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Westlake H.S. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
GS-Freshman - 5 years to play 4
Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 290 lbs
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Reported Offers: Colorado
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http://www.cubuffs.com//ViewArticle....CLID=205160916
Interesting how he slipped under the radar.
Brad Cotner, a 6-4, 290-pound center joining the Buffaloes from Ventura Community College where he redshirted last fall. Cotner prepped at Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and has four years of eligibility remaining; he is also eligible to play this fall.
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Cotner played at 250 pounds as a senior in high school, and worked out intensely while redshirting though practicing with Ventura CC last fall. Westlake was a CIF section champion his senior season, when he did not allow a sack in helping his school to a 14-0 record with an average of 408 yards on offense, including 218 rushing.
that is funny... how did we miss that?
Originally Posted by absinthe
I am guessing that Iltis not being able to finish out his career is a big factor here.
BTW, Embree or someone on the staff must have a good relationship with Westlake High School. Nelson Spruce, Cotner, and we are good shape with Justin Solis for the 2012 class.
that works. had a good GPA in HS as well (3.67)... wonder why he went juco.
I think we can be assured he was a full qualifier, because if he wasn't, he'd have to stay in Juco until graduating with a 2-year degree per NCAA rules. Of course, he could have already received the 2 year degree, but that would be pretty remarkable.
I would assume he had no offers (or anythat interested him) out of High School and felt that a JC stint would improve his stock. In other words, overlooked.
I'd have to guess that his HS coach is talking to one of the Buff coaches and telling them this kid is good enough. They could have gone to watch him workout and realized it was time to get him off the street and fast before he plays a game of JC. Since he hasn't played a game since HS, and nobody apparently wanted him then, somone on staff got some insider info on this kid. Given we are hitting this school hard, I'd guess his HS coach is working it. The JC coach would probably not talk the kid up until he's gotten a season back in payment.
I didn't think this is correlated with Iltis leaving as this kid hasn't played a down and Iltis was a senior. But now I'm concerned that perhaps there's concern on Daniels' foot healing up? That would put us really thin at center.
I like these late pickups. They've proven pretty solid recently.
Last edited by buffaholic; 06-17-2011 at 03:02 AM.
And, why he redshirted once he got there. Injury? Isn't real unusual for a klid to go JC, then redshirt?
Whatever, he's here. Brad, Welcome to The BnG!
Leach: Do you want to fight a buffalo? I don't know, those buffalo are big. You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge. And then the other thing I've always gotten a kick out of: When you play Colorado, there's those buffalo dragging those six handler around. Those handlers aren't dragging the buffalo. The buffalo's dragging him.
Maybe he went redshirt route to put on some weight. Based on this article he went from 250 to 290.
Welcome Brad. Look forward to seeing you on the field.
Go Buffs!
Redshirting at a Juco? I'd really like an explanation on that one, not just speculation. That seems very odd to me.
Could be one pissed of JC coach. Brings a kid in with the idea of using a scholly on him for a year to get bigger then have his center for a couple of years. Kid comes in, uses the scholly, gets big and leaves before seeing the field.
If they had a couple of guys in front of him and thought that they would have him to follow up it would have been worth doing. Now the coach had the scholly tied up and no center.
I also wonder if the 250 figure wasn't one of those wishful thinking numbers and he was actually 235. Didn't play him because he would have been run over by college sized DTs. That also might mean that he isn't really 290 right now but they are expecting him to be there so they list it.
I leave town for a week and I'm away from the board, so of course we signed someone. I swear, if I disappeared for a month we'd have the nation's #1 class when I got back.
In that case, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!
I leave town for a week and I'm away from the board, so of course we signed someone. I swear, if I disappeared for a month we'd have the nation's #1 class when I got back.
thanks for the fix nik. sorry I wasn't OCD about the recruit profile. For some reason, I lose all desire to put the effort in when I log on to AB (which shouldn't surprise anyone)
I leave town for a week and I'm away from the board, so of course we signed someone. I swear, if I disappeared for a month we'd have the nation's #1 class when I got back.
He actually looks pretty good. If you would have shown me his video, or Munyer's, I probably would have told you Cotner was the better player. Both seem to be pretty good in Embree's eyes. More exposure in this part of LA is great IMO so i'm on board with this.
I leave town for a week and I'm away from the board, so of course we signed someone. I swear, if I disappeared for a month we'd have the nation's #1 class when I got back.
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