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Is he the kid from Camas?
Edit - never mind. My google machine tells me he’s from Camas.
Edit - never mind. My google machine tells me he’s from Camas.
He is a solid prospect. 6’6” 285 is what you want. He runs ok. Watch him lead some run plays and get out in front. He is solid. His punch is weak. He doesn’t really drop the hammer on kids. Maybe he has gained some more upper body strength for his senior year and we will see it. He is just latching onto guys. He isn’t hitting them with the velocity that drives them into the ground. He sets up in pass pro well. He has been coached up there. But again, for his size he needs to be punching and the DL having his head and chest snap back from the force.
He is prob a 2 star kid that could play his way into being a 3 star guy as a senior this year. I’d love to see him clean up the pile as the whistle blows. Show a mean streak.
You can get stronger but can you develop a mean streak if you don’t have one?
Agreed. Strength is important but you don’t have 450lb guys in front of you waiting for you to slowly push them.
That said, I like the starting point for this kid, big athletic frame and college ready size. Sometimes lazy habits can develop with kids this big that can manhandle everyone in HS without breaking a sweat. A couple of days of getting punched in the mouth in fall camp should change the trajectory, and then you see if he can punch back.
Mean? Probably not. But if he comes to understand those actions as simply a requirement to closing out the play, he will do it. That is coaching, and being competitive.
I've seen some current olinemen who seemed to have a mean streak in high school film...seem to lose it and are buried on the depth chart.
