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A walk-on in contention for a starting spot always gives one pause,  but our experience with the Whalen I and Whalen II  at WR should have mellowed us a bit.    For the record,  a couple of the Bootleg recruiting mavens -- the local ones, one of whom actually played college ball and knows the Bay Area -- weighed in on Olugbode when he announced he'd walk on.  He was seen as a natural athlete who had the #1 Harbaugh factor:  he was a ball player  with a nose for the ball.  Played both ways at Bellarmine and was a NorCal player of the Year in one preps team.  Local HS football fans considered him a star,  the kind of guy who would start at San Jose State, but had an academic bent that led him to Stanford.  I'm not his agent or publicist,  I just remember the reaction when he chose to walk on at Stanford.  Presumably time spent in our S&C program have made him more capable than when he first arrived.

[Redrum]

A walk-on in contention for a starting spot always gives one pause,  but our experience with the Whalen I and Whalen II  at WR should have mellowed us a bit.    For the record,  a couple of the Bootleg recruiting mavens -- the local ones, one of whom actually played college ball and knows the Bay Area -- weighed in on Olugbode when he announced he'd walk on.  He was seen as a natural athlete who had the #1 Harbaugh factor:  he was a ball player  with a nose for the ball.  Played both ways at Bellarmine and was a NorCal player of the Year in one preps team.  Local HS football fans considered him a star,  the kind of guy who would start at San Jose State, but had an academic bent that led him to Stanford.  I'm not his agent or publicist,  I just remember the reaction when he chose to walk on at Stanford.  Presumably time spent in our S&C program have made him more capable than when he first arrived.