David Bell named Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year
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Bell is the best overall player in the State because of his impact on defense and offense at the highest level. But if the award took into account stats, it should be Romier Elliott. He was absolutely ridiculous this year. I think he had over 3000 yards and 40 touchdowns. He had over 300 rushing yards in a single game and I think averaged something silly like 9-10 ypc against the highest level of competition.
I have no clue why everybody is sleeping on him. He has one D1 offer and that just happened, Western michigan. He should have an offer from every in state school. This reminds me of Desmond Bane’s recruitment. Bane absolutely showed out with ridiculous numbers and played really well at the tournaments he went to. Somehow, his only big offer was TCU and they got away with absolute robbery by landing him. Romier is Knox 2.0. Is he better than the two we got already in the ‘19 class? Not sure, but is it worth risking? Maybe there is a red flag I don’t know about, but this numbers at that level aren’t something to ignore.
Elliott didn't get many offers because he's very small and not that quick to make up for his size. He was running through huge holes. He's a good player, but just not in the Power 5.
I don't follow Football nearly as closely as Basketball, but with the state of the BB Paige I am finding myself over here a lot more. That said, there has to be something here with Romier Elliott. How could so many schools be missing the stats you point out? Why would his coach not be screaming from the rooftops?
Rivals shows that Romier Elliott committed to S. Illinois, in 8/6/18. It also shows an interest in Purdue and Indiana, but neither of them offered.
You are correct, but he will likely decomit for WMU.
The knock on him is that he benefits purely from his OL and passing game. They say he isn’t explosive, but he gashed Carmel for over 200 yards and I think 3 TDS and they have two high 4 star linemen and a high 3 star LB.
He may have huge holes to run through, but I guarantee you I couldn’t get 3k yards even with those wide open holes. Even in my prime. There is something to say about instincts, and when he hits a hole he is gone.
He is small, but his size is very comparable to Knox. And he has done just fine.
Also, Bell was saying that the player of the year should be Romier, even though Bell ended up winning it. Warren went undefeated 2 years in a row and that offense was real impressive. Romier has as many rushing yards as George had throwing. And George had a very impressive year.
I am not saying he will be dominant at the next level, but he certainly earned a chance imo.
Great honor for David Bell,, and well deserved. I really hope he becomes a Boilermaker. I’m not sure why Romier isn’t getting more love, he has all the production you could want. He is small, but so are others. I trust our coaches recruiting choices, as they have more info than us.
I just re watched his film. I just graduated from a MAC school this past spring. I worked for the team for four years as a student coach. I called up one of our assistants and he kind of echoed my thoughts on Elliott. He is a product of his environment. He has a great O-Line and a pretty great WR that needs attention on the outside. He is advertised at 5'7 but topped out at 5'5 when he visited. He also didn't see much that stuck out to him on the film (cutting, speed, etc.). Pretty far down the list on our recruiting board.
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