New day. I'm gonna unleash Nick Marshall on their asses...and Jake.
They'll never know what hit 'em.
The reality of this is that I think Jake would be a quality player at a place like ASU. He'd be a borderline star.
Years ago we had a kid playing for us who couldn't crack the top three of the depth chart at LB. We were a 1A school. He wasn't strong enough, wasn't fast enough, couldn't react quickly enough. Tough kid, knew the assignments but just couldn't get where he was supposed to be. And the few times he could get there, he was overmatched. Way too slow for the defensive backfield, too small for the line. Tried all spring to work with him in hopes he could play LB. He just couldn't do it.
Transferred to the private school over the summer. AISA AA ball. Starting linebacker. Dominated. Made the AISA All State team as a junior and a senior. Was the same slow, weak kid, but was in a league filled with slower, weaker ones.
That's Jake. At ASU, Rice, BC, Tulane.... he could hold his own. Just not in the SEC.