check his HS player out

[zeroway21]

There's nothing but cheers when Noel Devine gets a hold of a football. He is one of the fastest high school running backs in the state of Florida.
Check this video of this kid.Wow :eek: :eek:

video of him (http://www.blogtelevision.net/p/Watch-Video-Im-Noel-Devine___1,2,,9541.html)

[TrojanNole]

There's nothing but cheers when Noel Devine gets a hold of a football. He is one of the fastest high school running backs in the state of Florida.
Check this video of this kid.Wow :eek: :eek:

video of him (http://www.blogtelevision.net/p/Watch-Video-Im-Noel-Devine___1,2,,9541.html)

Holy Cow, please come to Florida State, Noel!

[nikP]

obviously the kids a stud,,,but in all seriousness what stands out more is the 500 defensive players id have running laps till midnight....their tackling SUCKS lol.....hes fast but hes not that wickedly elusive

[BluEStorm_47]

HOLY SH**, those guys on d were not tackling well, but come on...when 11 guys are gang tackling you and you get away that is awesome...

PLEASE COME TO MIZZOU! ! ! !

[ChadSimons]

I'm sure he wants to stay in the Red Uni's.............

[d_neum80]

Yeah I've seen vids of this kid before...just amazing.

FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU!!!!!!!! :D

[blueweeds]

that kid did go to fort myers now he is moving to texas to live with deion sanders.... his videos have been all over the net. he is something else he benched 315 and squatted 420 as a freshman...............

[riTzy]

Sign That Kid Up ! ! ! !

[bcrisraider]

yep, he is now going to Prosper High School, a 2A team in Texas, i used to play them, he'll be a great pick up cuz they suck at football

[TrojanNole]

that kid did go to fort myers now he is moving to texas to live with deion sanders.... his videos have been all over the net. he is something else he benched 315 and squatted 420 as a freshman...............

Do you think Deion will turn him toward FSU? I mean Deion is a huge supporter for Florida St.

[Soccerbest7]

Do you think Deion will turn him toward FSU? I mean Deion is a huge supporter for Florida St.

I would think he'd have some voice in his decision, but i dunno if Deion will tell him to go there

[BuckeyesTHEGAME]

You know he averaged something like 14 yards a carry last season? He had one game where he had 9 carries and 6 TDs for something like 300 yards. He's insane.

And yea, his parents are dead, so Deion adopted him. They're from the same home town.

[Soccerbest7]

You know he averaged something like 14 yards a carry last season? He had one game where he had 9 carries and 6 TDs for something like 300 yards. He's insane.

And yea, his parents are dead, so Deion adopted him. They're from the same home town.

I didn't know that, but I did know that during a 4-game tretch he AVERAGED 36 YARDS a carry!

[heavy_hitter]

Noel has some dynamite videos. His competition was not the best, or even above average that the state of Florida has to offer.

[GoHuskies]

Kid is crazy!!!

Looks like he is playing crap players though... no offense to the kid


Anyone know his name?

[GoHuskies]

Anyone know his name?

NVM :D (Just had to look a little)

[chrisbzn832]

Do you know what kind of a play he was running in the vid.? Judging from the way the d's reacting, it almost looks like he got the ball on an outside veer dive.

[zeroway21]

Noel is excellent in all aspects of being a runner but the thing that experts are saying he does on a "superstar" level is maintaining speed thru cuts and direction changes. He will juke you and it almost seems like he sped up, amazing.i believe has Noel second in the nation for 2007 behind UT silent Chris Rainey so he is very highly lauded for an undersized RB.

I believe his top choices are UF,Miami,FSU and Texas.

[BuckeyesTHEGAME]

His balance isn uncanny. He's like a cross between Ladanian Tomlinson and Darren Sproles.

[djwill13]

Noel has some dynamite videos. His competition was not the best, or even above average that the state of Florida has to offer.
the state of florida is over rated as far as high school football goes. TRUST ME

anyway, damn this kids speed. it's his acceleration. it looks like he's barely even running and then (damn i hate to say this, but ) BOOM!! he's off. he has determination and drive. it's obvious he's playing against inferior opponents, but to break gang tackeles like that is just sick.

[heavy_hitter]

the state of florida is over rated as far as high school football goes. TRUST ME



Now, this is funny considering that every Mid and Major D1 program has at least 1 Floridian on there roster. Also, the state of Florida has more NFL players than any other state. Overated? Don't think so. I am telling you right now, Florida has High School freshmen football teams that could beat the state champs of a state like Illinois.

[Soccerbest7]

the state of florida is over rated as far as high school football goes. TRUST ME
anyway, damn this kids speed. it's his acceleration. it looks like he's barely even running and then (damn i hate to say this, but ) BOOM!! he's off. he has determination and drive. it's obvious he's playing against inferior opponents, but to break gang tackeles like that is just sick.

Yea that kid's got crazy acceleration. it doesn look like he's not going that fast and then he just explodes. Flordida being overrated? I dunno. I'd argue that it produces the best prospects. It's a top 3 for sure, along with Cali and Texas. Ohio is sitting at #4 :(

[djwill13]

Now, this is funny considering that every Mid and Major D1 program has at least 1 Floridian on there roster. Also, the state of Florida has more NFL players than any other state. Overated? Don't think so. I am telling you right now, Florida has High School freshmen football teams that could beat the state champs of a state like Illinois.
they may have better players, but i'm talking teams. for instance take Lincoln High school which produces some of the nation's best talents. they've played my high school (valdosta high) since 98 i believe. we haven't had a blue chip player in years (i can't even remember lol) but we always play lincoln tough (if we don't win :D ). on top of that, they are a 6A school, we're a 5A. with all their players that are nationally ranked they should kill a small school like us. i say small because we're always undersized

another example. alex godfrey who transfered from some florida school to go to my high school his senior year. guy was heavily recruited by georgia prior to him coming to our high school. in arguably georgia's toughest region he had (this was 5 years ago so i'm tryin to remember) i think 600 yards rushing and didn't miss any games. let's just say he faded off into bolivion

that's why i say florida hs is over rated. i'm just saying georgia football as a whole (hs) is better than florida football. IMO

again that's just my opinion. maybe i'm wrong, maybe i'm not but i'm entitled to my opinion

[BuckeyesTHEGAME]

. let's just say he faded off into bolivion


Oh my God. Please tell me that's a joke or a typo. :D

[djwill13]

Oh my God. Please tell me that's a joke or a typo. :D
that was a referrence to good ol mike tyson lol, i couldn't help it man. purely for comedic interpretation lol

[BuckeyesTHEGAME]

Ok, that's what I was hoping. lol

And I have to say Ohio football rivals that of any other state. The Big Five is called that for a reason.

Ohio/California/Texas/Flordia/Pennsylvania

[djwill13]

Ok, that's what I was hoping. lol

And I have to say Ohio football rivals that of any other state. The Big Five is called that for a reason.

Ohio/California/Texas/Flordia/Pennsylvania
ya'll come on down to south georgia and we'll show you why we're the winningest hs football program in the nation

[Soccerbest7]

ya'll come on down to south georgia and we'll show you why we're the winningest hs football program in the nation

You come up here to central Ohio, and we'll show the the winnigest COLLEGE football program since 1950 :D

[djwill13]

Ok, that's what I was hoping. lol

And I have to say Ohio football rivals that of any other state. The Big Five is called that for a reason.

Ohio/California/Texas/Flordia/Pennsylvania
did i forget to mention 22 state championships and 7 national titles :D ;)

[heavy_hitter]

I actually Interned at Lincoln. I still know alot of coaches there including Dave Wilson. While they have top players coming out, that don't have all the studs that it takes to be Superior. A couple of years they were, but that was it.

It is hard to find quality coaches in Florida. It is also unlike Valdosta, in which I am very familiar with that school. Your school may not have the studs, but the overall dedication from you GREAT coaching staff and the COMMUNITY as a whole pays great dividends for the program. Kids grow up wanting to go to your school and play football for your coach. There just aren't alot of programs like yours around anymore in any state. Kids are fickle and not alot have any type of commitment to anything let alone a school or a football program.

Now back to Lincoln. North Flordida doesn't have great football. If you want to see the real studs, with great programs and great coaching you will have to come to South Florida. There are some programs that will knock your socks off. Lincoln isn't representitive of the whole state by all means.

[BuckeyesTHEGAME]

I'd take St. Ignatius, Massilon, McKinley, Glenville, St. Xavier, Versailles, Valley View, Moeller, St. Henry, and Colerain over any GA school.

[djwill13]

I actually Interned at Lincoln. I still know alot of coaches there including Dave Wilson. While they have top players coming out, that don't have all the studs that it takes to be Superior. A couple of years they were, but that was it.

It is hard to find quality coaches in Florida. It is also unlike Valdosta, in which I am very familiar with that school. Your school may not have the studs, but the overall dedication from you GREAT coaching staff and the COMMUNITY as a whole pays great dividends for the program. Kids grow up wanting to go to your school and play football for your coach. There just aren't alot of programs like yours around anymore in any state. Kids are fickle and not alot have any type of commitment to anything let alone a school or a football program.

Now back to Lincoln. North Flordida doesn't have great football. If you want to see the real studs, with great programs and great coaching you will have to come to South Florida. There are some programs that will knock your socks off. Lincoln isn't representitive of the whole state by all means.
HH, any teams i need to be on the lookout for (south florida wise) to change my opinion? all i get to see is north florida. we play lake city often too.

BTG, HH will vouch for me that VHS is the real deal. it depends on where we play any of th schools you mentioned. if we play at bazemore-hyder stadium (cleveland field), the "ghosts" of cleveland field would help us get the win. no not on bs calls, just fluke things that happen. take 98' for example. we're down 7-0 to a team that runs power football. we coudln't do crap on offense and were getting killed on defense. some how, some way out linebacker gets into a gang tackle to tackle their RB. he then strips him and returns it for a touch. that momentum was all we needed to go ahead 14-7 and win. wierd stuff happens on that field man. it's eerie

[bcrisraider]

please, you bring your boys to Texas and see how things go

[Kaidog]

Sounds like we need a high school national playoff :p , Hoover High in Birmingham, AL has built quite a dynasty too...would be an interesting tourney to see.

[djwill13]

ya'll think i'm playin. google valdosta high school football and look at the stats.

like i said, we have a shot at beating anyone as long as we played on our home field. talk about home field advantage

[VGWabbit9]

Hey it's Booby Miles from Friday Night Lights.

[GoHuskies]

I'd take St. Ignatius, Massilon, McKinley, Glenville, St. Xavier, Versailles, Valley View, Moeller, St. Henry, and Colerain over any GA school.

I'm an ex-Wildcat from Camden County High School, finished 14th in the country last year, and is in Georiga, thank you very much. ;)

[djwill13]

Hey it's Booby Miles from Friday Night Lights.
RLMFAO. make sure you say "before the injury" lol

[djwill13]

I'm an ex-Wildcat from Camden County High School, finished 14th in the country last year, and is in Georiga, thank you very much. ;)
ah yes, camden county. you too can vouch for Valdosta High lol

[djwill13]

ya'll think i'm playin. google valdosta high school football and look at the stats.

like i said, we have a shot at beating anyone as long as we played on our home field. talk about home field advantage
except if you're school is moutrie (colquit county) lol. we went through a stretch that lasted 10 years where we went 1-10 against them, and the one win was a playoff win (98) when we won the state championship

[heavy_hitter]

ya'll think i'm playin. google valdosta high school football and look at the stats.

like i said, we have a shot at beating anyone as long as we played on our home field. talk about home field advantage

Valdosta High School is one of the PREMIER programs in the nation. If you haven't heard of them, then you don't know a whole lot about high school football. I am not trying to offend anyone, but it is the truth. They have GREAT community support, and a GREAT coaching staff. Always have.

South of Orlando is where the real football is still at in the state of Florida, DJ. Orlando gets athletes, but they don't have the budgets to hire a real staff. I know alot of coaches there, as I once worked there, and they are limited. Lakeland is a hot bed. Then you have Sarasota Booker, Miami Northwester, Westminister, Palm Bay High School, Belle Glade, Pahokee and a whole host of others.

There are a couple in Jacksonville, but they are smaller schools like Bolles. They would get hurt playing with the likes of Booker or Northwestern.


West Palm gets football is horrendous. They get some decent players coming out of there, but there programs as wholes stink.

Like I said before, though, Lincoln is above average at best. Even the year they won states when in 6A, the 5A and 4A state champions would have beat them. Football just isn't played at the same caliber in North Florida than South. In South, you have athletes all over the field. You would truly be amazed. You will never hear of alot of these guys because they won't make the cut for academics to get into college.

[djwill13]

Valdosta High School is one of the PREMIER programs in the nation. If you haven't heard of them, then you don't know a whole lot about high school football. I am not trying to offend anyone, but it is the truth. They have GREAT community support, and a GREAT coaching staff. Always have.

South of Orlando is where the real football is still at in the state of Florida, DJ. Orlando gets athletes, but they don't have the budgets to hire a real staff. I know alot of coaches there, as I once worked there, and they are limited. Lakeland is a hot bed. Then you have Sarasota Booker, Miami Northwester, Westminister, Palm Bay High School, Belle Glade, Pahokee and a whole host of others.

There are a couple in Jacksonville, but they are smaller schools like Bolles. They would get hurt playing with the likes of Booker or Northwestern.


West Palm gets football is horrendous. They get some decent players coming out of there, but there programs as wholes stink.

Like I said before, though, Lincoln is above average at best. Even the year they won states when in 6A, the 5A and 4A state champions would have beat them. Football just isn't played at the same caliber in North Florida than South. In South, you have athletes all over the field. You would truly be amazed. You will never hear of alot of these guys because they won't make the cut for academics to get into college.
ok, my bad then. i'm sure when you saw me post about florida hs football not being worth a darn you thought to yourself, "wow this guy really doesn't know crap about football." it's all good though. i guess it's just because of what i've seen since all we (VHS) ever play from florida are Lake City and Lincoln. hopefully i'll be able to see some games or clips over the net of some of the teams you listed. i have a buddy that lives in jacksonville, so we may have to go check them out.

the lowndes vs valdosta rivalries is probably one of the best rivalries in the state. actually, i've only seen one other team have near as much excitement in the air as that game and that was warner robins vs northside. and that's not even close to how it is down here. we have guys come from all over to watch that game. region championships are usually on the line when these two teams play. i hated that they moved it to the beginnnig of the schedule though. that really sucks.

HH, we'll have to talk more once HS football gets underway. nice to know someone keeps up with it other than me (southern ball at least)

[CHFG8R]

Noel has some dynamite videos. His competition was not the best, or even above average that the state of Florida has to offer.


I don't know where you get your facts, but North (Fort Meyers) isn't a little po-dunk school and southwest florida isn't exactly below-average competition. BTW, this is the same school that produced Deion and Jevon Kearse. Lots of good talent down there.

And, oh yeah, you can go ahead and book this one for F$U, provided the program doesn't fall flat on its face in the next two years.

[djwill13]

Valdosta High School is one of the PREMIER programs in the nation. If you haven't heard of them, then you don't know a whole lot about high school football. I am not trying to offend anyone, but it is the truth. They have GREAT community support, and a GREAT coaching staff. Always have.

South of Orlando is where the real football is still at in the state of Florida, DJ. Orlando gets athletes, but they don't have the budgets to hire a real staff. I know alot of coaches there, as I once worked there, and they are limited. Lakeland is a hot bed. Then you have Sarasota Booker, Miami Northwester, Westminister, Palm Bay High School, Belle Glade, Pahokee and a whole host of others.

There are a couple in Jacksonville, but they are smaller schools like Bolles. They would get hurt playing with the likes of Booker or Northwestern.


West Palm gets football is horrendous. They get some decent players coming out of there, but there programs as wholes stink.

Like I said before, though, Lincoln is above average at best. Even the year they won states when in 6A, the 5A and 4A state champions would have beat them. Football just isn't played at the same caliber in North Florida than South. In South, you have athletes all over the field. You would truly be amazed. You will never hear of alot of these guys because they won't make the cut for academics to get into college.
thanks for the support too man. oh just to reiterate, 2 years ago we were supposed to be rebuilding our program with a brand new coach (Rick Darlington) and we still went to state that year lol

[heavy_hitter]

I don't know where you get your facts, but North (Fort Meyers) isn't a little po-dunk school and southwest florida isn't exactly below-average competition. BTW, this is the same school that produced Deion and Jevon Kearse. Lots of good talent down there.

And, oh yeah, you can go ahead and book this one for F$U, provided the program doesn't fall flat on its face in the next two years.

Right now, Devine is still one of those interenet Superstars that videos like the one posted make him look like a stud. I am not hating, just telling it like it is. The potential is there, but those athletes are a dime a dozen in Miami. I will say it again, his competition isn't that great where he plays.


My info is pretty credible. They produce players, but they don't produce teams in Fort Myers. North was 5-4 this past year. Only one of there wins came against an opponent with a better than .500 record. Yes, as far as football on the east coast and south coast of Florida, Southwest Florida schools are po-dunk football schools. But, they do have great athletes.


DJ, My high school is one of the few left, that is so to speak "Friday Night Under the Lights", in the state of Florida. It is great, but nothing like Valdosta High. That place is a factory. Athletics is also my job. I work directly with every AD, football, basketball, softball, volleyball, coach in 14 schools in South Florida. I hear and know alot about football and tradition in high school.

[djwill13]

Right now, Devine is still one of those interenet Superstars that videos like the one posted make him look like a stud. I am not hating, just telling it like it is. The potential is there, but those athletes are a dime a dozen in Miami. I will say it again, his competition isn't that great where he plays.


My info is pretty credible. They produce players, but they don't produce teams in Fort Myers. North was 5-4 this past year. Only one of there wins came against an opponent with a better than .500 record. Yes, as far as football on the east coast and south coast of Florida, Southwest Florida schools are po-dunk football schools. But, they do have great athletes.


DJ, My high school is one of the few left, that is so to speak "Friday Night Under the Lights", in the state of Florida. It is great, but nothing like Valdosta High. That place is a factory. Athletics is also my job. I work directly with every AD, football, basketball, softball, volleyball, coach in 14 schools in South Florida. I hear and know alot about football and tradition in high school.i myself am looking at getting into teaching and hopefully coaching football (probably not around here cause they've got coaches lined up out the ying yang lol).

we're not cranking the athletes out like we were back in the early 90's, but we're still consistantly winning. 6-4 is a below average year for us. i think in the past 20 years (this is info off the top of my head here, so don't quote me) we've missed the playoffs twice. sadly enough, one of those years was my senior year. the same year lowndes won the state championship and overcame a 28 point deficit against northside in the dome (that was a great game)

[Soccerbest7]

i myself am looking at getting into teaching

I can see this happening.

A kid comes up to you and says, "I can beat you in NCAA Football. If I win you give me an A for the year and I wont have to come to class. If I lose, give me an F." :D

[heavy_hitter]

i myself am looking at getting into teaching and hopefully coaching football (probably not around here cause they've got coaches lined up out the ying yang lol).

we're not cranking the athletes out like we were back in the early 90's, but we're still consistantly winning. 6-4 is a below average year for us. i think in the past 20 years (this is info off the top of my head here, so don't quote me) we've missed the playoffs twice. sadly enough, one of those years was my senior year. the same year lowndes won the state championship and overcame a 28 point deficit against northside in the dome (that was a great game)


I coached and taught for 10 years. I don't know how I did it. It was too confining for me. I like being my own boss. The best thing about the teaching for me was the bull****ting with the other coaches. I now do that about 75% of my day. The other 25% is business.