I've been a little surprised he didn't receive more interest coming out of the spring. Good for the Hornets to jump in the mix
Sacramento State offers Rocklin 2022 WR Nathan Kent
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Streak, does he have any other D1 offers? Sac State is a good program under the watchful eye of Troy Taylor. Not so much before that under Jody Sears.
Great kid.....State sprinter speed and hands for days.....but I think he wants to go military?
Believe he has other big sky offers as well and one from byu. Strange with his speed and size. Maybe a little light on frame ? I can’t think of any knock. Weird year and wonder if the whole available scholarships from Covid hangover is impacting kids?
Already been answered, but I thought I saw an earlier Northern Arizona offer. Sounds like he has some good options
Kid looks real light/thin but he looks like a player. Long frame with tons of room to add weight on. He looks like a future D1 OLB or TE frame wise. Kid is going to be long and looks to has the ability to put on 30-50lbs. Not sure about state sprinter speed but he is not slow, kids a player.
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My kid was being looked at by Air Force but his grades weren’t THAT good. He had to jump through a couple of hoops to get into Cal Poly. As most of us know Cal Poly is a difficult school to gain admittance to which is probably why they get so many transfers from military academies, like for example Dano Graves From Air Force. Naturally, a big allure of transferring from an FBS program to an FCS program to avoid sitting out and losing a year of eligibility is a factor.
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We had a kid in 2001 the was a parade all American, 4.0 student, 1450 on Sat's and still had to wait till the final days to get accepted into Stanford while already accepting a full ride. Stanford said he didn't have enough volunteer hours. I guess baby sitting your younger siblings while you play 4 sports in hs and work 20 hrs a week was not enough for them lol.
I’ve always been under the impression that Stanford does due diligence regarding getting one admitted before ever offering scholarships? On the flip side of that it seems that schools like Hawaii and Weber State are almost always the first to offer. Apparently Weber State, with their 100% admission rate one must only be able to breath to go there. Between loose academic standards and fine coaching Weber State is a perineal power in the Big Sky Conference.
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Is Eastern Washington still allowing prop 238 signings? Not sure if that's the correct prop #, or if it's still in play. Prop 238 allowes a kid that is not a qualifier at the end of his hs graduation school year to continue their hs education and officially sign after their 1st college semester.
CoachMorris would be a good source on this subject.
CoachMorris would be a good source on this subject.
Yes they take section 8 signings and their acceptance rate is 95,7%
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I applaud Stanford for not letting guard down. Truly amazing when you think how small there population to pick from is. One of reason they have kids from almost ever state.
I like that Stanford has high standards but it doesn’t sound like they were entirely fair in the case of the kids in question? I wonder if Austin Hooper was able to check all the boxes to get admitted?
When it comes to sports Stanford drops their requirements a little bit compared to the general population. That being said it’s still harder to get in for athletes then 99% of the other programs.
Speed is def there, check the Rocklin high track records in the 200 and 400. His hands have improved dramatically over the past 3 year, plus he’s an absolute gamer who loves to compete!
In the Pac 12 (and probably the country as a whole) Stanford is the hardest school to get into for athletes. Cal and UCLA as state universities theoretically have the same admissions standards but for athletes Cal has set a higher standard than required as a reaction to some of the recruits during the last part of the Tedford years being less than exemplary students. Stanford is limited in who it can recruit but counters with a national presence that can bring in the good athlete with good academics. Cal is more limited than any of the other Pac 12 schools and simply does not recruit players that will not qualify. I graduated from Cal in 1 973. Back then the Cal viewpoint was that Stanford was harder to get into than Cal but easier to stay in. They literally did not give any F grades and they made every effort to keep the students in. You practically had to make a conscious effort to get booted out. Cal was comparatively easier to get into but you were on your own after that. I don't know if Stanford gives F's now but the rest has probably not changed. For those with a short football memory Stanford had a string of really bad years in the early 2000's before the hiring of Jim Harbaugh. At the same time the administration and athletic department decided they didn't like the losing and loosened the standards a bit to allow Harbaugh to recruit from a larger pool. They have had success since then (which of course is an irritant to a Cal man like me). And their Olympic sports (I prefer to call them, especially for Stanford, country club sports) are the best in the country overall. And you can bet as a Cal grad I am totally jealous of the facilities and land space and deep pockets of the Stanford athletic department.
I've coached some speed in my time. I'm also guilty of thinking a kid runs a 4.4 then watch hin get lasered 10 times at a 4.62-4.65. Kid looks good though.
Check out the Netflix Documentary "Operation Varsity Blues" to find out how Stanford deals with athletes admissions. Obviously its about the scandal of how rich people get their kids into their preferred schools, but it does shed light on how the admissions process normally works there.
I saw him the week after watching Jurrion Dickey, the Valley Christian WR who has a lot of hype, and while Dickey was more physically impressive, I though Kent was just as good. And as previously mentioned he has the frame to get bigger.
He looks to be an easy sell to any recruiter. Kid has the frame to play multiple positions on the field. If the intangibles match up then it seems like a no brainer. Of course some of our best players at Indy never got an offer. See Aaron Espero at CCSF, kid might be the best fb player to come out of Indy and he got zero FBS offers. I mean we had 40 kids sign and play D1, he is the only player that came with the praise and recognition that we could not get a D1 scholarship. Kid is Christian McCaffery but what do I know 🤔
The kid is a 4.0 plus kid and has been all his years....has been to military training already, not sure what they called it....his upside is really good......it may hurt him abit as Rocklin lost their starting QB with a big arm?
I love jkidd as a player. He ranks as the best player I’ve ever seen in Hs. And he is one of the best pg to ever play in the nba. But man he got into cal is a mystery. I will leave it at that.
After watching Kent in person he’s another a different level with his speed. I can’t believe a lower pAc12 hasn’t offered. You can’t teach his ability to break one on a return. Every time he had a return he was close to going the distance. I would go to a game just to watch him run. Reminds me of Nunally a little from newman last year who went to wash st. Both long and track speed.
