Crowell is arguably the most complete RB in this class.
Beautiful combination of speed, quickness, power,
strength, vision, balance and pass catching ability. He
possesses incredible initial burst, homerun speed, great
feet and he runs hard and effectively inside. He’s also
a very good receiver out of the backfield. His
combination of power, strength and balance make it
almost impossible to arm tackle him, yet his quick feet,
stop/start ability, change of direction skills and
overall elusiveness make it very difficult to get a
square hit on him. He runs with a low pad level, good
forward body lean and is not afraid of contact.
Crowell’s vision is elite as well as he always seems to
find creases and cutback lanes and hits them with great
quickness and authority. Very dangerous runner in the
open field that can run over defenders or leave them
grasping at air. There are questions around his
durability and whether he can consistently handle the
load of being an every down back at the next level, but
continued work in the weight room should go a long way
in helping with that as he has the frame to get to the
220-225 range. Crowell has everything you look for in an
elite back and it is very difficult to find any flaws in
his game.
Translation to College:
Crowell could contribute immediately at the next level.
His skill set is versatile and well-rounded enough that
he could literally fit in any type of offense. He’d
probably be best served as a change of
pace/complimentary back as a freshman to get him
mentally acclimated to the college game, but after a
year in a college S&C program he should be ready to be
the featured back in any offense for the duration of his
college career. Very promising future with seemingly
unlimited potential.
For
Kiehl Frazier, the awards, and scholarship offers, keep
on coming. The 6’3” 210 pound star signal-caller from
Arkansas’ Shiloh Christian was just recently named the
2009 4A Arkansas Player of the Year. The next morning,
TCU offered him a scholarship. It was the 14th offer for
Frazier already.
November 23rd, 2004 was
an exciting day in Columbia, South Carolina. A
day filled with hope and anticipation of what
was to come. The Gamecocks had just inked a SEC
coaching legend to coach their football team.
The "Fun 'n' Gun" was coming to save the day or
at least make it better. Surely a coach that led
Duke University to an ACC title could fix the
little problems at South Carolina.
With the 2010 recruiting cycle inching towards
the finish line, here at ThaRinger we feel it’s
a better time to more clearly evaluate the
off-season’s coaching changes with the recently
gained recruiting hindsight. There were 22 head
coaching changes and not all of those changes
were created equally.
