buffaloblue
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The fact of the matter when you are talking Olinemen in high school you are often talking about measurables and feet.
If they have the measurables to be good with the size and strength they will be a high recruit.
I found the biggest adjustment from the high school to college game was they basically overhauled your technique. Very few high school linemen are taught proper technique when it comes to using your hands and push and pull techniques ect. In high school you see far more using superior size and not a lot of technique to blow guys off the ball.
The reason for this is there are very few high schools with 5 olinemen that have the ability and size to use proper technique even on the high school level. Its all about being lower and aggressiveness.
Hands are the most important thing for DE's and OL.
I say that to say this. While getting the guys with great measurables and the guy who has the ability to be great, it all comes down to being able to transition their technique and develop it at the college level. This means that your OL coach and development of offensive linemen can be as important or more important then the recruits you bring in.
Give me a guy who can develop the hell out of offensive linemen and 3* and low 4* over a coach who can only recruit top OL prospects.
With Stone being a guard, I think that will actually help in his development because guards wont experience as many new techniques as OG's will reguarding hard verticle sets and protecting your inside.
If you take a good tackle and develop him at guard from day one he can go on to be a great guard. Many programs make the mistake of starting him at tackle and waiting to move an OT inside after they decide he can start there. Identification of position is another key when someone shows up on campus. There are definitly different styles that the positions play and the more time they can spend learning those parts of the position the more long term success they will have.
Lets hope they bring Stone in and play him at guard from day one.
If they have the measurables to be good with the size and strength they will be a high recruit.
I found the biggest adjustment from the high school to college game was they basically overhauled your technique. Very few high school linemen are taught proper technique when it comes to using your hands and push and pull techniques ect. In high school you see far more using superior size and not a lot of technique to blow guys off the ball.
The reason for this is there are very few high schools with 5 olinemen that have the ability and size to use proper technique even on the high school level. Its all about being lower and aggressiveness.
Hands are the most important thing for DE's and OL.
I say that to say this. While getting the guys with great measurables and the guy who has the ability to be great, it all comes down to being able to transition their technique and develop it at the college level. This means that your OL coach and development of offensive linemen can be as important or more important then the recruits you bring in.
Give me a guy who can develop the hell out of offensive linemen and 3* and low 4* over a coach who can only recruit top OL prospects.
With Stone being a guard, I think that will actually help in his development because guards wont experience as many new techniques as OG's will reguarding hard verticle sets and protecting your inside.
If you take a good tackle and develop him at guard from day one he can go on to be a great guard. Many programs make the mistake of starting him at tackle and waiting to move an OT inside after they decide he can start there. Identification of position is another key when someone shows up on campus. There are definitly different styles that the positions play and the more time they can spend learning those parts of the position the more long term success they will have.
Lets hope they bring Stone in and play him at guard from day one.
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