Rhule provides details on Baylor's five late period signees

WACO, Texas — Baylor signed a total of five prospects in the late signing period on Wednesday and head coach Matt Rhule addressed four of the signees in his afternoon press conference. Offensive lineman Paul Matavao-Poialii‍ (Daly City, CA/Jefferson) signed following the 2:30 p.m. CT presser and was not discussed at that time.

Support SicEm365 Premium by trying our $1.00 trial!

Defensive End, Garmon Randolph‍ (Jefferson, GA/Jefferson)

“I thought Evan Cooper did a great job managing that process. He’s someone who came to us late. He’s a tight end by trade, most people recruited him as a tight end, and he might end up doing that for us someday. The more versatile you are, the better. But we just have a vision of a guy who is 6-foot-7 and can run who with the right development can be a special physical athlete. He really can bring a pass rush to the team. Garmon is a really good young man who is a triple-jump athlete. At his size as he develops and fills out, I’m excited about what he’s going to be able to do. His brother plays football, he is a defensive end at the Citadel, his father was a football player, so he comes by it honestly. But it’s hard to find that length, and I think our guys have a great vision of what those guys can do.”

Offensive Lineman, Elijah Ellis‍ (Paris, TX/Paris)

“Elijah [Ellis] is a young man who came to our camp and I thought was as talented as anyone I’ve ever seen at that age. 6-foot-6 and 37-inch arms, which are freakishly long arms. He had a lot of academic work to do, that’s why we didn’t sign him in December. He’s been committed to us for a long time, and to his credit he’s worked hard and did a great job on his standardized test and he’ll be here. It’s great to have someone coming from Paris, Texas, they had a great season this year. He’s an offensive lineman and we hope we don’t have to play him right away. We want to give him some time. But I think he’s going to be a huge, huge man, and I really like his demeanor and his personality. I think he’ll be a great offensive lineman for us.”

Wide Receiver, Yusuf Terry‍ (Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep)

“Yusuf is tall, he’s physical. He was a really accomplished ice hockey player. There’s a tremendous public ice hockey league in Philadelphia, it’s really pretty cool. His grandfather works at the local rink. Yusuf is a competitor. I think the biggest thing you can say about him is he’s tough, physically tough, mentally tough. I like the edge that he’ll bring. He’s competitive, he’s athletic, but I think the biggest thing is his best days are ahead of him. He’ll get here and really shine in our strength program. He’ll get big, he’ll get strong, he’ll get fast, but he’ll always have that edge, that toughness that I think separates him from a lot of other guys.”

Kicker, Noah Rauschenberg‍ (Tulsa, OK/Union)

“We went out and got Noah [Rauschenberg]. We felt like coming out of the bowl game, and Connor [Martin] tearing his ACL on that blocked kick. We have a lot of confidence in John Mayers and Jay Sedwick, but we thought this would be a great time to recruit a kicker as well, just to have competition.

Offensive Lineman, Paul Matavao-Poialii‍ (Daly City, CA/Jefferson)

“Really, an unbelievably intriguing offensive line prospect. A guy who played offensive line and defensive line. He was even their short-yardage, goal-line quarterback. Tremendous athlete, 6-foot-4, 330 pounds. Great talent and an even better person.”