even if just for some fun.
In a previous post Bodi asked who called for McKinley to have a breakout season and it got me thinking of previous players I thought would be game changers and other that I whiffed on.
Jafar Armstrong - after a few games I though JA should be moved back to the slot, his instincts as a RB weren’t particularly strong and he went down very easy, many continued to push for him despite this glaring fact.
Ishaq Williams - I bought into the hype, listened to the analysis of him on the recruiting pages and thought he was a can’t miss prospect. I thought he’d play a lot as a freshman, I really thought with his huge frame he’d developed into a superstar. It didn’t happen.
RB Will Mahone - I had the opportunity to watch him play a game in HS and he was phenomenal and lived up to that high 4 star rating as one of the top 10-15 RBs in the nation when I saw him live. He was spectacular in the game I watched, over 200 yards rushing 3/4 tds, and averaged like 12 yards a carry. It was against a perennial power too. They couldn’t tackle him in the open field and he just blew by the opposition. I came here and said he was going to be a 1000 yard rusher for ND, I was wrong.
Drue Tranquill - Many here said he would never see the field as he played subpar competition in Indiana, again I had the fortune to see him play in HS too and he was a one man wrecking crew, I knew he was going against lesser talent but he looked like a man amongst boys, I really thought ND got a gem in the kid. He fought terrible injuries and IMO played great at the end of his career and was a fantastic leader.
Alzie Jones - he wasn’t a total bust but I did think he’d be an AA talent and he just never seemed to have the consistency or discipline to achieve that level of play. He could dominate a game and then not show up the next.
Some other guys I predicted would be good players and contributors at ND - Hunter Smith, Ian Williams, Theo Riddick, Myles Boykin, Zack Martin, Ronnie Stanley.
Some of my other whiffs - Darius Fleming, Sam Young, Ben Koyack, Davonte Neal, Greg Bryant, and Max Redfield (huge disappointment for me) thought the kid was a freak athlete, just never became the player equal to his measurables.
In a previous post Bodi asked who called for McKinley to have a breakout season and it got me thinking of previous players I thought would be game changers and other that I whiffed on.
Jafar Armstrong - after a few games I though JA should be moved back to the slot, his instincts as a RB weren’t particularly strong and he went down very easy, many continued to push for him despite this glaring fact.
Ishaq Williams - I bought into the hype, listened to the analysis of him on the recruiting pages and thought he was a can’t miss prospect. I thought he’d play a lot as a freshman, I really thought with his huge frame he’d developed into a superstar. It didn’t happen.
RB Will Mahone - I had the opportunity to watch him play a game in HS and he was phenomenal and lived up to that high 4 star rating as one of the top 10-15 RBs in the nation when I saw him live. He was spectacular in the game I watched, over 200 yards rushing 3/4 tds, and averaged like 12 yards a carry. It was against a perennial power too. They couldn’t tackle him in the open field and he just blew by the opposition. I came here and said he was going to be a 1000 yard rusher for ND, I was wrong.
Drue Tranquill - Many here said he would never see the field as he played subpar competition in Indiana, again I had the fortune to see him play in HS too and he was a one man wrecking crew, I knew he was going against lesser talent but he looked like a man amongst boys, I really thought ND got a gem in the kid. He fought terrible injuries and IMO played great at the end of his career and was a fantastic leader.
Alzie Jones - he wasn’t a total bust but I did think he’d be an AA talent and he just never seemed to have the consistency or discipline to achieve that level of play. He could dominate a game and then not show up the next.
Some other guys I predicted would be good players and contributors at ND - Hunter Smith, Ian Williams, Theo Riddick, Myles Boykin, Zack Martin, Ronnie Stanley.
Some of my other whiffs - Darius Fleming, Sam Young, Ben Koyack, Davonte Neal, Greg Bryant, and Max Redfield (huge disappointment for me) thought the kid was a freak athlete, just never became the player equal to his measurables.
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