The second of three sessions of Stanford's all-positions camp concluded this evening. Some notes on the session...
-First, there were a few more noteworthy campers that I did not mention in my initial post.
They include three players (four including OL Andrew Thomas) from Pace Academy (Denzel Franklin's HS) who made the trip from Georgia:
Pace LB Anthony Trinh: http://sports.yahoo.com/highschool/football/recruiting/player-Anthony-Trinh-162437
Pace OL Jamaree Salyer (big-time 2018): http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Jamaree-Salyer-178027
Pace DB Deon Jackson: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Deon-Jackson-155402
RB Kameron Pickett: http://sports.yahoo.com/lsu/football/recruiting/player-Kameron-Pickett-166572
LB Dante Diaz-Infante: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Dante-Diaz-Infante-166081
LB Jordan Hill: https://www.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1775480
TE Tucker Fisk is apparently here (apparently has a Washington offer): http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3077685/tucker-fisk
-In general, my sense from these first few sessions is that while there is plenty of depth almost across the board (speaking specifically to OL/DL/LB/FB - the positions that were not included in Tuesday's camp) - there aren't necessarily a ton of Stanford scholarship-level guys. I do think there are a few along the offensive line, and perhaps here and there elsewhere, but I'm not sure a lot of offers will be extended to class of 2016 prospects from the all-positions camp, which could be in contrast to the past few years. A few, perhaps. (I'd bet on at least one OL and perhaps one fullback for starters, and possibly a front-seven defensive player or two.) And there are a ton of guys who will probably be Ivy League/Stanford walk-on types, perhaps some lower level Pac-12, but maybe not many Caleb Kelly/Jordan Fox/Casey Toohill/Kenneth Brinson/Garrett Rand/Bo Peek/etc.. types. (Those players all attended Stanford's series of June camps las year.) I could be wrong and we'll see what happens tomorrow, and I will pass along any post-camp buzz I gather, but that's my initial thinking.
With that said, here are some thoughts from the afternoon session. I focused mostly on the offensive and defensive linemen.
-Several of the incoming freshmen have arrived on campus, including Brian Chaffin and Nick Wilson, who both took in part of the camp's afternoon session. (The other freshmen will arrive in the next day or two.) I chatted with them for a few minutes and asked if they liked any of the offensive linemen. They mentioned the numbers of two players - those of New Mexico OL Henry Hattis and Hawaii OL Nate Herbig. Hattis worked at tackle during the camp, Herbig at guard.
I also thought those two were probably the best 2016 linemen at the camp. I shot a bunch of video (will post it sometime next week), so you guys can draw your own conclusions based on that, but based on what I saw today I think those two have been the best in their class thus far as far as consistently winning reps in the various OL/DL drills that were held over the course of the day.
Among other offensive linemen of interest, Matthew Gutwald was again limited with the lower-body injury (either knee or ankle tweak), and Dillon Reinkensmeyer and Sterling Strother had their moments, but I thought Hattis and Herbig were better. (On a related note, Herbig and Hattis have more bulk to them, particularly Herbig. With Strother in particular, I mean, he just started playing offensive line and was 200 pounds not too long ago. So there's definitely an element of projection involved in his recruitment.)
For whatever reason I didn't catch a ton of 2017 Pace OL Andrew Thomas, but I thought 2017 OL Brett Neilon was very good. Basically each time I caught a glimpse of one of his reps he was winning it. I chatted with Brett's dad a bit at the end of the camp, and Brett is definitely going to be a very high academic kid. (That's of course the case with many kids at Stanford's camp, and Bret is no exception.) So he'll definitely be one to watch over the next months. And considering the fact that he'll be protecting K.J. Costello next year, Stanford will have plenty of opportunities to evaluate him.
-Among the defensive line group, I thought Taheeb Sonekan and Tevin Paul were the best two from the afternoon session. Again, I didn't catch every rep, and Stanford might feel differently, but those were the two that caught my eye the most. I think it's still a bit to be determined if there is a Stanford-level defensive lineman at camp. (Should have a better sense of things after tomorrow's session and then after doing some more post-camp digging, but I haven't really been blown away by anyone so far.)
-Didn't catch a ton of the linebackers again in the evening session. One correction from my first session post - Nick Kane is working at linebacker, not fullback. And there are a number of guys who look the part physically and who will play college ball somewhere - it's a pretty deep group. Again, just not sure how many are Stanford-level guys, but I say that mainly based on the offer lists of the linebackers in attendance and just a few minutes of watching them. I will spend more time watching the LB's (along with OL/DL) in tomorrow's third and final session.
-I will catch up with some of the top performers at Stanford's specialists camp over the next few weeks. The buzz is that Jet Toner (https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-rankings/profile.php?player=5610), Oren Milstein (https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-rankings/profile.php?player=5465) and Ben Wyatt (https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-rankings/profile.php?player=5488) were among some of the camp's standouts.
-First, there were a few more noteworthy campers that I did not mention in my initial post.
They include three players (four including OL Andrew Thomas) from Pace Academy (Denzel Franklin's HS) who made the trip from Georgia:
Pace LB Anthony Trinh: http://sports.yahoo.com/highschool/football/recruiting/player-Anthony-Trinh-162437
Pace OL Jamaree Salyer (big-time 2018): http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Jamaree-Salyer-178027
Pace DB Deon Jackson: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Deon-Jackson-155402
RB Kameron Pickett: http://sports.yahoo.com/lsu/football/recruiting/player-Kameron-Pickett-166572
LB Dante Diaz-Infante: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Dante-Diaz-Infante-166081
LB Jordan Hill: https://www.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1775480
TE Tucker Fisk is apparently here (apparently has a Washington offer): http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3077685/tucker-fisk
-In general, my sense from these first few sessions is that while there is plenty of depth almost across the board (speaking specifically to OL/DL/LB/FB - the positions that were not included in Tuesday's camp) - there aren't necessarily a ton of Stanford scholarship-level guys. I do think there are a few along the offensive line, and perhaps here and there elsewhere, but I'm not sure a lot of offers will be extended to class of 2016 prospects from the all-positions camp, which could be in contrast to the past few years. A few, perhaps. (I'd bet on at least one OL and perhaps one fullback for starters, and possibly a front-seven defensive player or two.) And there are a ton of guys who will probably be Ivy League/Stanford walk-on types, perhaps some lower level Pac-12, but maybe not many Caleb Kelly/Jordan Fox/Casey Toohill/Kenneth Brinson/Garrett Rand/Bo Peek/etc.. types. (Those players all attended Stanford's series of June camps las year.) I could be wrong and we'll see what happens tomorrow, and I will pass along any post-camp buzz I gather, but that's my initial thinking.
With that said, here are some thoughts from the afternoon session. I focused mostly on the offensive and defensive linemen.
-Several of the incoming freshmen have arrived on campus, including Brian Chaffin and Nick Wilson, who both took in part of the camp's afternoon session. (The other freshmen will arrive in the next day or two.) I chatted with them for a few minutes and asked if they liked any of the offensive linemen. They mentioned the numbers of two players - those of New Mexico OL Henry Hattis and Hawaii OL Nate Herbig. Hattis worked at tackle during the camp, Herbig at guard.
I also thought those two were probably the best 2016 linemen at the camp. I shot a bunch of video (will post it sometime next week), so you guys can draw your own conclusions based on that, but based on what I saw today I think those two have been the best in their class thus far as far as consistently winning reps in the various OL/DL drills that were held over the course of the day.
Among other offensive linemen of interest, Matthew Gutwald was again limited with the lower-body injury (either knee or ankle tweak), and Dillon Reinkensmeyer and Sterling Strother had their moments, but I thought Hattis and Herbig were better. (On a related note, Herbig and Hattis have more bulk to them, particularly Herbig. With Strother in particular, I mean, he just started playing offensive line and was 200 pounds not too long ago. So there's definitely an element of projection involved in his recruitment.)
For whatever reason I didn't catch a ton of 2017 Pace OL Andrew Thomas, but I thought 2017 OL Brett Neilon was very good. Basically each time I caught a glimpse of one of his reps he was winning it. I chatted with Brett's dad a bit at the end of the camp, and Brett is definitely going to be a very high academic kid. (That's of course the case with many kids at Stanford's camp, and Bret is no exception.) So he'll definitely be one to watch over the next months. And considering the fact that he'll be protecting K.J. Costello next year, Stanford will have plenty of opportunities to evaluate him.
-Among the defensive line group, I thought Taheeb Sonekan and Tevin Paul were the best two from the afternoon session. Again, I didn't catch every rep, and Stanford might feel differently, but those were the two that caught my eye the most. I think it's still a bit to be determined if there is a Stanford-level defensive lineman at camp. (Should have a better sense of things after tomorrow's session and then after doing some more post-camp digging, but I haven't really been blown away by anyone so far.)
-Didn't catch a ton of the linebackers again in the evening session. One correction from my first session post - Nick Kane is working at linebacker, not fullback. And there are a number of guys who look the part physically and who will play college ball somewhere - it's a pretty deep group. Again, just not sure how many are Stanford-level guys, but I say that mainly based on the offer lists of the linebackers in attendance and just a few minutes of watching them. I will spend more time watching the LB's (along with OL/DL) in tomorrow's third and final session.
-I will catch up with some of the top performers at Stanford's specialists camp over the next few weeks. The buzz is that Jet Toner (https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-rankings/profile.php?player=5610), Oren Milstein (https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-rankings/profile.php?player=5465) and Ben Wyatt (https://chrissailerkicking.com/player-rankings/profile.php?player=5488) were among some of the camp's standouts.
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