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Joe Yearby

I think Joe's abilities make him a better candidate for PR than KR. He's quick as ****. That's needed more on punt returns than kick returns.
 
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400-600 yards rushing and receiving.

Don't think he will quite have the Duke impact because well he is playing behind Duke. Duke will keep him off the field more then Mike James did for Duke, if that makes sense.

Will be ready to take over his So year after Duke leaves for the NFL.
 
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Personally I'm riding with Yearby playing a LOT this year, and being on the field at the same time as Duke quite a bit. Either in 2 back sets, split wide, motioned, etc.

I'd like to see him on KR with Coley if he's 100%...
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I agree. Joe needs the ball. I think he was unfairly overshadowed by Cook -- and that was 100% a product of recruiting service hype. We were glad to see Cook in the game. We were actually more concerned with the 3rd string guy (the little dead head kid) than Cook. Joe's feet are outstanding. It's almost looks fake in person. You're constantly in disbelief when watching him.

That being said. I was more impressed by Duke when he was at Norland. His offense wasn't as good though. Their blocking schemes were a joke. He created everything himself.
 
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I'm looking forward to seeing the young man have a very good freshman year, where he will not have the pressure to deliver like Duke. I think with Duke and Gus, he can do with Frank used to do when defenses were gassed.
 
Bottom line is any RB that can play early, should. Because if they are any good( and we all think Yearby is) they aren't staying all four years. So lets get production out of him as early and often as possible in any type of role
 
3rd back on the depth chart. Used sparingly at the start of the year.

Sees extended playing time in blowouts.

No idea about yards, but he'll put up a few impressive highlights.
 
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i doubt he'll be 3rd on the depth chart. to start, yes, but, not once the season starts. he won't be 3rd in carries or yards.
 
i would love to see him kill it his first year and have a sick Duke+Joe combo while Cook sits around trying to get skrong
 
Never seen Yearby play in person but watching his tape he makes some cuts that are just crazy. Who would he compare to? I see a bigger Sproles or maybe Cooper before the ACL just because of his cutting ability
 
I'd like to see Joe come into a game in the fourth quarter. All fresh with that stop-on-a-dime quickness.

He'd eat some defenses up.
 
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UMFarArcher said:
I'd like to see Joe come into a game in the fourth quarter. All fresh with that stop-on-a-dime quickness.

He'd eat some defenses up.
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This. Hoping Duke and Gus can hold down the first 3 quarters with a dash of Tucker and Yearby in key spots, then 4th quarter BOOM.
 
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The Dude said:
WestEndzone said:
We faced Duke (Norland) and Joe (Central) 3 times each.

We held Duke under 100 rushing all three times and Joe ran for over 100 each time. Take what you want from that.
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Don't want to turn this into this guys is better than that guy, but this says alot considering Joe was splitting carries with the other RB everyone was droolin' over.
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I'm not starting that talk! lol. That's a futile conversation. I'm just saying that Joe is a stud.
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I wasn't implying you were. I wanted to make a point about Joe sharing a backfield with the other guy, and still being able to put up >100 yards. I felt my comment was leaving an opening to that debate, where I just wanted to make the aforementioned point.
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how would u compare both their TEAMS tho? dont follow highschool football all that much, but i do know yearby had cook with him in the backfield. Was duke the only threat on that norland team, that you were able to keep him in check? besides the two headed monster at rb dont central also have devante phillips? wouldnt it make more sense you can stop a guy, when hes basically the team, and you can focus all your efforts on him, while as central had atleast 3 players that could really hurt you?
agreeed when you say you cant compare the two, but just curious.
 
Futbolfreak11 said:
how would u compare both their TEAMS tho? dont follow highschool football all that much, but i do know yearby had cook with him in the backfield. Was duke the only threat on that norland team, that you were able to keep him in check? besides the two headed monster at rb dont central also have devante phillips? wouldnt it make more sense you can stop a guy, when hes basically the team, and you can focus all your efforts on him, while as central had atleast 3 players that could really hurt you?
agreeed when you say you cant compare the two, but just curious.
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I posted later about that:

"I agree. Joe needs the ball. I think he was unfairly overshadowed by Cook -- and that was 100% a product of recruiting service hype. We were glad to see Cook in the game. We were actually more concerned with the 3rd string guy (the little dead head kid) than Cook. Joe's feet are outstanding. It's almost looks fake in person. You're constantly in disbelief when watching him.

That being said. I was more impressed by Duke when he was at Norland. His offense wasn't as good though. Their blocking schemes were a joke. He created everything himself."

But to elaborate a bit, Central was very solid team schematically. They were really good at two plays. Thats says a lot. The coaching down here is really bad, to be frank. Central had their inside zone blocking schemes down. We were impressed. They were also able to play action that play with the bubble screen. They blocked great on the perimeter as well. Their other stuff sucked.

Norland just had Duke and Brandon Snell. Snell didn't hurt us because we had decent corners that year, and we had them bailing all game. Their blocking schemes were off. Like, always. We were able to fit right all the time. Only when we made a mental error, Duke would exploit us. The second game we played he had 80something yards rushing and he got 60ish of it on one carry. I don't want to bad mouth Coach Heidelberg or anything. He does a great job of keeping his kids on course. They were respectful and they played really hard.
 
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RiDLer80 said:
I think Joe's abilities make him a better candidate for PR than KR. He's quick as ****. That's needed more on punt returns than kick returns.
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Yes, bigger guy with straightline speed is better suited for KR; PRs are nifty dancers.
 
Strong chance that duke is in the heisman hunt this yr. His carries will be high. Yearby is a beast but will max at 8 cpg
 
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ghost2 said:
At the risk of derailing scintillating threads about the WEZ and the Dancin' Kingsburys...

What are your expectations for Joe Yearby this year? (Assuming a full recovery from injury.) Immediate 2nd team RB? All-purpose back? Return game? 2 Heismans and a reach-around from Bear Bryant's corpse?


Whaddya think?
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Duke-esque freshman year.

700 rush yards/ 10 all-purpose TD's
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This!
 
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