I’d stop running these, but the kid keeps finding the endzone. Fabian Moreau’s latest tape lists him at 6-0 185 with a 4.38 40. Even with hand-held high school 40 time inflation, all those touchdowns suggest maybe he’s fast enough to be a pretty good wide receiver/Tazer, and he keeps catching footballs. Oregon could use a couple of guys who reliably catch the football, so who knows.
On hia first touchdown play he lines up wide in an empty backfield set, makes a nice adjustment to the ball thrown behind him (something the Ducks coHuld have used Saturday) and a nifty cutback to make the first defender miss, then accelerates to outrun pursuit for a long touchdown on a simple five yard out. He has a nice fluid stride.
Second play, he takes a ball in over the middle thrown a little high with one hand, cradles it softly and beats a drawn-in defense for a long score, pulling away from the defender.
The third is a 90-yard kichoff return. He sees a seam up the right side and dashes past the defense. Moreau’s been well-coached, as it’s one cut and go to end zone, doesn’t waste moves, trusts his speed. Next comes a simple pitch left from the tailback spot, cuts hard up into the hole, sheds a tackle and bursts free for a 60-yard score. Don’t like that he slows down at the ten and cadillacs into the end zone, one-handing the ball in celebration. At the next level there are safeties that could turn that into a seriously embarrassing highlight the other way.
From the slot he takes a skinny post for a touchdown, then at tailback he goes off tackle left, bounces outside, and scores again. Keep in mind this is a kid who ran for just a few hundred yards as a junior. His improvement has been exponential, with growing confidence. Again he wastes little time with his cuts. He reminds me a little of Kenjon Barner or Josh Huff in that way, about the same size as a high schooler. Not sure how he do in a foot race against either, but he isn’t having any trouble outrunning Broward County defenses. Recently he picked up a scholarship offer from UCLA.
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