RECRUITING UPDATE: Ronnie Vinson
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BY RICHARD FISCHER
Tiger Rag Recruiting Contributor
In the last two decades, Isidore Newman High School only sent the Mannings to SEC programs.
And Newman standout Ronnie Vinson looks to continue that trend by signing with LSU.
Vinson, listed as an athlete, will most likely become a defensive back at the collegiate level.
“They’ll start him at corner and then play him a little at safely possibly, but he’ll do whatever they ask him,” said Vinson’s high school coach Nelson Stewart. “I think they’re going to get a young man that can do a number of things.”
Vinson brings all-around experience to the Tigers. While at Newman, Vinson was a four-year starter at defensive back, but he also saw time at running back, wide receiver, quarterback, and linebacker.
While in high school, Vinson recorded 1584 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns while boasting an impressing eight yards per carry. Through the air, Vinson caught 34 passes for 394 yards and four touchdowns.
Defensively, Vinson had 72 tackles in his junior season. As a senior, Vinson recorded 59 tackles, two interceptions, and two defensive touchdowns.
“He’s explosive. He has great straight-line speed, and he moves his hips well,” said Stewart. “He’s a lock down guy, and he does a great job in man coverage. He tackles well in the open field.”
Stewart said Vinson looks forward to earning his stripes on special teams.
“He can play on all the special teams, and he’s a real threat with the ball in his hands,” said Stewart. “He’s all about earning his position and his spot on the team, and he’s anxious to get up there and start working with his teammates.”
Vinson is also anxious to begin his academic career at LSU as a business student. Stewart said LSU’s Ourso College of Business helped Vinson choose LSU among more than 20 offers.
“He looked all over from the west coach to the Southeastern Conference, but there was something special to him about Tiger Stadium,” said Stewart.
Oh goody. Another talent that will likely be wasted…(Think Russell Shepard) It’s too bad that a thought such as this even comes to mind, but after the last 2 seasons, one wonders…..
Bob, I agree that talent development at LSU is non-existent. After signing the #1 class at ESPN or #2 Rivals class in 2009, LSU was the ONLY school in the SEC without a representative on the SEC All Freshmen Team. How does that even happen?
Ten (10) players were selected on the Pre-season All SEC team and only 4 players made the team at seasons end. Fewer of Miles players are being drafted into the NFL at in later rounds than the players recruited and developed by Saban.
And Les has made LSU a joke with the National media. I have never seen a team receive so much criticism from the Nation media as the 2009 team after falling to an unfathomable #112 ranking in Total Offense last year with all of the talent on the field. Watching the Tigers has become painful, even the wins because the team is so dysfunctional.
This recruiting class is mediocre at best and does little to fill the real needs at LSU. The offensive line is awful, we have no experience at RB, we have only two SEC WR’s, the LB corp is depleted and our DL has lost players to players switching to the other side of the ball because Miles can’t seem to keep players. Miles has lost 4 highly recruited players that gave their verbal and retracted after watching the team loss 4 times and beat no ranked teams.
MIles has also lost 23 highly recruited players that came to LSU and left the program for undisclosed reasons. How much farther are you willing to watch our program fall? Get rid of the As*Clown.
How can u call this your program in the same breath of your statement? It’s things like this that bring programs down. We lost an elite veteran qb and a coordinator that was great. How do u replace that and not feel effects? C”mon guys. After 2 disappointing seasons we still have a top 10 recruiting class coming in! We have to overcome with the team, if it is ours, right? Besides, what other coach can we bring in to do a better job with our program? Look at the talent USC had last year and lost 4 games. It could be alot worse.
The football player coming to play for LSU are very lucky people…To play football in Tiger Stadium…92,000 screaming tiger fans…And all the lime light a guy can stand.
If Les Miles has another train wreck…He will be fired…And the LSU football player and LSU fans will go on to bigger and better victories.
Tom
Geez guys, I thought the article was about Ronnie Vinson. Why so negative? I think Vinson will be an exciting addition to the team. We should be more positive for our team’s efforts in recruiting these guys to the team at least. I think this LSU class is a very good one (not mediocre according to most national sources), and in spite of some of you ‘negatigers’ out there LSU will persevere and will be much improved in 2010, and will have an even better class next year! Geaux Tigers!
Only 28% of top recruits have great success. If you look at Boise State with little or no top recruits Where do the answers lie? I agree, LSU does have a problem but there is a final year upon us. Not willing to give up on Miles just yet.
Texastiger
All you naysayers need to get a grip. You cause more harm than good for LSU when you write this negative stuff. Do you realize that many recruits probably read this junk? High school juniors and seniors are all over the internet and certainly high profile recruits are no different. When you dog the coach or coaches you give a bad impression to recruits. We have a lot to be proud of and we should focus there. One dissapointing season doesn’t mean the end of the world.
Thank you JBcajun for clarifying how the negatives do make bad impressions on these high school recruits. There is a lot of derogatory statements people say on some sites that even makes me feel inept as an LSU fan. I tried to smoothe things over in my last article written on 1-31-10. But you were a little more direct.
I think there is a lot of promise in the coaching staff and what LSU has going for itself as per recruiting. If the coaches can keep the players focused there will be great things happening in the future for LSU football.