re: 2014 John Curtis WR Malachi Dupre

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I meant if he plans on continuing to high jump in college. Serious high jumpers don't want alot of muscle....so I hope football is first or else he wont develope like he would if he was only fb...is he running track in college?

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He's not quite good enough to jump in college (at the level he is expected to play in football). There were 16 high schoolers who jumped 7 feet+ last year. 23 in '11, 30 in '10, 40 in '09, 28 in '08.

Basically, you aren't an elite high jumper if you don't go 7 feet in high school. With a best of 6'8" he is probably at least a standard deviation away from 7'.

On top of that, maybe 10 guys in the world make $100k+ yearly at the high jump. Guys who are 6'3", who can run and catch and have 40"+ verticals tend to wipe their asses with $100k. He'd be foolish, in my opinion, to pursue the high jump unless he truly loves it.