'12 OH ATH Marcus Foster (UC Verbal 4/24/11)

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OSU, Mich, and ND are giving this recruit attention.

Has been to UC as well as Kentucky.
 
Foster is a guy I'd love for us to get in this class. I think most teams see him as a safety because he has great ball skills but also is very physical and good against the run. I believe he'll be a very good one at the next level and because he plays a position that is a big need for us would be just an enormous get IMO.
 
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Scout is listing Marcus Foster, the Troy High School Safety, as the newest Bearcat. I like the pick up, it is more defensive help. Foster only has offers from MAC schools at this point. But he is talented enough to garner a couple more BCS offers in the process. He is a big defensive back, a legit 6'1" and probably 180 to 190 pounds by the time he gets to UC. He plays both corner and safety for Troy. In College I think that he is more than likely going to be a Safety. But he has the hips and lateral quickness to be a corner at the college level. Two things really jump out at me when I look at his highlights. 1) He is a willing and exceedingly able tackler in the open field and he is not averse to sticking his helmet into traffic stopping the run. 2) He has great ball skills for a defensive back in High School. To be completely honest I see some shades of Mike Mickens in Foster. Does that mean I am calling for him to be an All American by the time he walks away from the UC program? No. But he plays a very similar style defensively and posses genuine ball skills.

http://www.downthedrive.com/2011/4/24/2130919/marcus-foster-makes-it-three-in-as-many-days
 
http://www.duanelongreport.com/


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Right at the top of my list is Troys Marcus Foster. He jumps out at you on tape both on the ball and as a tackler. After seeing his film it is a surprise to see his offer list only includes one school outside of the MAC. His grades are strong even though I have not heard about him taking the test. He plays both ways and is impressive with the ball in his hands but does not show the kind of speed a big time receiver needs. His ferocious hitting had me penciling him in at safety anyway but the lack of speed is what kept me from listing as an athlete who could play corner or receiver. I went back and looked at his film again. That is when I noticed he got run down from behind. Not pulling away is one thing. Getting caught from behind is another. He will get more offers. He is too good a player not to. Who those offers will come from will be determined by what he does on stop watches starting in the very near future.
 
UC has made it be known to Foster that they prefer him on D.

(Good call guys!)
 
CDS86 said:
How many spots are open in this class? Glad to have another reason to wear my UC gear around here in Troy!
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I've been trying to find that out for months. I've been thinking 18-20, depending upon transfer/grades. Not entirely certain, to be honest.
 
With the ever depleting 2009 class, I have to think there are plenty of spots available. I would not be surprised to see UC take over close to the max in this class.
 
Possibly.
Depends on how BJ feels about this class as well as next year, as well as who might get invited back as 5th year.
Also, interesting to see if some players get shown the door, or a suggested transfer being in their best interest. Not saying it's his style, but worse things have been done.
Usually get a good feel during end of summer as commits occur and class starts shaping up. Definitely would want to load up on D, btw.
 
Good points. The other thing to consider is this is the time of the year where you start to see more transfers occurring. Guys go through spring practice trying to earn their spot in the rotation and after spring practice find out they maybe aren't going to be in the mix like they thought so they transfer out and get to their new school in time for summer camp (even though they still have to sit out the following year they can still go through a full year's worth of practice in their new system). I wouldn't be surprised if we both lost guys to transfer and picked up a transfer from another program. If there were a quality JC guy (LB or OL) that somehow got eligible late in the process I bet we'd probably take him as well.
 

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