The Internet has transformed the way high school athletes show their high school highlight tapes. Some of them go viral.
Can you remember the best high school highlight video you’ve ever seen?
Here are our favorite highlight videos…ever:
1. Jadeveon Clowney, DE, Houston Texans (South Carolina): Jadeveon Clowney has the biggest freak highlight video I’ve ever. Clowney was NFL-ready when he was in high school, and to this day, Clowney had the best recruiting video ever. Defensive end or running back, it really didn’t matter. He was dominant.
2. Noel Devine, RB, Edmonton Eskimos (West Virginia): Devine was a five-star YouTube sensation from Ft. Myers, Florida, and he was the first player I can remember who benefitted from a highlight video on YouTube. It went viral. The talk of Devine exiting high school had everyone buzzing, and the way he made defenders look silly in high school is so impressive. Sorry for the grainy video!
3. Reggie Bush, RB, Detroit Lions (USC): You know if Reggie Bush dominated at USC, he dominated in high school. The five-star was a superstar in high school, and his film proves it. Bush made high schoolers look silly.
4. Tavon Austin, WR, St. Louis Rams (West Virginia): What is there to say about Tavon Austin? Austin exited high school as a four-star all-purpose running back from Baltimore, Maryland, and he made college defenders look foolish.
5. Sam McGuffie, RB, Michigan and Rice: Sam McGuffie was supposed to be the second coming of Reggie Bush, and Michigan thought they were getting a superstar. McGuffie’s light faded, and he transferred to Rice, really never living up to the hype. But, man, he had an electric highlight video.
Bonus:
Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU: Leonard Fournette was a huge freak, and he could become the country’s brightest star in 2015. The way he dominated high school prospects was reminiscent of Adrian Peterson.
Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota Vikings (Oklahoma): Peterson was similar to Fournette in high school, just so dominant.
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
