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:
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