'20 KY TE Michael Mayer (Notre Dame Signee)

[arrowryan]

Athletic af

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A 64 TD reception for Mayer puts Covington Catholic up 24-7 with 5:35 to go in the first half <a href="https://twitter.com/MMayer1001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MMayer1001</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Oq1ImZ2v7">pic.twitter.com/3Oq1ImZ2v7</a></p>— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGInews/status/1048360904671318016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mayer gets another touchdown. 38 yards.<br><br>Covington Catholic leads 31-7 with 1:53 left in the half. <a href="https://t.co/BdtROQtIRx">pic.twitter.com/BdtROQtIRx</a></p>— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGInews/status/1048363545052831744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mayer gets a pick six and it’s 52-28 CovCath with 7:36 to play <a href="https://t.co/8xUYr7YHcd">pic.twitter.com/8xUYr7YHcd</a></p>— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGInews/status/1048385352585682944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Irish YJ]

Good hands and body control. Looked a little slow in the tape. How's the competition?

 

[arrowryan]

Good hands and body control. Looked a little slow in the tape. How's the competition?

They played Bishop Chatard from Indiana last night. Chatard is ranked #3 in 3A (out of 6) and their only losses are to Mayer's team and Winton Woods in Cinci.

I'm pretty sure Covington Catholic is one of the top football teams in KY and plays good competition.

 

[Irish YJ]

They played Bishop Chatard from Indiana last night. Chatard is ranked #3 in 3A (out of 6) and their only losses are to Mayer's team and Winton Woods in Cinci.

I'm pretty sure Covington Catholic is one of the top football teams in KY and plays good competition.

Thanks arrow!
I'm very familiar with Chatard and the Indy Catholic schools scene. Didn't know they played!

 

[Luckylucci]

He’s having an monster junior season, so far

 

[zelezo vlk]

Damn, I love his movement. He ain't Vernon Davis, but he can move

 

[IrishLion]

Good hands and body control. Looked a little slow in the tape. How's the competition?

KY 5A is pretty good in general. KY talent overall is vastly improved from where it was 10 years ago.

The 5A competition starts to get REALLY good come playoff time, where Bowling Green and Jacob Lacey's South Warren team will get involved.

It's crazy, but 5A in KY is probably better top-to-bottom than 6A right now. 6A obviously has the cream of the crop with Trinity, St. X, Male, and Frederick Douglass, but 5A has greater depth right now, and maybe by a significant margin.

It helps that the top Louisville teams in 6A are down enough right now that this is the year where CovCath could probably dethrone one of them as the clear top team in the state.

And with the competition being so surprisingly strong recently, it makes Mayer's team all the more impressive, as 16 of their last 17 games against KY competition have been running clocks.

Mayer's team gets tested this week against Highlands (Ft. Thomas, KY), alma mater of Austin and Jac Collinsworth.

Highlands had a loooong run of dominance over CovCath, but the momentum has been with Mayer's team the past two years.

 

[Luckylucci]

He’s having a monster season. Another 138 yds and 2 TD’s on Friday.

 

[IrishLion]

Watched Michael's playoff game tonight, played against Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY) in the regional final.

He got things started for his team early with a 65 yard TD reception, but was mostly quiet the rest of the night on offense... but boy was he laying the lumber on defense. He is a pretty good linebacker lol. I'd love to know what the ND staff thinks about him being a LB or even DE down the line. He's a very gifted TE, but he's got a nose for the football as a defender.

If can learn how to dip and rip, he could be a problem with his hand in the dirt when he's up to 270 (because he likely will be).

On the flipside, if he can maintain good route running when he gets up to 270, he'll be a handful as a TE. Good problem for the ND staff to worry about.

As for his team, they beat their rivals with a second-half surge and scored a running clock in a 36-0 win.

It is very likely that Mayer's CovCath squad meets Jacob Lacey's South Warren squad for a state championship it two weeks. Might have to travel to Lexington for that one.

 

[IrishLion]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NKYGronk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NKYGronk</a> doing his thing<br><br>See Michael Mayer (<a href="https://twitter.com/MMayer1001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MMayer1001</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/CovCathColonels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CovCathColonels</a> and every local team playing for a regional championship tonight on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fox19FinalQuarter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fox19FinalQuarter</a> at 11:15. <a href="https://t.co/9UaWQw2C4U">pic.twitter.com/9UaWQw2C4U</a></p>— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1063638066487808000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[NDty9]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NKYGronk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NKYGronk</a> doing his thing<br><br>See Michael Mayer (<a href="https://twitter.com/MMayer1001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MMayer1001</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/CovCathColonels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CovCathColonels</a> and every local team playing for a regional championship tonight on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fox19FinalQuarter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fox19FinalQuarter</a> at 11:15. <a href="https://t.co/9UaWQw2C4U">pic.twitter.com/9UaWQw2C4U</a></p>— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1063638066487808000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2018</a></blockquote>
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MONSTER!... ball looks like a Grapefruit in his hands!

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

This kid, genuinely, looks like he could be a Gronk.

 

[Southside Sully]

Hope we keep some semblance of this offense going forward in the years to come.. Nice to see the TE's getting back involved again this year after a couple years off.

 

[BobbyMac]

Profile update:

R&R's 12-13-18:
247 Comp ..... 4* ..... #1 TE ..... #101 OA ..... .9547 rating
247 ............... 4* ..... #2 TE ..... #89 OA ........ 92
Rivals ............ 4* ..... #3 TE ..... #113 OA ....... 5.9
ESPN ............. 4* ..... #4 TE ..... #167 OA ....... 81

Jr film not out yet but here's his highlight from the State Championship vs Lacey & S. Warren.

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[IrishLion]

#Gronk

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Looks legit! Too bad we have another 1.5 years before we get to see him in a gold helmet

 

[fightingirish26]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please check out my Junior Szn highlights. Any retweet would be appreciated! <a href="https://t.co/TQLu15GTZM">https://t.co/TQLu15GTZM</a></p>— Michael Mayer (@MMayer1001) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMayer1001/status/1081029152944386048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[zelezo vlk]

Kid can't even spell season. He's a lock to transfer.

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[loomis41973]

Dr. Loomis approves.

 

[Irish#1]

Asking people to retweet his highlights? Looking for more offers?

 

[Henges24]

Asking people to retweet his highlights? Looking for more offers?

Looking for that 5th star.

 

[IrishLion]

Asking people to retweet his highlights? Looking for more offers?

He’s already got every offer that matters (Bama, LSU, ND).

Just a high school kid looking for Twitter love.

 

[NDIrish88]

Anyone know if he was at the protest in DC against the indigenous people March? If so that's a bad look

 

[zelezo vlk]

No idea but his twitter is private. Let's not spread rumors or anything if possible.

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[IrishLion]

Anyone know if he was at the protest in DC against the indigenous people March? If so that's a bad look

They weren’t protesting the Indigenous People’s March lol.

His school was there attending the March for Life.

They had a run-in with the Native American group where the kids all acted like assholes, but they weren’t protesting the Native march.

 

[Irish YJ]

the story/vids are on Cincinnati.com
stupid kids being stupid. no violence.
not a good look at all, but the media is blowing it out of proportion.
did not see Mayers in the vids

 

[IrishLax]

Definitely bad optics. I’m not going to overly judge high school kids though because lord knows people mature a lot from when they’re teenagers to when they’re fully formed adults. What should be a teaching moment for some kids has turned into wall-to-wall media coverage because it’s 2019 and nothing gets more clicks than saying “See! This is proof that ALL white Christians are EVIL!”

Like I’m not even being sensational, there is literally a top trending hashtag #ChristianSchoolsExposed. I’ll save the rest of my thoughts for the politics section.

 

[Irish YJ]

Definitely bad optics. I’m not going to overly judge high school kids though because lord knows people mature a lot from when they’re teenagers to when they’re fully formed adults. What should be a teaching moment for some kids has turned into wall-to-wall media coverage because it’s 2019 and nothing gets more clicks than saying “See! This is proof that ALL white Christians are EVIL!”

Like I’m not even being sensational, there is literally a top trending hashtag #ChristianSchoolsExposed. I’ll save the rest of my thoughts for the politics section.

Very bad optics, but IMO not as bad as Poly Prep vid going around. Doubt you will see as much publicity simply because it's a NY school, they're female, and it's not a Christian school.

The KY kids definitely need some teaching

 

[Bluto]

They weren’t protesting the Indigenous People’s March lol.

His school was there attending the March for Life.

They had a run-in with the Native American group where the kids all acted like assholes, but they weren’t protesting the Native march.

A run in? That would imply that this small gathering of native Americans did something to invite this pack of assholes to taunt what looked like a group of old men who were peacefully praying in public.

 

[Irish YJ]

A run in? That would imply that this small gathering of native Americans did something to invite this pack of assholes to taunt what looked like a group of old men who were peacefully praying in public.

the kids were assholes, but the spokesperson for the Native American group did say that it was the guy (who was chanting), who approached the kid (which created the face to face stare down) in an attempt to "diffuse the situation". based on the vids out there, we don't see how it all started. i'm sure more vids will surface. if anything, i'll bet the kids were being jackasses doing a competing chant, the elder took offense and approached the kid, the stare down happened, and both sides tried to out chant each other. if the kids weren't Catholic and wearing MAGA hats, it wouldn't be getting near the press. just another reason why political crap should be banned from all schools.

unless we find out the Mayers was involved, let's move this over to politics.

mods, clean up on aisle mayer please.