DAVON RIDDICK IS THE MAN
By mark rogers
November 13, 2009
Davon Riddick, the junior RB at Cooper HS, didn't even start on the JV last year and is the Cougs leading rusher going into the first playoff game.
How does that happen?
Credit should go to something called "developing as an athlete." And it either happens to you...or it doesn't.
We all start out taking those first few awkward steps as babies.
We fall down. Bust our faces. Skin our knees.
Everybody's in the same boat at first.
Then nature starts to take its course to separate the athletes from the non-athletes.
Some blossom early. Like that 8-year old who had a six pack and could do 50-something pullups.
Some blossom late. Like Dara Torres. Who came back from a 2-year retirement after having a baby to set the 50m world record at plus-40 years old...suspicious much? That's another story.
OK, that's not a great example because she was already a great athlete before the retirement, but I just had to throw that in somewhere.
In my very distant opinion, meaning that I've never met the kid or seen him workout, it seems to me that Riddick blossomed as a great RB in the eight months following the 2008 football seaon.
If you don't know anything about him and just look at some film?
The guy is an absolute STUD.
His stride reminds me of someone like Terrell Owens, Alabama WR Julio Jones or Detroit Loins' WR Calvin Johnson. Long, lean, fast and powerful.
As I write that, I notice all the athletes he reminds me of are wide receivers...hmm... That's a pretty good trio to be lumped in with...I wonder if he'll end up being a receiver?
I'll bet he looks less and less like a wideout over the next eight months though when he puts on 20 pounds of muscle and drops the 40 time from a mid 4.5 to a low 4.4.
He has a chance to be really, really good.
It'll be interesting to see him start climbing recruiting boards. Or even if he doesn't, what a steal he will be for anyone to get a commitment from him.
It'll also be interesting watching him as Cooper tries to make a deep playoff run. He could be the "lightning in a bottle" type of player that just might propel the Cougs to something really special.
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