In Reply to: I've posted a list of damn good, to great players posted by TheHappyBurgermeister on March 23, 2025 at 14:22:23
-Latu - Lombardi Award. 1st team all everything.
-Charbonnet - playing in NFL. 1st team all Pac-12.
-Garbers - nothing special, but similar talent level to Cowan. I don't really consider DTR a Chip recruit but the Chip lovers do. DTR is in the NFL. 2nd team all conference.
-Dante Moore was as big of a recruit as Ben Olson (and as big of a bust).
-Three of Chip's OL got drafted (Ryan - 1st team all Pac, Mafi - 2nd team all Pac, Gaines) and I think Alec Andersen is still in the NFL despite not getting drafted. Dorrell had no one drafted. Don't recall if any of his guys even got a cup of coffee.
-Schwesinger. If you count Taylor for KD, surely you count CS for Chip. 1st team All Big 10. First team All-America. No contest vs. Taylor.
-Kain Medrano, 3rd team All Big 10 (18-team league).
-The Murphy's
-Matavao
-Jay Toia
-Otito Ogbonnia NFL
-Muasau 2nd team all Pac-12. NFL.
-Carson Steele NFL
-Jake Bobo NFL
-Greg Dulcich NFL. 1st team all conference.
-Brittain Brown NFL
-Mitchell Agude NFL. 2nd team all conference.
Most of the above are still in the NFL or about to be. Then you throw in the pretty decent guys like Kazmeir Allen. JM Sturdivant will probably get drafted. Yankoff is in the NFL. Logan Loya. Kamari Ramsey. Titus Alphabet. Qwantrezz Knight was 2nd team all conference. Duke Clemens was 2nd team all conference.
I won't include Kyle Phillips because, like DTR, I consider him a Mora recruit. He's in the NFL too and was first team all conference. On that note, don't even get me started on the guys Mora brought in vs. Dorrell's.
Dorrell brought in less talent than any other coach in the post-Donahue era. To say he recruited "pretty well" is an abuse of history. By UCLA standards pre-NIL, his recruiting was crap.