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Cal lands big TE
Posted by Alex | June 5, 2007 at 9:16 am | In Recruiting | 6 CommentsSpencer Ladner (6’7″/235) has given a verbal to Cal. He comes out of Kansas City, MO and lists Cal’s reputation as the #1 public school in the nation as a primary reason for choosing Cal. He is rated as a 3 star TE by Scout.com and a 4 star recruit by Rivals.
There’s a couple reasons that this signing means a lot. First, this guy is BIG. Just for reference, Lebron James is 6’8″/250. Craig Stevens is 6’5″/254. With a year in the weight room, Ladner can be a great endzone target or a blocker in the Tedford tradition. Second, Ladner comes from Missouri. This shows that Cal’s reach on the national recruiting front has grown even further after last year’s record number of out-of-state commits. Third, this confirms that Cal’s reputation as an academic leader will continue to land some top recruits.
EDIT BY ERIC: Also, it’s noteworthy that Ladner turned down offers from traditional powerhouse schools like Michigan and Oklahoma, showing that Cal is really on its way up in terms of nationwide recruiting.
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The kid has a 2.2 core GPA. How is he getting into Cal?
1. Comment by Sean — June 5, 2007 @ 10:29 am #
No need to knock his GPA, it seems he’s acknowledged it and plans to work harder at it at Cal.
The guy’s a stud TE and we should be real happy we got him.
2. Comment by Bear Fan — June 6, 2007 @ 10:34 am #
Yeah, fluck his GPA. You sound like the tree huggers Sean.
3. Comment by Seth — June 6, 2007 @ 5:03 pm #
Sean sounds like he would like to go back to the days when Cal would go 2-9 most years. You want to play in the Ivy League or the Pac-10?
Cal has done a good job of graduating football players. I’m sure this kid isn’t majoring in physics or statistics, OK? He’s a football player.
4. Comment by Pug — June 7, 2007 @ 5:21 am #
Oh, yeah, and his brother plays for Stanford.
5. Comment by Pug — June 7, 2007 @ 5:23 am #
“I’m sure this kid isn’t majoring in physics or statistics, OK? He’s a football player.”
Oh, how I long for the day when Cal football turns into the Caltech football team. For a bunch of nerds, they used to do pretty well. You know, when they played pigskin instead of pig dice.
6. Comment by Avinash — June 21, 2007 @ 7:16 am #