Don't Lose Sight of The Company He Keeps

[Nostical]

The 2014 Parade All-America High School Team

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Will Grier QB (Davidson, NC) Florida 6-3 190
Arkeel Newsome RB (Ansonia, CT) UConn 5-8 185
Leonard Fournette RB (New Orleans, LA) LSU 6-1 225

HONORABLE MENTION
Nick Chubb RB (Cedartown, GA) Georgia 5-11 220
Royce Freeman RB (Imperial, CA) Oregon 6-0 230
Dalvin Cook RB (Miami, FL) Florida State 5-11 185
Deshaun Watson UTIL (Gainesville, GA) Clemson 6-3 190

 

[noeynox]

Haha! I posted in another thread that Arkeel is already the answer to a trivia question (who was the other parade all american back with Fournette). Fournette is out of this world, Chubb and Cook are a cut above him, but on a better team Newsome would really shine. As we improve overall in all phases he will look better and better. That ball he caught on the long pass showed really nice hands for a back. He caught that like a WR would. He is also an underrated pass blocker and inside runner.

 

[Nostical]

Watson will lead Clemson to the National Champioship (write that down)---Fournette will win the Heisman ---and Newsome will lead UConn to a Bowl Game. Not bad company, indeed!

 

[BoatShow]

Really feel awful for Chubb

 

[epark88]

And yet somehow - with Parade AA Newsome included - his UConn recruiting class was still rated in the 100's. Baffling...

 

[sportsart]

Haha! I posted in another thread that Arkeel is already the answer to a trivia question (who was the other parade all american back with Fournette). Fournette is out of this world, Chubb and Cook are a cut above him, but on a better team Newsome would really shine. As we improve overall in all phases he will look better and better. That ball he caught on the long pass showed really nice hands for a back. He caught that like a WR would. He is also an underrated pass blocker and inside runner.

Would love to see how Newsome would do in a Baylor or TCU offense, but I'm glad I won't get the chance.

 

[huskymedic]

NHRJimFuller 11:36am via TweetDeck
#UConn's Arkeel Newsome three-game stretch among the best in the nation
http://runwayramblings.blogspot.com/2015/10/uconns-newsome-honored-by-aac.html


>>The timing for the naming of the award is perfect because I did some research on Newsome and especially how his performance over the last three weeks matches up on a national level. His 586 all-purpose yards rank eighth among FBS players and his 181 receiving yards is fifth among running backs over that span.


RECEIVING YARDS BY RUNNING BACKS
Jalin Marshall Ohio State 12-236-2
Taquan Mizzell, Virginia 13-230-2
Alex Gardner FIU 24-224-0
Ito Smith, S. Mississippi 16-189-0
Arkeel Newsome 11-181-1

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS OVER LAST THREE GAMES
Player Team Yards Rus-Rec-PR-KO
Tyler Ervin San Jose State 824 (533-130-2-159)
Christian McCaffrey Stanford 812 (477-86--2-251)
Leonard Fournette LSU 667 (635-32-0-0)
Royce Freeman Oregon 610 (486-124-0-0)
Ddevontae Booker Utah 600 (476-124-0-0)
Christian Kirk Texas A&M 600 (22-370-41-167)
Ezekiel Elliott Ohio State 592 (504-88-0-0)
Arkeel Newsome 586 (221-181-0-184)

Also, the 586 all-purpose yards are the most for any UConn player since Jordan Todman's 764 against Cincinnati, Notre Dame and Syracuse back in 2009.<<