Scouting Report: Kenny Lacy

Submitted by Magnus on

Now that Phoenix (AZ) Mountain Pointe offensive lineman Kenny Lacy has been offered, I wrote up a scouting report on him.  He's a little bit too passive, in my opinion.  I would characterize most of Michigan's commits and offerees as being very aggressive, so Lacy appears to be a little bit of an outlier.  The athletic talent is there, but he might need to have a little bit of a fire lit under him to get the competitive juices flowing.

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YoOoBoMoLloRoHo

November 27th, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^

Good scouting report. His lack of aggression, finesse blocking, mediocre drive blocking, etc - those are traits that contradict Manball. I'll trust the coaches to identify the best personality and frame to fill the 1 spot, but Hunt seems more similar to Dawson and his base looks a lot better for the interior need given our numerous tackle recruits. Seems like a project and we already have Logan and Denzel projects at tackle.

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NoVaWolverine

November 28th, 2012 at 9:30 AM ^

Not sure if you've looked at his film yet, Magnus, but based on the highlight film Ace embedded in his Monday recruiting post, Cameron Hunt seems to possess an excellent nasty streak -- it looked like he takes real pleasure in pancaking overmatched HS opponents. He might lack Lacy's size, but how many more tackle-sized dudes do we need? I'd rather have the nasty guy who is more of a true pure guard to fill Dawson's former spot in this class, than a OT-sized guy who lacks aggressiveness.

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LSAClassOf2000

November 27th, 2012 at 8:19 PM ^

Thanks for sharing, Magnus, and based on the junior highlights video in your post as well as the one from Hudl that Aquaman shared, I would agree as well about the aggressiveness angle. He seems to go into some blocks not as physically as you would expect, if you will, which is a contrast from the film on a lot of current commits - this would be a counterintuitive choice for the current staff,  I think, at least just based on film. Still, for his size, I like the notion of 6'6" at OT. 

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GotBlueOnMyMind

November 27th, 2012 at 8:14 PM ^

To me it seemed like his biggest problem was letting the other man get hand position, he didn't really seem to extend his arms all that well (something that can be taught I'd assume). As for the lack of agression, considering how much bigger and more powerful he was than his opponents in that video, it seems a bit premature to say that he isn't aggressive enough. I'd like to see him against people who can chalenge him before dismissing him as not being aggressive enough, because although he wasn't exactly ripping people's heads off, he still was manhandling them.

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