Stereotyping is wrong, but sometimes just a little bit of information can at least seem to paint a picture with relatively good accuracy. Like when your sweetheart tells you her overalls-wearing Uncle Bubba from Texas is coming up to stay with you and wants to know if you have a gun safe, your mind paints a picture. We do this with receivers too. Tell me a guy's 6'4"/220 and I'll describe a burly fade candidate then talk endzone conversion. Say he's 5'11"/175 and I'll remark that no 5'11" man in history has ever been taller than 5'9", then get into how slot smurfs are effective college tools. Well, when you assume you make an ass of ume. Karmello English is a catch-everything baller who's dangerous in the redzone, and enough of a fade threat that he averaged 15 yards per catch as a junior. He's also 5'11"/175. Also, English may actually be the first 5'11" man in America to actually be five-foot-eleven. Other than that he's this: English (no relation to Ron) was a Michigan target last year, but he committed to Auburn over the summer. Michigan kept in contact anyways. Kentucky did too. When Auburn lost to Penn State, starting them down the path to irreparable association with Hugh Freeze, English broke loose. He also tweeted #WeAre, which got people thinking a PSU flip was imminent. Then Michigan had him on campus for PSU. Alabama was in play, but just days out from Signing Day it was reportedly a better relationships vs more NIL Kentucky/Michigan pick 'em. Sam said Ron Bellamy deserves a mountain of credit for this one, with a late assist from Harbaugh, who flew down to Alabama to close. However English had a third entity he credits for falling for Michigan: “What put Michigan over the top was the atmosphere, how much the fans showed love." This guy's been going to Iron Bowls his whole life, people. Take a bow. GURU RATINGS Rivals gave him the courtesy of another inch, and they and On3 said he's up to 182. His school listed him at 6'1"/175 this year, and he has himself at 6'0"/185, for what it's worth. RATINGS BY SITE 247: 5'11/175 On3: 5'11/182 Rivals: 6'0/182 ESPN: 5'11/175 4*, 90, NR Ovr #40 WR, #18 AL 4*, 90, NR Ovr #51 WR, #19 AL 4*, 5.9, #153 Ovr #29 WR, #16 AL 4*, 85, #82 Ovr #15 WR, #9 AL 3.90 3.86 4.32 4.56 COMPOSITE RANKINGS 247 Composite On3 Consensus MGoBlog   4*, 0.928, #180 Ovr #25 WR, #15 AL 4*, 92.08, #191 Ovr #25 WR, #15 AL 4*, #300/772 Ovr #42/84 WRs since 1990 4.28 4.21 4.12 English is an interesting one in the ratings because he was a top-100 player who dropped about 200 spots over his senior year on the composites, which a bit more than can be accounted for with simple recruiting gravity. I believe this was because he was expected to grow a bit. English was the star of a Phenix City Central team that made the 7A (highest) state finals as a junior. 247 dropped him from a 91 to a 90 in mid-October of this year, but the rankings drop was gradual and consistently accompanied by height talk. On3's opinion didn't shift—he was a 90, #216 overall, and their #33 receiver in October of last year, so the rest is just gravity. There's a perception that it did because their reporters use their consensus system, which is more reactive to drops. ESPN ranked him in top 100 in America and barely in the top 10 in Alabama. Expect that to drop when someone informs them the narrative's in danger. On the other hand English was invited to the UA All-American game, so maybe everyone else just needs to respect the SEC more. Also my wife's Uncle Bubba from Texas is a sweet 5'4" jeweler who often wears a full fur coat over those overalls. [AFTER THE JUMP: But he's still a slot right?]

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