How good can Brad Cumbest be?

[She Mate Me]

Kinda random, but this kid has been really impressive to me. I thought he was some sort of project the coaches were willing to take on for his potential, but he was ready to contribute right out of the gate.

Thoughts from those of you who pay more attention and know more baseball?

 

[Junction John]

This seems like a trick question. The... best?**

 

[Chris Mannix]

He is one of those kids with his size and speed he could be as good as he wants to be. This includes football as well, I am very excited to see him at TE.

 

[She Mate Me]

This seems like a trick question. The... best?**

My bad. I should have been clear that I was referring to how good he can be at baseball.

 

[shotgunDawg]

On the baseball field, he's a tools over skills guy. Certainly has a high ceiling but has a ways to go to refine his swing, learn how to tap into his power, & refine his pitch recognition.

 

[Palos verdes]

This kid was never a project. Had he come out of a bigger state he would have been ranked a 4 star at TE.

 

[She Mate Me]

On the baseball field, he's a tools over skills guy. Certainly has a high ceiling but has a ways to go to refine his swing, learn how to tap into his power, & refine his pitch recognition.

Do you think he has anywhere near Rooker level improvement potential?

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Do you think he has anywhere near Rooker level improvement potential?

Didn’t Rooker redshirt a year?

 

[jdbulldog]

I wish he would quit football and devote all his time to baseball. He is extremely talented and can be a force in our baseball program. Eventually he will have to choose between the two sports. I am not qualified to say about football, but he has baseball skills that can take him to the next level. Frankly, I wish he was in the lineup every day, at least as a hitter. Hatcher is having something to say about that and is providing an effective LH option vs right hand pitching.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

He’s barely outside the everyday lineup on a top 10 team. This with limited practice. You can tell because he doesn’t have the cleanest swing, and his slides are awkward. He has the skills, though. He just needs repetition.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

It is just a bonus that the kid 17ing hates Ole Miss

 

[Chris Mannix]

I wish he would quit football and devote all his time to baseball. He is extremely talented and can be a force in our baseball program. Eventually he will have to choose between the two sports. I am not qualified to say about football, but he has baseball skills that can take him to the next level. Frankly, I wish he was in the lineup every day, at least as a hitter. Hatcher is having something to say about that and is providing an effective LH option vs right hand pitching.

Nothing personal but I feel the exact opposite way, with one exception. He can play both sports but I think his future is in football. That is not to say that he can’t play both very well because he can. He should focus more on football. He has football skills that will take him to the next level, they will also get him
there quicker and allow him to make more money faster. Right now in the NFL TEs with skill sets like his are at a premium and they are getting stupid crazy money. He will not have to work his way through the minors in the NFL, so he will get to the big money faster. There is also a rise in new style offenses in the NFL that incorporate the spread and wide open ideas being used in college football that feature a TE with just his skill set, example being the Chiefs. I love baseball but given the surge in the NFL for long fast rangey TEs, I think he should see baseball as secondary. That does not mean he should not play baseball, I love watching him play for state. I also agree that he will have to make a decision, I just think it should be football.

 

[Palos verdes]

He really can play both sports in the SEC.

 

[G-Dawg]

So maybe we have our own Bo Jackson on our hands? Kidding. But, if he gets to 75% of Bo, I'll take it.

 

[stateu1]

So maybe we have our own Bo Jackson on our hands? Kidding. But, if he gets to 75% of Bo, I'll take it.

I'll take 50% for $1,000 alex.

 

[patdog]

If so, it's about damn time we got a 2-sport recruited player to actually play 2 sports. Seems other schools have no problem doing it, but we either pressure them to choose one or the other, or they just do it on their own.