This is faster than Denard in HS and this guy's got 55 pounds and like half a foot on him. Loooooooool.
Denard would have been faster had he just tied his shoes. /s
The toddler that ran next to him was pretty fast too!
https://247sports.com/player/nyckoles-harbor-46114050/
Michigan is represent in schools he is interested in.
Archbishop Carroll is in Washington DC, fyi...
Plus he came out of the blocks real slow. Imagine if he can fix his start.
I think this is to be expected as a much bigger guy will more likely have a slower start (F = ma). For example, Usain Bolt is almost as tall but about 30 lbs lighter than Nyckoles. Split times published for Usain Bolt's 9.58 seconds world record 100m run list his first 40m time at 4.64 seconds. The last 60 seconds were obviously lightning fast.
Usain Bolt's height and associated increased mass are normally detrimental to sprinting. However, his physical height gives him a longer stride length than his rivals, while he is still able to maintain a similar stride frequency. Bolt typically completes a 100m race in about 41 steps, three or four fewer than his rivals.
Denard's speed was very good, but not spectacular for his size (among P5 athletes anyway). What made Denard was his quickness -- his omnidirectional burst and deceleration were elite. Defenses largely had to corral him because he was almost impossible to tackle in space.
That 360-degree agility requires building up leg muscles that only add weight to straight-line sprinters. I'd like to see Harbor's bend; otherwise his best use is running seam routes as a TE.
FWIW, his 247 scouting report specifically calls out his change of direction and shoulder dip as a DE.
DEs’with speed, strength, and length change the game. You can destroy an offensive rhythm and opponents need to game plan around you.
Just look at what Hutch did this year. I’ll take an All American DE over an All American TE all day.
Denard’s acceleration was what made him special, more than his top end speed (which was still spectacular). I think this guy would have a hard time matching Denard in the shuttle, just because of all that extra size
If you are running a 10.29 as a Junior in high school wouldn't you have a decent shot at qualifying for the Olympics at some point in your career? I don't usually remember seeing high schoolers run that fast.
Definitely. The high school record was that white kid a couple years ago at like 9.98 or something like that but track was his thing.
I don't know for sure but I'm guessing this guy just runs track without any training for it specifically. Pls I wonder what the conditions were on that track.
Harbor is big on the track scene and has been since he was about 10 years old. There is a lot of debate if he will play football or solely compete in track. Regardless, he's a generational type athlete.
Can we slow down with the generational stuff. Very good time and great time for his size, but Matt Boiling who goes to UGA ran 10.13 his senior yr and runs track in college, and he isn't good enough to qualify for the Olympics and he's a JR in college. Noah Lyles ran 10.15 in the Pan Am games at 20 and he barely won a bronze this past Olympics. It's just not that simple
Can we slow down with the generational stuff.
I doubt there have been many HS kids with his size who can run as fast as he can. That alone makes him generational, although that may apply most directly to football, should he choose to pursue that route.
Generational in what way? He holds no records and is just fast for his size. He is big and fast, but not the fastest, so in that respect his size my be holding him back as a track athlete. I'm not saying it's not special, but he isn't generational.
I am a generational athlete. Or maybe it’s geriatric. Yes…correction…I am a geriatric athlete.
I am geriactric.
just fast for his size.
Calvin Johnson was 6'-5"/235 and ran a 4.35 at his NFL combine. Was his combination of size and speed not "generational"?
Calvin was generational in that sense because football is a sport where size and speed are factors. As you said, “generational” would apply more to football in the case of this athlete.
But I don’t see how you can say it’s generational in a sport like track. They don’t have separate classes based on how big you are. You’re either fast or you’re not. He’s not generational in track at all
That doesn’t make him generational. It makes him unique. Usain bolt is generational, Wayne Gretzky is generational, Leo Messi is generational. This guy is incredibly fast for his size and age.
Are both those guys 6'5 235 and also 5 star football recruits? No? Guess I'll continue on with the label. Thanks for your input though!
What exactly has he done? I'll wait and listen
Who are you? Superman in the flesh? Please list off the multi-sport people that possess that type of natural athleticism at that age right now? I am not talking about athletic achievements, I am talking about a 16-17 year old kid that is 6'5 235 and runs a 10.3 100 meter. I would argue that there is not another kid in America with those abilities and there has not been in a long time making him "generational". I didn't know Clark Kent read MGoBlog!
I will be excited about this young man if and when he straps on the Maize and Blue....until then...he seems slow.
Go Blue!!!!
This is a strange hill you’ve chosen to die on
To make the US team, you generally need to be under 10 seconds. Going from 10.29 to sub-10 is a huge leap. A lot of people will say “but he’s only in HS”. Fair enough, but plenty of other sub 10.5 HS runners have failed to improve dramatically. His performance is impressive and he’s one to watch, but I agree with others that say his talent maybe more generational in football than track. The biggest wild card is his weight. I’d be very curious to see what happens if he cut 20-30 pounds.
That is his challenge. Maximizing his 100m time is at odds with maximizing his football prospects.
Also, the 100 isn't the only track event. He could probably be a world-class decathlete if he set his mind to it. He doesn't have to run sub-10 to do that.
There will be zero debate. The amount of money that can be made on the track does not even come close to what he will make in the NFL even being a journey man.
This is not technically accurate. Matthew Boling ran 9.98 but it was a wind aided time and does not qualify for records. The official national record with legal wind is Trentavis Friday — 10.00 Seconds
So "technically" it is true.
Lord, you are just being a gnat today.
Announcer stated, "Wind was just over allowable: 2.1"
That "white kid" is Matthew Boling who attends UGA and is one of the fastest collegiate sprinters today. He has the 2nd fastest outdoor 100m and 3rd fastest outdoor 200m among US college athletes in 2022 so far, and the fastest indoor 200m in the world so far.
That "white kid" is no slouch.
I think he just said “white kid” because he couldn’t remember his name, not that he thought he was a slouch.
Yes lol, Sam Webb actually talked about this on Recruiting Roundup a while back. He said not only are we competing with other schools for his services but also competing with the Olympics
Probably not.
There were about 20 HS students who ran faster than that last year.
About 30 professionals ran sub 10 last year.
That being said - the current world number 1 ran about 10.4 in HS.
His coach, who is from UofM and a big michigan fan and is the reason Harbor is on our radar and us his, predicts he'll run sub 10 this year, let alone his senior year. She has been right at predicting these things with her athletes in the past. This kid is expected to compete in the olympics in a few years. He's the recruit I want most.
He ran 10.65 as a freshman.
He ran 10.4 as sophomore.
He ran 10.3 this year.
Going from 10.3 to sub 10 (and we're already halfway through the season) is insanely unlikely. I'll will be massively surprised if he goes under 10.2 this year.
Would have to drop 30 lbs and concentrate only on track to make the Olympic team
At first, I was annoyed the tweet didn't at least give us which lane he was running in. And then they switched camera angles and I realized they did not need to at all that is terrifying athleticism
i assumed at a glance, that the monster sized man was the topic of the tweet.....
Imagine him on kickoff returns. Would you dare try and tackle him, fuck no!
What's his pad level?
It's up there...
Too bad he's not a Michigan commit. He's got offers from every major program in the country, and with his combo of size and speed it will be a major battle to keep him from Georgia, Alabama, OU, Texas A&M, or God forbid, OSU.
His 200 is even better...
https://youtu.be/0CTSLQ9hUBo
Usain bolt ran a 20.13 in high school.
That is indoor on a 200m track too. Those turns are brutal. Did you see him torch the stagger on that first straight, poor kid running outside him?
here you go.