'08 JUCO DT Justin Thompson (Oregon signee)

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Torrance (CA) El Camino C.C.

Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 290 lbs.

2006 Defensive Stats: 13 games, 52 tackles, 12 TFLs, 6 sacks, 8 batted passes, 3 BRs, 1 fumble recovery, 1 blocked kick, 1 safety

[wadc45]

Time to break this one out of "the cell"...

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3/8

By BK...Justing is hearing from Arizona, USC, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah and Ohio State. He is expecting a visit from OSU coaches later this Spring.

[Cornerback6]

Don't hear JUCO too often around here. Interesting.

[ant80]

How many years eligibility does he have left? Also with other DTs available
out of high school, and with the fact that Grant is the only Juco JT has ever put on scholarship (I think I am right), what are the chances he gets offered?

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Cornerback6

Don't hear JUCO too often around here. Interesting.

Originally Posted by ant80

How many years eligibility does he have left? Also with other DTs available
out of high school, and with the fact that Grant is the only Juco JT has ever put on scholarship (I think I am right), what are the chances he gets offered?

Considering the fact that Grant got some significant playing time early on, I think that an eventual offer is not out of the question, and we may end up dippping into the JUCO wells a little more regularly in the future...

[RB07OSU]

I'm sure we wouldn't mind getting an instant-impact type of JUCO guy at DT, considering our depth there.

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3/9

From the Arizona site...Arizona has offered.

An offer from Arizona impresses me much more than most other schools...when it comes to defense, Coach Stoops knows what he is doing.

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3/12

Arizona and Oregon have offered. OSU, USC, Utah and Oregon State have asked to see film.

[stxbuck]

A JUCO every couple of years is not a bad idea, especially since the well at DT in-state does not seem very deep beyond Rowell.....

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by ant80

How many years eligibility does he have left? Also with other DTs available
out of high school, and with the fact that Grant is the only Juco JT has ever put on scholarship (I think I am right), what are the chances he gets offered?

JUCO's have 3 years to play 2.

Chris Vance was JT's first JUCO player iirc. Only other one I remember in recent memory was Jack Tucker from CA late in Coops tenure. Started out as a LB ended up buried in the depth chart at FB.

[Ginn4Heisman20]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

Only other one I remember in recent memory was Jack Tucker from CA late in Coops tenure.

Don't forget about Larry Grant.

[ant80]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

JUCO's have 3 years to play 2.

Chris Vance was JT's first JUCO player iirc. Only other one I remember in recent memory was Jack Tucker from CA late in Coops tenure. Started out as a LB ended up buried in the depth chart at FB.

Vance doesn't count though. JT inherited him from Coop.

[bobcat84]

Although Coop was recruiting Vance if I recall it was Tres and Staff who had to close the deal with him....

now back to Thompson...

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3/13

Film.

I'll defer to the defensive specialist, osugrad21.

[crazybuckfan40]

I take a stab at it...

He has a good intial burst to be able to get off the line and get after the QB...Much like we saw with Pitcock this season to be able to shoot gaps. He will need some refinement in terms of using his hands and getting off blocks, and sometimes his feet stop on contact. Also some of his drag down tackling, will probably not work on Big Ten Rb's. He looks to have a great motor, which is probably the best thing you can ask for in a DT. The one play where he gets to the QB and he throws the ball up in the air and it is caught by the RB and then he runs over drills the RB and makes him fumble the ball...I wonder with his size considering he has already been in college for 2 years, depending on his actual speed if he couldnt see time at DE...If we were to offer I would like it, it would give us a guy with experience to throw in there with Denlinger/Larimore/Rose and the guys we can bring in this year to take the usual redshirt for DT...