The Under Armour All-American High School Football Game provided quite the offensive show (unusual since defenses usually rule all-star games), previewing to all who some of the next college fantasy football stars will be in 2009. The White squad, led by USC commit QB Matt Barkley, defeated the Black team 27-16 on Sunday night.
With both teams running the spread formation, both defenses running man-coverage and the running games being stuffed by better prepared defenses, let me focus on some first impressions from the wide receivers. (pictures to come soon from our own Jason Roberts, I am editing player interviews as you read this)
Marlon Brown - 6-5, 205, Harding Academy (TN) Undeclared
The highest ranked in the ESPN 150 and the heaviest. QUICKLY put it in fifth gear to open the White team scoring on the first play for a 71 yard TD. It was nice to be in sync early with stud QB Matt Barkley who put it right on his chest to make the slant route effective. In second series, seemed to be caught off guard that Barkley threw the out from the off hash – Barkley focused a laser that got over coverage and hit him in the facemask. To Marlon’s defense, he likely has never seen a pass like that.
Andre Debose – 6-0, 180, Seminole High (FL), Undeclared
part of the Seminole Three (Dyron Dye and RayRay Armstrong) that played both sides of the ball for the state 6A Champions. DeBose secured an amazing catch in the final minute of the title game (scroll down to 3:47) Debose got loose on a 92-yard TD catch, the last 50 of which had him spinning S Stephen Gilmore like a top. Kudos to LSU-commit QB Russell Shepard for standing in the pocket and getting smacked as he delivered the bomb. Read the rest of this entry →
