Someone tell RR about this kid stat!
http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1032626
He rushed for 1,285 yards and 18 touchdowns as an 8th grader on a varsity team! Insane!
December 29th, 2009 at 10:31 PM ^
Phew. When I first saw this thread title I thought this was that dude advertising his pro-style QB kid/brother/self again. I'd +1 just because you're NOT him.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:32 PM ^
same area in Florida as Vlad the Impaler
December 29th, 2009 at 10:36 PM ^
...as Justin Feagin.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:43 PM ^
I can't see how this could go wrong.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:16 AM ^
Actually it isn't the same school. In an attempt to confuse everyone outside of South Florida, there's an American Heritage Delray Beach and an American Heritage Plantation. They're about 45 minutes apart and 2 different schools. Feagin was from Delray and this kid is from Plantation, this school is about 5 minutes from where Vlad went.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:34 PM ^
Bobby Petrino is currently sitting in a car outside his parents house.
December 30th, 2009 at 10:42 AM ^
Yes, while a USC booster is handing the keys to a car to his parents inside the house.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:01 PM ^
His mailbox is being bombarded as we speak with letters. He sounds like he's determined. I can't even imagine what he's gonna be like in 4 years. By then we should be coming off a 13-0 NC season finishing #1,censensus preseaon #1 he's the #1 recruit in the country and couldn't see himself wearing anything but the Maize and Blue.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:07 PM ^
My gosh, it's as if our collective consciousness has become one...
December 29th, 2009 at 11:24 PM ^
started recruiting this guy in 5th grade. he's been guaranteed the starting rb, ss, and punting spot on the vols.
December 30th, 2009 at 1:13 AM ^
...if Kiffin thought the kid was old enough for the UT "Hostesses?"
December 30th, 2009 at 6:34 AM ^
But the "hostesses" Kiffin sent this kid were cupcakes.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:45 PM ^
How do you get to play high school ball in 8th grade.. He looks as old as Greg Oden
December 29th, 2009 at 11:49 PM ^
I saw this on the Yahoo homepage. Can this kid still only play 4 years of HS ball? Because if so this doesn't make sense because he'd have to sit out a year. I think he only does get 4 yrs though because I do remember something like this with OJ Mayo playing varsity in 7th grade or something like that.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:18 AM ^
in Ky started point guard for the hs team when he was in 8th grade. He is a senior now and a front runner for Mr. Basketball. This is his 5th year on varsity so you can do that in KY anyway.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:22 AM ^
...in Minnesota, too. Khalid El-Amin started for Minneapolis North in 8th grade and played 5 years of hs basketball.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:43 AM ^
Ohhhh I see, you're black
December 30th, 2009 at 11:40 AM ^
Well I am actually white, hence he is a point guard.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:49 AM ^
That's awesome for your cousin. I imagine he has some nice D1 offers on the table
December 30th, 2009 at 10:54 AM ^
When I wrestled we had a 8th grader that wrestled 98lbs. He only had 4 years and couldn't wrestle as a Sr. He did get 2nd place in the state twice and lost to the same kid both times.
The BB coach at my son's HS allegedly considered pulling up an 8th grader because of depth issues at Varsity, but opted not to so the kid would have eligibility as a Sr.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:07 AM ^
Are 8th graders supposed to look that old?
December 30th, 2009 at 4:07 AM ^
This kid has nothing on Greg Oden, but yeah I thought the same thing. This kid already has the size and looks old enough to be a senior in h.s.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:04 AM ^
I think he has a Sony endorsement in his future as well. He'd help sell a lot of Playstations and TV's.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:06 AM ^
Is he transferring to Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes? You know, I heard a rumor that they have a QB ready for the Big Ten, too. Let's go spin up some home grown snake-oil and get M the package deal!
December 30th, 2009 at 8:41 AM ^
He'll be Tennessee's second commit for the class of 2014.
December 30th, 2009 at 8:53 AM ^
I thought this was going to be about Brett Favre's nephew, did anyone else read that article on SI.com?
December 30th, 2009 at 9:58 AM ^
He's never going to get a chance to just be a kid with all the vultures circling. He may look like he's almost a man, but he's not. And it sounds like maybe his parents aren't around (older brother is guardian). Of course every kid wants to be the number 1 player in the country. But there's a lot of pressure that goes with that. I hope his older brother is smart enough to help him deal.
December 30th, 2009 at 10:05 AM ^
with the ridiculous amount of ass-kissing and slavish, adoring attention that he's going to receive from adults trying to lure him to their schools, there's virtually no chance this kid is going to lead a normal, undistorted life.
December 30th, 2009 at 11:05 AM ^
he's going to be too old to play college ball when he graduates high school...
December 30th, 2009 at 1:28 PM ^
8th grader? That kid looks like he's at least a junior in high school.