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Aye @TheRealCoach_JB can’t you finna put Dak in you top 5 and stop hating OG
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Jesse Legree went to St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, one of the best high school football programs in America. His team won a national championship.
He got one scholarship offer.
Not one from a Power Four school. One. Total. Oregon State, a program clear across the country in Corvallis, a town he knew nothing about.
The knocks on him were easy to find. He was listed at 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds. And he'd spent most of his high school career as a defensive back, only switching to receiver as a senior. Not enough tape, not enough size, not enough time.
So he took the leap anyway. Blind.
"All I really wanted throughout my recruitment process was an opportunity to play, and that's what they gave me," Legree said when he committed. "Realistically, I didn't know anything about Oregon State."
He enrolled early, in January, and got to work.
Two games into his college career, Jesse Legree leads the entire country in receiving yards.
In his debut against No. 23 Houston, he caught five passes for 136 yards and a touchdown. The next week against No. 13 Texas Tech on national television, he went for eight catches, 240 yards, and two more scores, including a 75-yard touchdown.
That's 13 catches, 376 yards, and three touchdowns in two games. More receiving yards than anyone in college football, ahead of Heisman contenders like Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and Miami's Malachi Toney.
He's the first Pac-12 freshman to win Freshman of the Week in back-to-back weeks in years.
His head coach, JaMarcus Shephard, was almost annoyed that anyone was surprised.
"Us coaches, we want to under-sell and over-deliver. I don't understand why you guys wouldn't believe me when I'm saying kids are going to be good."
Every program in America looked at the same film and passed. One school picked up the phone.
Two games in, they look like geniuses.
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NEW: @SFAfootball_MD is running Maryland high school football right now 👀
Defending Overtime Nationals champs just dropped their second win over a Florida opponent. Week 3 Top 25 Massey Ratings are out:
on3.com/high-school/news/202… @ChadSimmons_ @On3Richie @TheMidReport @navybirddog
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He’s back: Rams star Aaron Donald is coming out of retirement and returning to the Rams on a one-year, $20M deal that with incentives could be worth up to $30M, per @rapsheet and me.
After two seasons away, Donald now will join forces with Myles Garrett, giving the Rams two of the top defensive linemen in NFL history.
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No. 3 St. Frances Academy (MD) gets it done. 🔥 The Panthers take down DeLand (FL) 49-35.
Top 25 Scoreboard ⬇️
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Giants are going to absolutely dog the Dallas Cowboys week 1.
Save this.
#Bigblue
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The WNBA could end all of this today by saying “Only biological women can play in the WNBA.”
But they refuse to say it.
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Barham makin’ plays right away
#DALvsAZ | @JaishawnBarham
📺: #DALvsAZ on CBS11
📲: Stream on NFL+ bit.ly/45ZlYdM
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Joe Milton LAUNCHES it for a 53-yard TD pass to Jonathan Mingo 🚀
DALvsAZ on @nflnetwork
Stream on @NFLPlus
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NEW: St. Frances Academy (Md.) head coach Messay Hailemariam just called out every elite high school football program in the country 👀
"We want all the smoke, ain't no duckin. Call me!"
He even created a wish list of teams from 8 different states.
on3.com/high-school/news/st-… @ChadSimmons_ @GregBiggins @adamgorney @BrandonHuffman @samspiegs @AllenTrieu @CodyBellaire @On3Richie @EJHollandOn3
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Blessed to be rated a 4 star by @Rivals
@Coachmessay @Tonyrazz03 @ChadSimmons_ @CoachJdubSFA @kdawg2certified
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