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'09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton (Signed to Colorado)

Sexton Hardcastle

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East HS (Denver, CO)

Ht: 6-foot-5
Wt: 217 lbs
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

I hope we can we get him and Tracy Moore. Hope there is room.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

Ya a hope we can get him...always nice to get an in-state kid in a Buff uniform
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He looks like a fantastic athlete who will have a nice upside with a high ceiling. Great height and obviously has good hands too. Love that he's a star Hoopster and a 3.5 GPA. Even though I've been saying we need like 5 WR's, we really need 2 tight ends this class. I'd really like to see the Buffs get this kid as well.

BTW, what's the story with McGhee's kid who committed to Minn. He only took one visit? What's up with that?
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He looks like a fantastic athlete who will have a nice upside with a high ceiling. Great height and obviously has good hands too. Love that he's a star Hoopster and a 3.5 GPA. Even though I've been saying we need like 5 WR's, we really need 2 tight ends this class. I'd really like to see the Buffs get this kid as well.

BTW, what's the story with McGhee's kid who committed to Minn. He only took one visit? What's up with that?

IMO he was looking to go out of state the whole time. I think he would've been a fusker, but the offer never came.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He looks like a fantastic athlete who will have a nice upside with a high ceiling. Great height and obviously has good hands too. Love that he's a star Hoopster and a 3.5 GPA. Even though I've been saying we need like 5 WR's, we really need 2 tight ends this class. I'd really like to see the Buffs get this kid as well.

He's going to be a great buff.

ESPN profile:
Evaluation

Thornton is a two-way player at the high school level. He looks to be best suited for the tight end position in college as opposed to outside linebacker. He will need to get into a college weight program and add some serious bulk to his frame. He has good height, but is a little too lean for the tight end position at this point. As a receiver he will go over the middle and take a hit to try and make a grab. He displays decent hands. Displays solid straight line speed. He is an adequate blocker who needs to keep improving his technique. Will flash the ability to make good initial contact and work to stay with a block. Displays a bad habit of hopping out his stance and needs to work on his initial footwork. Gets solid hand placement, but needs to be more consistent. Needs to improve his pad level and play lower and move his feet to help him create some push off the ball in the run game. Would like to see him generate more power from his lower body and not get overextended. He displays an adequate motor as a blocker. Thornton is kid with a solid frame, but will need added size to help him as an in-line player. Needs to keep developing his game and continue physically maturing.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

With Geer, Devenny, Deehan, and Wallace all available next season (knock on wood) it would be great to get an athlete who could redshirt, bulk up, and learn the position.

In fact, I hope we're near the point where this entire class can do that. I don't mind playing a true freshman who brings another dimension to the team (like Steward did), but I'm praying that no true freshmen need to start next season--I might destroy my TV if I see another 1st year frosh starting on the O-line.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He has good height and weight, but we need Tracy Moore before we need this kid. He is not getting much love nationally and there has to be a reason for that.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

I hope we take both. We graduate two TEs next year, so I wouldn't mind taking two in this class.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He has good height and weight, but we need Tracy Moore before we need this kid. He is not getting much love nationally and there has to be a reason for that.

The reason he's not getting much love is he's been a basketball player and only started playing football his Jr. year. He's a great HS B-ball player (PF I believe) and has the athletic talent to be a great TE or maybe even a DE (although I'm not sure he could put enough weight on)
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He has good height and weight, but we need Tracy Moore before we need this kid. He is not getting much love nationally and there has to be a reason for that.

Thornton?

Read some of the interviews with his teammates where they said things in November like, "my coach just mailed my tapes out"... I just think DPS city schools don't know how to push their player recruitment like the 'burbs do.

These kids are under the radar because they haven't told anyone they exist until last month, IMO. Which could mean CU will pick up a few low-star steals because nobody's heard of them.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

The reason he's not getting much love is he's been a basketball player and only started playing football his Jr. year. He's a great HS B-ball player (PF I believe) and has the athletic talent to be a great TE or maybe even a DE (although I'm not sure he could put enough weight on)

Correct again. Two state basketball championships, his soph and junior year.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

Thornton?

Read some of the interviews with his teammates where they said things in November like, "my coach just mailed my tapes out"... I just think DPS city schools don't know how to push their player recruitment like the 'burbs do.

These kids are under the radar because they haven't told anyone they exist until last month, IMO. Which could mean CU will pick up a few low-star steals because nobody's heard of them.


I went back and found the quote:
Dec. 20 (!) 2008
Quentin Hildreth, Denver East.
"My coach just sent out my tape a few days ago so I'm waiting for the colleges to get back to me and tell me what they thought," said Hildreth. "Right now I am just focused on the basketball season. I am hoping to take some official visits in January."

They sent tape out at the end of December? Now it makes sense why Thornton was and is virtually unknown. As well as Hildreth (who is one heck of an RB, but getting no notice either.)
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

I went back and found the quote:
Dec. 20 (!) 2008
Quentin Hildreth, Denver East.


They sent tape out at the end of December? Now it makes sense why Thornton was and is virtually unknown. As well as Hildreth (who is one heck of an RB, but getting no notice either.)

Cool. We'll take them both. Keep it up HS coaches.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

Help me out, but isn't Louis Wright the coach at East? He should know better. Am I wrong on this? Is it another ex-bronco? Something is telling me that East has an ex-bronco as it's head coach. If so, there's absolutely no excuse for the coach to just be sending out tapes in December. None whatsoever.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

Help me out, but isn't Louis Wright the coach at East? He should know better. Am I wrong on this? Is it another ex-bronco? Something is telling me that East has an ex-bronco as it's head coach. If so, there's absolutely no excuse for the coach to just be sending out tapes in December. None whatsoever.

No, their coach is some guy named Ron Woolfork....you might remember him from such stints as the University of Colorado :thumbsup:....why he's an idiot and slow with the tapes can't be blamed on his education
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

Help me out, but isn't Louis Wright the coach at East? He should know better. Am I wrong on this? Is it another ex-bronco? Something is telling me that East has an ex-bronco as it's head coach. If so, there's absolutely no excuse for the coach to just be sending out tapes in December. None whatsoever.

East's head coach is Ronnie Woolfork, who played on CU's NC team in the early 90s. Good coach for the boys, but just learning the recruiting game, since when he was recruited from inner-city Detroit to come to Boulder, the internet didn't exist, DVDs and CDs didn't exist, Scout and Rivals didn't exist... you get the idea. He probably doesn't know where to start when the occasional D1 calibre player ends up on his team -- not recruiting saavy yet. (East had precisely one player get a D1 scholly last year, and he went to CSU.)

He's been there maybe 3 years? Thornton and Grossnickle are the first two East players he's coached who got CU offers, word is he's tickled pink. Or gold, I should say.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

East's head coach is Ronnie Woolfork, who played on CU's NC team in the early 90s. Good coach for the boys, but just learning the recruiting game, since when he was recruited from inner-city Detroit to come to Boulder, the internet didn't exist, DVDs and CDs didn't exist, Scout and Rivals didn't exist... you get the idea. He probably doesn't know where to start when the occasional D1 calibre player ends up on his team -- not recruiting saavy yet. (East had precisely one player get a D1 scholly last year, and he went to CSU.)

He's been there maybe 3 years? Thornton and Grossnickle are the first two East players he's coached who got CU offers, word is he's tickled pink. Or gold, I should say.

We used to get so many players from Detroit back in the day with Mac, is there still talent out there or did we lose all connection?
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

We really do need a Dynomite TE. It really helps fortify the outside. . (here's where i dream of daniel graham.) and could really be a Key in getting us out of spread formations.
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

"He holds offers from CU, CSU, Wyoming and SDSU. "I don't want to play in the Mountain West," Thornton admitted. "[There is] nothing wrong with the Mountain West, but I feel like I can play on the big stage - Pac-10 or Big 12."

DaVaughn Thornton

:smile2:
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

"He holds offers from CU, CSU, Wyoming and SDSU. "I don't want to play in the Mountain West," Thornton admitted. "[There is] nothing wrong with the Mountain West, but I feel like I can play on the big stage - Pac-10 or Big 12."

DaVaughn Thornton


that's funny
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

"He holds offers from CU, CSU, Wyoming and SDSU. "I don't want to play in the Mountain West," Thornton admitted. "[There is] nothing wrong with the Mountain West, but I feel like I can play on the big stage - Pac-10 or Big 12."

DaVaughn Thornton

:smile2:

That quote got a bunch of lammies up in arms. They said they were "Big time". I couldn't help but :lol:
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

That quote got a bunch of lammies up in arms. They said they were "Big time". I couldn't help but :lol:

:laugh:....you would think that Utah's bitchslap would have shown them the light....it's like that Bill Engvall comedy sketch....here's your sign, dumbasses :lol:
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

He dropped 25 on Thunderidge last night (good basketball team). His coach (Rudy Carey) said that he thinks he might be the best re bounder in the state in the last 15 years. This kid really is a great athlete. (Maybe he can help Buzz on the basketball team as well).
 
Re: '09 CO TE DaVaughn Thornton

:lol:Man, those goatcheesedicks need to be brought back down to reality from time to time. I cant wait until the Rocky Mountain Beatdown in Boulder this coming season. :boxing:

:goldcup:
 
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