Florida cornerback Randall Haynie joins the Commodores’ 2017 class
Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason added his 10th commitment to the 2017 class and he is 84, three-star Randall Haynie from Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Haynie is one of the top players in the talented Broward County area in South Florida.
In Randall’s junior year at Cardinal Gibbons, he posted 42 tackles and eight interceptions. Randall is 6’0″, 180, and he is a hard hitting, solid tackler, and a ball hawk whom I saw return an int 90 yards all the way to the house. Randall possesses superior athletic ability and a knack for laying the lumber on running backs and wide outs. Love this pickup. Randall’s film is exceptional.
Randall chose us over 20 other offers including Michigan, Arkansas, Kentucky, Iowa, West Virginia and Wisconsin. He said he loved the coaches, the players and the environment of Vanderbilt University and Nashville.
Randall joins Louisiana three star corner Adam Sparks and Georgia three star safety Tae Daley as our 3 secondary commitments. Coach Mason and the coaches may add another player in the secondary if they see a really good player like these other three, but the coaches could start concentrating their efforts now on linemen on both sides of the ball along offensive skill players.
This class is shaping up well with some solid players heavily on ours and their radars as we are in a dead period right now in recruiting but will certainly take more targets. We have quite a few outstanding running backs who are very interested, along with several talented wide receivers and o linemen. Exciting times.
SEC Media Days starts a week from Monday, July 11th, and Coach Mason will be speaking on Monday, so I will have a report on what our coach has to say Monday afternoon, July 11th.
Getting pretty pumped for the 2016 season opener versus the guys from Columbia. I have a feeling we’re going to really like the team that Coach Mason and his staff put on the field on Sept. 1, 2016, a Thursday night in Vanderbilt Stadium, with a 7 PM CT/8 PM ET kickoff on ESPN. Will have more on the current team after Coach Mason speaks in Birmingham next Monday. Recruiting going exceptionally well.