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Don't overlook the Athletes

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:33 pm
by RoyBell
I can promise you this that no matter what the stars on rivals say, Vincent McNeil JR. can play football and is a great athlete he has lead his teams as a QB since he was on the 8 and under boys and girls club they were undeated champs. Then and it carried over to junior high when he was in the 8th grade he lead his team to City Champs. He's been a state champion in basketball and lead his team to the third round this year. Both he and Quintell Soloman will be good pick ups for SMU.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:41 pm
by Stallion
http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcon ... ca5e8.html

What is the story on McNeil-I see he had a great season and obviously a great athlete but there isn't much recruiting information on him-actually none-Is he fully qualfied-what schools is he looking at.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:49 pm
by Stallion
Unbelievable Stats on McNeil albeit at the 3A Level

Passing:
145 Atts 233 Comp. 2058 35 TDs 6 Ints

Rushing:
190 Atts 1626 yards rushing 8.6 ypc 19 TDs

Played both WR and QB as a Junior


Quintell Soloman:

50 Catches 813 yards 16.3 ypc 14 TDs

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:43 pm
by Alaric
Roy - did your sign sign with K State out of Bakersfield? I'd have to think JJ would love a shot at him

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:47 pm
by Stallion
BTW Attrail Snipes a Hawaii Soft Commitment plays on the same JUCO team at Bakersfield as Dustin Bell and visited Kansas State on the same date in December

Re: Don't overlook the Athletes

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:49 pm
by Ponymon
RoyBell wrote:I can promise you this that no matter what the stars on rivals say, Vincent McNeil JR. can play football and is a great athlete he has lead his teams as a QB since he was on the 8 and under boys and girls club they were undeated champs. Then and it carried over to junior high when he was in the 8th grade he lead his team to City Champs. He's been a state champion in basketball and lead his team to the third round this year. Both he and Quintell Soloman will be good pick ups for SMU.


Rivals does not rate Vincent, but has 3 videos on his Rival's bio.

Dual-threat quarterback
Dallas (TX) Dallas Roosevelt

Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 175 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
Class: 2008 (High School


http://smu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=58652

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:53 pm
by Ponymon
Soloman does not have a bio that I could find on Rivals.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:55 pm
by HFvictory
Unfotunately both getting a thug rep and considered grade risks. Roosevelt absolutely looked liked a classic thug school against Gilmer and rep not totally undeserved.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:08 pm
by Ponymon
Pre-season Tom Lemming rated McNeil 3 stars and said that he had the athletic ability to play FS at the next level. Has a quick burst, good decision making ability, balance and running skills. He played a little FS and is known for his physical style of play. He accumulated over 1,500 yards in total offense at QB and his GPA was over 2.5 according to Lemming.

6-2, 185, 4.5

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:18 pm
by Stallion
2.5 could be borderline because remember you've got to get your core GPA in 14 core courses and then you apply the sliding scale. Just a guess but I wonder if these kids have taken a qualifying test since there is very little info on them on the recruiting services. Can't visit until you at least take the test. No visit and the recruiting services don't track the players as closely. Here's the sliding scale and other initial eligibility information.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/res ... OD=AJPERES

PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:38 am
by SMU2007
hard not to overlook the athletes. especially when one of them is 5'9".

and 155 lbs. yikes

PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:49 pm
by Billy Joe
those measurements are real close to Billy Joe's slinky.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:12 pm
by smu diamond m
Billy Joe wrote:those measurements are real close to Billy Joe's slinky.

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