[SamuelMcF]

I like early offers and commitments, especially from defensive linemen.  I don't like it when the competition for these guys is Appalachian State.  It seems like this would have been a good Plan B, and that maybe Taylor ought to be aiming higher?  Of course, it is always possible that Taylor is a unique judge of under-the-radar talent, and that Murray is better than anyone else we could reasonably target, in which case, great.  But somehow, I feel like Matt's 365 degree eval will come up like most of the other 365 degree evals from the Taylor era.  When all the commitments are three stars at best (Murray is not even rated by 24/7), it doesn't bode well for the future.

BC

After seeing high-rated DL fail to develop over and over again under Reynolds, I really don't care what their star rating was. Kolodziej's track record with (pretty much exclusively) low-rated DL at Wisconsin was fantastic, and he offered 7 DL in the span of just over a month.

A nit: Murray had 6 other P5 offers, all but one of which came in the past couple months. The competition wasn't Appalachian State, it was either UVA or Georgia Tech.

[SamuelMcF]

I like early offers and commitments, especially from defensive linemen.  I don't like it when the competition for these guys is Appalachian State.  It seems like this would have been a good Plan B, and that maybe Taylor ought to be aiming higher?  Of course, it is always possible that Taylor is a unique judge of under-the-radar talent, and that Murray is better than anyone else we could reasonably target, in which case, great.  But somehow, I feel like Matt's 365 degree eval will come up like most of the other 365 degree evals from the Taylor era.  When all the commitments are three stars at best (Murray is not even rated by 24/7), it doesn't bode well for the future.

BC

After seeing high-rated DL fail to develop over and over again under Reynolds, I really don't care what their star rating was. Kolodziej's track record with (pretty much exclusively) low-rated DL at Wisconsin was fantastic, and he offered 7 DL in the span of just over a month.

A nit: Murray had 6 other P5 offers, all but one of which came in the past couple months. The competition wasn't Appalachian State, it was either UVA or Georgia Tech.