Recruiting - Clips of Cole Cabana's (Dexter) four TDs at AA Pioneer
As noted in a previous post, Cole Cabana had 4 TDs at AA Pioneer on Friday night, with 112 yards and two touchdowns on five carries, an 80 yard punt return for TD, and an 86 yard TD kickoff return. AA Pioneer is having a tough year at 1-4 after the loss to Dexter, but Cabana looks good breaking takles and looks fast running past defenders every time he touches the ball.
Links to clips of the scoring:
Cole Cabana 1Q punt return for TD at AA Pioneer: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxvboiRvzyrfWFo_4xy5ZaqaKVrSM2B9NX
Cole Cabana 1Q TD run - https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5G5L5T59AVRGF3ORIlqETS25dg1_QEu3
Cabana 2Q TD run - https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxigtcj2apSoQYVJQYz-Edc13eBwu2y70O
Cabana 3Q Kickoff TD return - https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxGfmml-407tRLt4ubZkI2Q6wF2TU7z6Rj
Full game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Fgbu0S9_U&ab_channel=CTNAnnArbor
September 26th, 2022 at 8:18 AM ^
Dude looks fast!
In the 2Q TD clip all the announcer says is "unfortunately they have to give the ball to Cabana, and he's gone." That's hilarious!
Go Blue!
September 26th, 2022 at 8:26 AM ^
Obviously a very good HS player, but still looks small and light to me. I want to see what happens when he gets hit by a D-1 linebacker or DB.
September 26th, 2022 at 8:54 AM ^
That's what college weight programs are for. Ryan Hayes was 6'7" 250lbs and played TE for Traverse City West. He's now 6'7" 305, amazing what college nutritional and weight programs can do.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:03 AM ^
Unpossible I tell you!
September 26th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
Stil 6'7"? fail. /s
September 26th, 2022 at 9:01 AM ^
Time will tell. But the worst case is we'll have a kick return guy who could potentially light things up.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:05 AM ^
I think if he sticks with Michigan he'll be a return guy and/or slot receiver. I'll be surprised if he's ever a starting RB here.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:16 AM ^
If he sticks with M? I'd be surprised if...? Dang man, who pissed in thy cheerios this AM?
September 26th, 2022 at 9:38 AM ^
Every clip of him I've watched makes me think of a less-athletic Sam McGuffie.
I hope I'm wrong, and I'll be the first to admit it if I am.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:08 AM ^
I actually thought the same thing... Hopefully he does put some bulk on and continues to run wild.... I'd love to see him ripping off runs like that wearing the winged helmet.
September 26th, 2022 at 1:04 PM ^
I commented nearly the same exact thing before reading through the thread. There is currently nothing about his build or running style that indicates any different.
And no way that kid weighs as much as 185lbs as some have reported.
September 26th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
He doesn't look thick in those clips, true. In a couple of photos from last year, though, 185 doesn't seem totally unreasonable. Mlive. Freep (see 200M photo)
September 26th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
Double check Blake Corums size when he came in
September 26th, 2022 at 10:46 AM ^
Not a very good example. Corum was around 200 pounds as a senior in High School. Cabana is 4 inches taller and weighs around 20 pounds less than that. Cabana would need to add about 20-30 pounds of muscle to be even close to freshman Corum.
September 26th, 2022 at 12:21 PM ^
What I am getting at is the transformation of Corum from his senior year to now. The dude is pure muscle now, while obviously maintaining his speed.
I fully expect the same to happen with Cabana.
September 26th, 2022 at 12:31 PM ^
They are not built anything alike.
September 26th, 2022 at 2:50 PM ^
Corum was 5'8", 193lbs.
Cabana is 6' and listed at 180 (and having seen him - is more like 165-170).
September 26th, 2022 at 10:39 AM ^
I hope he is a stud for us, but the team he's playing against is garbage. He's bigger than the D end
September 26th, 2022 at 11:14 AM ^
He apparently put on some weight this offseason and is now playing at 6'0" 185ish. No reason he couldn't get to campus at 6'0" and 195 or 200 which isn't bad by any means
September 26th, 2022 at 12:58 PM ^
remember Rob Lytle was 6' or 6'1 and right around 200 lbs
September 26th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
Don’t forget that he’s a track kid. Like Kris Jenkins, he’s trying to keep his weight and mass down to stay competitive in his other sports. That won’t be a consideration once he hits college.
September 26th, 2022 at 1:00 PM ^
Major Sam McGuffie vibes but with less athleticism.
September 26th, 2022 at 2:47 PM ^
Cabana is a college slot, not RB, IMO.
September 26th, 2022 at 8:50 AM ^
Cole Cabana reminds me a lot of Will Shipley of Clemson (and not just because they're white). Their running styles look similar to my eye. Michigan offered Shipley but Shipley was never going to say no to Clemson.
Shipley was rated as a low 5 star on the composite.
Cabana already saw a big rise in his ranking but I think there's a chance he's in the top 100 in the final rankings of his class because of his very impressive senior season so far.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:04 AM ^
After so many years of having a bad football team, it sure warms the heart to see Dexter doing well and having a high profile recruit.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
As a DHS alum, I support this message.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:06 AM ^
Pioneer is the Hawaii of the MHSAA so not much to see from these clips. He looks good running through gaping holes though!
September 26th, 2022 at 9:20 AM ^
Ill upvote that as a former River Rat
September 26th, 2022 at 10:23 AM ^
The Rats play the Dreadnaughts at Dexter this Friday and will present a more formidable opponent. This is the best start for Dexter since JFK was office.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:49 AM ^
The real test for Cole and Dexter will be when they play Saline. Huron will give them a little more fight than Pioneer but they will still cruise to a double digit win.
September 26th, 2022 at 11:07 AM ^
Dexter lost a 2 point game at Saline in 2021
September 26th, 2022 at 9:25 AM ^
The lack of Middle School football in Ann Arbor shows up big time with their High School programs. 3 very impressive High School’s academically and structurally and they struggle consistently to have even one school be in the playoff hunt.
Brighton and Saline being so close and strong programs doesn’t help either.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:41 AM ^
What happened to Pioneer football? They were always good when I was in junior high/high school 10-15 years ago and have seemed to just fall off a cliff. As a Bedford Mule they were really the team we wanted to slay in order to really take the next step to being respectable, and we upset them in 2009.
September 26th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
As an Ann Arbor parent of teenage boys I can tell you that Ann Arbor is not a football town. A few things play into this:
1) The addition of Skyline watered down the talent level at Pioneer, who could no longer rely on sheer numbers to find good players.
2) The population make-up in Ann Arbor has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. Blue collar families have moved out to the surrounding areas and been replaced with a wealthier white collar class who largely did not play football themselves in high school and are very educated on the dangers of the sport and don't encourage their kids to play it.
3) There is no consistent youth feeder program at all associated with the high schools like Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, and Milan all have and no local support for the programs beyond the families of the kids who play on the teams
Huron's recent success is an anomaly and I wonder how many of their players are school-of-choice rather than AA residents.
September 26th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
It's number 2 I was going to point to, as well. It saddens me that it's become such an unaffordable place. A far less progressive, far more complacent one at that. I was spoiled, coming of age there in the mid-70s, but it was a kind of heaven.
September 26th, 2022 at 1:38 PM ^
Huron's recent success is an anomaly and I wonder how many of their players are school-of-choice rather than AA residents.
Some kids might come there to play football, but Huron's boundary area includes some neighborhoods near Ypsi that are more working class.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:28 AM ^
Speaking of Running Backs, CJ Stokes never saw the field again after the fumble.
RB depth is pretty low right now with Edwards out. We need a brusin back like Haskins and if they keep running Corum 30 times a game he will eventually get hurt.
This situation is pretty worrisome to me.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:43 AM ^
"...CJ Stokes never saw the field again after the fumble."
Did that really surprise you? The moment that fumble occurred, I told myself he was done for the day. It's the Michigan Way - you secure the ball, or you sit until you secure the ball. This is not necessarily a Harbaugh thing, either - it's a Michigan thing. Been this way since Bo...
September 26th, 2022 at 9:48 AM ^
yeah, i mean dude's coach is Mike Hart, fergodsakes. A four year starter with over 1000 carries and...
Hart lost three fumbles in his college career, two of which came in his last game as a Wolverine in the 2008 Capital One Bowl.
September 26th, 2022 at 1:01 PM ^
that's amazing and remember Haskins never fumbled, at least not that I recall
September 26th, 2022 at 10:37 AM ^
Same here. I saw that fumble, a soft one at that, and thought... enjoy the bench. Can't happen. Wasn't even like he got blown up or it came from some blind side hit.
I expect he either becomes fumble prone (hope not) and gets permanently in the doghouse - some rbs just seem to be prone to a lot of fumbling.
OR
He sacrifices a bit of juke/a few extra feet to secure the ball and never fumble again.
There's just no room for a guy who routinely fumbles in this offense.. except JJ, I suppose (ugh). We are a ball possession, physical team. Pointless if you turn it over.
Iowa, PSU, MSU, and OSU, and probably Ill for that matter, are gona hit you a lot harder... can't do that.
To be fair. Denard fumbled on his first play, and scored a TD!
September 26th, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^
It was a bad fumble, but it's his only one so far. Not sure we should write him off just yet.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:05 AM ^
Let's hope those numbers are seen when he is in a Wolverine uniform.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:39 AM ^
Clips showed me two things:
1. Cabana is straight-line fast. Not much question about that.
2. AA Pioneer is bad at football. Not much question about that, either.
Nothing more can be determined.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:58 AM ^
That's great for him, but nobody really tried to tackle him or touch him. He must be fast, but how does he do when he actually absorbs contact?
September 26th, 2022 at 11:19 AM ^
Justin Fargas 2.0. #RabackIt
September 26th, 2022 at 11:25 AM ^
Besides being very fast, he’s got excellent ball skills as a receiver. I’d be surprised if he’s not productive in some capacity.
September 26th, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
I love Cabana, but wtf is Pioneer doing on defense? In the 2nd clip (first rushing TD) the entire D is shifted to the left, leaving the left-side of the offense completely open. I could have run for at least 10 yards on that play.
On the 2nd TD run, they barely had to block for him. They just waited for everyone on Pioneer to run themselves out of position.
September 26th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
Looks pretty good for touch football.