NUC 2008 Retrospective

As a National Football Analyst that has covered hundreds of camps and games over the past five years a common question comes up from parents and high school coaches. What kind of numbers (testing) does DI prospect put up to catch your eye?

Evaluating young high school talent in a camp setting is not an exact science. Numbers are important but heart, toughness, determination, and football skills are just as important as running a good 40-yard dash. I have taken a look back at the 2008 NUC season and picked out some players that excelled at our camps and are now excelling at the next level.

Each player listed below has their height and weight as taken when they attended our camps in 2008. Also included are the five testing numbers that we checked at each camp. They are the vertical jump, broad jump, 40-yard dash, 20-yard shuttle run, and bench press. We have listed what grade the participant was in or just finished in 2008. The location of the event is also listed below.

Below each set of testing numbers are the college they attend and what they have done to date at their respective school. Hopefully you will have fun with this three part series. Good luck the rest of the season and for those athletes that are not seniors in high school we hope to see you at one of our events in 2013!

Michael Bennett, 10^th Grade, WR, Alpharetta HS, GA-Atlanta NUC
6-2/169, 33.5 V, 9-2.5 BJ, 4.65 40, 4.42 Shuttle, 14x155
Now a sophomore WR at Georgia
2011 13 games 32 catches for 320 yards and 5 TD's
2012 5 games 24 catches for 345 yards and 4 TD's

Chuckie Keeton, 9^th Grade, QB, Cy-Creek HS, TX-Austin NUC
5-11/158, 31 V, 8-7 BJ, 4.8 40, 4.68 Shuttle, Did Not Bench
Now a sophomore QB at Utah State
2011 11 games 106 of 174 for 1,200 yards 11 TD's 2 INT's; 68 car for 293 yards 4 TD's
2012 5 games 105 of 154 for 1,281 yards 11 TD's 4 INT's; 57 car for 206 yards

Johnny Manziel, 9^th Grade, QB, Kerrville Tivy HS, TX-Austin NUC
5-11/171, 28 V, 7-9 BJ, 4.85 40, 4.55 Shuttle, 11x135
Now a freshman QB at Texas A&M
2012 4 games of 87 for 1,094 yards 10 TD's 0 INT's; 52 car for 366 yards 6 TD's

Tanner Price, 10^th Grade, QB, Westlake HS, TX-Austin NUC
6-1.5/180, 30 V, 8-8 BJ, 4.91 40, 4.47 Shuttle, 13x155
Now a junior QB at Wake Forest
2010 11 games 137 for 241 for 1,349 yards 7 TD's 8 INT's; 75 car 125 4 TD's
2011 13 games 253 for 422 for 3,017 yards 20 TD's 6 INT's; 1 rushing TD
2012 5 games 85 for 150 for 1,055 yards 5 TD's 4 INT's; 2 rushing TD's

Nick Forbes, 10^th Grade, LB, Thomas Johnson HS, MD-Baltimore NUC
6-0/215, 34 V, 9-9 BJ, 4.74 40, 4.42 Shuttle, 32x155
Now a sophomore LB at Cal
2012 4 games 29 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 PBU

LaMarcus Joyner, 10^th Grade, DB, Northwestern HS, FL-Baton Raton NUC
5-8/168, 32V, 9-10 BJ, 4.33 40, 4.71 Shuttle, 19x155
Now a junior DB at Florida State
2010 14 games 23 tackles, 1 INT
2011 13 games 54 tackles, 4 INT's, 3 PBU (2^nd Team All-ACC)
2012  5 games 115 tackles, 1 PBU, 5 KOR 185 yards 35 yard average

Kevin Parks, Jr., 10^th Grade, RB, West Rowan HS, NC-Charlotte NUC
5-6/189, 30.5 V, 8-4 BJ, 4.6 40, 4.47 Shuttle, 26x155
Now a sophomore RB at Virginia
2011 12 games 152 car for 709 yards 9 TD's; 11 catches for 82 yards 1 TD
2012 5 games 67 car for 272 yards 2 TD's; 12 catches for 95 yards

Justice Pickett, 9^th Grade, RB, Ardrey Kell HS, NC-Charlotte NUC
5-8.5/153, 31 V, 8-11 BJ, 4.55 40, 4.54 Shuttle, 13x135
Now a sophomore RB at Maryland
2011 12 games 74 car for 274 yards 1 TD; 10 catches for 49 yards 1 TD; 30 KOR 568 yards
2012 4 games 36 car for 116 yards 2 TD's; 9 catches for 45 yards

Joe Bergeron, 9^th Grade, RB, North Mesquite HS, TX-Dallas NUC
5-11/248, 25 V, 8-2 BJ, 4.7 40, 4.37 Shuttle, 28x135
Now a sophomore RB at Texas
2011 11 games 72 car for 463 yards 5 TD's
2012 4 games 52 car for 255 yards 5 TD's; 3 catches for 64 yards

Anthony Creecy, 10^th Grade, WR/RB, Southern Durham, NC-Durham NUC
5-11.5/187, 27.5 V, 9-9 BJ, 4.53 40, 4.4 Shuttle, 18x155
Now a sophomore RB at NC State
2011 12 games 103 car for 401 yards 1 TD; 25 catches for 157 yards 3 TD's
2012 4 games 50 car for 250 yards 3 TD's; 11 catches for 51 yards 1 TD

Chris Adcock, 10^th Grade, OL, Dallas Christian S, TX-Ft. Collins NUC
6-3/264, 29 V, 7-8 BJ, 5.11 40, 4.74 Shuttle, 16x185
Now a sophomore OL at Cal
2012 5 games He has started at OG for every game to this year to date

Dom Espinosa, 10^th Grade, OL, Cedar Park HS, TX-Houston NUC
6-2.5/260, 24.5 V, 7-5 BJ, 4.93 40, 5.13 Shuttle, 15x185
Now a sophomore OL at Texas
2011 13 games started all 13 games at OC (2011 Academic All-Big12)
2012 5 games He has started all five games at OC

Volume 1 ||Volume 2 || Volume 3