[hawkeyegamefilm]

FWIW I've seen him play twice this year and twice last year. No idea about his ability to qualify but I know he's had off the field issues.

Notes From Dubuque Senior:

#34 - Ronald Thompson RB/LB
Looked like a D1 caliber athlete. Lot of raw power and speed. He ran awfully high most of the time I had my eyes on'm. Showed some solid burst but I didn't see much lateral agility from him.Not sure I'd project him as a RB but he's got good enough size and athleticism to play OLB at the next level. Showed some excellent closing speed and ability to shed blocks. Instincts/recognition weren't real consistent, but he looked to be ok there. D1 Caliber athlete with some issues. Probably best as an OLB, but not a bad RB prospect. Got work to do at either position.

Notes from City West

#34 Ronald Thompson RB/LB
Same issues running high. better vision this time around. Great run for 6, better patience and vision again on this run. Up high again, not driving legs on contact, leans too much for a guy with his athletic ability. Vision flashed again on 71 yard run, did get run down inside 10 though. Looked good finishing runs in red zone, stronger as time goes on. Very quick in the 2nd half still, driving through contact now, lower level of competition struggling to keep pace. Great burst after initial stop. Better COD skills than shown previously.
Workload guy, 30ish carries in the game. Little lazy with his feet at times, needs to get’m up. Tackling was fairly sound this game. Has the foot speed to run with TE's at the next level. Showed good power shedding blocks.

[hawkeye2188]

Originally Posted by TylerSash

I want to see documentation, with yardage numbers and opponents, or else you're completely full of S***.

You know how hard it is to find stats from high school football games that were played 5 years ago? You find me stats to prove me wrong. Until then I'll believe what I saw because I was at the games in 2006.

[TylerSash]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2188

You know how hard it is to find stats from high school football games that were played 5 years ago? You find me stats to prove me wrong. Until then I'll believe what I saw because I was at the games in 2006.

You don't have a clue. He had a big game the first night out and then you just assume he had big numbers for the next 4 games.

I was also at those games, and he sucked the last 4.

See how that works?

[hawkeye2188]

Originally Posted by TylerSash

You don't have a clue. He had a big game the first night out and then you just assume he had big numbers for the next 4 games.

I was also at those games, and he sucked the last 4.

See how that works?

I was at the games and he didnt suck. There have been a ton of running backs better than Thompson in recent years and Paki is one of them. I bet your going to tell me Jayme Murphy didnt put up good numbers when he was in HS too huh? How about Travis Rhone?

[TylerSash]

Rhone was a stud.

The others couldn't hold Thompson's jock, or rather his bong.

You are just demonstrating how little you know about football and your inability to properly evaluate talent. Congratulations on that.

[hawkeye2188]

Originally Posted by TylerSash

Rhone was a stud.

The others couldn't hold Thompson's jock, or rather his bong.

You are just demonstrating how little you know about football and your inability to properly evaluate talent. Congratulations on that.

I give up, I have had more productive talks with a four year old. Do you not watch high school football? Here are some stats for you, according to rivals stats Murphy rushed for 1500yds and 28 TDs his Jr season, Thompson rushed for 1300yds and 21 TDs last year.

[TylerSash]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2188

I give up, I have had more productive talks with a four year old. Do you not watch high school football? Here are some stats for you, according to rivals stats Murphy rushed for 1500yds and 28 TDs his Jr season, Thompson rushed for 1300yds and 21 TDs last year.

Thompson already has over 1,000 yards in 5 games. At that pace he will hit 1,800 in the regular season, and probably 2,800 by the end of the playoffs as City will be in the state championship game again.

Oh, BTW, how many state championship games did those great Wash and Dub Senior RBs lead their teams to?

[CRwrestling]

Originally Posted by TylerSash

Thompson already has over 1,000 yards in 5 games. At that pace he will hit 1,800 in the regular season, and probably 2,800 by the end of the playoffs as City will be in the state championship game again.

Oh, BTW, how many state championship games did those great Wash and Dub Senior RBs lead their teams to?

Might as well get in the ******* match. Thompson is a really good back, of Wash's great string of backs he's most comparable to Andre Dawson, but not as talented and more off field issues.

FWIW, Paki was ten times the high school player that Ronald Thompson is. Thompson runs behind one of the most dominating offensive lines, behind a dominating fullback #37, and a dominating tight end. Thompson is great power back who fits what they want to do. But Paki could run, catch, return, tackle, etc. And was the lone stud on Wash his senior as he carried them.

[Tschroeder13]

He's also 19 when most people he's playing against is 17 and some are 18.

[hawkeye2188]

Originally Posted by TylerSash

Thompson already has over 1,000 yards in 5 games. At that pace he will hit 1,800 in the regular season, and probably 2,800 by the end of the playoffs as City will be in the state championship game again.

Oh, BTW, how many state championship games did those great Wash and Dub Senior RBs lead their teams to?

The same amount that Thompson did, considering he didn't even suit up for the game.

[hawkeye2188]

Originally Posted by CRwrestling

Might as well get in the ******* match. Thompson is a really good back, of Wash's great string of backs he's most comparable to Andre Dawson, but not as talented and more off field issues.

FWIW, Paki was ten times the high school player that Ronald Thompson is. Thompson runs behind one of the most dominating offensive lines, behind a dominating fullback #37, and a dominating tight end. Thompson is great power back who fits what they want to do. But Paki could run, catch, return, tackle, etc. And was the lone stud on Wash his senior as he carried them.

Thank you, I'm glad someone else watched football that year.

[CRHawk2002]

Jayme Murphy couldn't hold Ronald Thompson's jock strap? That is interesting. Jayme Murphy holds the conference record for yards rushing in a game at 384. More than Thompson has rushed for in a single game. And Murphy also lacked the talent around him that Thompson has, and by all accounts, Murphy qualified academically to play division 1 football. Both good backs, but I think "couldn't hold his jock strap" may be taking it a little too far.