Three-star, two-sport standout Garner Wallace may be the tallest safety you've ever seen on a football field.
Northwestern is after 6-5 Ohio safety Garner Wallace ($)
Northwestern is after 6-5 Ohio safety Garner Wallace ($)
NU is after 6-foot-5 Ohio safety Garner Wallace
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Damn this fella is talented. A 4:16 mile as a junior is very impressive. Hope his fast twitch muscles are equally developed.
He ran that as a sophomore. That was from 2019. Track season was canceled this year.
Even more impressive. That's elite for a sophomore. My son played soccer with a kid who ended up going to Stanford on a track scholarship, who ran a similar time as a sophomore, and was a 4:01 minute miler as a h.s. senior.
Different era.
Although it would have been a lot of fun to watch massive linemen like Strief, Ulrich, Essex, Porcelli, and Thiry run the mile.
If Wallace is so fast and tall- my question is why don't we use him as a wr?? Is defense his choice? I don't understand??
He may not have good enough hands to play WR at the next level? It’s not easy, and the thought of a 6’5 safety is intriguing. IFWT.
As impressive as it is, how well he runs a mile translates very little to the football field I would think. His 20 yard and 40 yard dashes and especially his shuttle would be more helpful. Maybe his 100. But, he probably isn’t even going to run a full mile all game.
I guess you might look at his long distance capability as a reflection of his endurance though as I guess he points out in the article. But, you don’t need to run a 4 minute mile to have the necessary endurance to not fade in games.
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If he's a good athlete, they'll figure out where to play him. WR, S, LB, TE.
If he runs a 4:16 mile as a sophomore, I'll bet he has a nice 400m and 200m time, and a sub 4.70s 40-yard time. Intriguing.
If he runs a 4:16 mile as a sophomore, I'll bet he has a nice 400m and 200m time, and a sub 4.70s 40-yard time. Intriguing.
Can anybody speculate what our chances are with Wallace?? He seems like a really good recruit- who is our competition?
A bit misleading. There is a thread on Wallace, but it’s not really talking much about Wallace in depth nor is there an answer to mickbula’s question.
You might want to read some other threads. There is a post that literally offers a % chance of us landing GW. mickbula should look as well.
A bit misleading. There is a thread on Wallace, but it’s not really talking much about Wallace in depth nor is there an answer to mickbula’s question.
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I agree, not the only time that the rock has been falsely promoted.
Takes a special bunch to complain about a product that would cost you less than two quarters for the next year, but here we are.
Well, I looked around as prompted, and still couldn’t find this in depth discussion. The Rock often has nuggets of interest, usually in the form of substance from LouV, but discussion on Wallace isn’t one of them. The thread I saw speaks more about our WR depth (with no real insight) than about the recruit himself.
I don’t really see the discussion on the Rock being much different from the main board, really. Both have a bunch of people sharing their views on NU football. People except for Lou are generally equally ignorant, and if not ignorant then certainly full of themselves. You get it heaps of it on both boards, so I don’t really discern a difference.
Sometimes, there is a little bit more critical material on the Rock, by those who don’t it to be as publicly disseminated and more willing to be free-speaking and critical of the program or players or recruits, but then you also have a ton of criticism on the free board by non-subscribers, so I don’t really see much of a difference.
Well, I’m not complaining. I pay $99 bucks a year, so I don’t know what you’re talking about. Like I said, I subscribe because you get breaking news (mainly from Lou) on stuff, but there isn’t a whole lot of privileged insight otherwise relative to the free board. Lou’s content is worth it to me (along with much of the Rivals behind the wall content), but sorry if I don’t see the privilege of posting or reading posts by the same people on the free board as being a reason to pay. Occasionally, you’ll get a nugget here and there, but not enough without Lou’s stuff that it would be worth it. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
You have a very interesting concept of "not complaining."
Oh, my bad. I found it buried in another thread on the 2021 recruiting class. Yes, one unnamed person made a wild assed guess at the % chance of landing GW along with 2 other WR recruits, which along with subsequent discussion on an alum who played many years ago being from the school and whether that largely in itself (as there really was no other reason for the guess) justifies said person’s wild assed guess. Except GW isn’t even being offered as a WR, so if you want to take that as an in depth discussion that is worth the $99 a year subscription, be my guest. This said, it just might be worth $0.49 to some people. Not me, but some people.
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I have no complaints about paying my subscription and the quality of Lou V’s content that justifies it.
I suppose I am complaining about the misleading promotions of this in depth discussion on the Rock. Complaint isn’t the word I’d use, though. Just an observation about a claim made by someone that I felt was misleading.
Let me be clear: the $99 is well worth the content that LouV and other Rivals content providers give, if you like as much insight as you can get on NU football and recruiting, IMHO. IMHO, I wouldn’t pay two quarters for the privilege of reading and posting any so called in-depth discussion on the Rock otherwise (except again for LouV’s I PREDICTS and other unpublished content). To each their own though. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on this.
As I said, totally not complaining about the product. I’m one happy customer, even at $99 a year, much less two quarters.
The fact that The Rock is pretty much spam-free makes it worthwhile.
really don't know how got this kid is. I'll leave that to the "experts" and just think he might have not stopped growing. A 6-8'/6-9' safety would be something to see!
I’d like to know his 40 or 100 times. Long distance and sprints don’t usually match well.
Maybe some here are old enough to remember the old “Superstars” competition on ABC every Saturday, where professional athletes competed in a variety of events.
One year everyone thought that world sprint record holder Carl Lewis would win the mile. He nearly came in last against MLB and NFL stars.
Thrm again, Defensive Lineman Hall of Famer Alan Page, ran marathons towards the end of his NFL career.
Maybe some here are old enough to remember the old “Superstars” competition on ABC every Saturday, where professional athletes competed in a variety of events.
One year everyone thought that world sprint record holder Carl Lewis would win the mile. He nearly came in last against MLB and NFL stars.
Thrm again, Defensive Lineman Hall of Famer Alan Page, ran marathons towards the end of his NFL career.
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