Not interested in watching the hour’s worth of video to hear what Cal Poly coach Tim Walsh said about each of the 12 new high school football recruits he introduced Wednesday?
I’ll give you the choice nuggets here on each of the recruits.
Cal Poly’s football recruits (alphabetically)
Name, position, height, weight, school, hometown
Kevin Britt, CB/WR, 6-1, 160, Nipomo High, Nipomo
Walsh: “This young man can run. He can flat run, and he can make plays and he made plays aganst some high quality people. Kevin held his own against guys going to USC and UCLA … He’s way more physical than we anticipated, and at corner, where we’re goignto play him, it’s hard for us to find 6-foot corners that can run 10.8(-second) 100 meters.”
Lance Castaneda, WR/DB, 6-3, 200, Davis High, Modesto
Walsh: “We think that down the road with (Dominique Johnson) being a senior and being a big wide receiver, we’re going to need a big wide receiver. We think that he possesses the ability to run after the catch. He can go get the football, which is something we’re looking for.”
Joseph Coleman, OL/DL, 6-2, 265, Moreau Catholic, Hayward
Walsh: “If you’ve watched Maurice McClure play for us already, we think he’s a clone. And he’ll be a guy that will compete to play and play early … He is a big, strong and explosive man that is only going to get better. We really feel like we’re really fortunate for him to say yes.”
K.J. Cusack, RB, 5-9, 165, St. Joseph, Santa Maria
Walsh: K.J. is just one of those guys that really has a unique understanding of the game, but he has the instincts at running back that I don’t think you can teach, and we think he’s way faster than people gave him credit for. K.J.’s an explosive guy with the football. He’s probably more physical than his body will allow you to believe.”
Dave Douglas, SS, 5-11, 196, Oakland High, Oakland
Walsh: “He had Divison I offers and said yes to coach (Bryan) Cook when coach Cook orginially offered in December. He stuck with us even though some people came hard in the end … He can probably compete to play as a freshman, and that’s his goal: To come here and start for four years and help us win a lot of football games.”
Nick Dzubnar, LB, 6-2, 220, Mission Viejo High, Mission Viejo
Walsh: “He is a guy that plays with a huge motor and is way, way faster than we thought when originally looked at him. And that’s tough league to be defensive player of the year in because they have a lot of guys going a lot of places.”
Joshua Hines, OT/DT, 6-2, 255, Jesuit High, Sacramento
Walsh did not give a flashy quote on Hines, but said that he is in the mold of a prototype offensive tackle for the triple option.
Brandon Howe, LB, 6-2, 208, Dana Hills High, San Juan Capistrano
Walsh: “We’re signing him as a linebacker. He played safety and running back. Very aggressive guy that cleans 305 pounds. It shows the explosion that he has in his hips. We think at 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, we can make him a linebacker that can run and run well.”
Vante Johnson, CB, 5-9, 170, Edison High, Fresno
Walsh: “What he lacks in size, he deifneitly makes up in aggressiveness. He’s extremely quick and extremely athletic … He’s not the biggest guy, but we saw him be extremely aggressive. He’s got great feet and a real good understanding of the game of football.”
James Langford, K, 6-3, 178, Foothill High, Pleasanton
Walsh: “We don’t see any kicks from him that don’t go through the uprights, and that means kickoffs included. And he gets the ball up in the air extremely quickly.”
Chris Lawrence, DT, 6-2, 255, De La Salle, Danville
Walsh: “Chris is one of those guys that coach (Greg) Lupfer loves on the defensive side of the ball because his energy is contagious … Probably before he’s done, he’ll be 6-2, 270 pounds and will be a dominant player for us.”
Lefi Letuliagasenoa, OL, 6-2, 285, Elk Grove High, Sacramento
Walsh: “He really dominated almost every time we saw the ball snapped. He plays every snap as hard as he possibly can. Very athletic, great feet, understands how to play the offensive line as far as leverage and lower body strength.”
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4 comments
bob
February 5, 2010 at 2:44 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Most of these guys would be considered small at the High School level.
We’re gonna get beat by Davis again.
Get behind by 2 scores than the blistering fast corners are supposed to stop the ground game of a BIG Physical team.
Why keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Poly should move down to Div 2 where we can physically match up.
Stanger
February 5, 2010 at 10:30 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I do not know where you have been bob, but Cal Poly has beat Davis 3 of the last 4 years. We have beat Sac State about 5 or 6 straight. Last year we replaced 9 starters on offense, changed to a different style of defense and had to adjust to a new coaching staff. With all that Davis just barely squeaked out a win against us in Davis. The two years before we beat Davis in game that were not even close.
Speed and skill beat size any day.
bob
February 6, 2010 at 9:32 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I was talking about this year. Will Cal Poly win 5 games?
Stanger
February 6, 2010 at 1:43 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I think they will win at least 7.