SI.com article on Rashan Gary

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http://www.campusrush.com/rashan-gary-michigan-wolverines-national-sign…

 

This story appears in the Feb. 15-22, 2015 issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here.

Rashan Gary shuffles into his living room in Plainfield, N.J., wearing gray sweatpants, a black "Paramus Catholic Track" jacket and a weary look. He slumps onto a couch whose previous occupants have included Hugh Freeze and Nick Saban and perches a pair of royal-blue Beats by Dre headphones on his temples. Gary was the Under Armour All-America Game's MVP and the Bobby Dodd National Lineman of the Year, and he's the consensus top recruit in the class of 2016, only the third prospect this decade—fellow defensive linemen Jadeveon Clowney and Robert Nkemdiche are the others—to be tabbed No. 1 by all four major recruiting services (Scout, Rivals, ESPN, 247Sports). As such, Gary has more than 30 scholarship offers and the attention of fans and coaches across the country. What's clear this evening is that he's ready for it all to be over. On Jan. 31, three days before National Signing Day, the defensive tackle has yet to figure out where he'll play ball this fall, but he's determined to reach a decision. "Tonight," he says.

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MayOhioEatTurds

February 16th, 2016 at 5:41 PM ^

"Yet framing Gary's rise as a product of sheer physical prowess would be reductive. His realization, early in his high school career, that bull-rushing every offensive lineman was not a viable strategy sparked his evolution from athletic specimen to meticulous technician. . . . 'When I first met [Gary], he was a mauler or a brawler,' the 53-year-old Kafaf says. 'Now he's a predator.'"

This is why he is going to be the best:  He is the (1) rare athletic freak who (2) demands getting everything out of that talent through thought and training. 

He's basically M.J. in a DL body. 

And he's playing for M. 

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mgobluth

February 16th, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^

Good thing you included it - I refuse to give anymore clicks to SI.com. The advertising and suggested content panels have made the site impossible to navigate.

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PopeLando

February 16th, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^

Note to all other top level recruits out there: Mr. Gary handled his recruitment flawlessly. Especially the part when he committed to Michigan. The more imitators, the better.

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LSAClassOf2000

February 16th, 2016 at 6:13 PM ^

In his junior and senior seasons Gary sacked Bergen Catholic quarterback Jarrett Guarantano a total of nine times. A four-star prospect who signed with Tennessee, Guarantano says he was "very upset" to learn he'd have to face Gary a third time in the Under Armour game. Guarantano's strategy against Gary: "Just get the ball out fast." (Gary had three sacks in the game.)

Very nice, and here's to hoping that he keeps Big Ten quarterbacks up at night during his time here - from everything we've been able to read or see, it seems like he will keep entire offenses up at night really. It will be nice to watch these defenses as this team under Harbaugh and his staff begin to truly take shape. 

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ST3

February 16th, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^

That was the most interesting SI article I've read recently. The second most interesting article was about quarterbacks' appearance. The theory is that QBs are more attractive than other players. The article was about a study that refuted that theory. However, and this is where it gets interesting, QBs do possess more facial features that are correlated with leadership, and the number 1 feature correlated with leadership ability is having a wide mouth. This is crazy. So why wasn't Julia Roberts the greatest QB of all time?

So if you really want to know if O'Korn is going to hold off Morris for the QB battle, just measure the widths of their mouths.

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Wolfman

February 16th, 2016 at 7:33 PM ^

I don't know it it will be a continuous RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH after his first sack or more like the Lou Lou Lou Lou following one of Whitaker's great playsf, but most certainly it will happen and 107,001 fans will join in on Saturdays. Going to be some citement in da house mi amigos.  RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, GOOOOOOOOOOO, BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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goblue81

February 16th, 2016 at 9:25 PM ^

I definitely like the attitudes of the guys we're bringing in.  They are ready to compete day 1, high energy, and so far high integrity.  I know kids will be kids and there is almost always some shennanigans (and hopefully nothing more), but I like these guys have Harbaugh imprints on them from what I've read and seen online.

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