09-29-2014, 08:40 PM
Anyone have any takes on Branch? Never heard of him until today, watched his video and don't know what to think. He seems to be a good athlete, but why no offer from UW or Oregon? His video doesn't jump out at me, but it's pretty hard to question Lance Anderson's player evaluations.
His Rivals profile shows Branch unrated. The Drukarev story on him says he had a torn meniscus this Summer, and probably missed a lot of camps that might have earned him more recruiting service accolades. Stanford has probably reached the point where a Stanford offer is going to increase the rating of recruits previously not regarded by recruiting services. So Branch will more than likely get a rating bump as a result of the Stanford offer. Maybe not to a four star, but maybe from a low three to high three star on Rivals.
His Rivals profile shows Branch unrated. The Drukarev story on him says he had a torn meniscus this Summer, and probably missed a lot of camps that might have earned him more recruiting service accolades. Stanford has probably reached the point where a Stanford offer is going to increase the rating of recruits previously not regarded by recruiting services. So Branch will more than likely get a rating bump as a result of the Stanford offer. Maybe not to a four star, but maybe from a low three to high three star on Rivals.