re: Zak Neary - Falling through the cracks

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.