- Will wear number 80.
- Four star wide receiver on Rivals. Ranked as the 42nd best receiver. Number 39 on the Texas Preseason top 100. Graded 77/100 by ESPN.
- Austin, Texas (Stephen F. Austin High School)
- Born: July 18, 1991.
- Committed on National Signing Day.
- 6'1", 194 lbs. 4.6 sec 40 yard dash. Already qualified.
- Son of former NFL quarterback Jeff Blake. Blake played fourteen seasons in the NFL.
- 2008 stats: caught 64 passes for 936 yards and 9 touchdowns. Also rushed for 643 yards and four touchdowns on 74 carries.
- Named to the 2008 Orlando Sentinel's All Southern Team. PrepStar selected him to the All-Midlands Region team.
- Had offers from Auburn, Boston College, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas Tech and Tulsa.
- Took official visits to Auburn, Boston College, Colorado and Texas Tech.
- It came down to Auburn and Texas Tech. Auburn entered the race late for Blake. Gus Malzahn was recruiting him to Tulsa and says the reason he is an Auburn Tiger is Coach Malzahn. He would have ended up at Tech. He says Texas Tech seemed like the obvious choice for a long time.
- Says he wants to come in and make a huge impact on the team. He wants to come in and start.
- He is already in Auburn. He is roommates with TE signee Philip Lutzenkirchen.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Know A Signee: Emory Blake
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The only thing that scares me about Blake is that 4.6 speed. He seems like a good possesion type, but no way is he going to be a game changer with that kind of speed.
ReplyDeleteBlazing speed isn't everything. If he can is quick and can running clean, sharp routes he will be just fine. I'm sure having an NFL QB as your dad helped him in all of those areas.
ReplyDeleteYour website is OUTSTANDING. Thank you for these player updates.
ReplyDeleteZimas - Didn't they say the same thing about Jerry Rice?
ReplyDeleteEmory is gonna be special. Check out this vid:
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/watch?v=sU4tMM4ul10
By this interview he seems like way ahead of the game and has much confidence. He will contribute immediately for us and be a huge part of our offense!
Yeah, I think Jerry Rice ran about a 4.7 40. He was succesful because of his work ethic and the luxury of having great QBs throwing him the ball.
ReplyDeleteHopefully our players will come in with the right attitudes and work ethic. That's what separates the men from the boys.
hey beaver, the au rivals website says two commits plan to commit to AU on visits planned for thursday. have you heard anything about this?
ReplyDeleteI have...they have asked not to repost this information though...I guess if you e-mail me we can discuss it...
ReplyDeleteWill this be big news in the state? I know you can't name names but will it be big?
ReplyDeleteAssuming they are correct, neither is in-state and I do not even know that their commitments will come Thursday...just somewhat soon...
ReplyDeleteooooooh.....so you DID get nailed by Rivals. Sad say :(
ReplyDeletebtw, Hakeem Nicks ran a 4.63 and he did more than change games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ikDsi-DJA
Massaquoi also ran a 4.66
I would say he will probably turn out like Crabtree. Crabtree does not have break away speed, but he played QB in high school. Was a 4 star QB, but played WR and shined because he knew exactly what Graham Harrell wanted.
Did not get nailed...just respecting their wishes to not publish that information publicly...
ReplyDeletelol alright. Have you gotten your student tickets yet? I was finally able to get mine today, and didnt wake up until almost noon. Thankfully they werent sold out.
ReplyDeleteYeah I have my student tickets and LSU and Tennessee away game tickets right now...
ReplyDeleteHonestly most 40 times you see are completely fabricated. This is a kid that can go up and and get the ball over a defender, and has plenty of the speed. What matters more in a wide reciever is the ability to run precise routes and make the catch when others can't. We're talking about a 4* here. He's damn good and hopefully his set of skills will carry over into his college career.
ReplyDeleteAmen brother this is a great site and the news is awesome. The advantage that blake will have is his dad played qb and he knows how routes should be run and where the ball should come.
ReplyDeleteFor those who think emory is slow the 4.6 posted by rivals was during his soph year if you go back and look you will see that it was never updated also during his track season of his jr. and sr year consistantly posted 10.5 , 10.6 100 meters which you can find in the Austin papers this kid is a legit 4.4 guy i saw him pull away from kids and break angle like no other :-)
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