I agree with sprintgeezer. Tight end with good hands hard to take down even with 2 or 3 wouldbe tacklers. Very important weapon on a good team. Straightline speed doesnt always transfer to mobility on the field against top athletes not normal hs kids. Yes, he will gain mass and lose speed on a fb team.
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What a freak. His dad was a US soccer player who now works for NASA. Wow.
I realize when I started this thread last year, I never linked to the article where we cmopared his times to Usain Bolt's at the same age. Here it is:
Super pumped he's only going to a school that let's him do track and football. The ego maniac football coaches that don't let kids do a second sport need to be canned.
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He is indeed a freak of nature. I saw him run a 100/200 double last year at a meet in Myrtle Beach, SC. Made the rest of the field look like middle schoolers. Refreshing to see a talent like this want to do both FB and TF in college.
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RichardRider wrote:
I agree with sprintgeezer. Tight end with good hands hard to take down even with 2 or 3 wouldbe tacklers. Very important weapon on a good team. Straightline speed doesnt always transfer to mobility on the field against top athletes not normal hs kids. Yes, he will gain mass and lose speed on a fb team.
Too many Am. football fans for some reason believe sprinting speed is the most important skill to be a football receiver. Sprinting speed is not even in the top three skills needed to be a receiver. Obviously his coaches know he needs to play defense.
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Fans see the end result of all the preparation, coaching, skills, and talent, and they call it talent and forget all the rest. In reality, even a sport like football is heavily skill-based, which in turn is based on coaching and preparation. The skilled athlete almost always beats the 'natural' athlete, which is how Skeets did not have a Hall of Fame career, while Rice did.
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rojo wrote:
What a freak. His dad was a US soccer player who now works for NASA. Wow.
I realize when I started this thread last year, I never linked to the article where we cmopared his times to Usain Bolt's at the same age. Here it is:
Super pumped he's only going to a school that let's him do track and football. The ego maniac football coaches that don't let kids do a second sport need to be canned.
So every football coach at every college. lol good one ya dummy.
This is the one kid with enough leverage/desire to run track. They’ll have to let him as long as he dominates in the fall too. If he’s not though, good bye track.
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First thing I found on Google was this list of the best track and field performances of 2017 by 2016 collegiate football players. Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, and Michigan are all represented.
There are definitely some football coaches that allow players to run track, even at the highest levels.
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yiftertheshifter wrote:
First thing I found on Google was this list of the best track and field performances of 2017 by 2016 collegiate football players. Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, and Michigan are all represented.
There are definitely some football coaches that allow players to run track, even at the highest levels.
Impressed there's actually a 15:23 5,000 meter and 4:01 1500 dude on there!
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Not even the kicker.
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There used to be unlimited D1 football scholarships, then there were 120 and now 85. In aggregate football coaches are not willing to share their stars. I didn't open your attachment. How many D1 football guys are on 100% full ride from football participating in T&F? I'm sure a small number.
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Sprintgeezer wrote:
The guy beside him is incredibly small—what, 5-4?
Illegal tailwind. He sprints like a 225-pounder.
So, say this is an honest 10.50, that’s excellent. Shades of Dick Metcalf. Like I said, football all the way. He will likely get bigger and probably slower from here on, but he should be able to crank some great relay legs for whatever college he’s at.
DB might be the right position for him…or TE if he has hands and gets even bigger. For WR I’ll take a lighter guy any day, like Rice or Moss. Seems to me like it would be pretty easy to get offensive pass interference calls against this guy as a WR, just do some soccer flopping😂
I had a friend just like that: 6-6, 235-245, he did some track but went into boxing as a heavyweight. When I was around 10.5-10.7, he was really close. Nigerian guy, great athlete. Should have done deca. No real fighting career, got into it too late. One of the best athletes I have ever known, this guy reminds me of him. Today he would be nfl, 100%.
Go Nyck💪
He ran a 10.22 in -0.9 wind last summer:
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Sprintgeezer wrote:
The guy beside him is incredibly small—what, 5-4?
Illegal tailwind. He sprints like a 225-pounder.
So, say this is an honest 10.50, that’s excellent. Shades of Dick Metcalf. Like I said, football all the way. He will likely get bigger and probably slower from here on, but he should be able to crank some great relay legs for whatever college he’s at.
DB might be the right position for him…or TE if he has hands and gets even bigger. For WR I’ll take a lighter guy any day, like Rice or Moss. Seems to me like it would be pretty easy to get offensive pass interference calls against this guy as a WR, just do some soccer flopping😂
I had a friend just like that: 6-6, 235-245, he did some track but went into boxing as a heavyweight. When I was around 10.5-10.7, he was really close. Nigerian guy, great athlete. Should have done deca. No real fighting career, got into it too late. One of the best athletes I have ever known, this guy reminds me of him. Today he would be nfl, 100%.
Go Nyck💪
6'5" DB is not a thing
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If nyckoles can get down to, and run 9.90 regularly.
He would probably have much longer elite sprinting career, compared the average threes years? For a tight end.
And make more money. In a less physically dangerous sport.
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A multi time Pro Bowl NFL tight end and a multiple Olympic medalists. Imagine the marketing opportunities he could command.
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Slowsprinting wrote:
If nyckoles can get down to, and run 9.90 regularly.
He would probably have much longer elite sprinting career, compared the average threes years? For a tight end.
And make more money. In a less physically dangerous sport.
Dude could be faster than usain bolt and make more money playing 3 years... I don't know how many top HS DE recruits become NFL draft choices but the odds of making money are a heck of a lot higher than making it in T&f...
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rojo wrote:
What a freak. His dad was a US soccer player who now works for NASA. Wow.
I realize when I started this thread last year, I never linked to the article where we cmopared his times to Usain Bolt's at the same age. Here it is:
Super pumped he's only going to a school that let's him do track and football. The ego maniac football coaches that don't let kids do a second sport need to be canned.
Problem is most football coaches ONLY want you doing football. And wouldn’t he count against a track scholarship due to playing football? (Or has that
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iamcomfused wrote:
rojo wrote:
What a freak. His dad was a US soccer player who now works for NASA. Wow.
I realize when I started this thread last year, I never linked to the article where we cmopared his times to Usain Bolt's at the same age. Here it is:
Super pumped he's only going to a school that let's him do track and football. The ego maniac football coaches that don't let kids do a second sport need to be canned.
Problem is most football coaches ONLY want you doing football. And wouldn’t he count against a track scholarship due to playing football? (Or has that
kid is a huge talent. Worth the risk IMO.Football coaches are right. No point in wasting very limited time on stuff that doesn't matter. Kid should spent that time catching up on academics and recoverying
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Seems like a pretty open question whether he’d play DE or TE. As someone said straight-line speed is not at the top of the list for TE/WR though it can be a huge asset. At DE though I’d say it’s really high. Pair elite athleticism with speed, develop a few moves and you’re close to unblockable. And you can chase down plays as well. As far as the track + football thing, we’ll see how long he goes with it. Seems like a lot of guys run freshman/Soph year but once they’re draft eligible they give it up.
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RichardRider wrote:
I agree with sprintgeezer. Tight end with good hands hard to take down even with 2 or 3 wouldbe tacklers. Very important weapon on a good team. Straightline speed doesnt always transfer to mobility on the field against top athletes not normal hs kids. Yes, he will gain mass and lose speed on a fb team.
He'd have to get up to 250lbs to be a tight end and potentially block some much heavier dudes. He should stick to being a WR and trying to become the next Megatron (assuming he doesn't want to go the DE route).
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