'13 LA OLB Duke Riley (Verbal to LSU)

[Buffnik]

Rivals (http://rivals.yahoo.com/colorado/football/recruiting/player-Duke-Riley-132397)
Scout (http://colorado.scout.com/a.z?s=148&p=8&c=1&nid=5248541)
ESPN (http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/150556/duke-riley)
247 Sports (http://247sports.com/Player/Duke-Riley-15423?pi=2556)

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/r/30/303aa221e43f50fb1ccae1bdd61645fc/261164.jpg
John Curtis Christian H.S. (River Ridge, LA)

Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 205 lbs
40: 4.53 secs

Rivals rating: 3*-5.6rr; #38 OLB
Scout rating: 3*; #81 OLB
ESPN rating: 4*-81 grade; #25 OLB
247s rating: 3*-87 rating; #38 OLB

Reported Offers: COLORADO, Arizona, Houston, LA-Lafayette, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mississippi State, TCU, Tulane

[Buffnik]

Riley was the Louisiana All-State MVP-Defense for 2011 as a junior: http://www.14-0productions.com/LSWA_All-State_MVPs.html

His John Curtis team rolled to a state championship 33-3 to finish the 2011 season at 14-0: http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/prep-sports/blogs/john-curtis-uses-big-second-half-to-down-winnfield-33-3-in-class-2a-championship.html

[Quattro]

Love the in roads were trying to make into Louisiana.


Givin Bitches Wet Willies

[exxon]

Looks like we just offered.
https://twitter.com/#!/NUCSmith/status/169434918248648704

[Buffnik]

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/1158721.html

"I had been talking to Coach (Eric) Bieniemy from Colorado on Facebook," said Riley. "He said the whole staff watched my highlights and liked them.

"He sent me his phone number and told me to call him. When I called, he said he had good news. He asked how many offers I had, and I told him, 'Three. '

"Coach Bieniemy then said, 'Now you got four.'"

:smile2:

More good stuff in the article. Sounds like EB and Cabral made an impression.

[Duff Man]

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/1160504.html


John Curtis LB Duke Riley picked up five quick offers from Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Colorado, Tulane and TCU. He's scheduled to be at TCU this weekend for the Horned Frogs' Junior Day. How athletic is Riley? He finished second in the 55 meter hurdles in his division at the state indoor track and field meet last weekend.

[Darth Snow]

"My dad has actually talked to me about checking out Colorado," Riley told BuffStampede.com. "My dad has always wanted to go see Colorado, just to see how it is out there. I guess we'll get out there. I'd like to visit every school that has offered."
http://colorado.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1370122

We are in it, but I'm worried that he hasn't set a date to visit yet and wants to commit prior to his senior season. Gonna be tough to get him and his dad here on an OV in time.

[mattrob]

http://colorado.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1370122

We are in it, but I'm worried that he hasn't set a date to visit yet and wants to commit prior to his senior season. Gonna be tough to get him and his dad here on an OV in time.

Based on his comments, I'm not sure any early commitment would be solid anyway. He just wants to male sure he has a landing spot. It sounds like he'll take at least a couple OV's either way, so I'd think we have a shot.

[J-R-K]

Video interview. Sounds pretty open but does say that he's planning on taking official visits to Colorado, Ole Miss, TCU, and Cincinnati so I guess that would be his top 4. We were mentioned first which is probably a good sign.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqr4OKYm_ss

[FLounder]

Not good with that hat though.

[HUFset]

Not good with that hat though.
zing

[Jaximus]

CU was the first name that came to his head. Just sayin.

[NYC Buff]

Buff lock

[MtnBuff]

Buff lock

Kiss of death.

How many times have we seen "Buff lock" this year only to have the kid commit someplace else soon after.

Hope he becomes a Buff but after enough dissapointments I believe it when the kid actually commits then signs the LOI.

[Quattro]

Not good with that hat though.
I wouldn't worry too much about the hat. Really nothing more than a fashion statement most of the time.

[Buffnik]

Tweets are suggesting it's going to be Ole Miss.

[KingPants]

Tweets are suggesting it's going to be Ole Miss.

Always going to be tough to get a kid out of SEC country if he has SEC offers. Hopefully we still have a chance.

[FLounder]

I wouldn't worry too much about the hat. Really nothing more than a fashion statement most of the time.

:stupid:

[nolabuff]

LSU if anyone cares. Grayshirt offer at first and then LSU loses a few recruits and he gets the offer.

[F.I.M.]

LSU if anyone cares. Grayshirt offer at first and then LSU loses a few recruits and he gets the offer.

Would have been nice to have him

[Buffnik]

I don't think we're going to be devoting much effort to Louisiana recruiting following the coaching change.

Anyway, I always thought that Duke was a perfect fit as a GS at LSU given the athleticism and needing some time to develop after playing small school ball. I wish him the best.

[Quattro]

I don't think we're going to be devoting much effort to Louisiana recruiting following the coaching change.

Anyway, I always thought that Duke was a perfect fit as a GS at LSU given the athleticism and needing some time to develop after playing small school ball. I wish him the best.
Probably for the best, not enough returns here.

[nolabuff]

I admit we'll probably not be recruiting there much, especially with no connections on the staff. It's an area to certainly keep an eye on though and gauge interest. I'm a little biased.
As far as Riley, I think he's a good pick up for LSU, despite having to wait so long. His school, Curtis, plays in a smaller division, but they have to play at least 3-4 games every year against larger schools because no school will schedule them unless they are serious about football. It's a football factory if I've ever seen one. They're pretty much single handedly responsible for the public schools in Louisiana voting to separate themselves from private schools during the football playoffs.