Zak Neary - Falling through the cracks

Impressive looking kid are we looking at him?

Good instincts, hits hard. Not sure he has the speed for the SEC

Need to do more research on him -- I am busy at work, but had a call come in about this guy & figured I'd post. Looks impressive on first glance. I believe his current offers are from smaller D1 schools.

quote:

---

Not sure he has the speed for the SEC

---

quote:

---

Craig Steltz

---

without clicking the link...I bet he's a white kid...

You all might be right but instincts and and a want to be great is something some guys just don't have. Some guys ho off of just being athletic but he is slow for a running back but maybe he is just fast enough for a safety. IDK but hope he gets his wish a plays somewhere.

quote:

---

he is slow for a running back but maybe he is just fast enough for a safety.

---

If he's slow for a RB he's definitely too slow for a safety.

Dude looks pretty good, seems like more of a pure football player than some other higher rated recruits, wouldnt be a bad addition

I was just told about this post on here about Zak and I thought I'd chime in. I'm a volquester , myself. Don't have much time for other boards. Anyway I'm am not Zaks dad. He is a good friend of mine though. He is not the type to get on here and thump his chest about his boy. So I will do it, ha. Here is what I know.

He ran a 4.53 40 at APSU
1st team all state running back
Rushed for over 4000 yards. 50 TDS. Benches 325. Runs a sub 4.2 shuttle. Squats 450. A complete field general all west tn player of the year soph and as a senior. District MVP 2 years in a row
Will play anyhere but loves safety, hitting people
2a comp. yes, but at all star game vs 1a to 6a players, MVP , called best player on the field by a few coaches.
Team first always.
Work aholic , first to practice last to leave.
Has the body type to carry more weight if needed. His dad is around 6'2" 235 or so.
He will never embarrass the university on or off the field.
Good student
He has been in contact with several schools. Some big, some small. Of coarse the small schools are very interested.
LSU loved his film. A big 10 school is very interested
Like all competitors he wants to play big time football in college
Him and his dad didn't really grow up loving a college football team. They are huge Denver bronco fans. His dad said he always worked on Saturday his whole life so they watched the NFL on Sunday.
So he didn't grow up wanting to be a vol or tiger or whatever, so he is going to go to the best place possible.


Peyton hillis thinks he is D1 all the way and if he wanted it he could find a place in the nfl. The first time Zaks dad met Peyton, Peyton said "I hope my son grows up to be just like Zak". That's a pretty strong endorsement.

Moffit is the best In The biz. I have no doubt he could.

quote:

---

I was just told about this post on here about Zak and I thought I'd chime in. I'm a volquester , myself. Don't have much time for other boards. Anyway I'm am not Zaks dad. He is a good friend of mine though. He is not the type to get on here and thump his chest about his boy. So I will do it, ha. Here is what I know.

He ran a 4.53 40 at APSU
1st team all state running back
Rushed for over 4000 yards. 50 TDS. Benches 325. Runs a sub 4.2 shuttle. Squats 450. A complete field general all west tn player of the year soph and as a senior. District MVP 2 years in a row
Will play anyhere but loves safety, hitting people
2a comp. yes, but at all star game vs 1a to 6a players, MVP , called best player on the field by a few coaches.
Team first always.
Work aholic , first to practice last to leave.
Has the body type to carry more weight if needed. His dad is around 6'2" 235 or so.
He will never embarrass the university on or off the field.
Good student
He has been in contact with several schools. Some big, some small. Of coarse the small schools are very interested.
LSU loved his film. A big 10 school is very interested
Like all competitors he wants to play big time football in college
Him and his dad didn't really grow up loving a college football team. They are huge Denver bronco fans. His dad said he always worked on Saturday his whole life so they watched the NFL on Sunday.
So he didn't grow up wanting to be a vol or tiger or whatever, so he is going to go to the best place possible.


Peyton hillis thinks he is D1 all the way and if he wanted it he could find a place in the nfl. The first time Zaks dad met Peyton, Peyton said "I hope my son grows up to be just like Zak". That's a pretty strong endorsement.

---

Good info Orange, and welcome to the board

I agree with blkhwktiger mostly.

He is clearly a true football player. Hits hard, plays hard, and has good instincts. For a D1 caliber eval, he has decent lateral speed, good instincts and field vision, and packs a punch for his size.

I think he could be a role player for a smaller school, or a special teamer type for a larger school. If he were to go to LSU, I could definitely see him on special team coverage or the like.

From his picture, he looks to need to add about 20 lbs of good weight, while still cutting down his 40 time. It would be a challenge, but you dont know what you have till youre done trying to mold it. I would suggest he take his best offer, but immediately start bulking, and working on speed drills. Best shot other than special teams is strong safety, or even perhaps a rover linebacker in a nickle or dime set.

Just my opinion for the op