I think it's because you have better options outside this year. Whitehead is eligible and freemand and simmons are each a year older and better.
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I remember thinking that too. The only player we've had recently whose high school stats looked like that was Marco Coleman. Like Simmons, Coleman looked like a "tween" to most coaches and Coach Ross had a pretty clear run to get him to come to Tech. I remember a story after Coleman signed where Ross was bewildered that anyone with a sack count that high was being essentially ignored.
Yes.
Kid's definitely been hitting the weights pretty hard, I'm excited to see those Austin boys this year. Something the Morgan's said about being a twin...always having a workout partner to push you to get better, definitely rings true for those boys as well.
Yes, I think some may have fallen asleep on the Austins. They had so much upside when they came to Tech that some may have forgotten that they still needed a good year of college level training to reach their full potential. The fact that they were kind of forced into playing sooner meant that we may have become complacent about them, just seeing them as kind of journeymen every day kind of players. They could very well have a breakout season this year and start doing to college players what they were doing to high school players a couple of years ago.
