Just committed to play football and baseball
4* Linebacker Stone Blanton is a gamecock!
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Two 4 star Lb's in less than a week. Keep it going
Is he a 3 or a 4 ? Doesnt really matter. Glad he is coming here.
Is he a 3 or a 4 ? Doesnt really matter. Glad he is coming here.
Great commit! This staff is putting in work!! Keep it going!
He's a 3 on Rivals but was an All-American and has a nice offer list so seems underrated here.
A Boost for the defense, and a Boost for the rankings!!!😎
It was obvious our LB tried really hard this season, but we needed some more talent there. Our coaches know that, and have jumped on it hard. Really excited to hopefully see some great LB play again for us.
Yep. Our last 3 HS commitments need to be on the offensive side of the ball.
Bruce was a really good basketball player (undersized though) and turned into an excellent WR. Not a good example.
I think he quit basketball because Darin Horn was terrible and he had a better shot of a pro career in football because he was 5'-9"
I think he quit basketball because Darin Horn was terrible and he had a better shot of a pro career in football because he was 5'-9"
Sitting currently at 12th in the Nation in recruiting
Must be a heck of a baseball player. Been committed to miss state for awhile. With his size, he must hit the ball a country mile.
Extremely hard to do both and excel. Heck, it's extremely hard to play 2-way just on the baseball field in college.
Very good pickup though. Dude is a stud at both.
Huge win, especially in Mississippi. Plus having the two highest profile coaches the state of Mississippi has had in a long time.
Yep! Will likely fall a little when some of the powerhouses leap-frog us. But should stay top 20. Shane is doing well on the recruiting trail. Go Cocks!
Our LB had girth and made tackles but lacked speed, the backups had speed but lacked girth, give these guys and the backups some time in the S&C program and it will be good.
USCBatgirl21
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Honestly, if talking 2 way for football and baseball, I'd have to go all the way back to Sheldon Brown. And before Sheldon, we have to go all the way back to Rob.
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Maybe he can prove me wrong, but I feel like in today's modern college athletics, truly being a 2-sport athlete is almost impossible and the attempt usually does not end well.
Well if it doesn't work out, he will probably stick with football I'm guessing, just because he gets a full scholarship. Baseball doesn't. But I'm not going to say it won't work before he gives it a shot. I'm sure he's a helluva football and baseball player to accumulate the offer list he had for both.
USCBatgirl21
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We've had 2 pretty good ones since him. Rob DeBoer and Sheldon Brown.
Agreed. The football season starts first so they play football and miss fall baseball. They are way behind when baseball season rolls around. It takes a special baseball player to jump into baseball late and make some noise. I'll be pulling for him.
You just miss so much time doing both. In the fall while playing football, the baseball team has fall practice. It's where positions are won and lost. In the spring while baseball is being played, football is in spring practice. For the guys you're competing against, their sport is a year-round thing. You have to be superior in talent to overcome the lost practices and repetitions. It takes a very special type of guy. Not saying Blanton isn't or won't be, but he's got to beat some very long odds.
USCBatgirl21
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Even John Rhys Plumlee was basically a backup guy for Ole Miss Baseball.
USCBatgirl21
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So very true. Honestly, the last true 2 sport athlete that made a splash in both his sports was Bo. And his career was cut short. I still say he's the best ATHLETE I've ever watched.
USCBatgirl21
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True. We have had quite a few that have excelled at Football and Track & Field over the years.
I think most of us are focusing on the Big 3.
Yes. I think D. Byrd also ran track. Not quite apples to apples.
They were indeed good. Suppose I was thinking more of my "favorite" one.
Love the name ... Stone.
The last time I saw a linebacker with a name like that, it was Rock(y) Hurst at Furman back in the mid-80s.
The last time I saw a linebacker with a name like that, it was Rock(y) Hurst at Furman back in the mid-80s.
