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Originally Posted by Jim in Atl
I hate to rain on the parade. I welcome the kid and I trust 
I can't help but look at some of his photos. Isn't it easier to put on weight than it is to take it off? I am concerned that if this kid isn't serious about football 365 days a year he is going to get heavier and slower. The huge heavy lineman we've recruited over the past 15 years haven't really ended up starting. Its the tall big framed men that grown until they are upper classmen that prove best. Like I am an expert?
What about the fact that the best offer he had came from MSU. Besides us it was between the MAC and Indiana?
All that said he did get a good report from JC and PK. |
3 things: Players can be fat and become skinny, or vice versa pretty easy at this level. Foreman was a 310 pound overweight junior, then a 280 pound senior that needed to put weight on. Both players work out, it depends on core athleticism, the guys who are already huge and are still athletic are ranked highest because they've proven they can handle the weight. That's the risk with overweight and slow/skinny and fast people, they might not be when at their real playing weights. And third - multiple B10 offers at this point is actually really good. So don't minimize his accomplishments.