Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:53 pm
This article is dated 23 February, so someone may have posted it on our boards around then. I had not heard that Jim tried to recruit RGIII to Stanford.
Jim Harbaugh's take on RGIII
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Jim Harbaugh's take on RGIII
Harbaugh not only has extensive personal experience with Luck, the biggest headline name in this year's draft, he can even knowledgeably opine about the second-biggest name: Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the Heisman winner who Harbaugh recruited but didn't land on behalf of Stanford. Harbaugh isn't quite as effusive about RG3, but it's close.
"I know a lot about Robert,'' Harbaugh said. "Robert was a 4.0 student, great parents, came from a great home, and he's had great success at Baylor. Past performance usually indicates future success and he's had nothing but a history of success. So you would predict great achievements in the future.
"I was really fond of Robert through the recruiting process and he made that decision. He makes good decisions, he makes cool decisions. He's very conscientious in everything he does, and I respected his decision and wished him well.''
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