'15 NC RB Rocky Reid (Wake Forest commit)

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"Reid rushed for 224 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries Friday night, lifting the Spiders to a 35-21 win at South Rowan High School in China Grove, N.C."

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bignewt said:
we need a derrick henry on this team. could be reid?
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Hate to say this about a guy committed to us, but Reid isn't in the same league as Henry. He will be next year though. SEC. Ba dum, tss.

But seriously, Reid does seem like his best chance at seeing the field is being a niche back. Henry could be a short yardage back exclusively at Bama, but he's too good for just that role. With Hurd, Kamara, Scott, and Paulk in front of Reid and hopefully Emmons coming in after him, he's going to have to be absolutely NFL caliber to get significant carries, outside of maybe short yardage.
 
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B-sideVol18 said:
Hate to say this about a guy committed to us, but Reid isn't in the same league as Henry. He will be next year though. SEC. Ba dum, tss.

But seriously, Reid does seem like his best chance at seeing the field is being a niche back. Henry could be a short yardage back exclusively at Bama, but he's too good for just that role. With Hurd, Kamara, Scott, and Paulk in front of Reid and hopefully Emmons coming in after him, he's going to have to be absolutely NFL caliber to get significant carries, outside of maybe short yardage.
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Bama and UGA have a stable of top shelf bruising backs. Which is how it should be. Almost every year at least one back misses all or part of a game due to being banged up. The seasons are long and you want fresh guys late into a game. When we have 3-5 absolute punishers ready to tote the rock plus a couple change of pace backs then you are ready to truly compete in the SEC late into a game.
 
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DD4ME said:
Bama and UGA have a stable of top shelf bruising backs. Which is how it should be. Almost every year at least one back misses all or part of a game due to being banged up. The seasons are long and you want fresh guys late into a game. When we have 3-5 absolute punishers ready to tote the rock plus a couple change of pace backs then you are ready to truly compete in the SEC late into a game.
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I think that's why a lot of good backs ignore the "you realize who'd be in front of you at Bama? You'd start here as a freshman." talk. They can go to Bama and emerge without having been beat up for 3-4 years.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
Really???? Most of our rivals like Hurd a lot. I don't really even like Henry. He looks stiff to me.
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So stiff that he broke Emmit Smiths all purpose yardage record that was over 13,000 yards in high school. Henry is better than Yeldon. He fits better in Kiffins system, and as the season goes on the carries between Yeldon and Henry will be 50:50. Yeldon is a boss, but Henry runs a 4.4 forty and also runs over people. Hurd and Henry are from the same mold. Time will tell who will be better in the long run, but Henry looks near unstoppable on some plays.
 
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keckjm said:
So stiff that he broke Emmit Smiths all purpose yardage record that was over 13,000 yards in high school. Henry is better than Yeldon. He fits better in Kiffins system, and as the season goes on the carries between Yeldon and Henry will be 50:50. Yeldon is a boss, but Henry runs a 4.4 forty and also runs over people. Hurd and Henry are from the same mold. Time will tell who will be better in the long run, but Henry looks near unstoppable on some plays.
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He can still be stuff though. He is a monster and fast. That will get you plenty of yards. It does not neccesarily mean you have the best cuts or shakes
 
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keckjm said:
So stiff that he broke Emmit Smiths all purpose yardage record that was over 13,000 yards in high school. Henry is better than Yeldon. He fits better in Kiffins system, and as the season goes on the carries between Yeldon and Henry will be 50:50. Yeldon is a boss, but Henry runs a 4.4 forty and also runs over people. Hurd and Henry are from the same mold. Time will tell who will be better in the long run, but Henry looks near unstoppable on some plays.
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Also, Henry is easily more muscular than Hurd, coming out of HS. Give Jalen some time to pack it on, if that's what the coaches want. They may prefer him to remain skinnier, and not risk losing that speed, but I doubt it.

Lawson knows what he is doing and should be able to get the best of both worlds
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
He can still be stuff though. He is a monster and fast. That will get you plenty of yards. It does not neccesarily mean you have the best cuts or shakes
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He's just like Hurd. You don't appreciate what he brings to the table until he's open in the flat and shakes someone so bad everyone is just sitting there with their mouths open. Hurd and Henry play for contact. They enjoy running people over. I'll take that any day of the week. Henry and Hurd are special talents. I wouldn't trade Hurd for Henry because Hurd wanted to be a VOL from the get go, but both guys are special when it comes to creating space for themselves and flat trucking players for extra yards when need be. Henry is also an unbelievable kick returner when presented the opportunity. He also can play in the slot as a WR. Hurds more of a pass blocking RB on 3rd down passing situations. However, he can kill you in the flat when you blitz and leave him alone.
 
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RR is really good and will make a really good SEC back. The rest is up to him. Want to see him in orange.
 
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I don't know why people are losing faith in Reid. This situation reminds me of when Gurley committed fo UGA and EVERYONE was talking about Keith Marshall. I hope we hang on to Rocky, he's gonna be a good one.
 
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