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He is now a 3 star on 247 for all the star lovers
Whew! He got that Miami “bump”
This is going to be a fun bumped thread in a few years
Tons of hot takes
He is now a 3 star on 247 for all the star lovers
We have officially entered the Purge19 & Jag19 portion of the crootin season.JAG19
Those 2 guys should never have gotten schalorships here, Zion is a better athlete than those 2 could ever be. He has all the tools needed to do work here mainly because he has a real good base and movement. He can definitely be a starting right tackle, but once he comes in, and starts moving around, i wouldnt be surprised if he got moved to d-tackle at some point either.
Watch how our o-line starts doing work now. If healthy we know who at least 3 of the starters will be, navaughn, scaife and gaynor, teams are going to be in for a dog fight with those 3. The days of seeing our interior o-linemen on skates will soon be coming to an end!
Taking a project like this is fine if he is your 4th, 5th or even 6th OL in an otherwise talented class. If we can someone pull off Neal (unlikely), it would be an ok addition. As a matter of fact, he would have been a fine addition to our talented class last year. This Kid is a HUGE project that needs a minimum of 3 years before he will be ready to contribute. However, If you are bringing him with a couple of other suspect projects then that is a big concern with the immediate needs we have on the OL, even if it works out in the future.
LMAO at people comparing him to Eric Winston. Winston was the #2 TE in the nation and top 50th player overall who just happened to outgrow his position. We beat out LSU, Texas and Texas A&M for Winston. Hope it works out but this kid has NOWHERE near the potential Eric Winston had coming out of HS.
For the love of god, swish that Listerine in your gums to get that Richt sperm out. Blood u are either the worlds biggest troll or the blindest homer fan on planet earth. How u continually justify **** poor decisions is mind boggling. Bet $ ur credit score sucks.
Questions now? Starting left tackle in spring game. The point is , let the coaches do their jobs without this run the mouth junk.this is a joke right? are we bring him in to punt? maybe a WR?
Questions?Wow richt is desperate. 240 pounds. App st?
WrongThis guy is a mid-tier G5 player. Period.
He's athletic and there is a lot to work with...but you don't take this kid if you're a P5 program.
I have no faith that Searles will coach him up - because Searles is a bum. I have no faith that this staff will be here when Zion Nelson becomes a player with the physical attributes to contribute to a P5 program - because the staff is filled with bums and are currently getting run out of town.
So, Zion Nelson will be inherited by a future staff - probably a staff filled with bums, because that is how Miami rolls these days - and they won't be able to develop him either.
Just remember my posts stating that the bottom 1/3 of our roster is filled with unusable players. I don't know what Zion Nelson's future is to become, but for the foreseeable future, you can add another player to that bottom 1/3 of the roster as you develop him and give him time in the weightroom.
Yung Zion is probably better off going to App State if he wants to be developed. But, Welcome to the U, son.
We were all wrong about this guy. What's your point?Wrong
To shut up. And no we were not all wrong, many posters saw his high level of potential and said so. Hurricane fans that criticize with no basis are way too prevalent.We were all wrong about this guy. What's your point?
We were all wrong about this guy. What's your point?
Wrong
Please do motor mouth negative Nellie coach bashing pretender fan.Lets see him actually play.
Miami has been hit by injuries and has a terrible offensive line in the first place.
Zion Nelson getting first team reps in the spring is more of an indictment on the current state of the line than anything about him.
Let me bump your lil passive aggressive post in a few years when he's nothing special.
Lets see him actually play.
Miami has been hit by injuries and has a terrible offensive line in the first place.
Zion Nelson getting first team reps in the spring is more of an indictment on the current state of the line than anything about him.
Let me bump your lil passive aggressive post in a few years when he's nothing special.
So glad he isn’t 240 pounds! He is going to be a diamondQuestions?
1) I understand why anyone would have gone full negative at the time of this commitment. We were in a heavy downward spiral as a team, the offense was sh*t, we were losing all commits and losing out on targets, the OL was a mess, and Zion was a 240 pound prospect committed to App State. I wasn't even visiting the board or keeping up with recruiting because there was no point.
2) Actually checking out Zion's frame and tape (after the fact) revealed some definite potential as a prospect to develop into the LT role (which was sorely needed).
3) Zion is clearly performing well and the opportunities he has seized speak to way more than just "an indictment on the current state of the line than anything about him". We have multiple 4-star OT prospects on the roster that have been in a college program for 1-3 years, had numerous offers from top programs coming out (Brown, Campbell, Herbert), and some of which show signs of potential to be solid starters on our team (Herbert & Campbell). Zion is the talk of camp over all of them. Zion was one of the first names out of coaches' mouths with regards to who impressed and showed out during Winter workouts. Zion is the only one of those linemen that both Coach Enos and Coach Diaz can't help but to name as one of the standouts/surprises from Spring every time they are asked. When Kai-Leon Herbert is asked in an interview at the end of Spring "how's Zion Nelson?", his immediate response is "He's a beast; he's going to be great."
Summary: I don't blame you for being down on Zion at the time of the pickup whether you actually watched the film and evaluated him or not. The optics off the bat were terrible. With that said, I'd choose a different hill to die on as I don't think you'll prove to be vindicated in this game of "bookmark this post".
IMO it looks like Zion will get real burn this year and probably serve as the swing tackle (not counting out him starting). He's performign well and has growth potential. It's becoming clear that he's a future starting LT on the OL.