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Posted on 2/13/13 at 2:57 pm to ConwayGamecock
Posted on 2/13/13 at 2:57 pm to ConwayGamecock
We are in the running for the top DE from Virginia, correct? Hand is his last name. How does he compare to Nkemdiche or Clowney?
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Posted on 2/13/13 at 3:36 pm to CockRocket
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We are in the running for the top DE from Virginia, correct? Hand is his last name. How does he compare to Nkemdiche or Clowney?
From what I've read, Nkemdiche isn't as good nor had the stats that Clowney did. Hand has really good stats, but take into consideration his level of competition isn't equal everywhere.
Hand is better than Nkemdiche at this point in time (comparing their Jr years.) Hand is faster and has a greater wingspan, while only giving up a little weight but maintaining the same height.
Clowney was a once in a decade prospect, Hand is very talented and will have another year to show it. I'm sure Hand is focusing on being the best he can be and making a name for himself rather than comparing himself to Clowney or Nkemdiche.
We are in Hand's Top 5, so that's a great position, but it will be a battle to pull him out of Va Tech's territory. Notice he also had a great relationship with Lawing. When Lawing went to UF, Hand dropped UNC and put UF in his top 5.
I don't know how likely it would be that we would get Hand, but I feel comfortable in saying 2 things I rarely say about a prospect.
1. If he came to USC, he is a program changer, we're going to win a bunch of games b/c he's on the field for us. I've only said that about Gilmore, Lattimore and Clowney.
2. If he came to USC, he would start, at some point in the season Looking at the 2 Deep projection for 2014, we have English, Washington, some hybrid MB's, Dixon, Covington, and Harris. Most of those guys are weakside size DE's. I'm confident that Hand will be a strong side size DE (for a 4-3), by the time he walks on campus. So I see him starting from the first game on.
Clowney could have done that, but he had an All American 5 year Sr, Ingram, starting ahead of him.
This post was edited on 2/13/13 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 2/13/13 at 4:31 pm to CockRocket
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We are in the running for the top DE from Virginia, correct? Hand is his last name. How does he compare to Nkemdiche or Clowney?
As CIYE has already addressed, Hand is looking in the early stages as being a much higher regarded prospect than Nkemdiche was. I remember all through Nkemdiche's process, the major sites such as Rivals and 24/7 were questioning if others would over-take his claim to the top spot...players like Hargreaves III and Carl Lawson had articles posted that suggested that they were as deserving as Nkemdiche was.
No one ever came within breathing distance of catching JD, and all through his final recruitment year the "insiders" raved about him being an "All-Time" top-rated prospect. Nkemdiche is just a typical every-cycle overall #1, but Clowney was/is special....
Early in the forecasts for the 2014 class, Don Brosco's Jabrill Peppers was thought to be a front-runner for overall #1 as far back as late 2011. He's still the overall #2. But Hand made a bit of a splash this past year in the spring and summer at all the combine invites and camps as a rising junior against all the rising seniors, and wowed all the evaluators present. And now no one is really saying that the others are close to de-throning him, although there's still another year to go...
This post was edited on 2/13/13 at 4:40 pm
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