What are you talking about? you’re going off numbers they ran during offseason testing in high school when both of them haven’t hit a run longer than 33 yards... Both of them clock in at 4.4. Btw
Head coach Manny Diaz and the Miami Hurricanes staff received a nice bit of news as they were chowing down on Thanksgiving dinner. Only three and half weeks after de-committing from Florida State, four-star running back Jaylan Knighton from Deerfield Beach has committed to the Miami Hurricanes...
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If you want to give Chaney the slight edge because a 0.01...sure.
But understand Chaney was superior in track and field. we won’t even get to running with and without pads being two different speeds, but I digress so I’ll explain my statement for the last time.
“Breakaway homerun TD” potential or
Home run threat isn’t just about speed...it’s a mentality. Pay attention when knighton touches the ball and afterwards. He immediately burst, and his feet moves before he’s handed the ball, and once he gets the ball and finds a crease, he’s either looking for that one cut before he hits the hole or he runs in between the tackles and then cuts in the second level and utilizes space and change of direction. Fluidity and cutting laterally in open space is how you become a homerun threat, it’s what made Dalvin Cook and Duke Johnson transcendent athletes. Where Don Chaney jr has him beat is long speed. Meaning how fast Chaney is in open field. That I can agree with but long speed don’t always equate to home run threat. Chaney is faster than Cam in terms of long speed but Cam probably leads the nation in 50+ yard runs, you can tell Chaney likes to punish on the second level & he’s not as lateral as Knighton or Cam, so his bread and butter will be being an explosive force on the second level similar to Gurley and Gore. I’m not comparing the two to put one down I’m happy we have both, y’all just be saying anything on this site.
