(07-25-2014 09:24 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  A Rivals Report on Evan Mallory. To choose between Cincinnati and Louisville next week.
CJ

3 Star Mallory to choose

(07-26-2014 01:51 AM)Thebeardedbearcat Wrote:  I am not a good judge of lineman. Has anyone seen video. How is his footwork?

(07-26-2014 06:15 PM)Mopper Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 01:51 AM)Thebeardedbearcat Wrote:  I am not a good judge of lineman. Has anyone seen video. How is his footwork?

Good feet, but not great. He just isn't consistent enough with them, on some plays he keeps his feet active and powers guys off their spot. Other times his feet die on contact and he has to resort to wrestling style throws which works at the high school level because he is bigger and stronger than everyone he plays. That won't work in college. At this level he would be a below average athlete for tackle, but a slightly above average athlete for a guard. His future is at guard.

Quote:He is rated the nation's No. 61 offensive guard nationally and the No. 18 prospect in Florida by 247Sports.com.

Quote:2 IMG Academy offensive lineman commit
By Staff Report , Herald-Tribune
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

BRADENTON

A pair of offensive lineman at IMG Academy made their college choices Tuesday.

Offensive tackle Tyree St. Louis announce he would attend the University of Miami.

Evan Mallory made a verbal commitment to the University of Cincinnati.

Here is the press releases sent by IMG Academy on both players:....

....St. Louis committed alongside offensive line teammate Evan Mallory, a Brownsburg, Ind. native who verbaled to the Cincinnati Bearcats. Mallory and St. Louis were the fourth and fifth members of the IMG Academy Football program to make a verbal commitment over the summer. They were preceded by fellow offensive lineman Mirko Jurkovic and Miki Fifita, who verbally committed to Nebraska and Oregon State, respectively, on July 21, and linebacker Nick Thomas, who committed to Wisconsin in June.

Mallory to Cincinnati

IMG Academy offensive lineman Evan Mallory made his verbal commitment today, choosing the American Athletic Conference’s University of Cincinnati Bearcats over the conference rival University of Louisville (edit: love that part). Mallory with sign with the class of 2015 in February.

Evan Mallory

“When I went to [Cincinnati], I hung out with some of the guys and I realized that there are a lot of guys there just like me and I had a great connection to the team,” Mallory said of what led him to choose the Bearcats.

He added, ”Offensive line coach [Darren] Hiller, I’ve been talking to him for a long time and I love the way he coaches, and he is definitely a guy I want to work hard for and play for.”

Mallory will join head coach Tommy Tuberville and a Bearcats squad that is on the rise. In 2013, Cincinnati finished with a 9-4 overall record, third in the AAC, with a berth in the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. The Bearcats led the AAC in total offense in 2013 with 427.1 yards per game, and have paced the conference in rushing each of the pass two season, averaging 168.31 yards on the ground a season ago.

“Cincinnati is getting a guy with great worth ethic and a true understanding of the game,” said IMG Academy Head Coach Chris Weinke. “Evan is a big strong interior lineman that finishes every play. He plays with great technique and is a big time run blocker. He has improved tremendously on his pass blocking ability and will transition nicely to the next level.”

(07-30-2014 08:12 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Didn't realize Chris Weinke was coaching football. I remember when he was a 43 year old QB for the Noles....


well not quite that old but you get my drift.

(07-30-2014 07:44 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  IMG, for many sports, but most specifically soccer, tennis and track is the cream of the crop in professional development. In the past OT has been used as the direct feeder for the US Olympic Development Program prior to the establisent of individual sport programs. They know how to get the best out of athletes down there.

(07-30-2014 09:10 AM)Racinejake Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 07:44 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  IMG, for many sports, but most specifically soccer, tennis and track is the cream of the crop in professional development. In the past OT has been used as the direct feeder for the US Olympic Development Program prior to the establisent of individual sport programs. They know how to get the best out of athletes down there.

It costs around $70k per year to attend IMG Academy. Im sure their success is a combination of elite coaching/training plus parents sending their kids there because they know their kid has the potential to be a special athlete.

(07-30-2014 09:10 AM)Racinejake Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 07:44 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  IMG, for many sports, but most specifically soccer, tennis and track is the cream of the crop in professional development. In the past OT has been used as the direct feeder for the US Olympic Development Program prior to the establisent of individual sport programs. They know how to get the best out of athletes down there.

It costs around $70k per year to attend IMG Academy. Im sure their success is a combination of elite coaching/training plus parents sending their kids there because they know their kid has the potential to be a special athlete.

(07-30-2014 10:26 AM)ctipton Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 09:10 AM)Racinejake Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 07:44 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  IMG, for many sports, but most specifically soccer, tennis and track is the cream of the crop in professional development. In the past OT has been used as the direct feeder for the US Olympic Development Program prior to the establisent of individual sport programs. They know how to get the best out of athletes down there.

It costs around $70k per year to attend IMG Academy. Im sure their success is a combination of elite coaching/training plus parents sending their kids there because they know their kid has the potential to be a special athlete.

That is an amazing amount of money for 1 year (more than all of the GCL schools combined). I am positive that most people cannot afford that. Are most of their student/athletes on scholarship/grant?