They are allowed waivers, but must make weight for commissioning. They used to have to lose weight in off season to meet weight, but now I believe it is only when commissioned as officers. This was done to prevent drastic weight loss every year as not very healthy for athletes. It also allows them to complete with 6’5 300 lb lineman. When commissioned, it is based on strict height adjusted weight allowance. However, some of those giant linemen will never fly the gliders during their USAFA years as they are way too big.
Also, they all do bring in like 40+ recruits every year due to attrition. It is just a much more challenging overall environment than regular college.
Respect shout out to all those who serve or served.
Correct. But he didn’t suggest we offer any kid because of the numbers they put on Hudl. Out because they have FCS offers or an offer from a program who can give unlimited offers.
Yes, he looks like a big, athletic kid. Villa is under-recruited because he was focusing on lacrosse.
Since this is MHT and not a Carolinas high school football forum, here’s some more info on our newest commit. He’s a USA Lacrosse All-American.
Hate to interrupt this fun conversation, but Miami has added a new member of the 2022 class. 6’6 260 OT/DL Drew Terrill from Lebanon, IN. Not 100% sure, but my guess is he’s coming in at OT for Miami. Nice addition late in the class!
Miami has done well with multi-sport linemen recently. The obvious one is is Tommy Doyle. Will probably need a bit of time to get up to size, but the athleticism always helps out tackles. Very happy with this addition!
After watching a couple highlights, it’s wild to see a tackle running alongside his RB into the endzone on a long run. Also hilarious to see him driving DEs ten yards down field.
Just be excited about football landing a recruit for once.
No, he’s not playing D1 basketball. Tommy Doyle played hockey at Edina, one of the best hockey programs in the US. He wasn’t a D1 hockey player (iirc he wasn’t even recruited to play D3 hockey) but it certainly helped him be a better football player. Darius Harper was hardly a D1 basketball player. We know what happens when you try to put lineman builds into the sport. It’s not the same. I’m not sure it ever will be again. Those days of basketball left us in the 90’s.
I’m excited to see how quickly he can improve his footwork and technique because of his time playing basketball. Once he’s around 300lbs, he could really be a force.
I don’t totally track “this isn’t the 90’s”. Seems like lots of schools still have multi sport athletes. Mac plays football and baseball for us. Why would a player doing football and basketball be off the table. Maybe not this particular recruit, but no one ever again?
The skills that make Mac a solid football player translate well to basketball. He’s fast and does a great job of tracking balls in the air. His batting average also isn’t great because that’s a skill that needs to be practiced regularly and there are only so many hours in the day. Trawick did shotput on the track team. His strength worked well with that. I never said we won’t see a two sport athlete again. I said we won’t see a lineman playing basketball.
The skills that make someone a D1 basketball prospect in 2022 directly contradict the skills needed to be an offensive lineman. Take a typical post player in the MAC. They’re 6’7"-6’10". They’re in the low-mid 200lbs. They’re quick. If he was a tight end, I’d say it’s possible. But find me a D1 basketball player who is 6’6" and 300lbs.
Here’s a list of D1 basketball players. The heaviest listed weight is 275. That’s hardly the size of a starting tackle for any FBS program.
