Shy is very good and still has 2 more years to as does Poole. This year GW will have its best defensive backfield since Tim Glass (NC State/Liberty), Donald Smith Jr (Hampton) and CJ Graves (Winston Salem State) back in 2015. Justin Bethel, Zavion King and Isaiah Pritchett are all undersized corners but they showed a lot of promise and potential this past year. They’ll hit you and they never give up. Donavan Howard is probably GW’s best athlete and he has gotten a lot bigger and he will play a lot of safety this year. Willie Edmunds may be GW’s best tackler and will more than likely play defense in college. I would hope he plays some safety or linebacker this year. If they can tackle and swarm the ball consistently, they could very well be playing after Thanksgiving this year. Offense will be a huge question mark. Byrnes has to grow up fast (I have no doubts that he’ll be a great high school QB) and GW returns some speed and firepower at WR with Shakobe Hairston, Shy Watlington and Zayvion King (all district WR). Should be a top 3 team in 4D this year.
George White is going to be something special to watch. Saw him throwing a deep/ tight sparrow on Twitter the other day.
I think Logan will be used in a very similar manner to how he was last year. He will play flanker and be used in the slot quite a bit but will also have some packages where he plays QB. I could see him having a bigger play/formation package than what he had last year.
No sir, I appreciate it. Feels good to just be talking about a football and not politics.
Just my guess but, I think he will be used much the same way as he was last year. He gives you a lot of options because of his versatility.
I don’t expect Glass to drop off any. Too many IFs for GW and history has repeated itself too many times. GW was loaded this past year and came up well short. The favorites to face Salem in the region championship is still Glass.
I’m 100% with you! Hunter is one of the toughest football players I’ve ever seen come out of Danville. Kid had so much grit and heart. I’d also add that Hunter and Jeb’s mom and dad are two of the nicest people you’ll find. Hard not to root for the Byrnes boys! Jeb is a little faster and throws a deep ball that I’ve only seen Hunter throw consistently (no disrespect to Los Poole or TJ Price, two very good GW QBs of the past ). It’s going to be fun to watch the Jeb to Shy connection.
I'm going to give Halifax's Tucker Harris his due. This young man sadly is flying under the radar. I know that people say that if a kid can play they'll find them. As a former coach...that's bs. If Tucker was at GW, Glass, LB, Heritage...he would have several FBS or FCS offers. I believe he was 1st team region last year and the young man is 6'4, 250 and probably around a 4.7 40. The kid has the frame and athleticism to become a monster. He should not end up lower than FCS, but I'm afraid he'll be lost even more with this jacked up year. Liberty, JMU, UVA..y'all need to get off your butts and go after Tucker Harris.
If half the kids in SOVA were in Richmond they’d get way more looks. Just look at Nasir Reynolds, 3rd string RB at GW who goes down to Texas and just got his first D1 offer from Drake the other day.
I talk to Tucker from time to time. Fine young man. If he played down the road at Person, he’d have NC State, ECU and App State offers. Person has sent 2 kids smaller than Tucker to big time D1 schools over the past 2 years.
Tucker is a great athlete (basketball player as well), student, and young man. He will be a 4 year starter at DE and a 3 year starter on offense. Split time sophomore year at TE and moved to tackle this past year and I would assume he will remain there this year as well. I wish I knew his stats from last year, but I believe he had double digit sacks and was a total beast against Bassett and Magna Vista. He has film out there from 9th and 10th as well. I took these stats off of his NCSA page.
