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My boy Claypool is killing it right now. A 4.42 40 @ 238lblbs, a 40.5" vertical, and a 10'6" broad jump.

In a perfect world we could get Ruggs and Claypool. Sigh.......

So now we need fire

Yes, Book was light years ahead of Wimbush, but still very erratic. It drove me nuts.

He's also a better route runner than he's been given credit for. His QB's were Brandon Wimbush and Ian Book which meant A LOT of adjustments for the ball or just being outright missed while open.

I think this has to put him in the conversation.

Interviewed at the Senior Bowl and the Combine. Hopefully where there's smoke....

Kid is a monster and this at 238lbs, not at 200lbs or 205lbs.

I've been telling you guys he's Mike Evans II If that's his official time It's faster than Evans was.

Yeah, he's a special young man. I think his mind is pretty set on RB at this time. I'm certain he will also get plenty of run on KR/PR as well.

It's crazy. In January Nick Saban was the first coach to come to town, then Jim Harbaugh, then Dabo Swinney. It's been quite the parade of big time college coaches coming through this little city.

I posted this thread in December after Hopewell won the state title. TreVeyon is now ranked as the #1 RB in the nation by ESPN. https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/hopewell-running-back-treveyon-henderson-ranked-1-in-the-nation

This is true as it stands, but the teams we face with middle of the road or lower tier defenses have better offenses when compared to the teams we faced this past season.

Greg Olsen II

My first football memory is that of watching the Raiders beat the Redskins in SB XVIII with my grandfather. I was 7. I liked the Raiders after that point. In 1989 they started showing the Bills on TV more around my area. I loved the uniforms and many of the players on the team quickly after watching them a few times. I learned a bit more about the team. I found out Bruce Smith was from VA and played at VT. That was it for me then. I switched teams at 12 and have been a Bills fan ever since.

I get to use this 2 days in a row

My $$$ is on Tennessee. They have a solid receiving group, one of the best RB's in the league, a solid defense, and his old buddy Vrabel as HC.

If he wants to come back for the same kind of $$$ we gave Spain last year? Sure. Other than that, nope.

I think there are the clear-cut top 3 in Jeudy, Lamb, and Ruggs then the rest of it gets a bit muddied up. All of them have something to offer in various ways, if not multiple traits where they could make an immediate impact. Shenault reminds me a bit of Fitzgerald with his body type, the body control at times, the way he plucks the ball out of the air, and his after the catch ability, but he's not really a refined WR at this point. I am not saying he is Fitz, but that some of his traits and abilities remind me of him. His use as more of a gadget type of player at Colorado shows he has A LOT of versatility, but is he really what we need? Reagor does remind me a bit of Lee Evans as another poster indicated on here a while ago and he adjusts to the ball well in the air, but there are noted concerns of him letting the ball get to his body instead of using his hands consistently causing some drops and he doesn't seem like that great of a contested catch kind of WR. Aiyuk is another guy who can burn you all over the field, but struggles at times with press coverage, not a big contested catch kind of WR, and only had one year of production at ASU. Tee Higgins is a good prospect, but also struggles at times when a DB is right up on him at the LOS and can seemingly disappear in the middle of a game at times. Justin Jefferson is another good WR prospect, but there are some of the finer details to his route running he will need to address for the next level and he's not a big short area quickness type of WR. I love Claypool, but I am also a Notre Dame homer obviously. Claypool has size @ almost 6'5" and 238lbs, good speed, good with the contested catch, good athleticism as he has a basketball background as well, knows how to use his body to shield defenders, excellent hands, excellent body control, and is the type of WR Josh could throw it up to anywhere on the field if he is left in 1-on-1 coverage. The young man reminds me a lot of Mike Evans. All that being said, he's a big guy so he's not that quick changing direction after a catch. He's not going to catch an 8 yard pass, juke 3 people, and take it 60 for a TD. Also, being a big guy, DB's/LB's will just take his legs out after he catches the ball and he goes down. He's not gonna be a huge YAC guy unless he catches the ball in open space with a head of steam already rolling. At that point he CAN outrun pretty much anyone on the field. KJ Hamler, Tyler Johnson, Collin Johnson, Antonio Gandy-Golden, Michael Pittman Jr., Bryan Edwards, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Van Jefferson, Jauan Jennings, KJ Hill, Quintez Cephus, Stephen Guidry, Omar Bayless, and the list goes on. It's an insane crop to try to sort through.

As have I my friend, as have I. The talk of moving him to TE is just talk imo. He's still gonna have a 36" vertical at least and I bet he runs between 4.5-4.55 in the 40. What he's gonna be is a problem for DB's.

Claypool put up 19 reps. Solid for a WR.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Claypool puts up 25+ on the bench press