By: Chad Wilson – Editor in Chief – GridironStuds Blog
Twitter: @GridironStuds
You will often hear the term “broke his ankles” when hearing about a play that happened in the open field. There are some athletes on the gridiron that are uniquely talented in the area of juking defenders out of their socks and figuratively breaking their ankles. 2017 American Heritage Plantation, FL WR Laress Nelson is one of those athletes.
Change of direction is Nelson’s thing. Any defensive back looking to stay in front of him has their work cut out for them. Failing to stay in front of him likely means you are giving up a catch to the shifty prospect and then that’s where the fun really starts. Once Nelson has the ball in his hands, he is as hard as anyone to get a hand on. Forget about making the tackle, pulling his flag would be a tough task if that was the game being played.
Nelson is on the newly released GridironStuds Recruiting App. His profile features a highlight video that has a ton of clips of him making defenders look silly and chasing ghosts. Nelson’s wiggle ability also makes him an asset in the return game where he almost always makes the first guy miss and like a disease the missing tackle bug spreads throughout other defenders.
Several D1 schools have already put offers on the table for Nelson and a host of others are showing very strong interest. No doubt several bags of popcorn should be on order for Nelson’s upcoming senior season. This spring he has already made his mark on the 7on7 trail playing for highly popular South Florida Express. Nelson’s only skill is not being shifty in the open field. He has a solid knowledge of route running and has the most dependable pair of hands you can find on a wideout. Nelson will be a highly productive slot receiver for any D1 program that lands him in 2017
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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.
