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Recruiting is a cold game
Makell Esteen, 2020 3* DB, Lawndale (HS), CA (COMMITTED)
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KrunkJuice
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I think I know what you are referring to.
BeerThirty
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I think Jackson was going to commit but Esteen took the spot first. He canceled his announcement after Esteen committed
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KrunkJuice
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If anybody wants to here expert player/film analysis listen to the EMERGENCY POD on DAWGMAN for Esteen. It starts at the 1:30 mark. Eklund deserves a raise! Absolutely embarrassing.
BeerThirty
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cut him some slack. He has only been at it for 16 years. He'll get there eventually.....
The crud is nothing to take lightly.
KrunkJuice
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https://twitter.com/GregBiggins/status/1163208758186504192
“I fell in love with Washington after I took my official visit back in June,” Esteen said. “It’s just a great fit for me all around and I think it’s the perfect place for me. I have a great relationship with the coaching staff and they do an incredible job developing defensive backs.
“They feel I can play safety or corner but I’ll start out at safety for them. I’ll play anywhere, corner, safety or nickel, doesn’t matter to me, just whatever gets me on the field. I always said the biggest factors for me would be comfort level with the school and where I can get developed and for me, that was Washington.”
"Elijah and I are close and I'm definitely going to be recruiting him to Washington," Esteen said. "I thought he was going to be committing yesterday like everyone else but he has to do what's best for him. I would love to play with him in college though and I'm pretty sure we have more room so I'm going to be talking to him for sure."
"Coach Petersen talked about the kind of players they want at Washington, guys who want to compete but are also serious about life after football," Esteen said. "He's about building up young men off the field as well as on it and that was big for me. Coach Lake is a great coach and like I said, development is big for me and he's a coach who knows how to get guys to the NFL and that's my goal as well."
“I fell in love with Washington after I took my official visit back in June,” Esteen said. “It’s just a great fit for me all around and I think it’s the perfect place for me. I have a great relationship with the coaching staff and they do an incredible job developing defensive backs.
“They feel I can play safety or corner but I’ll start out at safety for them. I’ll play anywhere, corner, safety or nickel, doesn’t matter to me, just whatever gets me on the field. I always said the biggest factors for me would be comfort level with the school and where I can get developed and for me, that was Washington.”
"Elijah and I are close and I'm definitely going to be recruiting him to Washington," Esteen said. "I thought he was going to be committing yesterday like everyone else but he has to do what's best for him. I would love to play with him in college though and I'm pretty sure we have more room so I'm going to be talking to him for sure."
"Coach Petersen talked about the kind of players they want at Washington, guys who want to compete but are also serious about life after football," Esteen said. "He's about building up young men off the field as well as on it and that was big for me. Coach Lake is a great coach and like I said, development is big for me and he's a coach who knows how to get guys to the NFL and that's my goal as well."
DoogCourics
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Biggins:
Washington landed their second DB commitment of the weekend after pulling in Jacobe Covington on Saturday. We really like the versatile Esteen brings to the table and he’s a player that could line up at safety or corner.
He’s a ball magnet and has picked off 19 passes over the last three season and will be a four-star starter at Lawndale this fall. He has tremendous ball skills and awareness, is highly instinctual and one of those players that is always around the football.
Esteen essentially narrowed his choices down to Washington and Oregon with Kentucky and Nebraska heavily in the mix as well.
“They’re all great schools and I had a great relationship with the coaches at Oregon as well,” Esteen said. “They had been on me for a long time but I just really liked it at Washington and I’m really excited about this decision. It feels great to get it out of the way before school starts so now I can just focus on my senior year, our football season and now have to worry about any recruiting distractions.”
Washington now has three defensive back commitments locked in with Esteen joining Covington and James Smith, who committed in late July. There was a lot of buzz that Esteen's Lawndale teammate Elijah Jackson was going to commit to the Huskies on Saturday as well but he decided to postpone his announcement.
Washington landed their second DB commitment of the weekend after pulling in Jacobe Covington on Saturday. We really like the versatile Esteen brings to the table and he’s a player that could line up at safety or corner.
He’s a ball magnet and has picked off 19 passes over the last three season and will be a four-star starter at Lawndale this fall. He has tremendous ball skills and awareness, is highly instinctual and one of those players that is always around the football.
Esteen essentially narrowed his choices down to Washington and Oregon with Kentucky and Nebraska heavily in the mix as well.
“They’re all great schools and I had a great relationship with the coaches at Oregon as well,” Esteen said. “They had been on me for a long time but I just really liked it at Washington and I’m really excited about this decision. It feels great to get it out of the way before school starts so now I can just focus on my senior year, our football season and now have to worry about any recruiting distractions.”
Washington now has three defensive back commitments locked in with Esteen joining Covington and James Smith, who committed in late July. There was a lot of buzz that Esteen's Lawndale teammate Elijah Jackson was going to commit to the Huskies on Saturday as well but he decided to postpone his announcement.
Is that where his phone keeps going off while hes talking?
DoogCourics
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247Sports also tracked down Esteen’s 7-on-7 coach Malik James who is the founder of Premium Sports.
“Washington is getting a hard worker, long DB, 19 career interceptions in three years, he finds the ball,” James started gushing. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Esteen had eight of those picks as a junior. “Best thing about Kell for us he’s able to play anywhere, nickel, safety, corner, smart, high IQ and he’s just a really, really, reliable young man. Works hard.”
Other offers for Esteen included Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon State, USC, Utah and Wisconsin.
“He’s a steal,” James said. “When you think of Washington and OKGs he’s their kind of guy. I’ve had him since the ninth grade. I can go on and on about him.
They’re getting a guy.”
Esteen is a two-way standout that caught 21 passes for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He racked up 90 tackles and 19 pass breakups to go with those eight interceptions. Esteen has 194 career tackles and 46 pass breakups.
“Washington is getting a hard worker, long DB, 19 career interceptions in three years, he finds the ball,” James started gushing. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Esteen had eight of those picks as a junior. “Best thing about Kell for us he’s able to play anywhere, nickel, safety, corner, smart, high IQ and he’s just a really, really, reliable young man. Works hard.”
Other offers for Esteen included Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon State, USC, Utah and Wisconsin.
“He’s a steal,” James said. “When you think of Washington and OKGs he’s their kind of guy. I’ve had him since the ninth grade. I can go on and on about him.
They’re getting a guy.”
Esteen is a two-way standout that caught 21 passes for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He racked up 90 tackles and 19 pass breakups to go with those eight interceptions. Esteen has 194 career tackles and 46 pass breakups.
Just A Guy?
LaMichael_Corleone
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6 TDs on offense at WR, with 19 career INT’s but SAC doesn’t think he’s good enough to play Corner?
Ballz
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Sure in case of injuries. But how many safeties on our roster do you see splitting time between safety and corner? And I'm not talking about nickel but actual corner? He was told he's a safety for us. Why people want to think otherwise is beyond me. Jacobe is the SS and Makell is the FS, simple.
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The 19 picks is huge to me. Ball skills make an average DB good and a good DB great. It also shows instincts that are hard to teach. It’s why I liked Cam Williams so much. Esteen will be the best DB commit from this class.
