'08 OH S Dan McCarthy (Signed LOI to ND)

[irish4ever]

Originally Posted by ColinKSU

I've been saying it forever, but Danny's the best athlete I've ever seen in person.

I know I'm bias because I'm a Cardinal Mooney alumni, but I thought Kyle McCarthy was the best athlete I'd seen until I saw his brother play. It's barely even close.

Well, then Danny is our Terrelle Pryor "neutralizer" for when Pryor signs w/ scUM and the Irish play them. He'll have to be plugged in on the defense line-up and his whole focus is strictly on Pryor to take away his running lanes!

[Irishtat]

Originally Posted by Irish93

Highlights of his season.

Scoutingohio.com Dan McCarthy Mooney

Wow that kid is an amazing talent! Kind of reminds me a bit of Tommy Z in hs... anyone else see the resemblance? Love the talent in this class and DM is going to be a stud

[Stumper67]

Originally Posted by irish4ever

Does that even include THE "I will save the CFB world" Terrelle Pryor?

Absolutely... I think Pryor is just a big fast kid. He's got some moves but McCarthy is a monster athlete and seriously puts kids on the ground with his moves.

What I mean is... Pryor is a very good runner, but he's not a fluid, graceful runner like McCarthy. Pryor uses his superior physical attributes to make plays... He doesn't have great vision, and he's not that elusive.

McCarthy on the other hand is like a surgeon with the ball in his hands... His cuts are precise and he wastes no motion. He starts and stops on a dime and has probably the best acceleration I've seen in this class. He barely gets touched at all in his highlight film. Part of it is good blocking but a huge part of it is his own ability...

He would easily rush for 1500 yards if he went to a school like Navy and played quarterback. In his freshman year. I'm not even kidding. He's arguably the best triple option QB I've ever seen.

[Irishtat]

Originally Posted by Stumper67

Absolutely... I think Pryor is just a big fast kid. He's got some moves but McCarthy is a monster athlete and seriously puts kids on the ground with his moves.

What I mean is... Pryor is a very good runner, but he's not a fluid, graceful runner like McCarthy. Pryor uses his superior physical attributes to make plays... He doesn't have great vision, and he's not that elusive.

McCarthy on the other hand is like a surgeon with the ball in his hands... His cuts are precise and he wastes no motion. He starts and stops on a dime and has probably the best acceleration I've seen in this class. He barely gets touched at all in his highlight film. Part of it is good blocking but a huge part of it is his own ability...

He would easily rush for 1500 yards if he went to a school like Navy and played quarterback. In his freshman year. I'm not even kidding. He's arguably the best triple option QB I've ever seen.

interesting... very happy he's Irish. That highlight video is one of the best, if not the best i've ever seen

[Get Nasty]

Lets just hope he heals up completely before we start predicting anything.

[ColinKSU]

I guess Danny's going to have surgery soon to correct his neck injury, if he hasn't already had it. I know rehab was the original diagnosis, but that was a preliminary decision and things change.

From what was told to me, the surgery isn't anything career-threatening. I guess it was decided that, if he wanted to go on to do anything, regardless of if he ever played football again, it would be in his best interests to have the surgery. It's going to be a good thing for him with regards to his on-field and off-fields careers.

[nthurman]

How long is this surgery going to take to heal?