'11 MI RB Justice Hayes (Verbal to Michigan)

[VamosBuffaloes]

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Grand Blanc Community HS (Grand Blanc, MI)

Ht: 5-foot-11
Wt: 180 lbs
40: 4.4 secs

Rivals rating: 4*-5.9rr; #3 All-Purpose RB (#84 overall)
Scout rating: 4*; #14 RB
ESPN rating: 4*-79 grade; #22 RB

Reported Offers: Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Tennessee, Wisconsin

[VamosBuffaloes]

[SkiTownUSA]

That sure doesn't seem like a very fast forty time for a RB.

[beltway buff]

That sure doesn't seem like a very fast forty time for a RB.

That's fine for a RB. Scott & Speedy had a reported 4.4; Mr. Jones reports a 4.5, as does this year's top RB, Lache Seastrunk

[Darth Snow]

That sure doesn't seem like a very fast forty time for a RB.

if its a real 40, its plenty fast. Emmit Smith was slower.

[MtnBuff]

40 times are notorious for being unreliable anyways. It all depends on who is doing the timing and who is doing the reporting. This is why college coaches like to get kids to go to a summer camp at their school and why the pros do a combine and send out their own scouts to check on guys.

There have been a lot of reported 4.4 guys who show up on a campus and are closer to 4.6-4.7 just like a lot of 6'4" guys end up at 6'1".

What really matters is football speed. Rodney Stewart is really not all that fast. I would bet that if he ran a pro timed 40 he would end up slower than 4.5, what matters is that over a ten yard space, with a ball in his hands and pads on he is as fast as anyone we have seen in a long time.

If Hayes has that on-field speed then his reported time doesn't really matter a lot.

[Buffnik]

Hayes chose Notre Dame at the end of July. CU did not end up offering.

[Buffnik]

Hayes has switched his commitment to Michigan.

[66BUFF]

is he related to Mercury Hayes?

[SpacemanSpiff]

is he related to Mercury Hayes?

Or, Willie Mays Hayes?willie mays hayes.jpg