6'5 225 lb HS junior Nyckoles Harbor- a 5 star DE recruit - runs 20.79 indoor 200 (#4 all-time US HS)

That's a really good time.

There was a guy from Edmonton who ran 200m on our indoor track (flat, non banked) in 21.77 when he was 16 or 17.

Always thought he could have been world class.

can he catch?

if so, he's going to be rich

Hope this kid does the right things, we got something special here.

Never seen these numbers before....6'5 225 10.38...back to back.

rojo wrote:

Super impressive. Now what people on twitter are saying - that it was run without blocks -isn't true. I found it on youtube and he was using blocks.

Watch that again. I don't think anyone in the race had blocks. They're starting from a down 4-pt position, but no blocks.

I noted this yesterday. He is a five star defensive end prospect, according to what I saw. Usain Bolt comparisons are premature. Usain Bolt ran 19.93 at 17 (shortly before his 18th birthday) in 2004. Still, this is an indoor 200m, and none of the guys pictured in the first video above had blocks, so probably he didn't either. That is a freakishly good athlete.

ROJO, traveling from DC to Texas for a meet is nothing. So many kids from around the country travel to Idaho in the middle of the winter for the Simplot games.

DC area legend in track. I don't follow football but I assume that is where the $$ will take him but he has been dedicated to track and that's admirable.

Some kids I know (and maybe even coached) have either abandoned track or been told by the football coaches they will not be participating further in track. Sad. Kudos to Nyckoles. Nice young man by all accounts, I don't know him personally but I've seen plenty of races, for years. He would often win by amusing margins against decent competition.

Its also not unusual for elite athletes to travel for meets, tojo.

Sophia G has been on one big tour of the country for 2 years, I don't recall you questioning that?

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Had Some Myself wrote:

rojo wrote:

Super impressive. Now what people on twitter are saying - that it was run without blocks -isn't true. I found it on youtube and he was using blocks.

Watch that again. I don't think anyone in the race had blocks. They're starting from a down 4-pt position, but no blocks.

Agree. I see no blocks.

I mean Knighton is 6'3" 170lbs. I wonder what this guy could run if he dropped 30lbs?

Either route he takes, this guys is some kind of talent. Wish him all the luck in the future. If he becomes a tight end, please don't be the next Kellen Winslow Jr......

Really fantastic time, but he will be football all the way.

Forget about him as far as track is concerned, it is just an aside.

Herschel Walker was also big, and very fast.

Where are you seeing this blocks? I don't think there were any in that video.

I also don't think he's 225. Which sent me down a rabbit's hole of sprinter weights. Joseph Fanbullehh... there is no weight listed for him anywhere online. Any guesses?

DinoZ wrote:

Hope this kid does the right things, we got something special here. ,

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Never seen these numbers before....6'5 225 10.38...back to back.

"I imagine Vernon Davis could have run a pretty fast 100 m. He was 6'3", 250 lbs., 4.38 40.

Sally Vixxxxxxxxens wrote:

DinoZ wrote:

Hope this kid does the right things, we got something special here. ,

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Never seen these numbers before....6'5 225 10.38...back to back.

"I imagine Vernon Davis could have run a pretty fast 100 m. He was 6'3", 250 lbs., 4.38 40.

At 250 pounds I do doubt Davis had the speed endurance to run a fast 100m. What seperates a football 40 and a track 100 is that speed endurance.

Pretty sure he was lighter than 250 we he high jumped 6=6 and ran a 10.70 100m. Little doubt if serious about track a 10.55ish a reality.

Why would he play DE? Needs to concentrate on WR. I hope that he can catch. If he can't maybe running with the ball as a RB.

Thought I’d resuscitate this thread, as the buzz around Harbor is starting to grow. He’s ranked the 16th overall football prospect in the class of 2023, regardless of position. He’s being recruited by Alabama, Michigan, and Oregon to play football. According to this article, he’s looking for a school that will allow him to run track and play football.

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Nyckoles Harbor, the Class of 2023’s top athlete, can conquer football, track or both

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He’s the most sought-after uncommitted football recruit in the class of 2023, yet the Maryland AAU staffer tasked with finding the star athlete appears momentar…

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It’ll be fun watching him develop as both a sprinter and football player.

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💪

The wind was 2.1 which is just over the legal limit of 2.0. It’s not nothing but it’s virtually imperceptible