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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1464022, member: 289"] Well, we lost Robert Washington. But we still have Jordan Fredericks, Dontae Strickland, Tyrone Perkins, (this year) and Mo Neal (next year) coming in. I thought I’d post all their HUDL tapes and ask people to rank them just based on what they see here. JORDAN FREDERICKS 5-10 210 4.49 40 yard dash [MEDIA=hudl]athlete=1576908;highlight=186174382[/MEDIA] Comments: HUDL lists Fredericks as ‘210’ but most sites have him around 195. He’ll probably grow into 210 while he’s here. Jordan has a “straight-up” running style that reminds me of Walter Reyes. (Ground rule: Just because a prospect reminds me of a famous player doesn’t mean I’m predicting he’ll be as good as that player.) Walter was faster than Jordan, (he claimed a sub 4.29 time in the 40) so I’m not saying Jordan will be that good, (I’d rate Walter our best running back since Joe Morris), but I think the style may help him see what is going on around him and a low him to react better to what defenders are doing. He’s not a zig-zag guy. He wants to run north-south if he can. When he makes moves they depart from straight ahead as little as possible and he finds ways to keep moving forward. He has a knack for breaking leg tackles. He’s obviously outrunning peoples, (not him catching a guy from behind at 3:26), but these are high school people, not college people and also the quality of high school players can vary from area to area so it’s hard to judge speed vs. the other son this lost, who are also out-running people. Jordan doesn’t appear to be running hard but that may be because there’s no wasted effort. Others are failing their arms and legs trying to keep up with him but that’s not the most efficient means of locomotion. Jordan Fredericks looks like potential “feature” back to me: one that could run between the tackles but who also has the speed to break one. College defenders might turn some of those 60 yard TDs into 20 or 30 yard gains, but I’ll take those, too. [/QUOTE]

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