6'9 395lb OT from IMG Academy - Update: now a 400lb freshman at Minn, making first start

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This is unbelievable. In 1988 there were less than 10 players in the NFL that weighed over 300lbs. Now, most NFL teams have their entire OL plus several DT's (around 10 or so 300 pounders). There's been players close to 400lbs at other schools, but most were fat asses/unathletic. This kid is a former Rugby player from Australia.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...und-high-school-player-dominate-orlando-camp/


Watch this 6-9, 395-pound high school player dominate at Orlando camp



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IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) OT Daniel Faalele may not be the most sought-after 2018 recruit, but he’s certainly one of the biggest. The massive former Australian rugby player currently measures 6-foot-9, 395 pounds. That kind of size allows him to do things like this to opposing pass-rushers:

2018 @IMGAcademy OL @DanielFaalele_ …all 6-foot-9 and 395-pounds…"rag dolling" guys at @UAFootball Camp Orlando. @TomLuginbill pic.twitter.com/ui9ZLkBoq4

— Gerry Hamilton (@HamiltonESPN) February 26, 2017

Faalele currently has 13 scholarship offers including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, LSU and Missouri. He does not yet have a 247Sports Composite rating, but 247 rates him a 3-star prospect and the No. 27 tackle in the 2018 class.
 

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I do wonder why we don't have a better relationship in ING since it is in Florida and has talent from around the country.
 

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Combination of our recent run of suckiness, and there's always been an ex-FSU player or two on the coaching staff down there that steer the talent away from the good guys. Mac and staff need to get in there and get a player or two to break the ice.
 

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This is unbelievable. In 1988 there were less than 10 players in the NFL that weighed over 300lbs. Now, most NFL teams have their entire OL plus several DT's (around 10 or so 300 pounders). There's been players close to 400lbs at other schools, but most were fat asses/unathletic. This kid is a former Rugby player from Australia.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...und-high-school-player-dominate-orlando-camp/


Watch this 6-9, 395-pound high school player dominate at Orlando camp



395-650x342.png





IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) OT Daniel Faalele may not be the most sought-after 2018 recruit, but he’s certainly one of the biggest. The massive former Australian rugby player currently measures 6-foot-9, 395 pounds. That kind of size allows him to do things like this to opposing pass-rushers:

2018 @IMGAcademy OL @DanielFaalele_ …all 6-foot-9 and 395-pounds…"rag dolling" guys at @UAFootball Camp Orlando. @TomLuginbill pic.twitter.com/ui9ZLkBoq4

— Gerry Hamilton (@HamiltonESPN) February 26, 2017

Faalele currently has 13 scholarship offers including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, LSU and Missouri. He does not yet have a 247Sports Composite rating, but 247 rates him a 3-star prospect and the No. 27 tackle in the 2018 class.
#27 at his position and a 3* where do we sign up, he fits the bill for Mac.
 

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#27 at his position and a 3* where do we sign up, he fits the bill for Mac.

Yes, he's a bit of a project. But, he's got the body and he's athletic. If he can learn his position (and also not to move his feet until the ball is snapped) he could pay off handsomely.
 

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I'm not worried. Our o-line coach we hired from the Mean Green has this on lock down.
 

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Update on this kid, he's now a freshman at Minnesota:

Minnesota’s 6-foot-9, 400-pound freshman RT to make first start Saturday

Minnesota’s 6-foot-9, 400-pound freshman RT to make first start Saturday

Minnesota landed a big recruit, literally and figuratively, last December when the Gophers landed the signature of 4-star offensive tackle Daniel Faalele. The subject of a 2017 Sports Illustrated profile, Faalale grew up in Melbourne, Australia, but didn’t play or follow football (as most Australian kids don’t) until a Hawaii assistant saw him lifting weights as a (massive) 15-year-old.

One thing led to another, and all of a sudden Faalele enrolled at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Surrounded by some of the very best football recruits in the country, Faalele’s size awed even his peers along the offensive line, but he had the skillset of a little leaguer. Faalele didn’t even suit up for games for his first year on campus as he acclimated to a foreign sport in a foreign country.

He signed with Minnesota in December (the Gophers also landed two of IMG Academy teammates) and enrolled the following month, but Gophers coaches hoped to redshirt him as he fast-tracked his novice skills to handle the defensive ends of the Big Ten.

Faalele appeared in Minnesota’s opening day win over New Mexico State, but, thanks to the new redshirt rule, that was only a quarter of his allotted appearances that wouldn’t count against his eligibility clock.

Then the Minnesota game happened.

In the midst of a 48-31 loss to Iowa on Saturday, starting right tackle Sam Schlueter surrendered three sacks in the first half, forcing coaches to insert Faalele for the second half.

And with No. 3 Ohio State up next, Minnesota coaches have no choice but to burn Faalele’s redshirt in the interest of keeping true freshman quarterback Zack Annexstad (one of Faalele’s IMG teammates) in one piece.
 

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He's big but I'd have concerns about him being fast enough for our style of line play.
 

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I heard he likes being fondled and kissed by that weirdo coach they have.
 

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