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'08 VA OL Kyle Long (Florida State baseball - Saddleback College - Oregon signee)

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wadc45;758290; said:
First, when did westbuck ever say anything about a a "package deal"? All Kyle said was that he wouldn 't mind visiting PSU when some other big niame recruits are going to be there, like Pryor for example...and westbuck merely pointed that out.

Second, you are wrong if you think we aren't in a great spot with Pryor right now. PSU, Pitt and OSU are supposedly the schools he is most interested in because of proximity to home, something that is very important to him due to the health of his father. And of those three, only OSU did not take a QB in last year's class (not counting Bauserman, obviously).
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We didn't take a QB last year either. Pryor could start for three years here if he redshirted.
 
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Just watched Kyle Long's video and I was very impressed. His athleticism just jumps out at you...outstanding feet. He is a good run and pass blocker...not a great drive blocker like Brewster or Adams but I think that will come. He will easily add weight to his frame and drive blocking will come as a result. Besides, I see him as a definite tackle prospect anyways and drive blocking isn't as critical as his feet are. Also, here is a free AMP feature on the best tackles in the '08 class...Brewster, Adams, and Long are the first 3 mentioned, with J.B. being the 5th after Stephen Good. :biggrin:

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Somehow I wouldn't a good Catholic high school would have STAB on their uniforms. Yeah, I know it is St. Anne's Belfield.

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THERE ARE VARIOUS twists to the recruiting of Charlottesville schoolboy star Kyle Long, rated the No. 1 football prospect in Virginia by The Roanoke Times.

Long, son of NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long and younger brother of UVa preseason All-America candidate Chris Long, also has shown promise as a baseball pitcher at St. Anne?s-Belfield and has not ruled out the possibility that he will play baseball exclusively in college.

Virginia is recruiting the younger Long (6 foot 7, 295 pounds) for football and baseball. He was offered a scholarship for football at the earliest opportunity, Sept. 1, but so far he has not been offered for baseball.

That is not to say that Virginia does not like Long as a baseball prospect. If he were to commit for football, the UVa baseball staff would welcome his baseball involvement in any capacity.

If he played football and baseball, he would count against the football scholarship limit.

The only way he would count against the baseball limit is if he played baseball exclusively. Schools like Florida State have started to pursue him from that angle, but you?d have to believe the football staffs at those schools would be nosing around as soon as he arrived on campus.

UVa's Web site posters seem surprised that Virginia hasn?t offered Long a baseball-only scholarship, but coach Brian O?Connor has done due diligence. He already has been to two of Long?s games this season and has other scouting missions planned, with the bulk of the evaluation slated for the summer.

O?Connor already has four commitments for 2008-2009, one of them from Tunstall High School junior Justin Thompson, brother of current UVa pitching ace Jacob Thompson. There are very few full scholarships in Division I baseball; if it?s going to take a 75-percent offer to get Long for baseball, O?Connor wants to make sure he?s worth it.

Don?t mistake the absence of an offer to this point for negligence. O?Connor is fully aware of Long?s importance to the UVa program at all levels.
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http://www.roanoke.com/sports/uvainsider/wb/wb/xp-111981
 
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Bradshaw speaks his mind
April 8, 2007
By Jimmy Watson
[email protected]

Q. Doesn't Howie Long have some kids coming up?

"Howie's son, Kyle, is 6-7, 305. Throws a 93 miles per hour fastball with a change-up, a curve, slider. Left-handed. And the major league scouts are just drooling over this kid. But all the major schools are after this kid ... Notre Dame, Ohio State, he visited Florida. He's a stud.

"His oldest son, Chris, is a senior didn't come out for the draft but he's a first rounder next year. He's a 6-5, 285 defensive end, playing the two-gap and he is just amazing. His youngest kid is the good looking one and he plays quarterback. He's 6-1, about 190. Set a state record right there throwing touchdown passes. There's your quarterback right there. I can get him."
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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/SPORTS02/704080308/1001/SPORTS
 
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