Not bad for a walk - on. I wonder if he can long snap?
Turn him into the towel-boy-turned-playmaker and hope for the best?
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What school does that kid go to?
No offense to the kid or you, but the original poster is right -- 10.8 isn't super impressive. He's also right, that the 200 time is pretty dang good.
How fast his 10.8 is comes down to perspective. I came in third in state in the 3200 meter, but I was in A/AA Tennessee. I wouldn't have made a regional finals in CA, TX, FL, or higher divisions in most states.
Good for the kid, but your "Wow!" over his 10.8 time is tough when we as a fanbase, maybe unfairly, compare it to Denard's or Devon Allen's. Perspective.
He's just stating the obvious. That time wouldn't have gotten him top five in the state finals in any southern state pretty much.
I think we're in disagreement on what "impressive" is. If we were all Pac-12 or SEC track and field followers and Chris Maye was a recruit, I'd agree that his times aren't terribly impressive. But for a D1 football recruit, especially a walk-on, an FAT 10.8 is certainly impressive. And this kid is a safety, right? IIRC, he's a decent sized kid (looked it up - 5'10" 170 last football season).
Sure, he's not Denard fast, or Trindin Holiday fast, but, for example, Berkley Edwards, another football player who most agree is very fast for football standards, ran a 10.92 in the D2 finals. Justice Hayes didn't record a time that fast last year.
Point is, what is fast for a college track star isn't the same as what is fast for a college football player. There are maybe 5 kids on our current squad faster than Maye, maybe fewer.
Do you know that Chris Maye can't run a similar 40 time? Fact is. we're not talking about 40 times, and anyone who thinks a laser timed 10.8 100m isn't fast is nuts. Sure, it's won't win you a college track title, but it makes you a really fucking fast football player.
You do know Edwards ran a 10.9 right? I would say someone who runs faster is in the same league as Edwards. Is Edwards first 10-20 yards faster, maybe, but it is obvious he is not "faster".
Lighten up, Mr. Maye.
So Chris's time isn't good because it's not as fast as the kid who is maybe the fastest high schooler in the country and one of the top recruits in 2014?
Look, Chris Maye is not a nationally-heralded sprinter. But he's a walk-on safety who happens to be one of the top sprinters in the entire Midwest. If he was a four star safety, everyone would be raving about how awesome he'll be. But instead, you're saying "but there's a guy in Texas who is way faster."
I have read enough of your bs, you're an idiot. His time would have put him third in FLorida's largest class and would have won Ohio's D1. Go away.
I was at the D1 meet, Austin Sanders of Ypsilanti won the 100 in 10.92 and won the 200 in 21.94
D2 Champ was Kyle Redwine from Aubunr Hills Avondale. Fastest kid in the state and was #22 in the country at one point. Won at 10.53 in the 100m. The D1 wasn't as impressive.
wait for September. Heck, I'd take late August even.
No offense but a 10.8 would have won the Ohio D1 state. Fastest time was a 10.88.
In the largest division in Florida the winning time was 10.52, and third was 10.83.
Not yet mentioned here is that he also placed second in the long jump with a jump of 21'10.5". That would have been enough to place in D1 or D2, and that's a very good distance for a high school kid as well.
Sure, he's not a future olympian, but this kid is obviously very explosive, and probably would have lots of scholarships if he were two inches taller. This is the type of walk-on who could see the field and it wouldn't shock anyone.
Morgan Trent was running a 10.5 in high school.
I believe it was the midwest meet of champions. He did not run in the state meet his senior year of high school. He was the fastest guy in the state that year by far though.
I'm not a huge Mo T fan, but I will always remember him chasing down Percy Harvin in the CapOne bowl and the Florida fan next to me saying, "I don't think I have ever seen that happen before, Harvin never gets caught"
The Athletic.net site that was referenced is not always posted on by coaches. The Union City coach does not post all of his times on that site. I watched Maye run 10.54 and 10.53 this season. The referenced 60m dash time has to be from over a year ago, because I am almost positive he didn't run indoor this past winter.
Either way, there's a bit of excitement in southern michigan because of this kid and Sturgis sophomore QB Chance Stewart (made a recent visit to UM - word is they want to offer him already). Maye is a solid DB with good intangibles (speed, hitting, defensive IQ). The coaching staff sees enough in him to make him a preferred walk-on. Hell, he might even make it as a kick returner.
Throw out the track times, they won't matter in the end. Kid could have played in any division. He has tremendous drive and determination - which should serve him well.
A10.7 is not a lot faster than a 10.8. We are talking a matter of feet.
The fastest track guy that has been in our program in a long time was Mike Shaw. Shaw ran a 10.39 100m electronic his senior year until he was ruled ineligible by the OHSAA. He also ran a 20.89 200m. He is/was the fastest "track" guy in our program probably ever.
Maye's best time this year was a 10.54 and his regional time was 10.7.