Spoke with Antoine Albert tonight, he said he came up one class short of qualifying, will have to complete that class before he can don the blue and gold. He said he'll join the team in May once he finishes up the class at DVC, but plans to be on the field for practices during the spring supporting his teammates-to-be. Said he also plans to spend a lot of time in the film/weight room getting his body/mind ready.
Think he could've been a day 1 starter with a good spring to get the JuCo kinks out, but not getting here until summer could impact that (as we saw it did with a lot of the late-arriving JuCo guys last year). He's still signed and sealed and putting himself all in, which is the really good news, but it's a bit of little bit of a body blow when it comes to remaking the secondary.
Think he could've been a day 1 starter with a good spring to get the JuCo kinks out, but not getting here until summer could impact that (as we saw it did with a lot of the late-arriving JuCo guys last year). He's still signed and sealed and putting himself all in, which is the really good news, but it's a bit of little bit of a body blow when it comes to remaking the secondary.
