Big Time Athlete Visits Athens

Last year, my favorite recruiting videos were from Kentucky's Micah Johnson. He was a 270 pound wrecking ball playing RB (among other positions) in high school, and he'll likely play DE and DT in college. The year before that I would've gone with CJ Bryd's videos as my favorites. And in the 2004 recruiting class it was comedy watching Charles Johnson returning punts, playing running back and destroying people at defensive end.

This year, it's almost cliche to say your favorite video comes from Noel Devine (warning the audio track this version of Devine's recruiting video isn't safe for work. Just hit mute on it). Outside of that obvious choice, I'm going with Kansas born Christian Ballard.

Ballard is a 6'4" 270+ pound defensive end / tight end who originally commited to Kansas before becoming interested in UGA. He's the type of kid that you sign and figure out where to play him later. He's willing to play DE, DT, OL or TE if he signs with UGA. His video shows a big strong kid that is a punishing blocker with good wheels and a DE with great pursuit ability. It's mostly impressive when you project that big, mobile body into a DT or OL. The kid's potential is off the charts.

He told SuperPrep:

"I am going to look at game atmosphere," he said. "I want to see how hyped the fans are at both schools. That will help me make my decision."

Considering the other team in the mix is Kansas, "hitdawg" from ThePorch said, "Based on that interview he will commit before he makes it all the way through the Dawg Walk." Nice.

More on Ballard's visit:

• Video Interview from Ugasports.com
  
• SuperPrep's interview with Ballard

PWD


Note: Eric Berry's video is a bucket of fun too, but watching that big dude from Kansas rumble gets me fired up.

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