I'll take someone who might lack the prototypical measureable, but has the heart and drive anyday. Welcome!
What do you see in the film that makes you say he's not super athletic? (Honest question.) He looks pretty fast to me. The only thing I see is that he could hit harder if he had some more weight/strength and a red shirt year would take care of that.
I decided to look back at the last 10 or so classes and how they were ranked. Even with Mac. we had a ton of 2 star recruits, some 3 stars and a few 4 stars here and there. We already have about as many 3 stars recruits as most of mac's classes had. To be honest, I really got sick of hearing about Mac's diamonds in the rough cuz nobody saw them. And I know stars don't mean squat, but it is kind of something to go by. Anyway, I like how this class is shaping up, now we need some studs.
I was VERY positive about this kid and his abilities. I was also positive about Rhoads landing this kid too. Good job out of everyone on both sides.
ISU has done everything they need to do. Now it's just the kid's responsibility to honor that commitment. I'm sure he will, but it's not like we haven't been burned too many times before. That's all.
Also, when I saw we had a new commit, I figured it was going to be the JUCO WR that is visiting this weekend. Anyone know how that's going?
Pretty good speed, good takedowns, nose for the ball. Didn't look like he hits that hard, but give him some time with Yancy and we'll see!
The only measurement that counts is heart.
He is a 2-time AZ state champ wrestler, great noe for the ball & motor, very little YAC on his tackles. I like this commit.
I understand that you were confident that this kid is good. And I know it can sometimes be a crapshoot with 17 and 18 year old kids, but there is no reason to go out and say you hope they don't decommit when XXXXXXXX offers or if Iowa offers that you hope they don't jump ship.
It's like getting on a plane and being that guy who is like "I hope our plane doesn't crash and plummet into the ocean". It probably won't happen, and if it does there isn't anything you can do about it, so don't be such a worrier.
I have a hard believing he's 6'1" from comparing video, unless his team is full of 6'3" or taller kids. I'm guess around 5'9" or 5'10".
What he does bring to table is hard or impossible to teach. He has it. Good find. Welcome!