BWCD
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Let me qualify this post with a few things:
1) I'm not some fan-boy of this guy's. He's a local kid up here in Southwestern Virginia that's a 4* back, and you don't see that a whole lot in these parts. I don't expect anyone to go crazy over his film - I think he has some flaws, but some potential as well that a program could certainly work with.
2) This area doesn't put out a ton of D1 football players, but when we do - they tend to be pretty good. This is the same area that produced:
Thomas Jones (UVA's all time leading rusher, over 10K rushing yards in NFL career, played in Super Bowl XLI with the Bears)
Heath Miller (UVA, former 2x Pro-Bowl TE and 2x Super Bowl winner with the Steelers)
Julius Jones (Notre Dame, brother of Thomas Jones, holds multiple ND school records for RBs/kickoff returns/punt returns, over 5K career yards in NFL career mainly w/Cowboys & Seahawks)
Justin Hamilton (former starting FS at VT, some NFL time with the Browns/Redskins, VT's current DBs coach) EDIT - Hamilton was recently named the new DC at VT, succeeding Bud Foster.
James Mitchell (current starting TE as a sophomore for VT, caught the long wheel route in the 4th qtr against us this year, 5 total TDs).
3) I'm only posting about this kid because he might end up at a number of teams we might play against (UVA, VT, UNC - Penn St/S Carolina/Tennessee are also interested). He has legit commitable offers from all of those schools except for VT at this point. I'm not saying he's necessarily a take for us in the 2021 class - especially with Thad Franklin committed.
All of that being said, here's the kid's Hudl page. Competition is not that great, some of the smaller schools in Virginia, but he is putting up numbers that haven't been seen in this area since Thomas Jones did it nearly 25 years ago, then went on to have a great career for UVA and in the NFL.
So - feel free to take a look. I've got my complaints about him (pad level too high, doesn't play as fast as he's timed, seems like he's not going at 100% against this lesser competition, looks for contact too much when he should just run by people), but he has good measurables (6'1/200, 4.5 40), and he has good grades, is a multi-sport athlete...and he's athletic enough to possibly end up at either S or OLB because he's physical and loves to hit.
Here's his Junior Year highlights so far:
1) I'm not some fan-boy of this guy's. He's a local kid up here in Southwestern Virginia that's a 4* back, and you don't see that a whole lot in these parts. I don't expect anyone to go crazy over his film - I think he has some flaws, but some potential as well that a program could certainly work with.
2) This area doesn't put out a ton of D1 football players, but when we do - they tend to be pretty good. This is the same area that produced:
Thomas Jones (UVA's all time leading rusher, over 10K rushing yards in NFL career, played in Super Bowl XLI with the Bears)
Heath Miller (UVA, former 2x Pro-Bowl TE and 2x Super Bowl winner with the Steelers)
Julius Jones (Notre Dame, brother of Thomas Jones, holds multiple ND school records for RBs/kickoff returns/punt returns, over 5K career yards in NFL career mainly w/Cowboys & Seahawks)
Justin Hamilton (former starting FS at VT, some NFL time with the Browns/Redskins, VT's current DBs coach) EDIT - Hamilton was recently named the new DC at VT, succeeding Bud Foster.
James Mitchell (current starting TE as a sophomore for VT, caught the long wheel route in the 4th qtr against us this year, 5 total TDs).
3) I'm only posting about this kid because he might end up at a number of teams we might play against (UVA, VT, UNC - Penn St/S Carolina/Tennessee are also interested). He has legit commitable offers from all of those schools except for VT at this point. I'm not saying he's necessarily a take for us in the 2021 class - especially with Thad Franklin committed.
All of that being said, here's the kid's Hudl page. Competition is not that great, some of the smaller schools in Virginia, but he is putting up numbers that haven't been seen in this area since Thomas Jones did it nearly 25 years ago, then went on to have a great career for UVA and in the NFL.
So - feel free to take a look. I've got my complaints about him (pad level too high, doesn't play as fast as he's timed, seems like he's not going at 100% against this lesser competition, looks for contact too much when he should just run by people), but he has good measurables (6'1/200, 4.5 40), and he has good grades, is a multi-sport athlete...and he's athletic enough to possibly end up at either S or OLB because he's physical and loves to hit.
Here's his Junior Year highlights so far:
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