'05 PA OL Nate Hartung

[BuckNutty]

http://www.butlereagle.com/Sports/0813-s01/0813-s01.html

Hartung is 6'4" and 395 pounds. Apparently he has already made an unofficial visit to Ohio State and has some serious interest.

 

[cincibuckeyenut]

Wow. That is a big man.

Apparently he doesn't need much of a strength program. Wonder how quick he is.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

cinci: Exactly. If he's half as quick as he is strong, then he's a must-get.

 

[BuckNutty]

cinci: Exactly. If he's half as quick as he is strong, then he's a must-get.

There is an insiders article on Nate. Apparently he is not fast(shocking, I know) but his coach claims he has good feet.

 

[diehardbuckeye]

I hate to find out how fast a OL is. When was the last time a guard, tackle or center has run 40 yards down field to make a block? Quick feet and an explosive first step are the key to good offensive line play.

 

[IUbuck]

sounds like a beast and looks like he has some interest...

 

[cincibuckeyenut]

I hate to find out how fast a OL is. When was the last time a guard, tackle or center has run 40 yards down field to make a block? Quick feet and an explosive first step are the key to good offensive line play.

Absolutely. Fast is not an issue at all. Quick is the issue. Can he make it 10 yards in a reasonable amount of time? Can he make it 2 feet? Can he react fast enough to get in front of a defender?

 

[CleveBucks]

His hands make that basketball look like a softball.

 

[Buckskin86]

thanks for the article- reminds of the big guy in the movie Varsity Blues

Nutty it is not just the hips but it is the feet too

 

[Hubbard]

That photo reminds me of:

Edit: hoped this worked

 

[BuckNutty]

Hubs, this is who I had in mind.


86, yes indeed. Gots to have the feet

 

[cincibuckeyenut]

If the guy is playing basketball at the high school level, it bodes well for his quickness as well.

 

[Buckskin86]

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/sports/7934437.htm

Nate Hartung knocks people to the floor without knowing it. He once knocked an opposing player through a door. Try driving through him to get to the basket and you bounce off his chest and land a few feet backward.

One coach, Plum High School's Ron Richards, prepared his team to call out picks when facing Butler High School because "if you allow a teammate to run into him, we might lose him for the season," he told Dick Hartung, a Butler assistant coach and Nate's father.

Such is life when Nate Hartung, a 400-pound high school basketball player, is on the court.

The first organized league he played in was as a sixth-grader when he weighed 280 pounds. Nate weighed 125 pounds when he was 5. Nate said he was teased by other kids as a youngster.

 

[ArtesiaBuckDog]

All I can say is, his poor mother.

 

[tressforpres]

i think u have to take a chance on a guy that is so strong.