Early signings

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:33 pm

How many will sign before the game tonight?

5 guys so far; 2 of which are Sonny's finds:

http://smumustangs.com/signingday/football/football/16/

HubbaHubba · Post by **HubbaHubba** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:39 pm

With Ellison also listed as linebacker, we have two fast, athletic LBs already signed! That's good news.

DiamondM75 · Post by **DiamondM75** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:11 pm

I also love a 6' 5" QB and a 6' 3" safety.

jimhagle · Post by **jimhagle** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:19 pm

Williams is so smooth, shifty, and fast. Great get.

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:04 pm

7 early signees on day one, 4 of which are Sonny's doing. Will be interesting to watch how this year's class eventually plays out

MV pony · Post by **MV pony** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:18 pm

He said he was going to sign 13 more in March (?). We now have 13 unsigned commits. Wonder how this is going to work out.

SMU_Alum11 · Post by **SMU_Alum11** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:30 pm

I just love the 247 headline: ΓÇ£OL won’t sign early but is optimistic about DykesΓÇ¥ translation: I’m looking for something better and praying about it.

mavsrage311 · Post by **mavsrage311** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:40 pm

Or it could be that he actually wants to sign with SMU but you know - maybe wants to see who his OL coach will be before he does. Either one.

MV pony · Post by **MV pony** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:28 pm

Actually, I was referring to how many of the unsigned commits Dykes would recruit over, not how many would stick with SMU. Personally, I would rather see him keep bringing in his own recruits. He signed some early and the rest were encouraged to wait and see.

ReedFrawg · Post by **ReedFrawg** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:41 pm

DiamondM75 wrote:I also love a 6' 5" QB and a 6' 3" safety.

QB is not going to be a QB for long. Expect him to move to WR or maybe defense.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:01 pm

he is a 3 year project-well maybe at best a 2 year since he enrolled early. High upside based only on athletic and physical talent. Technique wise he's about as raw a QB as I've seen SMU sign-even more than Gillins -and I made my feelings about how raw he was from the Day he signed. I'm not sure if Will Brown fits in an Air-Raid based on his videos but who knows with good coaching and patience. I would be surprised if Dykes doesn't bring in an Air Raid compatible QB because I think most of our QBs are mis-matched to an Air Raid Offense

But I will say that Brown does have the athleticism and the arm strength to become a good QB if he can improve his technique. The ball really does jump off his arm even when he is making unorthodox throws

RI Stang · Post by **RI Stang** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 11:49 am

Extreme longshot obviously:

https://247sports.com/college/southern- ... -112581716

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