New 4-star recruit...or 2-star, depending on who you ask

by niko on Jan 17, 2008 4:13 PM PST

LaMichael James committed to the Ducks today! He's a dinky little dude at 5'9" and 180 lbs but he fashions himself as a Reggie Bush-like runner. Rivals fancies him a 4-star RB while Scout fancy him a 2-star. And ESPN rates him as an 80, on par with Darron Thomas and...Kelly Page?! Regardless, we picked up some depth. I figure to see him competing in 2009 to fill the JJ role. I assume this was the verbal that Rickert referred to this morning.

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Special Teamer?

With this guy's moves and speed, is it possible we could see him returning kicks and punts?

by socalduck on Jan 17, 2008 6:33 PM PST reply actions

Special Teamer?

With this guy's moves and speed, is it possible we could see him returning kicks and punts?

by socalduck on Jan 17, 2008 6:33 PM PST reply actions

Yes x2

Andiel Brown/Keenan Howry type.

by qrsouther on Jan 17, 2008 6:41 PM PST reply actions

Texas

Another bonus is that this is our fourth recruit from Texas. It's nice to see us expanding our reach in to other fertile recruiting grounds.

by ntrebon on Jan 17, 2008 6:52 PM PST reply actions

Love his tackle breaking ability

and the acceleration after bouncing off tackles, he does seem to run around the corners just a little backwards, which defenses like USC could catch up to... I'll take it as something that can get fixed.

Do we think we'll be using him for direct snaps, as in the clips? He reminds me a lot of McFadden. I like so far.

by qrsouther on Jan 17, 2008 6:59 PM PST reply actions

He would remind of McFadden

except McFadden's built like a horse while James is built like...well, like Keenan Howry. It'll be interesting to see how he reacts to D-IA contact. But as a PR/KR he does seem like he could be a gamer, something we're in need of. I personally don't want to see Chung returning anymore kicks. Made me nervous every single damn time.

by niko on Jan 18, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions