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Senior at HP. Is he considered a legitimate D-1A prospect?

you should check rivals.

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1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:Senior at HP. Is he considered a legitimate D-1A prospect?

Rivals did a good story on him this morning.

SMU 86 wrote:

1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:Senior at HP. Is he considered a legitimate D-1A prospect?

Rivals did a good story on him this morning.

what a hell of a coincidence

did they put a picture on the front page of Rivals with a catchy title but a story that can't be accessed without a subscription?

[quote="Stallion"]did they put a picture on the front page of Rivals with a catchy title but a story that can't be accessed without a subscription?[/quote]

Yep. I'm not a rivals subscriber, but it was hardly difficult to deduce who they were talking about. I frankly didn't even know that McIlhenny's son was a high school senior or a football player. I don't really care about the subscriber info about him. I was just curious in a general sense about whether he is looking at playing D-1A football somewhere.

I looked him up and he doesn't have any stars. It doesn't look like he has any offers either, but is being recruited by us and Tech. Preferred walk-on maybe? Doesn't look like an awesome D-1 player to me, but if he can really play I'm all for it. Let's hope we don't get an Adam James primadonna though.

Highland Park RB
5-10, 165, 4.6

Rushing numbers (per ESPN):
46 carries
241 yards
5.24 yards per carry
24.1 yards per game
36 long carry
4 rushing touchdowns

Receiving numbers:
4 receptions
59 yards
14.75 yards per catch
5.9 receiving yards per game
22 long reception
1 receiving touchdown

Apparently coming to SMU on an official visit this weekend. The numbers don't jump off the page, but his is one of the great families in SMU football history. I don't know that he merits a scholarship (maybe academic?), but then, I'm not a coach — surely they know more about his abilities than any of us. I do know that I saw his dad play, and if he has an ounce of his dad's blood in him, there's some talent there. Enough to play in Coach Jones' system? Coach Jones and his staff have the track record of identifying talent that has me more than comfortable deferring to them.

Either way, I'd love to see another McIlhenny in red and blue.

Big Easy Pony wrote:Highland Park RB
5-10, 165, 4.6

Rushing numbers (per ESPN):
46 carries
241 yards
5.24 yards per carry
24.1 yards per game
36 long carry
4 rushing touchdowns

Receiving numbers:
4 receptions
59 yards
14.75 yards per catch
5.9 receiving yards per game
22 long reception
1 receiving touchdown

After seeing those numbers, I'm guessing the main reason we're looking at this kid is because of his Dad's legacy. I hope he's a good defensive player, because those numbers are pretty weak and look like those of a backup RB. I'm sure he's a great guy, but I can't get excited about him as a prospect. Then again, I didn't get to see his dad play(I've only heard he was awesome), so I don't have the best frame of reference for how good he was

Lance Mcilhenny is my all-time favorite Mustang. He had "it" on the football field like few others. I have always considered the Pony Express to have consisted of 3 players.

Actually, his grandfather Don is better remembered nationaly, especially his NFL days in Detroit and Greenbay. One our famous running backs.

Donald Brookes McIlhenny (born November 22, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American football halfback in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, and the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Southern Methodist University and was drafted in the third round of the 1956 NFL Draft. McIlhenny was also selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft. Per Wickapedia

While looking up Don, I found this article about the old North-South game, where the players actually got paid from the proceeds of the gate. The article was interesting in that the MVP was the SMU tackle (played both ways) Don Goss, who I have never heard of before, and the former governor of Alabama (could this be correct?) Fob James and Don Mcilhenny.

1956
SOUTH 12, NORTH 2
MVP: Don Goss, SMU
NORTH COACH: Buddy Parker, Lions
SOUTH COACH: Paul Brown, Browns
TOP PLAYERS: Sam Huff, Howard Schnellenberger

A little deja vu was in the cards for the 1956 contest, as another Auburn star, Joe Childress, again played a major role in the South victory as he scored the team's only two touchdowns before another record crowd of 31,782 as the South again scored 12 points to win 12-2. However, Don Goss, SMU's mammoth tackle, earned the game's MVP award for a sterling defensive performance for the Southerners. The first South TD was set up by fine running by former Alabama Governor Fob James of Auburn and SMU's Don McIlhenny before Childress took it in from the two. The South closed out the scoring on another two-yard Childress run in the fourth period. Coach Paul Brown also scored his first victory as South coach, after coaching the North the previous four years.

1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:

Stallion wrote:did they put a picture on the front page of Rivals with a catchy title but a story that can't be accessed without a subscription?

I was just curious in a general sense about whether he is looking at playing D-1A football somewhere.

then that means that you are indeed "concerned about the subscriber info about him". it's ok, i know you're confused.

I have a fuzzy memory of Don actually playing in an alumni football game while I was at school 83 - 87. Does anyone else remember this or am I just making this up?