great hip explosion, really continues to drive his legs and not stop until the whistle is blown, kid also really keeps his head on a swivel.
I don't put a lot of stock in scout.com ratings, but if their "strengths" and "areas for improvement" are accurate at all, he has a lot of potential. I mean if power, strength, and quickness are his forte while flexibility and technique are his weaknesses, then he has a lot to work with.
Ranking offensive linemen is stupid. The guys that get ranked really highly are physical freaks, but the truth of the matter is that most of them won't see the field for at least a year or two.
By the time you recruit some big strong kid and he's been in your program for two years after a redshirt and sitting the bench as a freshman and sophomore (for the most part), they're all 22 year old hulking man-beasts. They are all tall, they're all over 300 pounds, and pretty much all of them can bench a small foreign car.
If the player is big and has raw, natural strength, you take that player. If you have a good OL coach (and we have a good OL coach), that's more important than getting OL that are loved by the recruiting services.
