Rivals.com "First Five Stars": Damien Harris
This week, Rivals released it's first 10 five star players, which include our very own commit Damien Harris. Today they released a feature/breakdown of him and his ranking [article linked here], the seventh overall in the series (probably indicating he's either the fourth best player in their rankings, or the 7th, I'm not sure). It's been said before, but I'm still amazed that we have two top 10 caliber guys in the fold for our 2015 class already.
(FWIW: It was posted earlier that Rivals gave him a top ten ranking, but they hadn't released the article yet)
August 28th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^
Damien Harris eh? Sounds familiar ...
August 28th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
Becuase the video doesn't have an old embed code, and I can't put it in the OP, I'll just throw this here.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
Beautiful wheel routes at the Army junior combine...
Doubt Michigan will need 3-down backs given the depth we are building up, but Harris looks like he can be one of those if need be.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
Listening to that guy talk, I don't know why but I'm reminded of K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's.
August 28th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
you'd def get a plus 1 from me for the reservoir dogs sound track mention if I could do such a thing.
August 28th, 2013 at 4:28 PM ^
K Billy was in Pulp Fiction as well but that's beside that point.
August 28th, 2013 at 3:37 PM ^
August 28th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
It's true that the compitition here in KY is not that great but Damien can flat out run fast. Was it true that the same thing was said about one Mike Hart? He put up numbers but never got the "stars" because of the competition. That turned out all right. Hoping to see him live a couple times.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:22 PM ^
He had good balance though and kept his legs churning upon impact.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
August 28th, 2013 at 3:19 PM ^
He seldom was able to outrun people in the open field - I saw him get taken down from behind on quite a few occasions. But, he excelled at pretty much everything else: second effort, balance, blocking, catching passes, vision, and trash-talking Sparty.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:17 PM ^
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August 28th, 2013 at 2:23 PM ^
"Not only does he have the strength to run players over, but he also has the speed to run by them." - from one of the assessments of Harris
It's always nice to have more of this combination in the RB ranks. The highlights in the video are very impressive - Harris looks very elusive. The Hart comparison may very well be apt in that sense.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
This is offtopic form the thread, but I can't make new posts. I was rewatching Hoke's initial press conference and David Brandon talked about interviewing a series of other coaches (at least five, I think). Does anyone know the other coaches Brandon interviewed? I love Hoke, Mattison et al, but I was curious to see who else was interviewed.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
MOD EDIT: Yes, there was a real image of a dead horse here, and my avatar...well....we're not having it. - LSA
August 28th, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
Well. That's a profoundly unpleasent image.
August 28th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
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August 28th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
WTF, why?
August 28th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
If you're going to show a picture of a dead horse, at least get the phrase right and have someone beating said dead horse
August 28th, 2013 at 2:43 PM ^
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August 28th, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
There were rumors of Gruden being interviewed as well. Tony Dungy may have been interviewed or he might have declined before an interview. Chris Petersen was also a candidate. I don't think it was ever revealed who actually had interest in the job besides Hoke.
August 28th, 2013 at 4:30 PM ^
August 28th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
You're right, I always get the two mixed up.
August 28th, 2013 at 7:11 PM ^
FWIW, I believe it is Chris Peterson - Boise State, & Gary Patterson - TCU
August 29th, 2013 at 12:59 AM ^
August 29th, 2013 at 3:40 AM ^
Well... it's looking more and more likely that we'll be able to replicate the ammount of talent Borges had during his undefeated season at Auburn. He had two star backs and we're definitely recruiting stars at that position...