Randall Mackey signs LOI | TigerFan.com

pjnchamps · Feb 6, 2008

Mackey signs with Ole Miss . Thought he would go to Southern Miss with D.Brown signing there but he had former teammates/friends there

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.co...0&script=content.asp&cid=771067&fid=&tid=&mid=

bhelmLSU · Feb 6, 2008

How are his grades looking?

Grey shirt?

pjnchamps · Feb 7, 2008

Thats what I guessin but I've been told that he has a good chance also he would've been eligible to play if he went to S.Miss and actually had a visit scheduled before signing day but canceled at the last min. b/c he wants to play in the SEC.

Football recruiting: Academic woes haunt some local prep prospects
By Tabby Soignier
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Some of the area's top football prospects are on the bubble academically heading into National Signing Day.
Bastrop quarterback Randall Mackey, along with cornerback Edward "Bud" Patterson aren't qualified. Neither is Rayville wide receiver Chris Tolliver, who plans to sign with LSU. West Monroe fullback Don Brown is just one of the Rebels feeling repercussions from not taking care of business in the classroom. He'll sign with a junior college or pay his own way to a four-year school and sit out a year.

"I always tell them, if you work hard, do right in school and live right, there are rewards," West Monroe coach Don Shows said. "Getting a scholarship is a great honor. I'm not in the scholarship business. High school coaches don't give them. What do you do on the football field does not determine whether you get one or not."
West Monroe wide receiver Mychal Manning will also have to go to a junior college to bring his grades up before moving on to a four-year university.

"Before my grades became an issue, I was looking at Alabama, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Minnesota — a couple of big name schools like that," Manning said. "I slacked off my sophomore year and I'm paying the price right now. I'm just going to go to a junior college like Hinds, (or Division II program) Arkansas-Monticello, something like that."

Rayville's Tolliver is still working to improve his ACT score, according to his coach Bo Barton.

"He's in tutoring," Barton said. "He's taking it Feb. 9, and he'll keep on taking it until he makes it."

Former Bastrop receiver DeAngelo Benton is proof that grades play a large part in the college recruiting process.

Benton was a top national prospect but fell just short of eligibility. He then spent his freshman year of college at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va.

"It cost him a championship ring," Bastrop coach Brad Bradshaw said. "Two one-hundredths of a point."

Benton committed to LSU this past weekend.
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gely33 · Feb 7, 2008

in my opinion mackey was the best prospect in louisiana... if he can pull out a decent score on the ACT....i think they got a steal........

khounba · Apr 22, 2008

He signed with a JUCO.

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880421032

bhelmLSU · Apr 22, 2008

Now everyone should understand why he wasn't offered. If he can work on his grades for the next 2 years, he might get his chance again.

pjnchamps · Apr 22, 2008

Heard about him signing with Juco when RR went up to Ole Miss. Him and other former Bastrop players are recruiting RR hard for Coach Nutt. I know never say never but even if he became a 5* and LSU offered after he left Juco he wouldn't come. He wanted to be a sign & place with LSU but said he never heard anything from LSU.

NELA_Tigerfan · Apr 22, 2008

I hate it too,but it's just not in the cards baby.

bhelmLSU · Apr 22, 2008

I do not think he will ever come to LSU for a few reasons. He 1st has to work on his grades and then after 2 years LSU will have:

Lee, Jefferson, Shepard, Garrett, and 2-4 other recruits yet to be determined.

With this kind of depth as it look now, he will have to go somewhere where he can start asap in order to have a shot at the NFL which I am sure he has aspirations for. With his size he should probably switch positions to have a better shot at it.

pjnchamps · Apr 23, 2008

BlackJack said: ↑

I'm sure his feelings were hurt but he should understand the reason. Maybe if he gets his act together in the classroom LSU might offer him.

Obviously he'd be a fool to turn down LSU if given the opportunity.

You have to be the best to play for LSU. Obviously most kids won't get the opportunity to play for LSU so teammates will do all they can to get their buds to play for USL, Ole Miss, Southern Miss, etc. RR and other top grade talent need to understand the opportunity they have before them by playing for LSU and leave school yard friendships out of this very important decision.
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well he knew he was most likely going to take the Juco or prep school route but he wasnt receiving nothing from LSU not even the motivional or famous quotes letters they send out to everybody even after he made the statement that he would change positions to come play for his "dream" school.

The only schools right now that I could see him go to other than Ole Miss would be Miss State b/c of his relationship with Croom and Oklahoma because they continued to show interest throughout his whole process. Auburn would be the sleeper.