2015 Commit - (DL) Tom Tabur Worcester MA.

[huskymedic]

desmondconner 12:34pm via Twitter for iPhone
Tom Tabur, a 6-3, 290-pound defensive lineman at Wooster (MA) Academy has committed to the #UConnFootballprogram as a preferred walk-on

Post Grad year @Worcester Academy
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4552332/highlights/177818376

 

[huskysupporter]

He is extremely athletic for a guy that size. Looks like he can play 3-4 end.

 

[huskysupporter]

Anyone have more on him? Just looks like someone who should have had other d 1 offers.

 

[UConnDan97]

Welcome to the Dog Pound, Tom!!!

 

[huskymedic]

desmondconner 12:34pm via Twitter for iPhone
Tom Tabur, a 6-3, 290-pound defensive lineman at Wooster (MA) Academy has committed to the #UConnFootballprogram as a preferred walk-on

Post Grad year @Worcester Academy
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4552332/highlights/177818376

Senior year from Northbridge HS in Whitinsville, MA
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/665548/thomas-tabur

 

[huskymedic]

Wonder if Tabur is tapped as DL or OL:

From a Boston Globe article in 2013:

>>TOM TABUR, Northbridge — Tabur might not be known outside of the Southern Worcester County League, but opposing defensive linemen certainly know who he is. The 6-3, 285-pound senior captain and right guard anchors a strong line that has led Northbridge all season. “He’s probably one of the top two offensive linemen I’ve had in my 38 years here,” coach Ken LaChapelle said. “He’s a weight room beast.”<<

 

[UConnDan97]

"Weight room beast" is right! I was nowhere close to benching 410 lbs in high school. Then again, I'm nowhere near benching that right now either...

http://www.ncsasports.org/football-recruiting/ma/worcester/worcester-academy/thomas-tabur1

 

[uconnbill]

Looks like a mauling guard who has decent feet.

 

[rbny1]

Welcome to UC0nn, Tom.

 

[huskymedic]

http://runwayramblings.blogspot.com/2015/01/worcester-academys-tabur-headed-to-uconn.html

>>Worcester Academy's Tabur headed to UConn

It didn't take Tom Tabur long to impress his new coach when he took a postgraduate year at Worcester Academy and apparently he caught the eyes of the UConn staff almost as quickly as he is among the growing list of preferred walk-ons heading to UConn in the fall.

Worcester Academy coach Tony Johnson said the 6-foot-3, 295-pound Tabur is one of the strongest players he has coached and the biggest thing was to get him to shed some weight to get quicker."He's become a lot quicker and he did a great job for us," Johnson said. "He's at about 295 pounds and I don't see him taking much more weight off."

Tabur, who also has a 3.7 grade-point average, was up at UConn over the weekend and it all felt right for him according to Johnson.<<

 

[noeynox]

Welcome to the UConn family Tom Tabur. If he can slide down a spot on offense, he looks like he would make a pretty good center prospect.

 

[Kgun7]

Welcome to the UConn family Tom Tabur. If he can slide down a spot on offense, he looks like he would make a pretty good center prospect.

I was thinking the same exact thing ....

 

[Pudge]

He looks great.

I wonder ... and have in the past ... for all of our success with Scott Lutrus, Dan Ryan, Zach Hurd, Sio Moore; maybe Connecticut and NE has a half dozen very good solid players that could be starters. It is all the emphasis. They have got to be TEAM members and earn their spot.

 

[Doggie Style]

As a former Hilltopper that followed the same path, welcome aboard Tom!!!
It's going to be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to trade in the booming metropolis of Worcester for Storrs..... LOL! Actually it won't be difficult at all.