Keaton Bates Commits!

Pony147 · Post by **Pony147** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:49 pm

Bates @KeatonBates ├é┬╖ 5m 5 minutes ago
Blessed to announce that I am furthering my academic and athletic career at SMU #ponyup #commited

http://247sports.com/Player/Keaton-Bates-77468
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/r ... tes-164594

Adam Grosbard @AdamGrosbard ├é┬╖ 3m 3 minutes ago
BREAKING: Arlington Lamar OL @KeatonBates has committed to #SMU after an official visit this weekend #PonyUpTempo

Mustangs35SMU · Post by **Mustangs35SMU** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:08 pm

Welcome aboard!

Roach · Post by **Roach** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:48 pm

Awesome -- can't have too many big guys up front. He's a little light, so hopefully he has great athleticism that he can retain while getting bigger. Welcome!

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:03 pm

about the same size Kelvin Beachum was coming in...we can only hope he is as athletic and develops as well as Beach did

Puckhead48E · Post by **Puckhead48E** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:29 pm

Academics are also important to Bates, and he’s excited to get the chance to play football while studying at a premier university. He plans to major in business.
"At some point, as coach Morris put it, you stand on an inflated football and its hard to balance, but once the air comes out and you have a good foundation, then it’ll take you a lot further in life," Bates said. "I’ll eventually have to hang the cleats up, but I’ll always come back to that degree."

HCCM and Co. have already found their stride with this first class. Opportunity on the field for your football career, opportunity in the classroom for your life.

ReedFrawg · Post by **ReedFrawg** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:56 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:about the same size Kelvin Beachum was coming in...we can only hope he is as athletic and develops as well as Beach did

At 6'3 and 265 lbs he is plenty big to develop.

JasonB · Post by **JasonB** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:07 pm

TE size? Short for a modern tackle...

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:29 pm

JasonB wrote:TE size? Short for a modern tackle...

so was/is Beachum

JasonB · Post by **JasonB** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:31 pm

True that. It will be interesting to see where he ends up, guard or tackle.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:42 pm

He's listed as 6-4, 265 on both Rivals and Scout and based on his Senior highlites I think that's about right

jpe747 · Post by **jpe747** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:31 am

Good to have another lineman.

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