and also transferred to OU for 2 months before going back to LSU. He had three separate stints at LSU where he left the team before returning. https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/08/09/lsu-football-tre-bradford-second-chance-brian-kelly-explains/#

That isn’t a hater comment to make given his history. Hopefully he balls out and it comes together at North Texas.

So, you also have no idea why he had these issues

Coltonw83 · December 22, 2023

1 minute ago, peanuts104 said:

So, you also have no idea why he had these issues

How is talking about the news surrounding a player in a forum where we discuss North Texas football something that bothers you? Neither my comment nor the one I responded to are hating for the sake of it, we hope he does well. It’s still a great pickup for the school.

MeanGreenZen · December 22, 2023

Definitely worth taking a flier on, but would be dangerous to count on this guy,

UNT Family Man · December 22, 2023

Sounds like chance #4 or 5. 3 @ LSU, 1 @ OU and now us. I like the idea of second chances and hope that Gilbert can help but at the same time shoot him straight. Short leash.

GoGreenBeans · December 22, 2023

15 minutes ago, MeanGreenZen said:

Definitely worth taking a flier on, but would be dangerous to count on this guy,

Thankfully we got transfer RB Zach Evans and recruit Kiefer Sibley. Bradford could very well be the most talented of the group, but he’ll need some tough love

Cooley · December 22, 2023

I think we should and will take more flyers on kids in today's portal environment. A percentage of a class consists of grad transfers and/or undergrad transfers; who may be out the following year. Here today and gone tomorrow. We have signed over 40 kids and are not through. This is another reason, in my opinion, to not invest too heavily in high school kids. (who would normally need a redshirt) Maybe this year was an outlier with over 20 that entered the portal.

An historical review of past classes has always yielded kids (high school and juco) that never panned out. Why not bring in a 4-star periodically with question marks?

Edited December 22, 2023 by Cooley

UNTLifer · December 22, 2023

Speaking of RB's, what is the status of Farrar?

Jdawg48 · December 22, 2023

8 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Speaking of RB's, what is the status of Farrar?

As far as I know, he is still on roster. I feel like he'll most likely serve as main PR/KR if he decides to stay. It'll be interesting to see if he can make the rotation this year!

Edited December 22, 2023 by Jdawg48

p_phelps · December 22, 2023

14 hours ago, UNT86 said:

There is something going on behind the scenes with this young man. He has too much talent to not get on the field much for LSU. Hopefully he can get closer to home and figure it out.

If he does, this is a homerun for us. I don't mind giving a kid a chance as long as he isn't a cancer to the team. That LSU was willing to let him come back tells me that he is not.

I love that we are getting this level of transfer, even if he comes with a question mark.

Gilbert was his HS head coach. Kids had some problems but I think if anyone can get him on the right track it's Gilbert. Worth the gamble

GMG24 · December 22, 2023

13 hours ago, Coltonw83 said:

The reactions to your comment are perplexing. Took a few minutes of research to see there is some unexplained stuff. He was left off the team at one point at LSU for unknown reasons and also transferred to OU for 2 months before going back to LSU. He had three separate stints at LSU where he left the team before returning. https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/08/09/lsu-football-tre-bradford-second-chance-brian-kelly-explains/#

That isn’t a hater comment to make given his history. Hopefully he balls out and it comes together at North Texas.

None of us have ever experienced this (I don't think) He went from being one of the top recruited, top ranked, the GUY at his HS to not sniffing the field. That can definitely do stuff to one's mindset. I have no clue about any of it other than from players I've had who weren't nearly as talented as him who went through the same thing being the guy in HS then get to college and for whatever reason don't crack the field. You go from football being everything and most of the reason people know who you are, to not playing. Harder on young men than one would think.

SilverEagle · December 22, 2023

Just reading the stuff that was officially reported my first reaction was/is "is this young man bipolar?".

GMG24 · December 22, 2023

1 hour ago, SilverEagle said:

Just reading the stuff that was officially reported my first reaction was/is "is this young man bipolar?".

If he is, I’d hope we can try and get him the help he needs.. I highly doubt he made it all that time at LSU without someone trying to get him help, but he’s back with his HS coach where to my knowledge he didn’t have issues.

SilverEagle · December 22, 2023

1 hour ago, GMG24 said:

If he is, I’d hope we can try and get him the help he needs.. I highly doubt he made it all that time at LSU without someone trying to get him help, but he’s back with his HS coach where to my knowledge he didn’t have issues.

No, while he is here his primary coach is Coach Cobbs. Coach Cobbs has the first and last word on how this young man fits into the system. If this young man doesn't like the decisions that Coach Cobbs is making, he had better jump somewhere else and do it quick. Because this team doesn't need someone who can cause trouble in the locker room. And long ago, Coach Cobbs has earned the right to be treated with the utmost respect.

So I certainly hope that Coach Cobbs has been signing off on the process from the very beginning.

NT93 · December 22, 2023

4 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

Just reading the stuff that was officially reported my first reaction was/is "is this young man bipolar?".

Not sure why you got downvoted for this. Would you get downvoted for suggesting he had diabetes, cancer, asthma, etc. All are legitimate conditions that require treatment.

Whatever the issue might be, I hope he can get the help he needs. If that enables him to help us in football, great, but my main concern would be for his future well being.