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Biggest concern with Ricky Stewart is the number carriers 630 Before his senior year. That’s a lot of wear and tear on 17 year old kid.

16 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Biggest concern with Ricky Stewart is the number carriers 630 Before his senior year. That’s a lot of wear and tear on 17 year old kid.

That is a good point but not one that is a deal breaker IMO. I personally believe that level of carries and therefore the number of hits at the HS level is of far less concern than a similar number of a college player going pro. 

26 minutes ago, Robert Gilbert said:

That is a good point but not one that is a deal breaker IMO. I personally believe that level of carries and therefore the number of hits at the HS level is of far less concern than a similar number of a college player going pro. 

Thats a lot hits regardless beginning as a 15 year old whose body physically not mature.

58 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Biggest concern with Ricky Stewart is the number carriers 630 Before his senior year. That’s a lot of wear and tear on 17 year old kid.

That was one of the concerns with johnathan gray and you could say that nightmare came into fruition with his inability to stay healthy here. 

10 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Thats a lot hits regardless beginning as a 15 year old whose body physically not mature.

I agree but my point was that those players hitting that particular RB are also 15, 16, or 17 year old players. They lack full physical maturity as well as the RB. Can those hits take a physical toll? Yes. However, I still would be more concerned about an elevated number of carries, and the possible damage done, at the college level as opposed to the HS level. 

17 minutes ago, Robert Gilbert said:

That is a good point but not one that is a deal breaker IMO. I personally believe that level of carries and therefore the number of hits at the HS level is of far less concern than a similar number of a college player going pro. 

I was with you for a second, but it's too individual to label at all. 

We had the same concerns about Jase McClellan and his 866 carries at Aledo. He's getting drafted this year and Aledo's opponents hit a lot harder on average than Chapel Hill's. 

Unless those hits result in injury, "wear and tear" at the high school level is very dependent on the physical makeup of the player and his commitment to body maintenance at that age. Whittington isn't a perfect example, but he showed up with a lot of HS touches and spent the first half of his career as a bust. Was that from overuse at Cuero? I would be curious to hear that argument because in my view, no. If he had better guidance on body maintenance for football, it's likely he would have shown up more flexible and with less risk of injury (and reinjury). 

For me, evaluating prospects with a high volume of touches in hs starts with understanding how much they love football and how that informs how they take care of themselves, followed closely by watching them stretch. 

7 minutes ago, Rickysonehitter said:

I was with you for a second, but it's too individual to label at all. 

We had the same concerns about Jase McClellan and his 866 carries at Aledo. He's getting drafted this year and Aledo's opponents hit a lot harder on average than Chapel Hill's. 

Unless those hits result in injury, "wear and tear" at the high school level is very dependent on the physical makeup of the player and his commitment to body maintenance at that age. Whittington isn't a perfect example, but he showed up with a lot of HS touches and spent the first half of his career as a bust. Was that from overuse at Cuero? I would be curious to hear that argument because in my view, no. If he had better guidance on body maintenance for football, it's likely he would have shown up more flexible and with less risk of injury (and reinjury). 

For me, evaluating prospects with a high volume of touches in hs starts with understanding how much they love football and how that informs how they take care of themselves, followed closely by watching them stretch. 

Of course this is all to be taken at an individual level. I guess I should have stated that but it did not seem necessary. I think Earl Campbell is a great example of how the wear and tear of year after year of pounding a RB absorbs can be detrimental. However, I think a good question is how much of his HS and college careers contribute to his health issues later in life? Or were his physical issues, after he retired, more due to his pro career? I am not sure if those questions dan be honestly answered. 

28 minutes ago, Robert Gilbert said:

I agree but my point was that those players hitting that particular RB are also 15, 16, or 17 year old players. They lack full physical maturity as well as the RB. Can those hits take a physical toll? Yes. However, I still would be more concerned about an elevated number of carries, and the possible damage done, at the college level as opposed to the HS level. 

Not many freshmen or sophomore make the varsity on 5A teams, most of those hits were from seniors and some juniors. 

Unless he's Ricky Williams or Cedric Benson I don't see any Texas RB getting 30 carries a game in the Sark offense so I'm not that worried about high school wear and tear 

2 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

Biggest concern with Ricky Stewart is the number carriers 630 Before his senior year. That’s a lot of wear and tear on 17 year old kid.

Yet he is still very fast showing no wear nor tear.

630 carries doesn’t mean 630 hits. Some of his highlights he was untouched 

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