Video of the Day: 3/24/11: Johnny Sullivan – QB – Bettendorf Gold Hawks – Clinton, IA
It’s not often that a youth football player makes it to the highlight video of the day but this one demands your attention. Johnny Sullivan is a youth football quarterback. There are 1,000′s of them in the United States playing on a given Saturday in the Fall. So what makes Johnny special? You have to watch the tape to see. Johnny can put the ball anywhere he wants. Through a basketball hoop from a distance, into a bucket from 40 yards away. He can knock a bottle off the wall from down the street. He even hits targets while blindfolded. It’s a sight to behold. It’s either the best display of pinpoint accuracy with a football or professional style Hollywood cinematography. Either way, you will be highly entertained watching this amazing piece of video. Click here to view Johnny Sullivan’s highlight video.
There are offensive linemen that block and there are offensive linemen that block and do a little extra. That extra is what gets the whole line going, gets the whole offense going and keeps things rolling in favor of their team. Clevonne Davis brings that “extra”. Davis will block you and do it with an attitude. From the first snap you realize that you better have on a suit because this is going to be about business. His intensity and desire to eliminate the defender makes an impression on you. He goes about his work like he genuinely does not like anyone wearing a different color and that very well may be true. If he doesn’t really hate you then the kid has a career in acting when the playing days are over. Not many people get excited about watching offensive line highlights but you will enjoy watching this one. If you like watching car wrecks, wrecking balls knocking down buildings or national geographic when one animal is taking out another then something about this film will appeal to you. 
Big plays are all this kid is about. One clip after another involves Cunningham catching a ball for big yards and hurting the defense in some big way. Cunningham is long on height, long on speed and long on determination. He’s a tough assignment for a defensive back on a team that presents a load of challenges for any secondary. Choosing to double cover him only means someone else is going to cut you deep. Putting your best cover man on him only means he will be less confident about himself when the game is over and there’s another game he needs to play next week. Cunningham can take the short throw and make it into a disaster for the defense or he can go long and rob a cornerback of his dignity. 
If you are into big wide receivers and gross mismatches then this is the video for you. Stanford, measures in at a height reserved for guys who play on the line at 6’5″ but the problem for defenses is that he moves like a guy that is 5’10″. Needless to say he’s a big time mismatch every Friday night for the guy lined up in front of him and the guy lined up over the top of him and the other guy lined up inside of him. Stanford is packed with athleticism and a great pair of hands. Those two elements is all he needs to dominate but he also brings some intelligence to the game which makes even more of a nightmare. One of the top wide receiver prospects for 2012. Check out the film and watch the show. 
The 2011 class has passed for the most part but that doesn’t stop me from highlighting this prospect. He speaks to the insanity of recruiting. Take a look at 30 seconds of this film and ask yourself how this kid is currently unsigned. Before you ask, he has grades and a test score. His video features big play after big play on the defensive side of the ball. Tenacious blitzes, devastating tackles in the flats, running backs stuffed in the hole, blocked punts and it goes on and on. He’s a complete menace to offensive advancement. At 6’1″ 205 lbs. possessing good speed and a track performer, Juwan King should be on the board of any school who still has scholarships open.
Football is a physical game and Dylon Leslie subscribes to this theory. It won’t take you long to figure that out watching his video. 42 seconds into the flick, we have a headless horseman compliments of Leslie who’s hit fires the ball carrier’s cap some 10 yards away from the scene of the crime. It doesn’t stop there though. Clip after clip is Leslie administering punishment to those not wearing his colors. He plays a rough and tumble brand of football and if you are not ready to mix it up then the plan should be to avoid his path. It’s a joy to watch football played this way especially at the linebacker position. 
If you are into prototypes, Christian Kahler is your kind of QB. He’s Bradyedque in the pocket and passes the ball around to all players like a good offense is supposed to. Kahler stands tall in the pocket, delivers the ball with precision and confidence. He also has awareness and is nifty enough to side step a rush, keep his eyes down field and hit the open receiver. He can also roll out and throw on the run. If you fall asleep he can pull it down and hurt your defense. He plays taller than his 6’2″ frame. He also has a live arm but can also hit the touch pass. Great fundamentals that all quarterback purist will enjoy. 
They’ve been described as fun to watch and QB Doug Cook is the emcee of the University School Football party that rides into town and puts up points on the scoreboard like Vanna White turns consonants on the Wheel of Fortune. Cook can do it all from throw the deep ball to the comeback, to the screen pass to pull it down and run for the first down. Cook manages the #1 rated offense in Broward County, Florida and he does so with precision and efficiency. Check out his mid season highlight video and watch him cut up defense after defense trying to put the brakes on their high octane offense. 
