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re: Nate Sheppard question
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:58 pm to GridironJunkie
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:58 pm to GridironJunkie
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Wilson is a moron.
Sheppard was easily the best RB in LA for that class. Berry dominated Class 1A competition while Nate was owning 5A and carrying his team.
The frustrating thing is I don’t see why it needed to be one or the other.
We took Lindsey in that class who even as of today is listed at 190lbs.
Both Lindsey and Berry had smaller body types not apt for carrying the ball 20+ times in the SEC
Posted on 11/1/26 at 7:45 am to TexasTiger88
5 TDs vs Boston College last night lol
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:25 am to Lester Earl
Yes and no
Berry was a higher recruit, but country day plays pee-wee football games he looked like Barry Sanders because he was going against a t 210 dt and 165 Lb that was much slower then him
The Nshore isnt a power house but it has bigger faster players so the competition was much better for Nate .
Berry was a higher recruit, but country day plays pee-wee football games he looked like Barry Sanders because he was going against a t 210 dt and 165 Lb that was much slower then him
The Nshore isnt a power house but it has bigger faster players so the competition was much better for Nate .
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:43 am to WhiteMandingo
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Yes
i respect you for answering
but the answer is, and always will be, NO
Of course, if you were an everydayer you would already know why Berry's recruiting stock was over-inflated.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:48 am to WhiteMandingo
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Berry was a higher recruit, but country day plays pee-wee football games he looked like Barry Sanders because he was going against a t 210 dt and 165 Lb that was much slower then him
Berry's movement skills stand out even against SEC teams, he would have been successful playing any high school competition. You always recruit guys who move like that. LSU would have been dumb to pass on Berry. But obviously the other parts of playing the position in college have not developed yet.
Sheppard is a great player. He is more or less Duke's entire offense, pretty sure he is their leading rusher AND receiver. If Jones moves on to the NFL I would love to portal him. I'm sure he has some loyalty to Duke (as he should) but Diaz and their front office guys may be on the move to FSU or another opening this offseason.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:35 am to WhiteMandingo
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Berry was a higher recruit, but country day plays pee-wee football games
Berry never prepped at Country Day. He played all 4 years of HS at St. Martin's Episcopal. CD and STM are also in 2 different LHSAA classifications. Hindsight is 20/20, as you'll have to ask Frank Wilson and Brian Kelly why they valued Lindsey over Shepard.
IMO, Berry needs to work on pass-protection blocking for the QB, and he needs to identify & hit the hole faster running downhill. He's not going to outrun SEC defenses laterally; the players are equally as fast.
Additionally, topics like this happen all the time in HS recruiting. Why was ULM (2023: 0-8 SBC, 2-10 overall) the only school to offer Ahmad Hardey ?? Kid rushed for 1,350 (ULM) and 1,650+ yds (Mizzou) in back-to-back years as a True-FR and Sophomore. Prior to his gunshot incident, NFL scouts were predicting Hardy as a probable 2027 1st rd draft pick. A 3-star #153 RB in the country
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:35 am to WhiteMandingo
edit: enter button went full-auto when posting
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 10:37 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:35 am to WhiteMandingo
edit: dbl post 
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 10:36 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:41 am to DallasTiger45
quote:
Berry's movement skills stand out even against SEC teams
Not really. He’s small with a solid burst & a nice jump cut.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 12:57 pm to CA Jones
If Berry committed to UF or Texas and we recruited Nate, fans like you would still be crying.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 12:59 pm to Kool Kaliper
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If Berry committed to UF or Texas and we recruited Nate, fans like you would still be crying.
It shouldn't have been an either/or. It should have been both.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:42 pm to Lester Earl
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Berry's movement skills stand out even against SEC teams
Not really. He’s small with a solid burst & a nice jump cut.
Berry has been extremely disappointing. Him playing at st Martins really set him back. I thought by now he would be seeing more snaps.
I still think he has a ton of natural talent. He just isn't a very polished running back. Who knows if he will ever get there at lsu. He probably won't.
He will likely need to go somewhere and play.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:05 pm to Got Blaze
Some guys have athletic gifts and don’t pan out. Kaleb Jackson could have been successful here if he wasn’t afraid of contact. An RB from 2010 Capital team, Frankie Jackson, was arguably one of the better RBs the state has ever produced but never got his head on straight. The good news is we went from one of the worst rb coaches in the nation to maybe the best so we won’t be having these issues moving forward
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:24 pm to hall59tiger
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Kaleb Jackson could have been successful here if he wasn’t afraid of contact
more like if he had any kind of vision. dude would just run where hole was supposed to be right into the back of his OL
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:34 pm to Midtiger farm
Kaleb Jackson might also run a 4.8-4.9 40 these days with his size; dude was incredibly slow
Not that it really matters since his vision was non-existent as well, and despite being huge never really broke tackles much either after his freshman year it felt like (where he broke a ton of tackles year 1)
Not that it really matters since his vision was non-existent as well, and despite being huge never really broke tackles much either after his freshman year it felt like (where he broke a ton of tackles year 1)
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 11/3/26 at 4:35 pm to Chalkywhite84
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Him playing at st Martins really set him back.
That is a big part of it. He has no vision and runs scared to the LOS. Not a great combination. In high school it was easy to just race to the outside or even plow through a 5-5 140lb white kid from the Willow school when he needed to.
His best bet would still likely be to move positions.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 1:52 pm to Lester Earl
13-168 2 TD at half today
On his way to some Heisman votes
Up to 15-186
On his way to some Heisman votes
Up to 15-186
This post was edited on 11/7/26 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:21 pm to Lester Earl
Finished with more than 200 yards rushing… Averaged more than 12 yds per carry.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:29 pm to Lester Earl
We have absolutely shite the bed on instate talent evaluations. I'll definitely give this staff a pass for last years misses but we aren't trending in the right direction for alot of instate talent this year either.
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