2011 prospect

[cajun4life]

_ In High School?
No way buddy. I've seen that highlight video too many times (I went to Carencro, and on rainy days we'd watches "movies" for Phys Ed). It still shocks people, and while I've never seen the rest of that lists in High School, I can't imagine someone else putting together a better highlight reel. _

Travis Minor! Ask Lafayette High when he played against them in the playoffs his senior year. He rushed for over 250 yards and a hand full of TD' and that was only the first half.

Faulk was great, but I would take Minor.

[RaginFan2]

_ Not to pick at nits, but there are AT LEAST three Louisiana HS players at Faulk's position that I would take before him in a heartbeat:

Jimmy Taylor from Lake Charles
Billy Cannon from Baton Rouge
John David Crowe from Monroe

I'd probably also take the other Faulk [Marshall] from New Orleans before Kevin

Not necessarily in that order, but all before Faulk. _

Coming from an old nit-picker (me), just wanted to correct you on one thing. John David Crowe was from Springhill not Monroe. Springhill was my hs's arch rival, so we heard about him a lot. Also, all three of these guys were from the pre-integration period. Not that they weren't that good or even that they wouldn't warrant consideration for HS greatness, but we'll never know how they would've fared against integrated competition. Just sayin' ...

[JMV JustMyView]

Quentin Lawrence rushed for over 570 yards for Carencro a few years back...

[DrumRoll]

_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78SO61EcYw
I heard this kid wants to come to UL because he grew up in Lafayette. _

1) Do not do highlights of mediocre plays.
2) Someone made some money off these highlights.
3) 2 minutes would have shown us the good plays, 7 minutes made it hard to tell.

As an example, here are the highlights of 2 10th graders, 6:44 between them...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...70287500068313

I say this as well intended feedback for your friend...

[Boomer]

When augie here an asst. coach Dwight Flanagan recruited the BR area --he asked a few of us to check out a player and tell him what we thought--well he's okay--looks kinda slow--slow release--etc.---old video of Doug Williams!!! just shows that recruiting is damn hard for the most part!!!!

[DrumRoll]

_ When augie here an asst. coach Dwight Flanagan recruited the BR area --he asked a few of us to check out a player and tell him what we thought--well he's okay--looks kinda slow--slow release--etc.---old video of Doug Williams!!! just shows that recruiting is damn hard for the most part!!!! _

I agree, and I wanted to point out that showing every play a kid is involved in is not the best of ideas for a 10th grader's highlights, trim it down to whatever you have to in order to make it quality...if he has 42 seconds of head turning plays, make a 42 second highlight film...

Coaches will request a game film regardless, highlights need to cause coaches to want to make the request :-)

[MissingMandy]

_ I agree, and I wanted to point out that showing every play a kid is involved in is not the best of ideas for a 10th grader's highlights, trim it down to whatever you have to in order to make it quality...if he has 42 seconds of head turning plays, make a 42 second highlight film...

Coaches will request a game film regardless, highlights need to cause coaches to want to make the request :-) _

They typically prefer junior year tape. Perhaps things have changed but that was my experience. Many also like to see a player from the start of a game to the finish and not just the great plays. It was my experience to put in highlights but include an entire game. They look for many other things other then play perfection.

[VObserver]

_ Coming from an old nit-picker (me), just wanted to correct you on one thing. John David Crowe was from Springhill not Monroe. Springhill was my hs's arch rival, so we heard about him a lot. Also, all three of these guys were from the pre-integration period. Not that they weren't that good or even that they wouldn't warrant consideration for HS greatness, but we'll never know how they would've fared against integrated competition. Just sayin' ... _

Cannon ran a 10.3 100 meters. [At 200+ lbs], and gave his team a NC [and himself a Heisman]with one play. Taylor was about the meanest SOB ever to put on a uniform and all Crowe did was impress Bear Bryant enough that he died saying he was the best he ever coached, and win one of those funny trophys like Cannon's.

[RaginFan2]

_ Cannon ran a 10.3 100 meters. [At 200+ lbs], and gave his team a NC [and himself a Heisman]with one play. Taylor was about the meanest SOB ever to put on a uniform and all Crowe did was impress Bear Bryant enough that he died saying he was the best he ever coached, and win one of those funny trophys like Cannon's. _

Again, not sayin' they wouldn't have been great even during the more "modern" era. Just that there are some lingering questions. That's all.

[Sonsissymia]

_ Cannon ran a 10.3 100 meters. [At 200+ lbs], and gave his team a NC [and himself a Heisman]with one play. Taylor was about the meanest SOB ever to put on a uniform and all Crowe did was impress Bear Bryant enough that he died saying he was the best he ever coached, and win one of those funny trophys like Cannon's. _

"the play" did win a heisman, but not a nc. nc won in '58 when he was a junior. 14-13 loss at tenn in '59, when he won the heisman, cost tigers back-to-back nc's.