[OutsiderFan]

Given https://247sports.com/Player/JD-Bertrand-83463/ has de-committed from Georgia, and Stanford appears on his radar, the big question - as always - is has he submitted a Stanford application?  

Usually, if they submit an application AND visit, the odds are pretty high they commit (assuming they are admitted), unless they have a girlfriend going to Virginia Tech.

This would be an intriguing get.  Bertrand and Tristan Sinclair are projected as OLBs at 6-1 and under 220 pounds, but would be ILBs at Stanford.  Makes me wonder what is going on here.  Meizan is listed at about 6-2 and 250, and I'm guessing Mangam-Farrar will probably be adding weight to his listed 225 given he's 6-4 and is redshirting apparently.  

Has there been a ideological shift to preferring smaller, quicker, faster ILBs? Or is this just a total coincidence, and they just want good players and will figure out when and how to play them?

[OutsiderFan]

Given https://247sports.com/Player/JD-Bertrand-83463/ has de-committed from Georgia, and Stanford appears on his radar, the big question - as always - is has he submitted a Stanford application?  

Usually, if they submit an application AND visit, the odds are pretty high they commit (assuming they are admitted), unless they have a girlfriend going to Virginia Tech.

This would be an intriguing get.  Bertrand and Tristan Sinclair are projected as OLBs at 6-1 and under 220 pounds, but would be ILBs at Stanford.  Makes me wonder what is going on here.  Meizan is listed at about 6-2 and 250, and I'm guessing Mangam-Farrar will probably be adding weight to his listed 225 given he's 6-4 and is redshirting apparently.  

Has there been a ideological shift to preferring smaller, quicker, faster ILBs? Or is this just a total coincidence, and they just want good players and will figure out when and how to play them?