Does his commitment hurt 2020 qb recruitment?
Probably, but we were already out on our top two 2020 guys: DJ is looking Oregon/Clemson/entering baseball draft and Young committed to USC. I don’t think they were in a rush to offer a replacement(s) yet anyways so take the elite 2021 kid now and alleviate some pressure on the 2020 QB recruiting
I wouldn't be surprised if DJ goes top 75 in the MLB Draft and gets 3 million and signs.
I would’ve said the same thing back in the spring but not so sure now. It’ll be interesting to see how the Kyler Murray thing finishes out.
Baseball, guaranteed money, end of story.
Kyler was able to secure both; guaranteed top 10 money and the ability to play QB in the CFP on with a heisman run. And now there’s questions on what he might do next. Most people think DJ is both a better QB and MLB prospect than Kyler, so who knows what he might be able to negotiate.
Kyler is definitely going MLB. He is not a NFL QB. He would get killed. I am still shocked that Billy Beane let him play this year at Oklahoma. DJ is fascinating in that he has the size for both sports. It all depends how much he can get from MLB teams. If he can get over 2 mill he should go that direction.
Historically yes, that would be what’s expected but things have changed a lot. Nobody thought a MLB team would draft a college football player in the top ten, give him a slot value gaurenteed bonus and then allow him to immediately go play football instead of reporting to rookie ball. Now Kyler’s very publically considering entering early for the nfl draft and is considered right now to be a mid first to mid second round pick in the nfl.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...ler-murray-doubles-down-on-2-sport-dream/amp/
DJ is a potential number one overall pick in mlb and also possibly a number one pick in the nfl down the road. The amount of leverage he’s gonna have over the next 12-18 months is insane, we’re not talking about some “2 million dollar kid”.
The age of player empowerment is trickling down to high school/college kids now and I’m just intrigued to how it all plays out with both Kyler and DJ.