Football Recruit
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Football Recruit
North Duplin QB/DB Tyler Royal signed yesterday with Wingate University. Royal rushed for 2,032 yards his senior year and scored 33 touchdowns, 3 of those on kickoff returns. At 5'9" and 175 he has good speed with 40 times in the 4.5-4.6 range. He was all conference and conference offensive player of the year and is listed on the 1A All-State team as "athlete".
How will the coaching staff use him? I don't think he was signed as a QB. Maybe his position will be as a defensive back
But here is the hidden caveat in my humble and unsolicited opinion:
I looked at 3 videos of Mr. Royal. He runs very well. He has a very quick start, appears to cut in both directions well and has gazelle like strides once he is in the open. He bounces off of tacklers and uses his upper body strength to fend off others. His KO return TD on one video was reminiscent of seeing Vince Jordan's TD run against Catawba in 2009. He could very well end up as that special teams guy who fields punts and/or Kickoffs...or who knows, maybe he could be a runningback.
Here is his 2012 highlight video:
North Duplin QB/DB Tyler Royal signed yesterday with Wingate University. Royal rushed for 2,032 yards his senior year and scored 33 touchdowns, 3 of those on kickoff returns. At 5'9" and 175 he has good speed with 40 times in the 4.5-4.6 range. He was all conference and conference offensive player of the year and is listed on the 1A All-State team as "athlete".
But here is the hidden caveat in my humble and unsolicited opinion:
I looked at 3 videos of Mr. Royal. He runs very well. He has a very quick start, appears to cut in both directions well and has gazelle like strides once he is in the open. He bounces off of tacklers and uses his upper body strength to fend off others. His KO return TD on one video was reminiscent of seeing Vince Jordan's TD run against Catawba in 2009. He could very well end up as that special teams guy who fields punts and/or Kickoffs...or who knows, maybe he could be a runningback.
Here is his 2012 highlight video:
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Bulldog Football History
(photo from the 1960 Wingate "Gate" Yearbook)
Wingate was a Junior College in 1960. The football team that year tore through the conference without a loss defeating arch rival Gardner-Webb twice, 19-0 at home and 13-0 at "The Webb". Wingate's Bulldogs were nationally ranked among Junior Colleges at the end of the season and were invited to play in the Pine Bowl game in Texas.
The Bulldogs lost a close game in Texas but the stories the players tell of the trip to Texas, the game and the bus ride home are a part of the legend and lore of Wingate football.
Sadly, in 1963 Wingate dropped football.
In 1985 Football was reinstated after Wingate became a 4 year Senior College. Those young men on that first Wingate Senior College team have stories of that year that are also part of the legend and lore of Wingate Football.
Wingate was a Junior College in 1960. The football team that year tore through the conference without a loss defeating arch rival Gardner-Webb twice, 19-0 at home and 13-0 at "The Webb". Wingate's Bulldogs were nationally ranked among Junior Colleges at the end of the season and were invited to play in the Pine Bowl game in Texas.
The Bulldogs lost a close game in Texas but the stories the players tell of the trip to Texas, the game and the bus ride home are a part of the legend and lore of Wingate football.
Sadly, in 1963 Wingate dropped football.
In 1985 Football was reinstated after Wingate became a 4 year Senior College. Those young men on that first Wingate Senior College team have stories of that year that are also part of the legend and lore of Wingate Football.
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