Geirean Hatchett, 5* 2020 OL, Ferndale, WA (COMMITTED)

Motown said:

One thing I've noticed with guys like buelow, and kelepo. They got physical projection but a lot of these ol type guys literally just stop their feet when their upper bodies make contact especially in these all star type competitions. Our prospects look really underwhelming as football players.

When I listen to (admitted) tsio podcast I'm learning to understand ol recruiting weighs heavily on the tools .

Hell, wsu has been able to "coach up" some of their line man just to stay in front.

Look for the length and light feet and ankles flexibility? For ol upside it seems

This.


It’s so fucking hard to project these guys. Hatchett is 6’4 but doesn’t have the frame of Kalepo & Buelow or even Troy for that matter. Kalepo don’t have the foot quickness or hip flexibility yet but being from such under developed programs and being so young, just the ability to stay light on their feet at this size is incredible. But with Hatchett weighing in at FSP at 274 and having a smaller shoulder to shoulder frame as a guy like Troy who’s seen as undersized by elite team standards, you want to see him with ELITE QUICKNESS and he’s not there yet. For the relationship between his frame & his feet getting stuck in the mud too easily, he’s overrated to an extent.



I say quickness in all caps because speed doesn’t fucking matter at OL. Quickness is how easily can you pick your foot up, how light you can land on it so it’s easy to pick up again, and how fast you can pick it back up and it OL, all has to be done while maintaining a powerful base. I don’t really care all that much for a OL’s 40 time unless it’s really high or really low. I care about the shuttle. Watching Hatchett’s film, I’d bet that his 40 is better than his shuttle and not in a bad way. He is THE BEST blocker I’ve seen once they get going. He finishes and looks like the athlete many people want him to be once he’s got a full head of speed. He’s flat out elite when he’s got already on the move and keeps his base really well at that top speed. Same with him in pass pro, he’s at his best when he’s finished his set on his terms and already gotten his momentum going backwards. The only worry is getting him going and how he looks absolutely stuck in the mud for the first second and a half after the snap. It would be one thing if he was Kalepos size and couldn’t get his feet chopping fast enough but once he did he was unstoppable. If he’s struggling to be maintain balance and be quick at this size what is he going to look like at 320?



With that being said I don’t wanna look at the camp reps because he was a year younger than the DL he was going against and all that. His film is elite once he gets fit in but Ferndale’s offense isn’t a good enough excuse to not have good balance when you’re supposedly as good of an athlete as he is. You look at pictures of him and he looks like a physical stud, well put together, not very much baby fit if any, looks like he could be a basketball SF if he had a jumper, so I guess his lack of feet/balance for all the offers and hype has been underwhelming.



Again after all that, 2020 is an awful year out west of OL/DL and building a fence for in-State propspects is a must. YOU CANNOT FUCKING MISS THIS KID UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO TROYS BEHIND HIM. Get him in our system with Murao and two others two compete wit him and push him everyday and lets see what he can become. He doesn’t suck and he can still be an elite NFL Guard, I just think for all the early offers and film masturbation he’s a lot more Henry Roberts than he is Troy Fautanu. Murao, Hatchett, Tosh Baker, Kylany.