New 2022 RB offer to Wake Forest commit
August 11th, 2021 at 12:05 PM ^
I like his film, he's has some good top-end speed.
August 11th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^
That would place him as the 8th highest ranked player in the class.
August 11th, 2021 at 12:10 PM ^
If he’s going to Wake, we have no shot at him.
August 11th, 2021 at 12:19 PM ^
Before we all crap on Wake, the program's been decent the last 5 years and the RB position consistently overperforms.
August 11th, 2021 at 12:21 PM ^
If Wake were in the B1G they would be our Northwestern or IU - a pain in the ass but usually a win.
August 11th, 2021 at 12:39 PM ^
Agreed. Northwestern is a pretty good comp in terms of their W/L. Purdue in terms of style of play.
August 11th, 2021 at 5:36 PM ^
An annual challenger for IU's "Chaos team" title would be fun.
August 11th, 2021 at 12:22 PM ^
August 11th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
He actually topped that with a 10.67 time at state championships a month later. That is true 4.40 speed.
August 11th, 2021 at 12:51 PM ^
Maybe all of his speed is in the last 60 meters. He could run a 5.2 40. He'd be the ultimate specialist. He's only on the field if the team is outside the 50 yard line.
August 11th, 2021 at 1:22 PM ^
Ha he'd be a true threat in the CFL!
Brian has linked this analysis before, but this is what I use for conversion: 100m to 40yd dash.
247 does something similar but I'm not exactly sure of their methodology.
Somewhat related, but I came across this site that uses AI to scout football players (thanks to EJ Holland for retweeting it into my timeline). Thought it was pretty interesting, as they essentially measure athleticism and production from film. They've put out some rankings for the 2022 class. Notably, they didn't rank Will Johnson, but have Tyler Morris in line with his 247 composite. Recent WR offer Kaydin Pope was listed as one of their elite WRs.
August 11th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
We are after Wake Forest talent now lol
August 11th, 2021 at 4:54 PM ^
I don't downvote frequently but I downvoted you for this idiotic post.
Talent comes from anywhere.
Reminder: Saquon Barley was going to Rutgers before Penn State flipped him.
I think the funniest example is when "2 star" Khalil Mack of freaking Buffalo wreaked havoc on Ohio State and he looked like a man amongst boys despite all of Ohio State's highly ranked 4 and 5 star players. Not even the shit-talking Buckeye fans over at elevenwarriors could talk shit about Mack because many begrudgingly realized he was better than any player Ohio State had on its team including Joey Bosa.
August 11th, 2021 at 5:06 PM ^
I'm partial to two stars who don't go to camps because have other things going on, but are diamonds...
August 11th, 2021 at 9:50 PM ^
Wasn’t Jonathon Taylor also committed to Rutgers for a while?
August 11th, 2021 at 5:32 PM ^
Le'Veon Bell had a total of 4 offers. Marshall, Bowling Green, EMU, and MSU. It does happen.
If Mike Hart sees a diamond in the rough that is committed to a lesser school, are you saying he shouldn't take advantage of it?
August 11th, 2021 at 5:25 PM ^
FWIW he deleted the tweet announcing that he received an offer from Michigan. Also FWIW, he's the second highest rated 3 star RB on 247. Film looks good. He's so fast he makes fast people look not fast. Would be a good back to pair with Stokes.
August 11th, 2021 at 9:26 PM ^
I’m all for talent. Go get it. Your not beating OSU, but go after what you can get.
August 11th, 2021 at 11:28 PM ^
What about my not beating OSU?
August 12th, 2021 at 12:18 PM ^
Verified 4.36 40 time also, not just fast but good balance and body control. Wondering why other SEC schools haven’t went after him