MichiganDad3 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Why haven't the Huskers offered this guy? He is 6-9, nearly 400 pounds and can move. "The 17-year-old Faalele (Fa-ah-lay-lay) has yet to play a down, but he already has scholarship offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida State, Hawaii, Miami, Michigan and Oregon State." And he is Samoan http://www.si.com/college-football/2017/03/07/daniel-faalele-img-academy-recruiting 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 What connections do we have to the kid? Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I'm going to predict this kid doesn't amount to much in college football. 17 years old and already 400 lbs?More concerned about the kid's life long health. 1 Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 We already offered a good kicker. 1 Quote Link to comment
MyBloodIsRed16 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I'm going to predict this kid doesn't amount to much in college football. 17 years old and already 400 lbs? More concerned about the kid's life long health. Also 6'9. Played with two kids 400+ in HS and they were both over 6'6". They could move. They both only played football for two years. One didn't like FB very much and the other went to a juco and then washed out. If he loves the sport and is willing to work he can make something of himself Quote Link to comment
NM11046 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Hard to tell if you love the sport enough to play in college & beyond when you haven't ever played a down. 1 Quote Link to comment
gbr93 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'm going to predict this kid doesn't amount to much in college football. 17 years old and already 400 lbs? More concerned about the kid's life long health. The kid is built pretty impressively. I don't think there is any reason to be concerned over his weight. Also, heres a video of him at a recent camp. Quote Link to comment
Swiv3D Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Probably a pipe dream, but I'd love if he was a husker Quote Link to comment
NM11046 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 So other than 1 article about his arrival do you guys know something else? What am I missing here? Sure he's big, but seems like a couple of you are in love. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'm going to predict this kid doesn't amount to much in college football. 17 years old and already 400 lbs? More concerned about the kid's life long health. The kid is built pretty impressively. I don't think there is any reason to be concerned over his weight. Also, heres a video of him at a recent camp. Not to be negative....but....that clip really doesn't show much. The kid rushing the QB really didn't do much. 1 Quote Link to comment
spurs1990 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'm going to predict this kid doesn't amount to much in college football. 17 years old and already 400 lbs? More concerned about the kid's life long health. The kid is built pretty impressively. I don't think there is any reason to be concerned over his weight. Also, heres a video of him at a recent camp. Not to be negative....but....that clip really doesn't show much. The kid rushing the QB really didn't do much. I mean obviously one play can't be considered any form of sample size. What I take from this is that the rusher was looking to attempt a rip move around the outside or dip through with his speed. What Faalele showed was that he's quick enough to stay in front of him and strong enough to prevent the rusher from getting to the outside. I'd have even called it an offensive victory if he would have been able to ride that defender out which would have still kept the pocket clean, but the defender didn't even get there. That all looked pretty effortless, but that probably stems from him being able to get depth without taking large or many steps. He was aided by the defenders inability to lower his padless pad level but he also didn't allow the other guy to create any space between them. Not too bad for a guy who is relatively new to the sport right? On the negative side, he cost his team 5 yards. Quote Link to comment
gbr93 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I'm going to predict this kid doesn't amount to much in college football. 17 years old and already 400 lbs? More concerned about the kid's life long health. The kid is built pretty impressively. I don't think there is any reason to be concerned over his weight. Also, heres a video of him at a recent camp. Not to be negative....but....that clip really doesn't show much. The kid rushing the QB really didn't do much. I don't think I'm in love with the kid (i know you didn't say it), but I do believe there is a lot to like about the potential this guy has. One thing the video does show is his strength obviously. Seems pretty realistic that as long as this kid can get his hands on a d lineman he is going to win more often than not, and with the wingspan of a 6'9" frame, he will be able to do that pretty easily. Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 All this being said I don't see any problems in NOT recruiting this kid. If we go after him great, I hope we land him, but it's not like he is a must get at a position of need inside of the radius. He has some talent but he is really just a random prospect who they made some articles about because he hasn't played yet. I don't see any special reason to target this player. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 David Knevel is 6'9" also. Size doesn't mean everything. At best he is a major project....walkon. Quote Link to comment
spurs1990 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 David Knevel is 6'9" also. Size doesn't mean everything. At best he is a major project....walkon. Agree to disagree Quote Link to comment
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