ESPN Article On Ra'Shaad Samples
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:45 amNice read about Ra'Shaad Samples and this year's recruiting class on ESPN today.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30874988/led-star-recruiter-rashaad-samples-smu-destination-rise
HE SHOULD HAVE been a priority for SMU.
In 2013, Ra'Shaad Samples was a four-star receiver at Dallas' Skyline High School. Playing for his father, Reginald, a Dallas-area football legend, he had an encyclopedic knowledge of Texas football and grew up with a love of the city's football culture. While Samples fielded offers from Ohio State, USC and Notre Dame, as well as big in-state programs Texas and Texas A&M, he said SMU assumed he wouldn't want to play there and did not pursue him.
"I can remember one time in four years SMU [coaches] stepping foot on our campus," Samples said. "And I had never been on SMU's campus my whole time in high school. I would've loved to have stayed in my city."
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30874988/led-star-recruiter-rashaad-samples-smu-destination-rise
HE SHOULD HAVE been a priority for SMU.
In 2013, Ra'Shaad Samples was a four-star receiver at Dallas' Skyline High School. Playing for his father, Reginald, a Dallas-area football legend, he had an encyclopedic knowledge of Texas football and grew up with a love of the city's football culture. While Samples fielded offers from Ohio State, USC and Notre Dame, as well as big in-state programs Texas and Texas A&M, he said SMU assumed he wouldn't want to play there and did not pursue him.
"I can remember one time in four years SMU [coaches] stepping foot on our campus," Samples said. "And I had never been on SMU's campus my whole time in high school. I would've loved to have stayed in my city."