Mike Gawlik..Jackson Memorial
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Wes Welker...shifty smart quick...uses his limited physical gifts instead of hotdogging...every team could use a couple...
Hudl says 4.48. I know when I was in HS and I was timed in the 40 it was a slow track, or maybe it was just me.
Wes Welker was about 5'9 185. Gawlik is 5'7 165. Also, I don't know if he could be a pure receiver. He's a good high school player, and could play in college, I just don't see a B1G player. I think he'll be a hell of an FCS player. Alijah Jackson on Paramus Catholic is the same deal. There was a running back on Manalapan a few years back Imamu Mayfield who had video game stats. Size and speed are factored into D-1 offers, not just whether they were All - State or not.
Forget about a 40 time and just watch his tape. A legit 4.48 would be blowing away the other guys on the field. Taking 40 times off websites is almost always worthless. I always like to watch the clips and see him in comparison to the other players on the field. It sticks out that he is no where close to D1 speed.
And at his size, he would need to be super fast.
No comparison to the kid from Peddie and even he is not a 'ship candidate.
If you carefully look in slow mo (at the "missed tackle" by Watts) you see Watts leads with his right shoulder at Gawlik's right hip...at the moment of contact Gawlik makes a nice spin move off of Watts...he doesn't truck him....Watts falls on his left side and rolls half backwards....listen he's a very nice player but is not a D-1 player....do you see anyone else recruiting him at a P-5 school in the B1G ?...Gawlik is a D-2 type who if he continues to mature ( grow ) will be a solid college player...that is not a disgrace....Keep this in mind with All State ....All County team picks...# 1 it is many times most important to have a winning team....#2 coaches are influenced when in a meeting of their peers....been their....done that...#3 he has the boost from the previous years pick....#4 The scribes who choose the teams also aren't scouts ...tell him to walk on ....ANYWHERE.
I was a Welker type g. ..5''10"170 in HS...after the Marine Corps I put on good weight ...now I carry 200 well with a 34 waist at 64 yrs old and have a full head of hair...lo l ...which wouldnt' translate on the FB field....I like and value a FB IQ...IT's so unappreciated. !!
Castellano dominated high school football games as much as any HS player I ever saw. I go back as far as watching Gilbert Chapman and Richie Woods at Thomas Jefferson in the early 70's
Some times D1 schools are just wrong about a small player but they really risk a lot taking a chance.
A friend of mine played with Sam Mills at Montclair. After the first practice he saw Mills my friend told me he just saw the greatest football player he ever saw.
We all know how that turned out.
A friend of mine played with Sam Mills at Montclair. After the first practice he saw Mills my friend told me he just saw the greatest football player he ever saw.
We all know how that turned out.
How do HS athletes get noticed by the P5 teams? For example, does Rumson-Fair Haven play in such a weak conference that their players are almost never going to go P5? They have one WR who was hurt this year who is being recruited, but that is a rarity. I ask because there was a OL who was on the APP All Shore team. He's 6'4", 285 pounds and to my untrained eye he looks good, but can't find him on any rating services. I don't know the kid (I actually may know his father, but not real well), but was just wondering how kids get noticed. Obviously, RU is taking some kids out of the Shore (Micah Clark, Beatty, and others).
Such players are fairly few in number from the Shore conference. Maybe it's not a strong conference?
Geisecki, Sickles and Blacknall have made splashes for the B1G Champ
I would think that knight shift would know better - add in manny Bowen and Chris gulla also players for PSU. Thats 5 shore conference kids on one big ten team
Manny Bowen wasn't the best H.S. linebacker I've ever saw. But he was 6'1 220 and athletic. A 5'6 average speed, running back, isn't the type of kid you recruit. Also, why would RU offer a scholarship to a kid with zero D-1 offers? Maybe every single scout in the United States is wrong, but I doubt it.
See....that's the thing I don't understand. You could criticize RU for dropping the ball on a kid if he had other D1A offers.....even one. But if zero D1A schools are offering, it sorta tells you something about the kid's prospects for playing at the top level. Sure they miss guys....but everyone seems to be seeing the same thing here.
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Kids get noticed a couple of ways. Number 1 is their coaching having contacts in the coaching world and sending tape/ bringing them to visit a coach. Number 2 is hitting the camp circuit. Having a college coach physically have eyes on you competing is a tremendous way to earn a look. Number 3 is getting the first off. When someone offers you others notice and come knocking.
From watching his tape he is a solid linemen. A few thing that I think hold him back is his power is coming from his upper body not his hips. He is finishing blocks with his upper body and arms (because he is just bigger) as opposed to exploding through blocks. He has some slow feet on contact, and plays with bad hip level. He is a good linemen but his tape does not scream offer me. There are a ton of seniors who go unnoticed because they are later bloomers. Still a lot of time left for him to find a spot to play at a level. Being 6'4" 285 is not a rarity. Look at a lot of d3 teams and their lines are that big.
Speed matters too. You can't coach speed. I've seen kids with mediocre high school stats get D-1 offers because of size, speed and athleticism.
Speed, hip and ankle flexibility, change of direction speed, and lateral quickness are all those thingsthat get kids offered.
