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'12 AZ WR Davonte Neal (Notre Dame Signee; Transfer to Arizona)

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGww5kzCheI"]YouTube - Davonte' Neal Offense/Defense Tape[/ame]

Asked what his top 3 are right now....."Right now I do like Ohio State...."

Davonte Neal, Wide Reciever Fastest Man Award (Freshmen) Freshman MVP National Underclassmen Combines, Apache Junction, AZ
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPARSFD_pKU"]YouTube - Davonte Neal, Freshman MVP, Apache Junction, AZ[/ame]
 
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Laveen Cesar Chavez's Davonte' Neal, one of the country's top freshman athletes in football and track and field, has been fortunate to be raised by a personal trainer. His dad Luke runs Athletes Factory in Ahwatukee.

Luke Neal works with pro, college, high school and grade school athletes. For high schoolers, he said he charges $300 a month.

"I tell parents coming in, 'It's a choice you have to make,' " Luke said. "They have to want to do it."

Some wonder if Luke Neal will burn his son out before he gets to college.

"People say I'll burn out," said Davonte', who already this track season has run the 100 meters in 10.95 seconds and the 200 in 21.80. "I just use that to motivate me and to prove people wrong."
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Athletes turning to individual training
 
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I hate when people start throwing around the term "Burn Out." Seriously, there is no such thing as physical burn out. In track, any time an athlete works really hard and does more training than all the other kids, people always say "Oh, he's working too hard and his body is going to burn out!" Nonsense, that's just something sucky people say because they don't work hard.
This kid clearly has an elite work ethic to go along with his game and that is a pretty deadly combo. Glad to see him working hard and I hope his interest in us stays high. Go Bucks!
 
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southcampus;1439670; said:
I hate when people start throwing around the term "Burn Out." Seriously, there is no such thing as physical burn out. In track, any time an athlete works really hard and does more training than all the other kids, people always say "Oh, he's working too hard and his body is going to burn out!" Nonsense, that's just something sucky people say because they don't work hard.
This kid clearly has an elite work ethic to go along with his game and that is a pretty deadly combo. Glad to see him working hard and I hope his interest in us stays high. Go Bucks!
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I think the risk being referred to is mental burnout, not physical burnout. Some kids can deal with a 100% commitment to training and sports prep, others have interests outside of sports that should--must, even--be balanced alongside sports in order to ensure the kid not only stays happy, but also stays interested in sports. The risk with a dad who makes his life sports is that his athletically talented kid may not share that 100% commitment, regardless of his God-given talents. We've all seen this in our local communities. I'm not speaking to the Neal family, because, well, how could I--I don't know them. I'm just saying that at that age, under these circumstances, mental burnout is the real risk.
 
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Whoa...great tape! Football might be catching up to basketball in terms of the "diaper dandys"...i.e. offering kids when they're still in the 9th/10th grade. He looks too good to pass up as long as his body development cooperates.
 
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Davonte' Neal, WR, Chavez (Laveen, Ariz.)

Neal entered ninth grade with about as much hype as an incoming freshman could possibly have. Fans and coaches knew about him. Newspaper articles had been written about him. College coaches had already heard of him.

In his first season of high school football, Neal hauled in 44 passes for over 600 yards and seven touchdowns. Though he?s only 5-10 and weighs 165 pounds, Neal is extremely explosive off the line of scrimmage, and is a tremendous threat from the slot receiver position.

His speed is top notch, and will only improve as he continues to mature and improve his lower body strength.

Neal was in the mix for MaxPreps? National Freshman of the Year award, which was given to Hopewell, Pa., running back Rushel Shell.
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