[SamuelMcF]

Saw some analysis of Williams-Thomas as he signed with Tennessee last December. The guy definitely has the quick twitch ability so rarely found in Stanford skill players. Can't imagine how great Troy Taylor must feel landing a physical talent like this as Stanford's Football's first undergrad mid-year transfer ever. 

I'm going out on a limb and saying he will be Stanford's starting RB against Hawaii on Sept 1, 2023.  Yes, E.J. Smith is a talent, but I question if he will be fully recovered and ready to start by that time, and believe JWT will supplant Filkins, in part because he is a guy Taylor brought to Stanford as kind of a watershed transfer, based on the Stanford press release.

Now, diving deep in this transfer, did he have the grades and test scores to be admitted as a Frosh? Or does the fact he made the Dean's List at Tennessee supplant him not having the grades and scores out of high school?  Or maybe the SAT/ACT waiver due to Covid made transferring easier?

Smith and Filkins will still be RB1 and RB2. I'm excited to see what they can do in an offensive system that doesn't actively suck.

Arlen Harris, in the same class as Williams-Thomas, was our first commit of the entire class and we stopped looking at RBs because we had our guy. Williams-Thomas had a 4.3 GPA in high school but was a very late bloomer.

[SamuelMcF]

Saw some analysis of Williams-Thomas as he signed with Tennessee last December. The guy definitely has the quick twitch ability so rarely found in Stanford skill players. Can't imagine how great Troy Taylor must feel landing a physical talent like this as Stanford's Football's first undergrad mid-year transfer ever. 

I'm going out on a limb and saying he will be Stanford's starting RB against Hawaii on Sept 1, 2023.  Yes, E.J. Smith is a talent, but I question if he will be fully recovered and ready to start by that time, and believe JWT will supplant Filkins, in part because he is a guy Taylor brought to Stanford as kind of a watershed transfer, based on the Stanford press release.

Now, diving deep in this transfer, did he have the grades and test scores to be admitted as a Frosh? Or does the fact he made the Dean's List at Tennessee supplant him not having the grades and scores out of high school?  Or maybe the SAT/ACT waiver due to Covid made transferring easier?

Smith and Filkins will still be RB1 and RB2. I'm excited to see what they can do in an offensive system that doesn't actively suck.

Arlen Harris, in the same class as Williams-Thomas, was our first commit of the entire class and we stopped looking at RBs because we had our guy. Williams-Thomas had a 4.3 GPA in high school but was a very late bloomer.