those highlights exemplify what people have been saying about him all along. Decent player, but very poor competition. Some awful tackling in those clips and the poor competition makes it hard to evaluate his game speed. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing him in an All star game.

than I was this time last year. He is a decent player for sure, but definitely not elite. He doesn’t seem to have top end speed that would make him a true home run threat in college (you can tell by how he is looking back on a few long runs. He should think: once I have passed them, they have no shot) He definitely is not a power back, though I really did like what he could do in the red zone. He does pretty well in the open field, which he manages to get into a lot. I liked his blocks a few times, he is trying to make the right play, going after multiple blocks on long runs for other players, plus a nice crack-back block on a punt return (p.s. can someone tell me if I used crack-back correctly here) and a decent punt return himself. His cutback ability and vision were about the same, which is pretty good. There were a couple intangible good character qualities I saw even on the highlight tape: He blocked hard for other teammates on their plays (certainly better than his other teammates), he high-fived with literally every teammate on a couple of plays, he always tossed the ball to the referee, didn’t really celebrate too hard. He seems like a team player, which is nice. He had a similar number of plays that I did not expect him to make and a similar number that were simply not really highlights.

Here is what it boils down to for me, if you are not a power back and you lack top end speed, you probably shouldn’t be playing for FSU, though if I had to make an exception for that rule, Barry Sanders Jr. would be tough to pass up. He is a pretty good, decently well rounded back, but he doesn’t do anything at an elite level, in my opinion. He is a 1C back so I wouldn’t be surprised if we took him if he wanted in.

He would be behind Wilder and Freeman for at least two years (does he graduate in 2012 or 2013?), plus our other RBs who may beat him out. It may be in his best interest to go somewhere else.

both of those teams pound the football in pro sets and bama rotates backs as much as anybody not named LSU.