I say the UAB Oline coach. The development I’ve seen from a couple of their linemen has been impressive. If he wants to move up, that would be my choice.
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High School Preferred Walkon - The Preferred Walkon just means he will be at training camp.
Regular non-preferred walkons start with the team on the first day of classes.
Do regular walk ons lift with the team and do other functions. Daughter was saying a couple were claiming preferred status but they lifted at state gym/lied and say their own PT people. Preferred ones I knew of were like scholly ones, just had to pay their way.
I was a regular walkon at first. We got to do everything preferreds and scholarships did except we had to start on the first day of school. So yes we got to lift, use the trainers and eat with the team.
What I thought. I think these kids may have tried out and didn’t make it and are still claiming they are walk ons.
Unless you’re only hiring former players, that’s how you make tree. Where else would coaches come from from within the tree?
A lineman who through wrestling understands leverage? We should take every single one of those kids we can get out hands on.
Basketball players who know how to screen out on rebounds already know how to apply the principles.
Basketball players are great for pass protection, especially left tackles. Good at moving feet and hips; have to stay between you and the basket/quarterback. What a lot of pass protection is.
I agree, Iowa has hit on so many of these types.
That's a different kind of leverage. Linemen don't block with their butts. I'm talking about the ability to quickly get up under one's shoulder pads and move them where you want.
As another poster mentioned, basketball players have their own skillset that translates well. In addition to good footwork and having the ability to move laterally, they're good at using their hands to get through traffic and create separation at the line of scrimmage.
They make great TE's as well.
Yes. We ended up with an unheralded one in Collin Newell. Worked out pretty well. Iowa has brought in a lot of basketball players over the years as well. Brandon Myers is just one example. They could have easily put some more weight on him and turned him into a tackle.
This is why coaches love multi-sport athletes. Some of the skills do carry over. I wouldn't recruit a TE that didn't play BB. Most all of the great ones played. Probably wouldn't recruit an O-lineman that didn't do one or the other either.
An article today in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
From Eagle to Cyclone, Eledge walks on at ISU *
nonpareilonline.com
* My apologies if this doesn't come out well if you are not a subscriber. You might get one freebie, I'm not positive. Maybe try a different browser. It might be available in incognito mode (but with a bunch of ads).
Or the link may work fine.
The article talks about a lot of things, including more about the process of how he received his preferred walk-on offer, more than what I quoted below.
Also, in wrestling -- post-sectionals, pre-districts -- Eledge is ranked 7th in the state:
www.kmaland.com
Wrestling fans also note at that link (and of course, tentative based on district results upcoming), but in a match I highlighted on the wrestling board (in the "Super Noob" thread), between then #1 Eli Becerra of Missouri Valley, a sophomore, and then #8 Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia, a freshman -- after the sectional results between the two -- Reisz is now ranked #1 and Becerra is ranked 2nd.
Of course, based on their rankings, they will probably meet again at districts.
From Eagle to Cyclone, Eledge walks on at ISU *
From Eagle to Cyclone, Eledge walks on at ISU
Underwood senior offensive lineman Easton Eledge helped lead Underwood to the Class 1A quarterfinals and a 10-1 record this past season. His blocking help spur the Eagles offensive attack, which
* My apologies if this doesn't come out well if you are not a subscriber. You might get one freebie, I'm not positive. Maybe try a different browser. It might be available in incognito mode (but with a bunch of ads).
Or the link may work fine.
The article talks about a lot of things, including more about the process of how he received his preferred walk-on offer, more than what I quoted below.
Also, in wrestling -- post-sectionals, pre-districts -- Eledge is ranked 7th in the state:
IAWrestle Rankings (2/8): Lo-Ma's Reisz new No. 1 at 1A-113
Logan-Magnolia 113-pounder Corbin Reisz is the new top-ranked wrestler in Class 1A's IAWrestle rankings.
Wrestling fans also note at that link (and of course, tentative based on district results upcoming), but in a match I highlighted on the wrestling board (in the "Super Noob" thread), between then #1 Eli Becerra of Missouri Valley, a sophomore, and then #8 Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia, a freshman -- after the sectional results between the two -- Reisz is now ranked #1 and Becerra is ranked 2nd.
Of course, based on their rankings, they will probably meet again at districts.
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Those that work there call it "the Nonpayroll".An article today in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
From Eagle to Cyclone, Eledge walks on at ISU *
From Eagle to Cyclone, Eledge walks on at ISU
Underwood senior offensive lineman Easton Eledge helped lead Underwood to the Class 1A quarterfinals and a 10-1 record this past season. His blocking help spur the Eagles offensive attack, which
* My apologies if this doesn't come out well if you are not a subscriber. You might get one freebie, I'm not positive. Maybe try a different browser. It might be available in incognito mode (but with a bunch of ads).
The article talks about a lot of things, including more about the process of how he received his preferred walk-on offer, more than what I quoted below.
Also, in wrestling, post-sectionals, pre-districts, Eledge is ranked 7th in the state:
IAWrestle Rankings (2/8): Lo-Ma's Reisz new No. 1 at 1A-113
Logan-Magnolia 113-pounder Corbin Reisz is the new top-ranked wrestler in Class 1A's IAWrestle rankings.
Wrestling fans also note at that link, and of course, tentative based on district results, but in a match I highlighted on the wrestling board (in the "Super Noob" thread), between then #1 Eli Becerra of Missouri Valley, a sophomore, and then #8 Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia, a freshman -- after the sectional results between the two -- Reisz is now ranked #1 and Becerra is ranked 2nd.
Of course, based on their rankings, they will probably meet again at districts.
