I’m also confused by this. For all the players that already announced they’re committed to a school, did they sign anything or is it just a verbal commitment?
I’m guessing Baylor leaked it after getting a verbal commitment, and this is Lagway’s way of saying “No, I just meant I’m going to be going to Baylor unless I get something better. I haven’t signed shit yet.”
The Demond thing kind of highlights that, with transfers, recruitment is not over until you sign the dotted line and attach yourself to a portion of their rev share. Anybody who hasn’t signed the contract is gettable, and verbal commitments from transfers don’t mean anymore than they do from the high school boys.
I doubt it came from Baylor, at least for the purpose of providing any kind of pressure, since QB wasn't really a position we were looking to fill this offseason. That's why we were all so surprised; the whole goal this offseason was explicitly to beef up the lines.
He's a Baylor legacy who grew up around the program, and we were even favored to land him at one point coming out of HS, so I'm guessing this is just him establishing a potential landing zone, but Baylor wasn't going to shell out a whole bunch of cash to bring in a QB we don't really have a need for.
Nope, we’ve got Nate Bennett, who’s been in the system for a few years and actually pushed Sawyer hard in camp last year.
Bennett has an absolute cannon of an arm, but there’s no way we can do any kind of QB run game with him. He’s ~180 lbs at 6’-1”, so basically the same frame as Marcel Reed. The first huge DL to land on him is going to break his entire skeleton.
But he ended up almost proving the opposite, since it’s obvious he had agents/lawyers advise him that he was going to get his ass beat in court. Him coming back with his tail between his legs is better evidence of the strength of the contract, not the weakness.
I’m gonna be an old man yelling at the sky here, but man this really bugs me. Don’t make this giant over the top post about “committing” in some action font if you…aren’t committed. Or if you’re “resigning”, don’t “recommit”.
I think ole miss has been operating under the assumption it would be denied for a while now, there was some buzz around him taking a visit earlier this week.
Nah he’s had this visit set up the whole time. He’s already committed to us but hasn’t signed. His agent is pushing him to go on the last visit just to see
Yeah because the sport is dumb. All these agents are pushing guys to do this to “keep the relationships open” basically in case they need to transfer again. But then why commit to any school until the end? DJ’s agent is dumb
I’ve said it in another post but I think a lot of these dudes loved getting recruited out of high school, and want another taste of that and this is their way of getting a second or third recruitment
I’m an athletic director in middle school, and I have SO many kids bragging about their “offers.” We used to just go where we were zoned. It’s wild out there from top to bottom.
lol even WV high schools were recruiting in the 2010s. It was an open secret our Senator and former governor Jim Justice would find workers with talented children and offer them jobs at his resort to put them in the district of the greenbrier east basketball team he coached. He continued to coach the boys and girls team well into his governorship lmao.
Take this for what it is worth, but his dad's insta photo is currently him, DJ, and I assume younger brother all wearing Baylor uniforms. Now that can all change if Ole Miss offers the bag.
As a Baylor fan, it’s been obvious that he’s always seen us as a last resort option. Hate to say it, but it’s true. Hope he commits, but the guy is not the second coming of Cam Newton like he thinks he is
I wholeheartedly agree. I have seen a lot of talk about his commitment brings excitement back the program, but from what I have seen from his play, he looks just average. Definitely doesn't seem like he gives us a higher ceiling than Sawyer did last year. Can we just get this 3-9 season over with and get to a new coach.
AH, there it is. See it'd be easier to just always be disappointed and never expect good things, but it's the hope that gets you, pulls you back in, and then is violently ripped away again.
I'd be pretty shocked if he ended up at Baylor, and Ole Miss certainly has a need.
We were all super surprised by the news about him, since QB is the single position group on our entire roster that's not a mess; it made absolutely no sense for Baylor to shell out big bucks for a QB.
He's a legacy, so I'm guessing that the stuff yesterday was just him establishing an amenable alternative in the case that another school doesn't offer him what he's he's actually looking for, whether that's a commitment to playing time, money, etc.
In reality don’t sign this dude unless it’s for dirt cheap. He gets a big payday and a lambo and he will 💯 be injured all offseason while expecting to the day 1 starter.
Everyone who watched him play at Florida this season knows he is not worth this drama and money. He went into the portal because he was asked to take a cut (was making 4 million) and that he had to earn the starting job.
This is 100% chasing money the did the same thing on NSD when he signed to Florida. All of the sudden USC and Texas A&M were about to flip him and Florida had to up the offer.
QB was the one position that's not a mess for BU this offseason, and our NIL has reportedly dried up somewhat due to Aranda's situation, so it would shock me if Baylor had offered him even what Florida had committed to pay him. We're probably just his acceptable fallback in case another school doesn't offer him what he wants, since he grew up a big BU fan.
As a Baylor fan, I’d rather have him than not - our current team sucks balls, so at least this is positive news. I’m not going to cry if we don’t land him though. I thought he was overrated coming out of high school, and he was super injury prone at Florida. He also seems to think of himself as like the second coming of Cam Newton or something, and he’s just not. That’s not to say that he can’t turn into a good quarterback, but I don’t think the opportunity cost is really all there
His play style always reminded me of a poor mans Felipe Franks. Big lumbering 4.6-4.7, cannon for an arm, inconsistent passing, and can’t read zone to save his life.
I think a lot of people are piling on Lagway for no reason. I can find nowhere that Lagway himself or Baylor actually announced any sort of commitment. All I can find is reports that he verbally committed. Maybe the reports were just wrong.
I can’t blame him for being comfortable putting his nfl hopes on an Aranda coached group but what’s the point of commitment stuff if you’re gonna do this?
Virginia Tech is going through the same thing with Grunk right now I think. He supposedly committed but he never officially announced it, I assume he is shopping offers still.
I used to love following recruiting, but it’s not even worth it anymore because nothing is concrete these days aside from a huge NIL contract like Demond Williams, and even that is probably just a matter of time.
I don’t think it’s standard to continue visiting schools after you supposedly made a commitment. Then again I don’t understand anything about recruiting anymore ig
Ironically, Aranda used to encourage recruits to continue visiting other schools, back before the portal and everything. He wanted them to be super comfortable that they wanted to be at Baylor.
Turns out the downside to that ethos is that other teams will just flip all of the recruits you got in on and got committed early. Not an awesome plan.
Guys take official visits after committing all the time. This is actually a pretty normal situation as far this new era of CFB goes. A de commit is hardly unique.
A quick look at current NFL draft stories now says Trinidad is a 'Caleb Williams clone' who will go no lower than the Dolphins at 11 in the first. The 11th pick is 5-6-7-8 million. Apparently this draft is light on QBs; balling out in two playoff games was perfect timing and a great idea for his financial position in life.
So he’s not officially committed then. What was all the talk the other day then?
I don’t understand recruiting anymore. I also don’t understand what the word committed means anymore either.
I’m also confused by this. For all the players that already announced they’re committed to a school, did they sign anything or is it just a verbal commitment?
I’m guessing Baylor leaked it after getting a verbal commitment, and this is Lagway’s way of saying “No, I just meant I’m going to be going to Baylor unless I get something better. I haven’t signed shit yet.”
The Demond thing kind of highlights that, with transfers, recruitment is not over until you sign the dotted line and attach yourself to a portion of their rev share. Anybody who hasn’t signed the contract is gettable, and verbal commitments from transfers don’t mean anymore than they do from the high school boys.
I doubt it came from Baylor, at least for the purpose of providing any kind of pressure, since QB wasn't really a position we were looking to fill this offseason. That's why we were all so surprised; the whole goal this offseason was explicitly to beef up the lines.
He's a Baylor legacy who grew up around the program, and we were even favored to land him at one point coming out of HS, so I'm guessing this is just him establishing a potential landing zone, but Baylor wasn't going to shell out a whole bunch of cash to bring in a QB we don't really have a need for.
Yall bring in anyone else promising to fill sawyer’s (admittedly big) shoes?
Nope, we’ve got Nate Bennett, who’s been in the system for a few years and actually pushed Sawyer hard in camp last year.
Bennett has an absolute cannon of an arm, but there’s no way we can do any kind of QB run game with him. He’s ~180 lbs at 6’-1”, so basically the same frame as Marcel Reed. The first huge DL to land on him is going to break his entire skeleton.
Well Demond almost proved that even if you sign the dotted line it's not really over
But he ended up almost proving the opposite, since it’s obvious he had agents/lawyers advise him that he was going to get his ass beat in court. Him coming back with his tail between his legs is better evidence of the strength of the contract, not the weakness.
Maybe I haven’t looked around enough but from what I saw it’s just a verbal commitment, I don’t think Lagway actually signed anything yet
Yeah schools are announcing signings, idk if that means anything or what they signed
When they signed it means it’s official. Cutter bolley took awhile to sign and we were scared Nebraska may pick him up
Apparently it means the same thing my ex-wife Barbara thought it meant
Nobody does, but it's provocative, gets the people going
Have you not heard of ethical non-monogamy? This is just ethical non-mono-commitment.
its like the dating scene these days
You sound like my ex wife
I’m gonna be an old man yelling at the sky here, but man this really bugs me. Don’t make this giant over the top post about “committing” in some action font if you…aren’t committed. Or if you’re “resigning”, don’t “recommit”.
Did DJ himself announce he was committing to Baylor? All I can find are reports of him verbally committing.
I definitely dont know what the word committed means either. Turns out you can commit, leave, then come back.
Guess:
Commit these days either means a verbal one or "most interested" until a better option comes along. Nothing to do with signing though
Is this our first de-signing announcement?
Have you been living under a rock
Neither do they. Probably why they end up with like 5 baby mommas at some point.
If he didn’t sign he didn’t commit. The WR Gibson says he’s committed to us but he hasn’t signed anything so it’s still not official.
He’s committed to the idea of committing
He has a concept of a committment
He was only committed according to one reporter at On3.
Other reporters I saw held off on using the word committed and DJ himself obviously hasn't said anything publicly.
He was going to Baylor until ole miss found out chambliss might not be eligible.
Went to the Kenny Minchey school of commitments.
Schools are paying kids to visit now. So he may just be doing a victory lap to collect some $$
He made a commitment to possibly commit on a future date.
Ruling came in and Ole Miss reached out to set up a visit I'm assuming.
I think ole miss has been operating under the assumption it would be denied for a while now, there was some buzz around him taking a visit earlier this week.
Nah he’s had this visit set up the whole time. He’s already committed to us but hasn’t signed. His agent is pushing him to go on the last visit just to see
cumassault in shambles
Yeah because the sport is dumb. All these agents are pushing guys to do this to “keep the relationships open” basically in case they need to transfer again. But then why commit to any school until the end? DJ’s agent is dumb
lol. Lmao even
His dad (baylor alum) changed his profile pic to him and DJ in a Baylor jersey lol
So basically his dad really wants him to go to Baylor
Our insiders are saying DJ and his whole family want him to come here, it’s his agent that is pushing him to consider other places
When in doubt, blame the agents.
Because the agent wants to build relationships with bigger spenders
This sport is so unbelievably dumb now just LOL
I’ve said it in another post but I think a lot of these dudes loved getting recruited out of high school, and want another taste of that and this is their way of getting a second or third recruitment
I’m an athletic director in middle school, and I have SO many kids bragging about their “offers.” We used to just go where we were zoned. It’s wild out there from top to bottom.
Wait, are middle school coaches actually trying to recruit kids now?
That's nuts.
For sure. They send scouts and everything.
I am not ready to have a kid in sports
It’s wild out there.
lol even WV high schools were recruiting in the 2010s. It was an open secret our Senator and former governor Jim Justice would find workers with talented children and offer them jobs at his resort to put them in the district of the greenbrier east basketball team he coached. He continued to coach the boys and girls team well into his governorship lmao.
"We've had 1st recruitment, yes, but what about 2nd recruitment?.....confused look 3rd recruitment?"
completely agree
IDC how reactionary it seems, but the sport we grew up with is straight gone lol
Lol, we're about to get Novosad'ed again.
Didn’t end well for him
He got his bag, and that's all he really wanted. Novosad never cared about playing.
Bro thinks he's good enough to be doing all this
It’s not over until they fucking sign
Even this it’s not over lol
....and even then....
....yeah bout that
Maybe next season he'll play as good as he's supposed to be.
Oof Baylor
At this point we’re oof proof. This latest oof wasn’t even our own goof. Sometime players stay, sometime players poof.
That's some damn poetry right there
Can't hurt us, we're already dead inside.
Take this for what it is worth, but his dad's insta photo is currently him, DJ, and I assume younger brother all wearing Baylor uniforms. Now that can all change if Ole Miss offers the bag.
As a Baylor fan, it’s been obvious that he’s always seen us as a last resort option. Hate to say it, but it’s true. Hope he commits, but the guy is not the second coming of Cam Newton like he thinks he is
I wholeheartedly agree. I have seen a lot of talk about his commitment brings excitement back the program, but from what I have seen from his play, he looks just average. Definitely doesn't seem like he gives us a higher ceiling than Sawyer did last year. Can we just get this 3-9 season over with and get to a new coach.
AH, there it is. See it'd be easier to just always be disappointed and never expect good things, but it's the hope that gets you, pulls you back in, and then is violently ripped away again.
Well played CFB gods, well played.
I don’t know how to feel about this.
Think it means ole miss knows Trinidad isn’t coming back and wants to get Lagway
Him or Deuce Knight.
Please let it be Deuce instead.
I hope so. Raw talent homegrown out of Lucedale.
The hilarious irony of us fighting yall for a qb now
Well I assumed that would happen, I just thought it would be Simmons or Chambliss we fight over, not Dj Lagway and Deuce Knight
Oh man, as a Baylor fan, I would trade Trinidad for Lagway.
I thought for sure you’d offer Deuce Knight.
Before hearing this news, I thought we’d hear Deuce to OM as soon as Chambliss didn’t get his extra year.
I'd be pretty shocked if he ended up at Baylor, and Ole Miss certainly has a need.
We were all super surprised by the news about him, since QB is the single position group on our entire roster that's not a mess; it made absolutely no sense for Baylor to shell out big bucks for a QB.
He's a legacy, so I'm guessing that the stuff yesterday was just him establishing an amenable alternative in the case that another school doesn't offer him what he's he's actually looking for, whether that's a commitment to playing time, money, etc.
How do you feel about the perfect season? 30TDs 30INTs
Hahaha I hate this program
[Thamel] Lagway has long intended to take a full repertory of visits before making his decision. Others could soon be lined up.
Why tf did he use the word 'repertory'?
Awesome. I would hate to get my hopes up.
FML
If we lose Chambliss and get Lagway, I may start drinking again. AA meetings in Oxford will be packed.
Lagway vs Daiola. Which former 5 star is signed last?
He has concepts of a commitment.
In reality don’t sign this dude unless it’s for dirt cheap. He gets a big payday and a lambo and he will 💯 be injured all offseason while expecting to the day 1 starter.
Everyone who watched him play at Florida this season knows he is not worth this drama and money. He went into the portal because he was asked to take a cut (was making 4 million) and that he had to earn the starting job.
This is 100% chasing money the did the same thing on NSD when he signed to Florida. All of the sudden USC and Texas A&M were about to flip him and Florida had to up the offer.
I wouldn't be surprised if it were money.
QB was the one position that's not a mess for BU this offseason, and our NIL has reportedly dried up somewhat due to Aranda's situation, so it would shock me if Baylor had offered him even what Florida had committed to pay him. We're probably just his acceptable fallback in case another school doesn't offer him what he wants, since he grew up a big BU fan.
As a Baylor fan, I’d rather have him than not - our current team sucks balls, so at least this is positive news. I’m not going to cry if we don’t land him though. I thought he was overrated coming out of high school, and he was super injury prone at Florida. He also seems to think of himself as like the second coming of Cam Newton or something, and he’s just not. That’s not to say that he can’t turn into a good quarterback, but I don’t think the opportunity cost is really all there
Guy’s unlikely to make the NFL at this rate. Can’t blame him for trying to get paid now. Dumb ass system we’re in now.
Glad you guys upped that bag. Riley almost stole him overnight.
You’re welcome 😔
Napiers dumb ass had Lagway making over 10% of Floridas NIL budget.
Anthony Richardson 2.0
His play style always reminded me of a poor mans Felipe Franks. Big lumbering 4.6-4.7, cannon for an arm, inconsistent passing, and can’t read zone to save his life.
Richardson was at least super athletic. Watching a lot of Lagway runs, I almost feel like I could chase him down.
Saw that Ole Miss spot open up and hit pause on the Baylor commitment lmao
LOL
Lagway’s commitment to Baylor was intercepted. It’s incredibly appropriate
so he didn’t commit after all. yet another common on3 L
?????
I personally think he would love playing for offensive guru Dave Aranda
At this point it’s almost impressive how bad Dave Aranda STILL sucks at the transfer portal lmao
I think a lot of people are piling on Lagway for no reason. I can find nowhere that Lagway himself or Baylor actually announced any sort of commitment. All I can find is reports that he verbally committed. Maybe the reports were just wrong.
wtf is Thamel on about, he already committed per On3
He probably de committed and they’re spinning a yarn
This is what the sport has gone to. Pathetic.
Hell no I don’t want him. Baylor you can take him.
That Trinidad quarterback y’all have is better TBH. I would trade Lagway for him
I can’t blame him for being comfortable putting his nfl hopes on an Aranda coached group but what’s the point of commitment stuff if you’re gonna do this?
To be fair, he’s defensive guru Dave Aranda, not transfer portal guru Dave Aranda.
Its makes me wanna kms guru Dave aranda at this point
I imagine the it'll matter if he actually signed a contract with Baylor or was it just a verbal commitment?
I’m shocked that Kiffin isn’t all over him.
Virginia Tech is going through the same thing with Grunk right now I think. He supposedly committed but he never officially announced it, I assume he is shopping offers still.
NOOOOO
Id say give bennet his shot or edward griffin, spend that money on a top ol or dl lineman, we got good rbs coming back
Well if Ole Miss gets him then he’s gonna be back in the Swamp on September 26
And he would actually complete passes to Florida receivers finally.
He’s trying to boost his price tag. Why would Ole Miss want him?
Hahahahah. Once Trinidad’s eligibility was denied the narrative changed. Getting Dumped, Baylor.
Man this is all so so lame
Serious question: would Ole Miss rather have Deuce Knight or Lagway?
Deuce. I can stomach screwups from a promising new guy, not a dude who we have plenty of damning evidence on.
Why even bother committing then?
I thought he was going to baylor
NOT so fast my friend
He is committed to the Bag lol
Florida coaching staff may have been onto something with his commitment stuff
I am so confused, but not surprised.
So stupid but funny because Baylor
Ole Miss doesn’t seem to have a problem taking people who are already committed to other teams it seems
I used to love following recruiting, but it’s not even worth it anymore because nothing is concrete these days aside from a huge NIL contract like Demond Williams, and even that is probably just a matter of time.
UVA might be back in play now that Morris was denied an extra year
lol. He’s announcing he’s going to Baylor unless a better deal comes along.
He’s committed to keeping his options open.
I still think he stays with Baylor. The Chambliss situation just shuffled things. And we dont even know how that will end up.
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I don’t think it’s standard to continue visiting schools after you supposedly made a commitment. Then again I don’t understand anything about recruiting anymore ig
Ironically, Aranda used to encourage recruits to continue visiting other schools, back before the portal and everything. He wanted them to be super comfortable that they wanted to be at Baylor.
Turns out the downside to that ethos is that other teams will just flip all of the recruits you got in on and got committed early. Not an awesome plan.
Guys take official visits after committing all the time. This is actually a pretty normal situation as far this new era of CFB goes. A de commit is hardly unique.
It’s the same as kids coming out of high school and giving a verbal commitment and continuing to visit other places.
Did he actually sign an agreement or did someone jump the gun and misspoke on the situation? If he didn’t sign anything he’s not committed.
A quick look at current NFL draft stories now says Trinidad is a 'Caleb Williams clone' who will go no lower than the Dolphins at 11 in the first. The 11th pick is 5-6-7-8 million. Apparently this draft is light on QBs; balling out in two playoff games was perfect timing and a great idea for his financial position in life.
tl;dr: he gone.