By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog
Twitter: @GridironStuds
You’ve heard all of the stereotypes on football players. Get a guy in a big body and the automatic thinking is that all that time getting big left him little time to be smart. It takes a small mind to think that way but let’s be honest, there have been some who have made that type of thinking worthwhile. That’s not the case with this up and coming prospect out of Gulf Coast HS in Naples, FL.
When Gulf Coast lines up to play football this season, they will have a mountain of a man on their offensive line by the name of Michael Mambuca. What they will also have is someone who could also be the school’s valedictorian. Mambuca’s GPA reads like the 40 time of a speedy wide out. At 4.54, Mambuca’s GPA will earn him a ton of honors once he crosses the stage to collect his diploma a year from now. However, the honors he is after at the moment are on the gridiron. Proving that he knows how to manage his time, Mambuca has found a way to crush the books and his opponents on the field on Friday Nights. One look at his highlight video and you will see that being in front of him under the lights is not a good place to be.
Being intelligent has it’s stereotypes too, especially in high school. Being smart = not very tough. Once again, Mambuca defeats that stereo-type like he defeats 5 and 7 techniques on Friday Nights. His highlight video shows him burying his foes and blocking all the way to the whistle (sometimes beyond). Mambuca has that little taste of nasty that every effective lineman needs. He’s a Division I caliber prospect who has recently started garnering that type of attention. Columbia and Brown out of the IVY League are the first to jump on this multi-talented prospect with a host of others looking to follow suit.
Mambuca is one of many prospects who have downloaded and made a profile on the GridironStuds App. If you are a high school football player that’s a college football prospect or looking to become one, download the GridironStuds App today and start build a relationship with college football coaches and fans.
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Chad Wilson is a college football recruiting expert and creator of the GridironStudsApp which allows high school football players to gain exposure to college football coaches and fans. Wilson is a former college football player for the University of Miami (92-94) and Long Beach St. (’90-’91) and played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks (’95). He is also a former youth and high school football coach for over 15 years most recently for 5-A State of Florida Champs American Heritage. He runs All Eyes DB Camp a defensive back training company located in South Florida IG: @alleyesdbcamp. Wilson’s oldest son Quincy plays in the NFL for the New York Giants and his younger son plays cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals.