LPD Players playing in college

**pvfan** · May 13th, 2008, 08:42 PM

How many kids do you see on LPD teams today that you think could play and be successful at the college level? I was talking about this the other day with an umpire and we really couldn't come up with many at all. Really the only baseball player I've seen that I think could play college ball is Bentley from Wise. I hope he's playing SS for UVA-Wise next season, however I'm afraid he'll try to go to a larger level of play. In basketball I'm not sure there is a LPD player who can make it to the next level, obviously I feel that AA and Anderson from GC could make college rosters somewhere down the road when their high school careers come to a close. Football is a different animal, and I'll be the first to say I don't see many football teams enough to gauge as I do other sports (I mainly only go watch PV play). At PV the Pinkstons could play at the next level and Dakota Cantrell might get some looks. I have some opinions on kids at other schools but really haven't seen them play enough to say. Have any of you seen a time when this area was so depleted of athletes?

**wave10s** · May 13th, 2008, 09:26 PM

There are a few from Clintwood I think could make it on the next level. Russell Hull as an offensive lineman and Alec Osborne as a DB.

**Ironlung** · May 13th, 2008, 09:43 PM

Clintwood's had a great last 5 or so years putting kids on college teams via football.

**CoeburnCane** · May 14th, 2008, 10:00 AM

Call me nuts--but I've been calling it since the first time I've seen Alec Osborne play that he'd go play somewhere on the D1 level. He's got that speed you can't teach. If someone can just put some more bulk on him, he'd at the very least make a D1 squad as a reserve RB or OLB and a special teamer. There are smaller D1 schools in the country that could very well offer him a scholly because they can't get those big guys with speed, so they settle for smaller guys with speed--so there's a market out there for him, recruiting-wise. I think he could go to Appy State or another DII school and do well if he doesn't go D1. If guys like Chris Robinson & Derek Robbins focus in on football and want to--they could go to the next level as well...but Alec's ceiling, to me, is much higher due to his speed.

I also think Shane Bright has the athleticism to at least play somewhere around here on the next level as a LB or FB.

**timmy_v** · May 14th, 2008, 10:17 AM

Last time i talked to miles alec's brother he said alec had put on around another 15 lbs of muscle

**CoeburnCane** · May 14th, 2008, 11:42 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: timmyv</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Last time i talked to miles alec's brother he said alec had put on around another 15 lbs of muscle</div></div>

If he keeps that up and gets a little bit taller...watch out. What is Alec, a junior this year?

**imported_Counts** · May 14th, 2008, 11:59 AM

Alec will be a senior in 08/09

**UTVols2** · May 14th, 2008, 12:00 PM

With the size on Cup Coleman, I could see him play somewhere. I think Coleman might be 6'1 around 175-180 lbs and if a college got ahold of him and put another 20 lbs of lean muscle on him with his speed he could be a great safety at the next level IMO. 6'1 or 6'2 and weighing in at 200-210 lbs with a mid 4 forty. I think he could go in a play at the NAIA, Div 3, or Div 2 ranks after a year or so in the program.

**UTVols2** · May 14th, 2008, 12:03 PM

To me it just comes down to dedication and the desire to play at the next level. I don't think there are many kids out there willing to put in the time during the summers that it takes to play at the next level. They are worried too much about being at the pool chasing skirt. Not saying that is a bad thing, just if you want to make it at the next level you have to have the desire to do so, and it just seems like not enough kids put in the time and the ones who do come during the summers and off seasons to lift and condition, they are the ones that don't really have the talent, just the work ethic. Hope that makes sense.

**neutral88** · May 14th, 2008, 12:40 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: UTVols2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To me it just comes down to dedication and the desire to play at the next level. </div></div>

That is all it comes down to....I played with several talented atheletes in high school, but the only one strapping on the pads on Sundays right now had a desire that I have never seen in anyone before or after....He wasn't no where near the best player in highschool, but by the time he left UNC he was the best deffensive back in the ACC...