FOOTBALL RECRUITING: JUCO DT Henry Simon commits
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From SNL in the '90's: "Oh I know my name is Simon, and I love to do 'drawrings'"!:smile:
To be honest, I really don't expect anything from him other than being a warm body to rotate in with the starters to give them a breather. If he turns out to be better than that, great, but I'm curious as to why he didn't have any offers? We'll see.
I think that he helps provide some depth. It doesn't sound like Grossmont CC had that strong of a defense. And Henry Simon was a solid player but wasn't All-League by what I have read. But Grossmont CC did play in a very tough division.
Henry Simon has some size and skills so there is probably some potential.
Henry Simon has some size and skills so there is probably some potential.
He had a pretty impressive highlight tape (better than Louvan Green's imo), but if anyone expects him to be anymore than our 4th DT you'll likely be disapointed. Depth is always good though.
Actually his real name is Henri Simone. He's a famous impressionist painter. I love his work.
I'm guessing that he redshirted his first year at San Diego State.
Interesting interview from then:
Meet The Aztecs: Q&A With Henry Simon - San Diego State University Official Athletic Site
Not only the Chris Ash connection, but Bob Elliott was the defensive coordinator there.
San Diego State University Official Athletic Site - Football
2008 signing day quotes:
Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Bob Elliott on Simon: "Henry Simon has the size that we are looking for in an interior defensive lineman. Henry hasn't played a whole lot of football in his life, so he has a lot of upside."
This. Especially as DT is supposedly one of the harder positions for which to recruit. But I'm not complaining. The young man has the size to play the position, let Wally coach him up and I'm willing to sit back and see some disrupted plays by the opposing offense.
Agree. If Ruemp goes down, we are hurt real bad. Hopefully Simon can fill in the rotation and let some players develop more. And hopefully he can get minutes to keep our DL fresher for late in the game so that we don't wear down.
Why is that quarterback being sacked? Simon says!
I figure that even if it takes him a year to get up to speed, he'll still help fill Ruemp's shoes, until a '12 signee is ready to step in.
I'm going to take a wild guess...when they signed Tau'fo'ou and Lattimer in June. A couple of years ago. :wink:
Other late signees would include Hayworth Hicks and....?
