Latrell Bankston Commits

[NATEizKING]

Felt like time for a thread.

JUCO DT Latrell Bankston was offered by Iowa State on August 15th. He took his official for the ULM game the weekend of September 21st. His profile shows him warm to ISU, Kansas State, Oregon State, Boise State and Houston.

 

[dirtyninety]

I remember when Letrell Sprewell choked PJ Carlisimo.

 

[jdcyclone19]

Felt like time for a thread.

JUCO DT Latrell Bankston was offered by Iowa State on August 15th. He took his official for the ULM game the weekend of September 21st. His profile shows him warm to ISU, Kansas State, Oregon State, Boise State and Houston.

A lot of interest from Auburn too. Seems like he’s waiting for their offer imo.

 

[brycy]

Would absolutely love for him to choose the good guys. Lose a lot on the interior DL.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

We could really use a guy like this for 2020.

 

[WIB]

Need this guy. I suspect with Bailey coming back, that Eni may play inside, with Bailey and Petersen on the outside.

 

[CYCLNST8]

Need this guy. I suspect with Bailey coming back, that Eni may play inside, with Bailey and Petersen on the outside.

Yeah- maybe if we don't land Latrell. The defense we've been running really favors a nose guard with a low center of gravity; someone in the 6' - 6'3" range. At 6'6" Enyi would have a tougher time playing at the pad level required in between the guards. He's perfectly built for fighting lengthy offensive tackles.

David Irving transitioned well to the interior, however. I guess we'll see. I'm sure coach Rasheed will experiment quite a bit in the off season.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Need this guy. I suspect with Bailey coming back, that Eni may play inside, with Bailey and Petersen on the outside.

Even without Bankston, I can’t help but think they would find help somewhere for the interior DL.

 

[dualthreat]

Need this guy. I suspect with Bailey coming back, that Eni may play inside, with Bailey and Petersen on the outside.

Don't forget about Will McD. He's going to have to put on some weight to become an every down DE though

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Don't forget about Will McD. He's going to have to put on some weight to become an every down DE though

True. It will be interesting to see how they utilize Will.

Scholarship DL for 2020 are
Josh Bailey 6’2 285
JaQuan Bailey 6’2 255
Enyi Uwazurike 6’6 285
Tucker Robertson 6’3 280
Dan Sichterman 6’3 270
Zach Petersen 6’4 262
Will McDonald 6’4 230
Isaiah Lee 6’0 290
Blake Peterson 6’4 255
Corey Suttle 6’4 268
Johnny Wilson 6’3 250
Willis Singleton 6’1 301

 

[Frak]

Campbell said on the call in show that McDonald was at 242, so he is putting on some weight. Looks to me like he's at DE to stay. He was a force rushing the passer against UT. I hope that they can get Bankston for next year, as they probably need the depth. We've seen very little of Josh Bailey or Isaiah Lee. I do think that Enyi will play more inside next year, but they're going to need a run plugger for 1st down and short yardage. Still, Zach Peterson has been a revelation and with Jaquan coming back, that's going to be a good DL. Robertson has been a good rotation player and CMC has spoken highly of Blake Peterson and Suttle, so I feel like we should have a good DL next year no matter what Bankston does.

 

[cyclone4L]

Am I the only one that came expecting to see a BAJ freak out?

 

[NATEizKING]

He tweets ISU and Boise stuff the most. He just took his official there this past weekend. Picked up FIU and Maryland offers in the past week but I think they are late to the party as his plan was to commit soon.

 

[CYCLNST8]

He tweets ISU and Boise stuff the most.

I like our chances if it's between us & them. It's Kansas State that I'm worried about. Hope we can get the W in Manhattan.

 

[Aclone]

Campbell said on the call in show that McDonald was at 242, so he is putting on some weight. Looks to me like he's at DE to stay. He was a force rushing the passer against UT. I hope that they can get Bankston for next year, as they probably need the depth. We've seen very little of Josh Bailey or Isaiah Lee. I do think that Enyi will play more inside next year, but they're going to need a run plugger for 1st down and short yardage. Still, Zach Peterson has been a revelation and with Jaquan coming back, that's going to be a good DL. Robertson has been a good rotation player and CMC has spoken highly of Blake Peterson and Suttle, so I feel like we should have a good DL next year no matter what Bankston does.

True. I don’t have much problem if we go with Bailey and Lee in the middle. Or come up with a grad transfer. But someone like Bankston might be the difference between a good DL—and a great one.

 

[CoachHines3]

would be great addition to an already stacked DL.

we were excited for this years DL.

next year should be even more exciting. (the return of bailey helps)

 

[wheels686]

We really need him. We have very few nose tackles who are atleast 300 pounds. If we don't get him, I am very worried about that particular position. I'm not worried about DE, just NT

 

[dualthreat]

We've had a lot of close games recently, wts, I can't believe we'd ever HAVE TO play another Nose besides Lima and Johnson. Those two are studs and a 2-man rotation should be plenty. Hell, with all the TV timeouts one guy could probably do it barring injury. 2 should do the trick when they're healthy.

Probably a big reason we haven't seen much of Lee this season despite him playing a decent amount last year (when Lima was hurt)

 

[cyclone4L]

Yeah- maybe if we don't land Latrell. The defense we've been running really favors a nose guard with a low center of gravity; someone in the 6' - 6'3" range. At 6'6" Enyi would have a tougher time playing at the pad level required in between the guards. He's perfectly built for fighting lengthy offensive tackles.

David Irving transitioned well to the interior, however. I guess we'll see. I'm sure coach Rasheed will experiment quite a bit in the off season.

I don't agree with this. Most of the stud DT in the NFL are 6'4" (besides Aaron Donald who's just an outlying freakozoid). We've even seen dudes like Arik Armstead have much success and he's 6'8".

Enyi's strength is stuffing the run, so I think he will do awesome at DT.

 

[CoachHines3]

I don't agree with this. Most of the stud DT in the NFL are 6'4" (besides Aaron Donald who's just an outlying freakozoid). We've even seen dudes like Arik Armstead have much success and he's 6'8". Enyi's strength is stuffing the run, so I think he will do awesome at DT.

i dont think there are enough adjectives in the english language to describe aaron donald