Who Else was Impressed with Cade Carney?

Madison Grant

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He tore knee ligaments his senior year of high school, which caused us and others to back off IIRC. He seems to have rehabilitated well.
 

tatertot1

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I think if they had gave him the ball more 2nd half the game would of been a little closer and they could of possibly won that game but glad they didnt he is tough rb
 

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We stuffed his arse in the second half and that crucial 4th and 2. But yeah, the kid could run and move a pile. Very strong, keeps the legs churning and has good balance. Kirvante minus the speed.
 

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The whole game I thought Sunil was saying, "Kate Carney" and I was laughing.

(she is a local pro wrestler/valet up here in the Pac Northwest)

He runs hard, wouldn't make a bad changeup B-Back for us.
 

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I thought he was solid but nothing really remarkable. Ran hard and was pretty strong when he had momentum. Imo he would be a "get what the play give a you" back for us. Solid Back up but I wouldn't want him starting.
 

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I think he's a much better athlete than what he showed against us. Just looking at his official combine measurables coming out of high school, his SPARQ ratings were off the charts. He had a 127.65 composite, when the top scoring RB in the nation had a 131.91. Also had a 40.4 inch vert, ran a 4.53 in the 40, and a had 40.0 power throw (best RB score that year was a 41.0).

I get measurables don't always translate to the field, but this guy is only in his second year in a college program and missed three games last year, when he averaged 70 yards per game in ACC play as a true freshman. Kirvonte, Etienne, and Akers are present and future elite ACC RBs imo but Carney is right behind them.

Edit: Saw where someone said he tore major knee ligaments in high school, maybe he isn't the athlete he was then, but I think he will still be really good in the ACC.
 

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This is the part where someone says something like:

"Tough kid, would be a bruiser at BB like Lucas Cox, Zach Laskey, and Preston Lyons. Very gritty. More quick than fast. His dad's a football coach. Not going to get you the home run but will beat them to death with singles. Not flashy, not the fastest or biggest guy out there, but a hard-nosed runner. Reminds me a lot of Mike Alstott, Wes Welker, Danny Woodhead, Wayne Chrebet, Ed McCaffery, Christian McCaffery, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, and Gary Kasparov."

Right?
 

takethepoints

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He's a good player and would have had a chance to start. Oth, we might not have gotten either Mills or Benson if he had signed with us and both of them have a higher top end (albeit that Mills won't get to show it with us).

The only guy that we play against and that we recruited hard that I really regret not getting is Chubby. Chubbe would have been a great BB for us, but no such luck. Too bad for him too; he would have been more successful in our system then theirs, imho.
 

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This is the part where someone says something like:

"Tough kid, would be a bruiser at BB like Lucas Cox, Zach Laskey, and Preston Lyons. Very gritty. More quick than fast. His dad's a football coach. Not going to get you the home run but will beat them to death with singles. Not flashy, not the fastest or biggest guy out there, but a hard-nosed runner. Reminds me a lot of Mike Alstott, Wes Welker, Danny Woodhead, Wayne Chrebet, Ed McCaffery, Christian McCaffery, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, and Gary Kasparov."

Right?
Iow, he's pretty fly for a white guy!
 
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