2007 Recruiting Board: 'Dogs Offer Top Hanford RB

Hanford Bullpup tailback Avery Horn will be one of the most highly coveted players from the Valley in 2006, and is on top of Pat Hill's list of potential Bulldogs. He is the Bullpups' most prized running back since Shawn Wills. Wills left the Valley and signed with UCLA in 1987, but never materialized into a great college player. Will Horn do the same and leave the Valley for greener pastures?

Besides an offer from Hill and Fresno State, he also holds one from Nebraska. He also lists USC, Washington, Oregon, LSU, and Colorado among his top college choices. All eyes will be on the 5'10 180 senior standout this fall. He runs a 4.5 forty, but has impressive strength and power for a back of his stature.

At the recent Nike Combine in Costa Mesa the running back ranked among the top in SPARQ Ratings. Taking the standard measurements of the football combine, the SPARQ Rating weighs and combines the 40-yard dash, 20-yard shuttle, vertical jump and bench press into a single number that measures an athlete's overall athleticism.

To learn more about the SPARQ Rating, go to sparqtraining.com.

Costa Mesa NIKE Combine Top 10 SPARQ Ratings

NAME HIGH SCHOOL ST POS HT WT YR 40 20 BP VJ SPARQ
Blaine Irby St. Bonaventure CA ATH 6-2 224 07 4.82 4.35 26 31.4 80.47
Cedric Foster J.W. North CA RB 5-7 194 08 4.41 4.49 19 33.0 80.16
Avery Horn Hanford CA RB 5-10 180 07 4.57 4.50 16 35.2 79.44
Jonathon Pruitt Cesar Chavez AZ RB/LB 5-6.5 190 07 4.92 4.47 32 28.7 78.51
Mark Rodgers Leuzinger CA RB/DB 5-7.5 155 07 4.43 4.34 16 32.7 78.30
Greg Maier Chaparral CA OL 5-11.5 240 07 5.28 4.62 40 27.2 77.35
Michael Lee St. Bonaventure CA RB 5-6 152 07 4.73 4.28 14 34.5 77.00
James Carter Canyon Springs CA WR 5-10.5 169 07 4.46 4.34 7 35.8 75.26
Talmadge Jackson Chaparral CA WR 5-8.5 170 07 4.71 4.19 17 31.3 75.07
Eric Irvin Canyon Springs CA DB 5-11.5 169 07 4.59 4.32 6 36.2 73.83

Note: Some players chose not to test or had their times or marks scratched from the records The 40s were timed with electronically with SPARQ Timing outdoors on fieldturf at the Costa Mesa NIKE Combine.


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