The Football Brainiacs

Image of Quindon Lewis via Scout

– Team News | Marcus Green : Not entirely sure what it means, if anything, but I was told redshirt freshman cornerback Marcus Green is not back in Norman as of yet. – (Super K)

– Xavier Kelly: As we mentioned in Monday’s Open Post, stud 2016 DE Xavier Kelly (Wichita, KS) visited Oklahoma yesterday. If you’re thinking he looks huge in that picture, you aren’t wrong. He measured in at around 6’5″ 230 lbs this past March and when we caught up with him earlier today, Kelly said he’s now up to 255 lbs! Kelly also told TFB he will definitely be back for an OU game this fall.- (Super K)

Had a great time at the university of Oklahoma🔴🏈 pic.twitter.com/lNZ7FagFpI

— Xavier Kelly (@xavierkelly22) June 9, 2015

– Tre Brown: Myself, Alex & Brandon were all at the Michigan/USC camp yesterday in Dallas. I know a lot of folks may disagree with me on this, but I sometimes feel like seeing someone in a camp situation distracts from the evaluation of the player. It still comes down to film for me, but I’ll offer a few thoughts on what we saw nonetheless.

The camp was full of quality talent. Despite the speed of many of the DBs there, in our estimation Brown appeared to be the fastest. He really does have elite speed. And I know everyone already knows that but since it’s so critical at the CB position, it’s worth repeating over and over.

It’s important to note that right now, Brown is really just succeeding on raw talent. Whether he sees the route or doesn’t, he has the quickness to break on anything inside or outside. When he starts to see the routes earlier, I really don’t know how anyone he’s defending will be able to get open. As he develops his skill at the position with respect to spacing, transitions, etc., he has the potential to be down right filthy. That’s obviously going to take some work on his part but the thing we all noticed yesterday is that as athletes, the Oklahoma kids didn’t take a back seat to anyone. In fact, they were probably superior to most of the TX kids that were there. But you can tell the TX kids are getting private skill development and camp-style repetitions that some of the OK kids simply aren’t.

Brown, along with a few other OK Preps kids, also took a visit to TCU prior to the camp where they met with Gary Patterson. – (Super K)

– Quindon Lewis: Southmoore 2017 DB Quindon Lewis was also at the Dallas camp yesterday and while I’ve always like his film, I was still a bit unsure about his feet, speed, and short area quickness. But after watchign him some yesterday, he put some of those concerns at ease.

He did a nice job of reading routes and getting out of his breaks. Lewis is a pretty long kid and has plenty of room to develop physically, which should only add to his speed. In person he was much lighter on his feet than he appears on film, but again I prefer to see it on film because people move different with their pads on. The thing about Lewis is he’s always in a position to make a play on the ball. He more than held his own from an athletic standpoint and made it very difficult for receivers to get out of their breaks. He’s a really intelligent, savvy player. He both plays and transitions high, but even with that there is some real upside.

I’d love to see him play some safety this season. Something about the way he naturally reads route progressions makes me feel like he has the eyes for the position and would certainly bring some good length and cover ability. – (Super K)

– Levi Draper: His film is excellent so I didn’t really watch him too much yesterday. But I saw him in a tackle (or really more touch as it were) LB vs. RB drill and man alive he closed the space fast. Fundamentally sound, feet moving, and he didn’t hesitate to close that gap (something I wish we’d see more of from certain OU linebackers). Draper is a long kid no doubt, he should easily carry 240 lbs at the next level. He is well put together but still somewhat thin and already weighs 220 lbs. – (Super K)

– Blake Williams: Williams may be the best player you’ve never heard of. He is a 2016 tight end out of Mustang, OK. But due to a health issue, he hasn’t be able to play football the past couple years. He has been recovering, however, and TFB he should be 100% by the end of the summer.

And yet despite having missed all of that time, Williams recently attended a UNC camp and earned an offer on the spot. How did he do it? Well, it certainly didn’t hurt that he measured in at around 6’4″ 225 lbs and ran a 4.58 forty. I have seen some of the camp footage and from the look of it, Williams appeared to be one of the more fluid TEs you’ll come across.

I first heard about Williams from a friend of mine last year, who was working a camp the Mustang product attended. The friend was actually an All-American at Cal and called me to rave about Williams’ performance. The next time I heard about him was from our own Alex, a couple months ago. He had seen a few clips of game film (Williams couldn’t play much, as we alluded to above, but there were still a couple of brief clips) and just that brief glimpse, Alex came away impressed.

Despite having limited film Williams is just so fluid for a kid his size, I feel very confident in saying the Tar Heels are likely just the first of many offers in his future. There’s just enough film to see how natural he looks on the field. It won’t surprise me if Williams picks up more offers this summer just on potential alone. When he finally gets to play a full season this year, I think he could turn a lot of heads. – (Super K)

B Williams (@Blake_Hogan_), best TE uve never heard of. Earned UNC offer. 6'4 225 4.58 40. Fluidity, feet & hands. pic.twitter.com/6Lv67OY8p8

— TFB Sooners (@TFB_Sooners) June 10, 2015