Good article on Garnett and Banner...
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:31 pm
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/co ... ID=1239241
It's rare when someone 6-foot-5 and about 300 pounds (Garnett) calls himself a nerd. And then there's Banner, who said he isn't concerned about growing more - he's already 6-9 and 335 - because even if he grows to 6-11, he'll make it work at offensive tackle.
They also adhere to the same motto.
"When we get our hands on them, they're done," Banner said. "(Garnett will) take a dude into the ground just like me."
Garnett, who wants to study pre-med, said he has the mentality of a defensive tackle and prefers to play like a bullet instead of a bowling ball, a phrase he picked up from Oregon coach Chip Kelly. The four-star prospect said he wants to play the game like Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney. (IIRC, wasn't Freeney a protege of Coach Azz?)
"That's something you can find in the both of us that's different than any of the other national linemen is that we both take pride in our athleticism," Banner said.
"We want to be faster, we want to be stronger and we want to be more explosive than everybody. That's what our workouts are based off of, that explosion, technique and speed. That's us."
It's rare when someone 6-foot-5 and about 300 pounds (Garnett) calls himself a nerd. And then there's Banner, who said he isn't concerned about growing more - he's already 6-9 and 335 - because even if he grows to 6-11, he'll make it work at offensive tackle.
They also adhere to the same motto.
"When we get our hands on them, they're done," Banner said. "(Garnett will) take a dude into the ground just like me."
Garnett, who wants to study pre-med, said he has the mentality of a defensive tackle and prefers to play like a bullet instead of a bowling ball, a phrase he picked up from Oregon coach Chip Kelly. The four-star prospect said he wants to play the game like Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney. (IIRC, wasn't Freeney a protege of Coach Azz?)
"That's something you can find in the both of us that's different than any of the other national linemen is that we both take pride in our athleticism," Banner said.
"We want to be faster, we want to be stronger and we want to be more explosive than everybody. That's what our workouts are based off of, that explosion, technique and speed. That's us."
