His sophomore season, Hayes played in closer games - which means he had more games where he had 20-30 touches and rack up more than 200 yards. His senior season, there were more games that were more blow-outs where he had fewer carries.
He has really good acceleration and uncanny vision to see holes. I think the direct comparison is Patrick Laird - a zone-block-following back who you can put single back or put into motion for a mismatch against an ILB.
When I look at his speed, I - for once - do not doubt the claimed sub 4.5 time. He looks really fast. That's what real 4.5 speed looks - the speed where tacklers cannot fall fast enough to grab a runner's legs.
Eager for news on how this cycle is shaping up. Who's in and who's not. We need bigger stronger faster, and then do a Utah and coach them up to beat the overinflated and poorly coached other teams.
I was feeling a bit down on the recruiting front. Having significant coaching stability will hopefully shore that up, whatever we think Wilcox's ceiling is.
We needed a RB and Ashton seems like a very nice addition.
Good get. Who is our QB going to be? So many options in the portal that I would love to see either compete with Chase or just take the job and compete with Kai.
Speed at the skill positions is not something we've had a whole lot of during Wilcox's tenure and has mitigated a lot of our potential on the offensive side of the ball, so this is a great add. Hopefully/maybe the first positive surprise this week.
His sophomore season, Hayes played in closer games - which means he had more games where he had 20-30 touches and rack up more than 200 yards. His senior season, there were more games that were more blow-outs where he had fewer carries.
He has really good acceleration and uncanny vision to see holes. I think the direct comparison is Patrick Laird - a zone-block-following back who you can put single back or put into motion for a mismatch against an ILB.
When I look at his speed, I - for once - do not doubt the claimed sub 4.5 time. He looks really fast. That's what real 4.5 speed looks - the speed where tacklers cannot fall fast enough to grab a runner's legs.
Eager for news on how this cycle is shaping up. Who's in and who's not. We need bigger stronger faster, and then do a Utah and coach them up to beat the overinflated and poorly coached other teams.
I was feeling a bit down on the recruiting front. Having significant coaching stability will hopefully shore that up, whatever we think Wilcox's ceiling is.
We needed a RB and Ashton seems like a very nice addition.
Welcome to Cal!
Why do I think suddenly Adrian Martinez will follow? Would be crazy.
This is good news. If this kid can run anything close to Laird, he will pile up yards for us!!
Perhaps Ott will have a change of heart as well. If so, this will be a very good RB class.
This is great news, we needed a RB.
this is a great commit! very fast and will add a ton of depth at RBs
We need to flip more guys....
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Welcome Ashton
Good get. Who is our QB going to be? So many options in the portal that I would love to see either compete with Chase or just take the job and compete with Kai.
Speed at the skill positions is not something we've had a whole lot of during Wilcox's tenure and has mitigated a lot of our potential on the offensive side of the ball, so this is a great add. Hopefully/maybe the first positive surprise this week.
Great news, thanks!
Now we have 2 RB's named Ashton.