(03-11-2009 02:44 PM)huskie87fan Wrote:  

(03-10-2009 09:19 PM)warriorfan Wrote:  

(03-10-2009 08:23 PM)TheNEWguy Wrote:  

(03-10-2009 05:58 PM)warriorfan Wrote:  

(03-10-2009 01:59 PM)TheNEWguy Wrote:  

(03-10-2009 08:40 AM)warriorfan Wrote:  Are you his street agent. Just kidding. Seems like you know a lot about him. Is he interested in NIU or just interested in getting as many scholarship offers as he can.

Just a Warrior Fan (Waubonsie) trying to help one of our young Warriors find the right opportunity at next level. I hear he came away from NIU junior day impressed with what he saw and heard.

Are you a family member?

I just say that because whenever posts like this show up one tends to be from a relative who is acting like a "fan". It's ok to support your family - I'm just saying if you are just a "fan" it's creepy you know so much about a high school kid...

Then I'm his street agent = ) Can we turn attention away from poster and to the prospect ?

Well here is what I know - I live in Naperville, he isn't considered a big time prospect at this point. He put up some very nice numbers - but again he doesn't have the top end speed that some look for.

He is going to have to prove himself in camps and combines this summer. I know you probably are a relative but I'm just being honest he isn't one of the top end guys at this point.

TheNEWguy,
Take it easy on warriorfan. They did not start posting about this prospect. Esnoopy posted that he attended Junior Day and gave a link. Coach Fleck is recruiting him. How do you know that he is not in your words a top end guy? Coach Fleck was also not a top end guy either and he turned out pretty well. I would bet that Coach Fleck sees a little bit of himself in this recruit. Let the coaches decide what prospects that they want to recruit and be a little more friendly to potential Huskie supporters.
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Appreciate the sentiment, but it was constructive critique of current perception .. so no worries. I have Waubonsie ties and have watched this kids develop for 3 years. He is great athlete and has incredible work ethic. His development from sophomore to junior year was incredible. Rgearding his numbers, know this .. he was not the primary target in their offense. He started season as 3rd option and moved up to 2nd option. Most of the balls thrown to him were either 3 yds begin the line (bubble options) or within 5-10 yard of the line. His yards after catch were phenominal considering where most of his catches were. His stats against better teams were much better than those against weaker teams, because we usually ran more against weaker teams. By 3rd game, teams were keying on him for these bubble routes, so he was always guarded close to line. And he had no drops the entire year, except for couple of diving catches he didn't come down with.

As for question of speed he was officially timed by combines last spring 4 times between 4.62 and 4.69, the most recent being 4.62 in June 2008. He ran 3 different shuttles between 4.24 and 4.29. This was 4th fastest at NUC Regional Combine in Dallas last year, and 13th fastest across all 5 NUC regionals countrywide. His offseason speed training and conditioning is pretty intense, and he will likely be running low 4.5's or better by summer.

As for work ethic .. very few can compete with him. This view comes from his offseason trainers, who constantly bring top tier athletes (footbal, track) together for grueling treadmill workouts. He is almost always the "last one standing".

I obviously know him and like his chances at next level .. let's see how it goes.