COUG COMMIT: WR Robert Jiles

by Jeff Nusser on Sep 29, 2009 12:23 PM PDT

Jiles could bring some needed speed to the receiving corps. (via media.scout.com)

This is starting to get a little ridiculous.

Just days after teammate Tracy Clark announced he was coming to WSU, receiver Robert Jiles of Pittsburg (Calif.) High School said today that he is coming to WSU, according to Cougfan.com and the San Francisco Chronicle. It's the 14th known verbal commitment for Paul Wulff and his staff.

Jiles is a two-star receiver, and there seems to be slight disagreement on his size -- Scout.com has him listed at 6-0/185, while Scouts, Inc. has him listed at 5-11/182. Scout.com reports him to have 4.47 40 speed. There are no written evaluations out there that I can find, and I also can't find any free video (although there might be some on the ESPN page -- it won't load up while I'm at school, so I can't be sure).

The barrage of commitments leaves the Cougs tied for third in the conference for commitments right now. And while early commitments don't necessarily mean recruiting is going well -- after all, the guys who are committing still have to be able to play -- but I certainly think it says something about how Wulff and his staff are selling the program. It can't hurt that the other, more high-profile guys the Cougs are recruiting are seeing players flock to the program in droves.

And it certainly can't hurt for the recruitment of four-star safety Erick Dargan, who is a teammate of Clark and Jiles in Pittsburg and took his official visit the same weekend as the other two (against Stanford).

I will say this about Jiles, in lieu of seeing him: If that 40 time is legit, he'll bring a much-needed stretch-the-field speed element to the receiving corps.

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This certainly is better than Doba's final year.

How many commitments did we have at this same time that season? Big fat ZERO.

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by Craig Powers on Sep 29, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, because he didn't want to "play the commitment game"

That’s why it’s a young man’s sport. You either better be a young head coach, or have young assistants. He didn’t have the ability or desire to outwork other people on the recruiting trail. That’s why great coordinators don’t always make great head coaches.

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by Jeff Nusser on Sep 29, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

There is video on ESPN

He looks good and does look fast as he out runs many defenders in the clips, also looks like he isn’t afraid to take a hit for an extra yard, he looks like he could be good recruit from the short video I saw.

by spokanecougar on Sep 29, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions

I'll take a look at it when I get home and give some thoughts

My bandwidth is just too low here.

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by Jeff Nusser on Sep 29, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

For some reason

I got almost a Trufant feel from him. I’m not saying he’ll turn out to be like him, but it’s just a feeling I got (maybe they just have a similar run lol). I think he has a great frame with room to grow. I really like how hard our coaches recruit.

Here’s a video of our speedster WR commit Blair Bomber:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny609pSscsE

that guy looks FAST

by james_WSU on Sep 29, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

D'oh!

ok I thought this was on Clark and that my posts earlier didn’t get posted. Anyways the Bomber clip wasn’t on the other comments.

by james_WSU on Sep 29, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I do like these two...

But I’m really hoping for the big prize in Dargan. If he can pull that off, it’d be a pretty big coup and a great win in the recruiting battle

by Brian Floyd on Sep 29, 2009 1:18 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, I'm kind of feeling the same way

A lot of these guys might turn out to be nice players, but it sure would be nice to land another big fish or two.

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by Jeff Nusser on Sep 29, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

It appears that Dargan is taking his time...

yet having his two other teamates make verbals has got to help our cause. I would be ecstatic if we could get him. This is the hard hitting exlosive and athletic Safety we could use. Someone alont the lines of Billy Newman and Lamont Thompson. It would be great to lure a 4 star recruit. However he is getting recruited by several other Pac-10 schools as well. Which is probalby the only reason for him taking his time, yet would not be surprised if he was leaning toward Wazzu, since 2 of his temamates he made the visit with just made early verbals. Early playing time and the ability to play with teammates are significant factors that affect players decisions. At this poitn we are offering both. 2010’s years recruiting class is something to get excited about. Cant wait til signing day. Go Cougs.

by Wazzucrazed on Sep 29, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions