Comments on: Video: The Best College Lacrosse Player That Will Never Be…

By: KW

KW — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:33:00 +0000

Let this video be evidence of the soon coming wave of athletes making the transition to lax. This kid could walk on to any program in the country and with a few months of stick skill training he would be absolutely insane. The only thing keeping it from happening at this point is the prospect of millions playing pro football, basketball, etc.

By: willemv

willemv — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:35:00 +0000

The music makes the video even more fun to watch!

By: kolmar29

kolmar29 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:22:00 +0000

Don’t see a lot of passing and assists on that highlight reel.

By: ryanschiller14

ryanschiller14 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 06:36:00 +0000

Gotta work on that left hand and he would have been a high school Paul Rabil

By: dbas

dbas — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:24:00 +0000

I have read your posts and will clear up a few things. I helped get a stick in his hands as a Junior so I saw it all first hand and talked to him every day about lacrosse. He was running track and wanted to try something else. He came out and only had a few weeks of practice before games started. While his lax IQ was near zero, skills included, he worked really hard. His athletic ability put him on equal footing with all the opponents he faced. He could, because he really had no idea what to do with the ball, go coast to coast with even being touched, ankle breaking those that tried to stop him. He had great fun with the game. If he started as most of you have, very young, the sky would have been the limit. The high school team he played for (South Plantation HS) prides itself on being a bridge program. Giving access to those that may never get a chance to play. I was truly proud of being part of the group. Alex is a great kid and will be taking his talents to Arkansas. He comes to the SEC to play a little football. While lacrosse will be over for him, he played the game and loved it, if only for a minute. Isn’t that what it is all about any way?

By: Will Patton

Will Patton — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:37:00 +0000

This video is outstanding. You have to look beyond the stick skills, because this kid just creates space and it doesn’t even really appear that he is going full bore.

Would he get stripped plenty playing at any level of college lacrosse? Of course. But I totally agree with Connor and others’ points that he would just need to focus on the stick skills and his impact would explode.

Hilarious to see just how much an advantage a raw, athletic, modern football athlete has in modern high school lacrosse. Seeing him juxtaposed against those minuscule faceoff men shows you just how much bigger these D1 football recruits are than the average human.

By: wersplat

wersplat — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:27:00 +0000

umm are you kidding me i understand he only played his senior year…but he is playing against what looks like the worst team in America..yeah he has speed, but no stick skills, no passing ability, that goal at 1:58 is a joke that goalie couldn’t save a beach ball…a decent HS team would light this kid up..A NE West D1 long pole would lay him out the second he tried to one hand pick up the ball…come on Connor lets do better..there is a 12 year old on LI right now that would school this kid

By: bhsvideodad

bhsvideodad — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:10:00 +0000

A giant among boys. Interesting cradling technique. Jim Brown used a clamp to the chest and ran through everyone in college.

By: Witt Harlin

Witt Harlin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000

D-Middie for life.

By: Shaw

Shaw — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:41:00 +0000

100% agreed. If he plays football, he is probably used to looking down field for lanes to get through.

Considering it doesn’t appear he can pass too well, I’d say he did a remarkable job.

By: mf'er

mf'er — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:39:00 +0000

Raw is correct. However you can teach stick skills, you can’t
teach athleticism. I would definitely
agree with it is a skill issue rather than being selfish. The when you can’t pass effectively the safest
place for the ball is in your stick.

By: Helfrich

Helfrich — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:50:00 +0000

He probably started playing this year. Guaranteed he would pick it up in absolutely no time. Always wondered what a D1 Football prospect would look like against high school players in terms of speed/athleticism. Great find.

By: jamlando

jamlando — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:38:00 +0000

cool to see, another best player that never (recently) was is Matt Elam the safety from the Gators. Projected to go in the first 2 rounds of this year’s nfl draft. played lax at Palm Beach Dwyer, which has a legit program history. They won the club state championship his senior year in 2009.

By: wrwarrior

wrwarrior — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:34:00 +0000

Raw in both the athletic and lacrosse sense of things. He is a fun player to watch despite his cringe-worthy cradling.

While it may appear selfish, most players tend to favor their skill set and for him it’s obviously that athleticism. For seasoned players it’s also difficult when tunnel vision takes over. Sometimes I’d rather snake my way through lazy slides than make an unsettled pass to a “wide open” attackmen. But to each his own right?

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:58:00 +0000

I’ve watched it a couple times now, and I think it’s more an issue of skill than selfishness. The highlights are clearly put together to show some ridiculous plays, but he does pass a couple times, he’s just not great at it. Not a shock he doesn’t pass mid-dodge when you take that into account.

He is SUPER raw, but it was impressive on some level, at least to me!