I would love to see Jacardia in the O&B. Kid was an absolute work horse for St. Teresa. Played against some small schools but he has legit size and skill. The person i was hearing from made it sound like Jacardia was unhappy with the crowded running back room at K-State. If thats the case then he will be unhappy here too. Bielema will keep a stable of backs if history tells us anything.Good scouting of Illinois preps who leave the state then enter the portal at the first sign of trouble is going to be a very important skill for our program over the coming years. There will be lots of them every year, with a ton of upside to targeting the right ones and a ton of downside throwing away scholarships on the wrong ones.
Just in general, accurately pinning a value on the raft of “big recruit who barely played at a top school” types has rapidly become one of the most important thing staffs are doing. I have no idea what if any tape or other kinds of intel they may have access to.