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2025 QB Luke Nickel, Alpharetta, GA

clg003 said:
Was there last night. Kids OL ain’t great but he has some weapons at his disposal. Their running game was abysmal. This year should be a good growth year for him. He has a really good build for a 16 yr old. Family full of TEs. He will only get stronger. Arm strength needs to improve but it will… right he is 16. Has great touch on the long ball. His receivers had some drops, ran some bad routes and had some weird takes on balls he threw in traffic. I didn’t get the sense that he was leading the team or anything like that. Certainly wasn’t a vocal lead where the team was rallying behind him. Very TVD like in that area. He actually does reminds me of TVD a lot. His physical presence, his demeanor and the throws he excels at and the throws he doesn’t. Middle of the field and down the field accuracy and touch but struggles with sideline throws. But to be honest I don’t think the receivers helped him out there. Running horrible posts and not having a grasp on the flight of the ball. I only saw 1 other cane fan there. I don’t think Ghea had a single catch. Seems their TE routes took too much time to develop for the pressure he had.
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How did he look compared to Judd vs Buford? I know Buford is really good, but Judd didn't look great in the highlights.
 
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Coach Macho said:
Looking forward to this match-up. They are well coached, talented at the WR position and obviously elite at QB.

We're extremely talented at the LB position. 3/4 of the starting LB's are P5 recruits and the other one is a Colombia/Penn/Colgate level kid.
But we're very small at DL and DB. Active and quick, but small. (5'9" across the board @ DB and we have to start a 9th grader)
Our 6'2" Akron commit at DB is injured.

For us (on defense) this game is gonna come down to who wins on the perimeter IMO. If my DB's can hold-up against their WR talent and we can somewhat contain Nickel, I like our chances. (unless I ***** it up, which there's always a chance lol)



This match-up is intriguing because our QB and skill talent on offense is very similar.
We have Belfort at QB (VT commit), Mizell at RB (Kentucky commit) and Koby Howard at WR...who is the most talented WR I've been around in 17 years of coaching. (that includes my time at Deerfield). He's special.
Our OL is not gelling yet IMO. That's our weakness on offense. Looks like that might be an issue for both teams.
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What's Howard's interest in Miami?
 
Imukat said:
How did he look compared to Judd vs Buford? I know Buford is really good, but Judd didn't look great in the highlights.
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I missed that game but yeah Buford is next level and 7A. Jones is 5A...

Buford and Mill Creek are loaded. Hard to tell how anyone is playing those two teams.
 
Coach Macho said:
Looking forward to this match-up. They are well coached, talented at the WR position and obviously elite at QB.

We're extremely talented at the LB position. 3/4 of the starting LB's are P5 recruits and the other one is a Colombia/Penn/Colgate level kid.
But we're very small at DL and DB. Active and quick, but small. (5'9" across the board @ DB and we have to start a 9th grader)
Our 6'2" Akron commit at DB is injured.

For us (on defense) this game is gonna come down to who wins on the perimeter IMO. If my DB's can hold-up against their WR talent and we can somewhat contain Nickel, I like our chances. (unless I ***** it up, which there's always a chance lol)



This match-up is intriguing because our QB and skill talent on offense is very similar.
We have Belfort at QB (VT commit), Mizell at RB (Kentucky commit) and Koby Howard at WR...who is the most talented WR I've been around in 17 years of coaching. (that includes my time at Deerfield). He's special.
Our OL is not gelling yet IMO. That's our weakness on offense. Looks like that might be an issue for both teams.
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Best of luck big dawg.
 
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jdmorgan76 said:
Any smoke around this kid wrt reclass & early enrollee...?
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I hope so. I saw our ‘24 QB commit play live today….. and fellas….heen it…. (right now!) He looks the part, good arm, and he may very well be a really good QB one day…..but right now, he’s not what I was hoping to see. I know that this is only his 2nd season in an air raid spread attack offense. I guess I was just expecting more this season. He don’t seem to value the **** football, and that will get you beat. He puts the ball in harms way, too much. Their (JCHS) backup QB looked better at times. He Threw 3 more picks. Bad reads, rushed throws, etc. He may be the answer one day, but all I saw today was a 6’7” question mark. I hope he can turn it around. We need to definitely bring in another arm with this class.
 
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Can't wipe that smile off of Nickel's face

Alice In Wonderland Animation GIF by Disney


 
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clg003 said:
I missed that game but yeah Buford is next level and 7A. Jones is 5A...

Buford and Mill Creek are loaded. Hard to tell how anyone is playing those two teams.
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Buford has Raiola as QB and has 3 5 stars on their roster. Crazy.l
 
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