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College Football Recruiting: Washington 3* OG Dylan Jemtegaard announces commitment to California

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DaneStopper
Jul 20, 2020
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College Football Recruiting: Washington 3* OG Dylan Jemtegaard announces commitment to California

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Dylan Jemtegaard, a 6-4, 270 lb offensive guard from Yelm, Washington, has committed to the California Golden Bears. Jemtegaard picked the Bears over offers from Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and the Air Force.

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THE SEARCH IS OVER📚 My childhood dreams are being accomplished!!! EXTREMELY excited to have made my decision, and I am announcing that my recruitment is fully closed! #gOLdenbears | #CalGang21 🐻🔵🟡
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Jemtegaard has been a part of football ascendence at Yelm High: in the last two years, Yelm High tripled their appearance count in the Washington state playoffs. Last season, Yelm went up against Tumwater High. Although Tumwater dominated the scoreline, Jemtegaard was reported to have proven himself against 4* defensive lineman Jacob Schuster, another Cal target. Jemtegaard also performs the shot put in the spring season.

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Jemtegaard prides himself on his nasty play. He plays offensive tackle but projects to move inside to the guard position.

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Watch his highlight reel on Hudl here.

Welcome to Berkeley, Dylan! GO BEARS!

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Brain

While one might fantasize about getting five star linemen, the brutal truth is that a lot of recruits cannot be targets because they don’t have the academic chops to make it at Cal. Dylan is juuuuuust short of a 4.0 GPA shows that he has the brains to belong at Berkeley. That alone is a huge achievement and a welcome qualification. We want football players who succeed in life, not just for the few years they play at Cal.

Competition

In short, Yelm’s competition is not top notch. While Yelm will have one of the biggest student bodies in the entire state this year, it remains in the lower tier “3A” division after demoting itself from “4A” in 2016. Yelm is a tiny town that draws its students from the surrounding semi-rural/sub-urban catchment. Being the big fish in a small pond means that Yelm one of the best teams in its South Sound division. Heck, even the track and field team fields nearly 150 members. However, there is still a gap of talent and South Sound teams tend to fare poorly in inter-divisional matchups and crash out early in state postseason. And this dynamic shows on Dylan’s tape. All you see on Dylan’s highlight reel is him taking sub-200 pound defensive linemen to the woodshed. It’s not much help in evaluating him. I prefer to look at game highlights against playoff teams. Here’s the highlights vs. Kennewick in the playoffs.

https://www.hudl.com/video/2/38724/5eda986438642d0b30f540b7

Or when they played a decent Central Kitsap team:

http://www.hudl.com/v/2Cbhet

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any non-camp video of the 2019 Yelm-Tumwater game that Dane spoke of. There is video of Tumwater highlights, but Dylan gets schooled when he played DL.

Tangibles

As a junior, he was reportedly 6’5” 260 lbs. His team reports that he is 6’5” 305 lbs, but Dylan himself reports that he is 6’4” 295 lbs. So he is still likely growing. Very big frame. Lots of mass on the frame. He appears to have good chest strength, but here is a good photo of his body type at the end of 2019:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKLFpyLUwAAJSoH.jpg

He apparently has decent amount of weight that he can covert into higher quality muscle mass. He’ll need lots and lots of S&C. But, man, that frame and size is there and seems like he can be a legit 320 pound lineman. He seems more suited to be a guard than a tackle.

Technique

He plays a very good pass block technique. Eyes up. Legs coiled. Balanced torso. Arms ready to punch. He’s got flashes of really great, violent arm work. Nice nasty streak. Unfortunately, he’s got plodding footwork, resulting in sluggish movements. If he locks up with his opponent, he wins. However, he is vulnerable to getting burned by quicker opponents. He shows flashes of a nasty road-paving run blocking technique. There was one play where his team was backed up on its own goal line and he went off with a peel two guys backwards. But he seems to rarely use it. Likewise, on defense he would have a few energetic plays and then just lean on his man the next play. My guess is that it seems like it’s a conditioning issue. It will also greatly help when he doesn’t play both ways. Time to invest in your future, Dylan. And here’s where you pay: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8eLuKdU8AEtAte.jpg

Bottom line

Cal gets a lot to work with. Dylan has a ton of potential.

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goldenone
Jul 21, 2020

Roll on You Bears...

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