I watched him run against my old high school team in the state semi-final game in 2016. Hit holes hard, good cuts and breakaway speed for a high school back. But we weren't the 1985 Bears on defense if you know what I mean, our biggest D-Lineman was 230.
One of the reasons he may have fallen off his senior season is in the 16 playoffs, he was running behind a very good offensive line (and a great defense) that helped win them the state title. A line that averaged 285 - bigger than my small college O-Line, and those guys had footwork like they were on tour with the Bolshoi Ballet. Not sure how many graduated, but 3.5 per carry indicates something was going on.
I was fortunate to play on O-lines where I got to block for six different thousand yard backs (2 in HS, 4 in college, including two speedsters from Belle Glade). I like the kid, and hope he is a Duke Johnson type, but haven't seen him enough to make any lofty comparisons yet. One thing for **** sure, he's going to need some help from this O-line to get into a groove and get some confidence going. Maybe we'll have a better run blocking O-line than a pass blocking one, because that needs a lot of work.
