Jimmy Chitwood
Hall of Famer
two White athletes emerged from obscurity after the Nike Combine (March 11, 2012) in Atlanta. class of 2013 wide receiver Josh Smith of Christian Academy of Knoxville (first mentioned by Kaiser Soze in this post) has now garnered a scholarship offer from the University of Tennessee after posting an impressive SPARQ rating that ranked 12th out of 1,447 competitors.
but there was another unknown young athlete to keep an eye out for ... and he hadn't even finished his sophomore year yet.
Tyler Henderson (class of 2014) is a sophomore running back for Collins High in Suwanee, Georgia.
let's put Henderson's performance in perspective. there were 1,447 kids who ran the 40 at this Nike Combine. the fastest 40 time posted was 4.53 seconds. young Henderson ran his 40 in 4.58 seconds, good for 11th-overall (coincidentally tied with the aforementioned Smith). Henderson also posted a sparkling 4.18 shuttle and with a 32.9-inch vertical leap. his overall SPARQ rating of 96.57 was the 25th-highest at the combine.
not too bad for a 5-8, 166-pound sophomore. below is a highlight vid from his sophomore season. he's pretty slippery.
[video=youtube;i9NUCCzS4AE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9NUCCzS4AE[/video]
but there was another unknown young athlete to keep an eye out for ... and he hadn't even finished his sophomore year yet.
Tyler Henderson (class of 2014) is a sophomore running back for Collins High in Suwanee, Georgia.
let's put Henderson's performance in perspective. there were 1,447 kids who ran the 40 at this Nike Combine. the fastest 40 time posted was 4.53 seconds. young Henderson ran his 40 in 4.58 seconds, good for 11th-overall (coincidentally tied with the aforementioned Smith). Henderson also posted a sparkling 4.18 shuttle and with a 32.9-inch vertical leap. his overall SPARQ rating of 96.57 was the 25th-highest at the combine.
not too bad for a 5-8, 166-pound sophomore. below is a highlight vid from his sophomore season. he's pretty slippery.
[video=youtube;i9NUCCzS4AE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9NUCCzS4AE[/video]