Recruiting Shane Matthews: Myles Graham is the best high school football player I’ve ever seen

[GatorJ]

He said he’s significantly bigger and faster than Ernest Graham was. He could play linebacker or running back at UF.

Tuesday’s podcast.

 

[RiverRat]

I’ve seen a few highlights on ch 20 out of Gainesville, hes a stud running the ball but will probably see the field next year at LB.

 

[GatorJ]

He’s the engine behind the Buchholz football team.

Have they ever been undefeated?

8-0 and ranked eighth in the state.

 

[Theologator]

I love that they decided to move to Gainesville so he could be close to the program. I bet he’s doing what he can with S&C, nutrition, film etc. even as he’s finishing high school and leading their team.

Shane has a very good eye for talent.

 

[maheo30]

Here's our future at LB:

 

[t-gator]

We need to rethink him playing linebacker. He just made that football field look like it was 25 yds long

 

[GatorJ]

We need to rethink him playing linebacker. He just made that football field look like it was 25 yds long

Is it just me or does he dwarf the other kids on the team?

 

[GatorJB]

Is it just me or does he dwarf the other kids on the team?

It's not you. He looks like a grown man playing against a middle school team.

 

[jdh5484]

A LB with the speed and quickness of a RB.

6'1" - 215 lbs. A little light for LB.

Perfect for RB.

 

[maheo30]

A LB with the speed and quickness of a RB.

6'1" - 215 lbs. A little light for LB.

Perfect for RB.

He'll gain more weight once he gets to UF. All of his ratings are as an LB. That's what we are recruiting him as. It is easy finding RBs. It is tough finding elite LBs with his speed. There aren't a lot of those guys.

 

[Joegator96]

He certainly moves well and he is all Gator! I want more like him.

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

He realizes the “importance of being Ernest”.

 

[oxrageous]

He’s the engine behind the Buchholz football team.

Have they ever been undefeated?

8-0 and ranked eighth in the state.

Buchholz won the state title in 1990 on the back of an unstoppable RB Tyrone Baker running for about a million yards. I was at the game.

Baker then became a Gator who did absolutely nothing, and was buried on Spurrier's bench. Saw him mainly on special teams.

 

[soflagator]

Buchholz won the state title in 1990 on the back of Tyrone Baker (who then became a Gator) running for about a million yards. I was at the game.

He was in the same class as Eli Williams and Fred Taylor(94). I’ve seen a bail bonds billboard with his name on it. Assuming that’s him.

 

[oxrageous]

He was in the same class as Eli Williams and Fred Taylor(94). I’ve seen a bail bonds billboard with his name on it. Assuming that’s him.

Baker graduated high school in 1991, so that’s definitely not true.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

We need to rethink him playing linebacker. He just made that football field look like it was 25 yds long

I don't recall who the coach was, but I recall one saying a lot of the greatest LBs hehad coached had previously played running back. Makes sense I guess.

 

[soflagator]

Baker graduated high school in 1991, so that’s definitely not true.

The 94 media guide had him listed as a Fr. Maybe he’d redshirted and graduated HS in ‘92, but not ‘91.

 

[Detroitgator]

I don't recall who the coach was, but I recall one saying a lot of the greatest LBs hehad coached had previously played running back. Makes sense I guess.

Growing up in Michigan, in junior high and HS, almost all the really good RBs of size played 2 ways as LBs

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Growing up in Michigan, in junior high and HS, almost all the really good RBs of size played 2 ways as LBs

My kid's HS had a really good football team and the star running back from their class played safety on defense, but he crowded the line a lot like an extra LB. He was recruited as a RB to tOSU and now is a starter for them at..............LB.

 

[Bushmaster]

Is it just me or does he dwarf the other kids on the team?

It ain't just you. Looks like an college sized DE playing running back for his Jr. High team.