Vince R.

i believe Wyoming offered first but i could be wrong. Its not about them being the first, its about them being the first and only. if this kid was totally legit, dont you think one of the many d1 programs in CA wouldve offered him right away? Isnt it safe to say that any coach is gonna hype his kid up and never downplay his conference when asked? Isnt safe to say that any coach is gonna use any advantage possible like using the california card? Isnt it safe to say that a low division player has many question marks? i mean, at least i have some knowledge with my answers, everyone is giving me the safe card by saying trust the staff. besides that what else is out there? yeah he hits hard but he hits kids who will never sniff a d1 offer. i mean you heard unsportsmanlike conduct and even they saw how small those kids are. its comparable to freshman football in long beach and even then those freshman are already getting d1 offers. So what else needs to be said?

Im going to end my rant with one more thing. if you guys dont want to take what i say into perspective then fine. i went on here to enlighten those who arent familiar with this area to let them know what kind of competition goes on here. yes im sure it all came off as me not liking this kid and thats not the case. hes apart of our class, im incredibly intrigued to see him play for us and its cool that someone from my neighborhood is going to Nebraska but i have to lay out all the facts. i know people's perceptions on california, i read it all the time and how its sooo rich with talent and thats not always the case, its not like every school has great players.not true at all. if all this makes me the bad guy of the blog, so be it, i just like saying whats real.

I didnt see D1 talent cause they got killed by a team who got only had one legitimate d1 player. i mean how hard is that to understand? im only saying all this because unlike any of you i see who these guys play and know what type of players play here. nebraska offered him and thats why he's getting looked at..its the same old story. when lazarri got offered, all of the sudden every coach felt like a genius and looked at him but it was too late. My first impression is that our coaches didnt do their homework and didnt look at the fine print. they saw hard hitter from california...didnt see that this kid plays in a terrible division, finally played a team in a higher division and got smoked and got thrown all over. i mean cmon if you knew what i knew, how could you not have doubt? and about their conference in california....its a joke. to even downplay it by saying its not the top is a joke. sorry to break your heart on that one. the fact is, there are plenty of safeties who are worthy of a scholarship and have fewer question marks and this is what we get. kinda disapointed but then again im not on the coaching staff. most of you guys sound like you are or know so much cause none of you guys are asking questions or seem to care cause whatever the coaching staff does is correct. in my opinion thats very closed minded and ignorant. i cant speak for any kid in any other state because i dont live their but this guy is in my backyard and that gives me the edge. but if this kid gets offered then why not thatDaniel Davie kid in nebraska? hes way faster than this kid and has better measurables. but wait cause nebraska's perception is that they dont have legitimate d1 talent throughout the state and you cannot project those kids..well in division 5 and lower in california, its the same way..the talent level drops quickly and with that offer to be thrown out so quickly told me they didnt evaluate every aspect.

i dont see how you think his weight is low, thats a pretty good weight for a kid coming out of his jr year of HS. on a side note, HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE PULL A KID OUT OF PAC10 COUNTRY?!?!?! WE DONT PLAY IN THE PAC 10!!! BANANAS!!! well considering the stature of the top programs safeties who are 200lbs already. and they pulled him out of pac10 country cause the pac10 doesnt want him, at least yet

but once again, and i hate to be negative on this board but this is another kid to really keep an eye on. i saw him up front and those two safeties got torched. He loves to hit but he aint hitting no 6ft 2in 200lbs Wr's either. im talking 5 ft 9in 165lb wrs..his level of competition is terrible and the players couldnt play against texas's jv teams. but im gonna try and trust our staff on this one i can see him being a special teams player. and then maybe like an Austin Cassidy type player. I was gonna say Hagg but hes not that athletic but being the peso backer would look like a decent fit. his speed is good, height is ok, and weight is low but thats not a problem. not bad

I saw him against La Habra High School and he absolutely took the WR's head off. only negative. his secondary got blown out 54-13. besides the hit, you couldnt tell there was D1 prospects playing.

It's cool. The Suh comparison was made with the disclaimer that he looked like a HS (High School) version of Suh in those films. It didn't mean that I'm expecting him to be like or that he'll ever be like Suh. It was the way he was playing on film that drew such a comparison. The use of his hands when disengaging blockers, the numerous plays of him running a player down after he got past the line of scrimmage, along with a couple of pass break-up plays here and there. It was very Suh-like. His level of competition was irrelevant at first glance. That wasn't my intention when I made that comparison. I think you took the Suh comparison too literally, but it's all good. I was just curious why you were so adamant in downplaying the kids film in multiple posts. We've all said our piece and I'm okay with leaving it at that. its obvious that he has suh movements and techniques and i didnt take it too literal. i knew but i had to ease the kool aid cause it was a big question mark just based off what i know. hope this kid is the diamond in the rough for us

of course its not up to us, I mean they know what they're doing for the most part obviously. My point on this was not to say this kid shouldnt deserve anything and that there is no way he will be great. but i saw all these suh comparisons and well thats foolish. my point was to ease everyone off this kid and understand the full situation cause from my perspective just by lookin at it, it looks like a bad call. now i dont know the kid and it would be so sick if he was that good. then bring him on board and lets get some more.but someone needed to calm down those comments about how good he looks cause he plays nobody and when it comes to evaluation time, that will be his biggest knock and rightfully so, its apart of the process

It was by circumstance that they decided to offer him a scholarship at the last minute because it depended on whether other possible recruits would be signing with us or not, hence staying within the scholarship limit. That whole scenario went down to the wire just before National Letter of Intent Day. But the weeks leading up to LOI day, the coaches let it be known that whether he walked on or they offered him a scholly in the end, that they'd be using him as an ATH and not a QB. And thats all fine, but im not talking about his situation when it comes to schollie, walk on or any of that.. my point being is that in that state, he was the top qb, or at least one of them. He was impressive in his tape just like the Worthy kid. But turns out the position he looked good playing wont be the one he'll be playing at nebraska. because they dont feel he's good enough. Cause if they did thats what he would be. for sure QB. That same outlook is mine on Worthy, I cant project a kid who doesnt play anyone. If the kid had to deal with 6ft3in 260 lbs or more lineman with talent and great coaching like in the upper divisions in Cali, then im 100% N. but since he is not, i cannot fully fall under the trap that he is this great prospect.

last minute but didnt know who he was or had their eye on him?? really? cmon the guy was impressive in the state. and as far as the lower level competition comment. oh yeah. ask anyone in the area. they will laugh and say you mean powder puff football? its that bad guys and thats why my perception is hard to break.

like i said before, its not complete doubt, the situation could be a freak one and he somehow got recruited and convinced to go to Whittier Christian. Its that bad...especially when servite is down the road. The possibility of this being a good player looking great cause of competition is decent. My point being fools gold. I hope he's great. i hope our staff is right. all im saying if there is one that i could look at and say wait a minute then it would be this one. along with Aaron at La Mirada. i think anyone in the country would fall in love with those numbers and give him a look so im not suprised about USC. thats fine. but look ive seen the top dogs in cali play. Lakewood, Poly, mater dei, coronoa centenniel, mission viejo, OLU, De La Salle, all of them. They've had some special players and those numbers are freakish and dont happen in their divisions. look at his tape, hes absolutely mad handling every single lineman, and making them look like rag dolls. Obviously hes a good player, but i think the whole california perception might have people all excited when they dont know about the situation. and the whole coaches being right on everything, cmon give me a break you're gonna tell me that they're right 100%? most of the time sure, but this one has the potential to be the one. remember bronson marsh was a very good qb in the state of nebraska but now they dont even want him to play qb and he has good enough measurables. ok off the top of my head im not sure what the lowest division is but they're close. Look you guys would be skeptical in the state of nebraska and so would everyone else if a d lineman played in one of the lowest divisions and dominated. I love his measurables, and speed. no question about it. Nike camps are great but i know a lot of kids who couldnt play at san diego st and went to those camps so im not too sold on that one. You would have to throw this kid in the elite all star game in california to prove to me he is "Worthy" of this attention. Look its not that i want to hate and bash on this kid, i want him to be great and hope nothing but the best for him. i hate being proved wrong but i would love for this staff and this kid to do that. I'm rooting for him now. But id probably take the other guys on the board first

Look i understand that this kid could just put me and my opinion to shame. If he's the next all american than i would be happy for the guy and shame on me. but I know what im talking about when i say i have some doubt, at least a bit. I wouldnt expect you guys to understand because you dont live where i live and dont understand the situation in this area when it comes to competition. Now i dont know about his camps. if hes tearing them up then maybe i should look into that. Over here, you cannot put D1 prospect and Whittier Christian Football in the same sentence without having doubt, let alone Nebraska offering him. Just like that Aaron B. kid from La Mirada. which is also two min away. the kid plays in division 10 which is not even competitive to anyone past div 6. Do i have faith in the staff yes? but with this one, im not so sure. One more thing to that, everyone gets this idea that california is this gold mine for talent when in actuality its slighlty overrated. You'll get your 3 top qbs but then its starts to shrink. the rich areas are LA/Long beach, Riverside/ desert area, and Corona region. SD county is inconsistent and up north has its years but still not elite. OC is a qb area. with some talent sprinkled here and there, northern oc..mediocre at best and is home to some of the lower divisions.

those are great stats but put him against, servite, mater dei, POLY, Lakewood, etc then talk to me, cause those numbers arent happening

Id hope you're right. its just hard falling in love with a prospect that has a lot of question marks. obviously every hs player does but in this case, its hard to project him. Like i said the good thing is, he was obviously recruited. Another thing to add. Servite is about ten min away from me and they are the top dog out of the private schools. suprised he didnt go there especially if he knew he was D1 good.

Would it matter where in LH? its a small northern OC city. I had no idea this kid attended camps, i was basing it off his level of competition. My Point being that OC isnt known for producing elite talent besides qbs and Whittier Christian is a terrible football school. I cant remember anyone coming out of there. So thats where this is stemming from. The kid looks great on film but he's going against offensive lineman who are 6ft and 245 lbs. everyone in that division or even that area is incredibly undersized. id' have to see him up close. Not trying to come off rude, but im trying to stress how shocking it is to hear anyone from that school getting offered by an elite program, it blows my mind lol

being a so cal native and have seen a lot of lakewood games, ill tell you that a lot of the big schools in that area are really taking notice of nebraska. i wore my blackshirts tee to the long beach poly vs lakewood game and everyone was givin me props for it. It also helped that lazarri middelton was there as well. and when i said lazarri was there meaning at the game.

the only good thing about his school is that its private so they couldve recruited a stud to come there but it hard to believe a kid who is that good coming to Whittier Christian, especially when the school 500 yards down the street is the powerhouse of the city

I live in La Habra, CA and I've never heard of this kid. His film looks good but i'm not sure if i buy into it completely. Whittier Christian is in the lowest division in california or close to it so his competition isnt great. he has good size though