At an earlier point in time, wavering Smith's prospective offer may have been pulled. Given Toledo grad transfer Thompkins only has one year of eligibility, the "UConn was only going to take one back" tale sounds dubious at best. For each academic class, perhaps we're also to believe every BCS program does not typically sign at least 1 RB.
Go look at Exit 4’s roster chart which is in the Football section. He lists Edsall’s ideal roster by position. For RBs, UConn has 6 scholarship athletes and Edsall’s ideal roster has 5. So, I do think after Tompkins committed, we were done recruiting RBs.At an earlier point in time, wavering Smith's prospective offer may have been pulled. Given Toledo grad transfer Thompkins only has one year of eligibility, the "UConn was only going to take one back" tale sounds dubious at best. For each academic class, perhaps we're also to believe every BCS program does not typically sign at least 1 RB.
Yes, noted previously. From the timing of the pulled scholarship, the reasoning remains reasonably questionable. Smith's a non-entity now, Thompkins is our one-year option, and a few RB's will be a heightened focus in next 12 months.
FWIW - I know of a HS prospect who was told UConn was only taking one RB this cycle. The kid believed he was next if Thompkins didn’t accept.
OK, potential further confirmation Smith's offer was pulled independent of Thompkins being offered and as uconnbill's suggests apparently only one spot was ever being allocated for some RB. Someday, UConn's ideally signing at least 1 to ideally 2 RBs every single recruiting signing period.
