He is from the next town over from me. We have been watching him from his days at Yulee High. He was seen as the real deal then and I am not surprised he won the award. There has never been any scandal around him and I am happy with the choice.
The question is does that award transfer to success in the pros? He has carried the ball and taken hits so often all through high school and so far in college to give pause to what may be “heavy legs” now. Inside the tackles he is suburb. Does he have the ability to quickly pop to the outside and turn up field? The answer will come in the play offs. In prime form, once he gets his shoulders squared up, I’d not want to be the LB and especially the corner who has to take him on. Lastly, in the pros he will have to be a good blocker. It will be interesting to see where he goes in a draft. I thought this interesting, when he chose Alabama, they were targeting him for a LB role!
I wish him well.
Uh, he was NOT recruited as a linebacker.