[Dryden]

This week I am editing the Panthers' 2006 team highlight DVD. I have anywhere from 16 - 24 clips of each of their eleven games. I'm not a big recruitnik, but let me say that after having finished the editing of just the first three videos (Week 1 loss at Jonathan Alder, Week 2 shutout of Northridge, and a Week 3 blowout of Beechcroft) it became apparent that LV's #32 was the best player on the field (LV's #11 & #26 can ball, too), regardless of whether he's playing offense or defense. In one clip I'm amazed at a devastating tackle for loss or sack, then in the next clip he rips off a 96-yard TD run from what should have been a short yardage dive just getting out of the end zone. His run against Bexley (the same as posted above in the Scouting Ohio link, though my copy is pressbox/all-22 footage) where he should have been tackled behind the LOS for a loss of 4 or 5, but instead turns it into a 10 yard gain after shedding nine defenders and a few teammates for good measure, is just insane. I have never before watched a particular high school player and immediately said, "I want this kid."

Well, I want this kid.

Edit: With all due respect to the coaches and others in this thread who I will concede know more about football than me, this kid is NOT strictly a LB. His balance is amazing and he's a devastating lead blocker. I see glimpses of a guy like Brian Leonard.