'17 TE Hunter Gieser (SW Christian) [Verbal: NT]

cjones · November 28, 2016

I like this kids highlights! Like him as a tight end. Has good ups and runs a 4.8! Like a Kelvin Smith guy.

TheReal_jayD · November 28, 2016

being offered as a tight end

DeepGreen · November 28, 2016

Kelvin Smith was way underutilized this year.

Ben Gooding · November 29, 2016

16 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

Kelvin Smith was way underutilized this year.

Couldn't agree more. Makes me question everything they are doing on offense.

I was informed that he did have some type of injury though.

BTG_Fan1 · January 22, 2017

Committed to us, but not tweet about it yet from school..

jtm0097 · January 22, 2017

UNT Mean Green · January 22, 2017

Nice pickup. Another Blueshirt? Replacement for Lutz?

Edited January 22, 2017 by UNT Mean Green

BTG_Fan1 · January 22, 2017

Just now, UNT Mean Green said:

Nice pickup. Another Blueshirt?

No Idea, but I'm assuming Blue-shirt or PWO since no tweet from @UNTGridIron

Wag Tag · January 22, 2017

Put on 25 - 30lbs DE??

djohnnie · January 22, 2017

As a pass catcher he looked like a load to bring down, but I can see the added weight for a possible de. PWO would make sense.

Caw Caw · January 22, 2017

Either way, welcome aboard and congrats on fulfilling a dream a majority of people do not.

BTG_Fan1 · January 22, 2017

Im going to say he is a WR/TE because he is followed by Filani

Caw Caw · January 22, 2017

Just watched his highlights. This film is some of my favorite i've seen in our class. The kid is 6"4 220 and runs a 4.75. He attacks the ball at the high point and sells his fake blocks before routes. Really great athlete. The why not more offers question is because the competition level he plays at. He plays in TAPPS I assume so big fish small pond. I think this is absolutely a risk worth taking after watching the film. I'm excited to see this kid in green.

GMG24 · January 23, 2017

49 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

Just watched his highlights. This film is some of my favorite i've seen in our class. The kid is 6"4 220 and runs a 4.75. He attacks the ball at the high point and sells his fake blocks before routes. Really great athlete. The why not more offers question is because the competition level he plays at. He plays in TAPPS I assume so big fish small pond. I think this is absolutely a risk worth taking after watching the film. I'm excited to see this kid in green.

Tapps argument not a good one, plenty of solid D1 talent there.

Caw Caw · January 23, 2017

13 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Tapps argument not a good one, plenty of solid D1 talent there.

This is true but it's speckled across teams. I played 4 years in TAPPS. I had kids who started on my team, usually in places like corner, receiver who didn't belong on middle school a teams. It's not that the talent doesn't exist, it's just harder to evaluate it because it's an unequal playing ground. We played in districts with schools twice and half our size. Two kids from my high school had D1 offers my freshman year. I'm just saying coaches would be more wary of offering a kid playing at this level than if he were at Allen, Aledo, etc, etc. Yes some people he matched up with were quality opponents but inconsistently, that's a much harder evaluation in my opinion.

UNT Mean Green · January 23, 2017

1 hour ago, Caw Caw said:

Just watched his highlights. This film is some of my favorite i've seen in our class. The kid is 6"4 220 and runs a 4.75. He attacks the ball at the high point and sells his fake blocks before routes. Really great athlete. The why not more offers question is because the competition level he plays at. He plays in TAPPS I assume so big fish small pond. I think this is absolutely a risk worth taking after watching the film. I'm excited to see this kid in green.

Good post. This is a nice pickup for certain. Good athlete who can be developed into a productive player here.

GMG24 · January 23, 2017

46 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

This is true but it's speckled across teams. I played 4 years in TAPPS. I had kids who started on my team, usually in places like corner, receiver who didn't belong on middle school a teams. It's not that the talent doesn't exist, it's just harder to evaluate it because it's an unequal playing ground. We played in districts with schools twice and half our size. Two kids from my high school had D1 offers my freshman year. I'm just saying coaches would be more wary of offering a kid playing at this level than if he were at Allen, Aledo, etc, etc. Yes some people he matched up with were quality opponents but inconsistently, that's a much harder evaluation in my opinion.

Eh, with all the camps etc that are around now I think they get plenty of evaluation. Maybe game tape you could argue would be hard to evaluate, but even then if a kid is D1 you can tell in the way he moves, cuts, gets in and out of breaks etc. I also played in TAPPS played with a few D1 guys and against more. Thanks Bishop Dunne, Nolan Catholic, and Midland Christian lol

BillySee58 · January 23, 2017

16 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Eh, with all the camps etc that are around now I think they get plenty of evaluation. Maybe game tape you could argue would be hard to evaluate, but even then if a kid is D1 you can tell in the way he moves, cuts, gets in and out of breaks etc. I also played in TAPPS played with a few D1 guys and against more. Thanks Bishop Dunne, Nolan Catholic, and Midland Christian lol

Exactly. If films were evaluated in terms on good play vs. bad play then it would make things a lot tougher to evaluate. It certainly is more comforting to see a kid have success against top competition, but ultimately you're looking for the attributes and how they translate to the next level. As you pointed out.

jtm0097 · January 23, 2017

He has nice film. I was impressed by the routes he ran. I could see him being a redshirt next year. It takes a year or 2 for most freshmen to get use to the speed of college football. Either way, I think this is a good signing.

Caw Caw · January 23, 2017

2 hours ago, GMG24 said:

Eh, with all the camps etc that are around now I think they get plenty of evaluation. Maybe game tape you could argue would be hard to evaluate, but even then if a kid is D1 you can tell in the way he moves, cuts, gets in and out of breaks etc. I also played in TAPPS played with a few D1 guys and against more. Thanks Bishop Dunne, Nolan Catholic, and Midland Christian lol

You're also picking the large powerhouse TAPPS schools. Not the Pantegos, A+ Academies, Muenster Sacred Hearts, Abeline Christian, etc. At the top it's much harder to discriminate between Texas High School football and private Texas high school football. And I agree, there are camps and a lot more athletes than even when I was playing.

GMG24 · January 23, 2017

35 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

You're also picking the large powerhouse TAPPS schools. Not the Pantegos, A+ Academies, Muenster Sacred Hearts, Abeline Christian, etc. At the top it's much harder to discriminate between Texas High School football and private Texas high school football. And I agree, there are camps and a lot more athletes than even when I was playing.

That's what I played and coached against.

MGNation92 · January 23, 2017

45 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

You're also picking the large powerhouse TAPPS schools. Not the Pantegos, A+ Academies, Muenster Sacred Hearts, Abeline Christian, etc. At the top it's much harder to discriminate between Texas High School football and private Texas high school football. And I agree, there are camps and a lot more athletes than even when I was playing.

9 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

That's what I played and coached against.

Can confirm this. Having played for and graduating from Midland Lee, most of the really good athletes were recruited to Midland Christian because they knew it was their best shot at getting a state championship.