I remember watching Eric Meekins a few times at Easley. He was a very good High School Running Back. He wasn’t built like one as he was Much taller than most RBs. He looked huge in his pads...was a man amongst boys out there. He definitely got a ton of yards on long explosive runs but not sure how he would’ve held up as a college RB trying to gain small chunks or yards taking hits. He made a lot of players look silly in high school...exposed their skill level. Especially DBs and safeties. He didn’t have a ton of moves, just big and fast and if he got around the corner he was always gone. But truth be told, his brother was the more promising RB...but no idea what happened to him. He didn’t even play most of his HS career.
If memory serves me correctly Easley had another good RB on those teams but his name escapes me. I think he was every bit as good as Meekins. Much bigger...more of a fullback look. He wasn’t the can’t miss prospect but he would’ve been the best back on many teams in the state that season.
Easley also had a good RB a few years after that. Maybe 3 or 4? White guy. Very fast but also built like a fullback. I remember watching him run all over Dorman in what is possibly the biggest upset I’ve ever witnessed in high school football.
During those days I was doing some coaching and scouting. I never understood how a football town such as Easley has been so historically bad since the 70’s and 90’s. I’d go there with a few staffers and we’d often comment that Easley’s best football players were in the stands. No other high school in the upstate had the athletes watching the games like Easley. That always blew us away and left us with the opinion that Easley boys might be soft.
Good times!!
