And A N O T H E R Big One !

[MeanGreen61]

Gabe Hollivay, 6'3" 320 JC OL. Per Rivals.

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewp...mp;pr_key=77556

Edited February 4, 2008 by MeanGreen61

[Green Lantern]

Just beat me to it 61. Added more beef!

[SUMG]

The Jackson (Ms.) Clarion--Ledger Top 25 Juco Prospects:

1. LeGarrette Blount RB 6-2, 225 East (Perry, Fla) Signed with Oregon

2. Patrick Trahan LB 6-2, 230 Northwest (New Orleans) Ole Miss, LSU, Mich, Okla, W.Va.

3. Terrance Cody DL 6-5, 385 Gulf Coast (Fort Myers, Fla.) Committed to Alabama

4. Raven Gray DE 6-4, 255 Copiah-Lincoln (Enterprise, Ala.) Signed with Auburn

5. Keon Wilson LB 6-2, 240 Pearl River (Jacksonville, Fla.) Signed with South Florida

6. Tramaine Brock DB 6-0, 190 Gulf Coast (Long Beach) Signed with Minnesota

7. Jeremiah Price DL 6-3, 240 Jones (Collins) Signed with Oklahoma State

8. Rock Keys TE 6-6, 230 Jones (Collins) Committed to Louisville

9. Daniel Thomas QB/RB 6-2, 225 Northwest (Hilliard, Fla.) Ole Miss, Kansas State, Oklahoma

10. Tyson Lee QB 5-11, 180 Itawamba (Columbus) Enrolled at Miss. State (walk-on)

Next 15

Player Pos. Ht., Wt. School (Hometown/High school) Interested parties

R.J. Brown OL 6-3, 295 Jones (Greene County) Signed with Southern Miss

Derrick Chatman DL 6-3, 280 Coahoma (Clarksdale) USM, Kansas State, Okla. State

Terrance Conner DE 6-3, 240 Coahoma (Coahoma County) USM, Marshall, Okla. State

Mark Farrell WR 6-2,220 Delta (South Boston, Va,) Signed with UAB

Phillip Freeman OL 6-5, 285 Copiah-Lincoln (Wesson) Signed with Miss. State

Brandon Green OL 6-2, 315 Northwest (Southaven) Signed with Ole Miss

T.J. Harper OL 6-2, 325 Pearl River (Meridian) Signed with East Carolina

Gabe Hollivay OL 6-3,340 Itawamba (Hamilton) USM, Ark. State, Memphis, UAB

Demareo Marr DB 6-2, 190 Northwest (DeSoto Central) Committed to Ole Miss

Justin Mathews DB 6-1, 205 Jones (Greene County) Signed with Louisville

Freddie Parham WR 5-11, 180 East Central (Margaret, Ala.) Signed with Southern Miss

Edward Prince OL 6-4,280 Copiah-Lincoln (East Oktibbeha) Committed to Kansas State

Jimmy Rodgers OL 6-4, 330 Delta (East Side) Signed with Marshall

Andre Watson DB 5-10, 175 Gulf Coast (Ocean Springs) Ole Miss, USM, UNT, Troy

Josh Wiley DB 6-1, 210 Pearl River (Hattiesburg) Signed with Louisville

In your voice

[Mean Green 93-98]

This one seems to be somewhat more of an unknown quantity--but we needed beef on the line, and it looks like that's what we're getting!

[H-towngreen]

Also a Sun-Herald top 25 JUCO player. Seems like another good pick-up

[Charlie NT 73]

From JCFootball.com

http://jcfootball.scout.com/a.z?s=87&p...d=6&yr=2008

One Star rating- listed on 2nd page under OG prospects

[StealthEagle84]

Not that I get into this, but how many stars is this guy listed at? We needed beef up front and now we have it.

[UNTflyer]

Good, we need some 300-lb+ guys on the offensive line.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Not that I get into this, but how many stars is this guy listed at?

He is unranked.

We needed beef up front and now we have it.

Yes we did, and yes we do.

[MeanGreen61]

From JCFootball.com

http://jcfootball.scout.com/a.z?s=87&p...d=6&yr=2008

One Star rating- listed on 2nd page under OG prospects

one star = hasn't be evaluated by Scout.

Edited February 4, 2008 by MeanGreen61

[Charlie NT 73]

Gabe Hallivay is rated higher than Edward Prince- a prospect that we all

thought was coming to North Texas. Prince signed with Miss St.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Gabe Hallivay is rated higher than Edward Prince- a prospect that we all

thought was coming to North Texas. Prince signed with Miss St.

I believe that's Kansas State.

[Charlie NT 73]

You are right- Kansas State.

[gangrene]

Gabe Hallivay is rated higher than Edward Prince- a prospect that we all

thought was coming to North Texas. Prince signed with Miss St.

I'm just guessing here but...it looks like the "next 15" are listed in alphabetical order and not necessarily ranked from best to worst.

[SUMG]

But, if you look at this list, which my friend untcampbell...posted on the story about the Nate Jenkins commitment....this list ranks Hollivay ahead of both Nate Jenkins and Alonzo Horton. (our two other Miss. juco commitments):

http://www.sunherald.com/sports/story/324090-p2.html

[GreenAlums]

But, if you look at this list, which my friend untcampbell...posted on the story about the Nate Jenkins commitment....this list ranks Hollivay ahead of both Nate Jenkins and Alonzo Horton. (our two other Miss. juco commitments):

http://www.sunherald.com/sports/story/324090-p2.html

OK, SUMG, time to change your avatar....I can't focus on the dang topic!

[DeepGreen]

SUMG, I am soooooooooooooooooo jealous of your avatar portfolio.

[emmitt01]

Are we sure he is definitely gonna be an OL? Take a look at Max Emfinger's list here under nose tackles. DL perhaps?

http://www.maxemfingerrecruiting.com/index...view&id=495

[emmitt01]

And an accolade.

http://magnoliapreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=733884

[PlummMeanGreen]

Not that I get into this, but how many stars is this guy listed at? We needed beef up front and now we have it.

Probably an over-simplification, but it seems we really are fitting some much needed pieces of the puzzle into some key places for this next Fall's Mean Green football team.

I know many of us were like the little ol' lady (Clara Beller was her name I believe) in that old Burger King commercial of a couple decades back when she asked "where's the beef" but Coach Dodge & staff seem to be getting us that beef in the closing moments of this recruiting season.

Isn't it safe to say that filling key spots with key recruits might outweigh what a recruiting classes final recruiting services points are? Once again, I defer to Boise State's lowly ranked classes, yet they seemed to fill key spots with quality recruits (and quality recruits with speed). Can you imagine being in a bowl just like the Broncos that paid out approximately $17,000,000.00 (no matter how they had to divide that out among the rest of the WAC)?

GMG!

Edited February 5, 2008 by PlummMeanGreen