The genesis for this pick goes back to September when I spoke with Canton, Mich., DE Darius Robinson coming off his first official visit to Boulder. The buzz he had coming off that visit was unlike anything I have heard from him since. I was able to confirm with others that he really connected with the Colorado people and enjoyed the campus on that visit.
A lot happened between September and December, though. Syracuse tried, and almost succeeded, to get him to commit right away after his official visit with the Orange (if you remember he put out a tweet hinting at a decision coming, before deleting the tweet). Michigan State postponed his official visit because it was a big game weekend, then didn't pay him much attention when he was there unofficially. That sunk their chances. Missouri offered. Michigan offered as a TE. Then Colorado fires their head coach, hires a new head coach but then loses the DL coach that recruited him. He schedules a second official visit to Boulder, cancels it, then ends up showing up anyway.
I would have liked to talk with Darius one more time coming off that second official visit to Colorado, but he was serious about no more interviews when he released that top group a week ago. Shoot, can't get him to answer a single question now after talking with him throughout the process. But, watching him RT a bunch of Colorado stuff and ham it up with Colorado commits like Jaren Mangham, that confirms my gut feel here. I don't make picks flippantly, which is why my accuracy rate with FutureCasts is 100%, but I've put in a pick for Robinson to Colorado:
https://n.rivals.com/content/forecaster_profiles/192334
A lot happened between September and December, though. Syracuse tried, and almost succeeded, to get him to commit right away after his official visit with the Orange (if you remember he put out a tweet hinting at a decision coming, before deleting the tweet). Michigan State postponed his official visit because it was a big game weekend, then didn't pay him much attention when he was there unofficially. That sunk their chances. Missouri offered. Michigan offered as a TE. Then Colorado fires their head coach, hires a new head coach but then loses the DL coach that recruited him. He schedules a second official visit to Boulder, cancels it, then ends up showing up anyway.
I would have liked to talk with Darius one more time coming off that second official visit to Colorado, but he was serious about no more interviews when he released that top group a week ago. Shoot, can't get him to answer a single question now after talking with him throughout the process. But, watching him RT a bunch of Colorado stuff and ham it up with Colorado commits like Jaren Mangham, that confirms my gut feel here. I don't make picks flippantly, which is why my accuracy rate with FutureCasts is 100%, but I've put in a pick for Robinson to Colorado:
https://n.rivals.com/content/forecaster_profiles/192334
