![]() Right guard David Rivera is back after missing last season and Peabody said he’s the strongest player Harbor has in the weight room. Injuries depleted the offensive line last year, but Rheid Skipps and Christian Leiua should solidify the unit up front this season. Freshman tight end’s Royce Dodd (6-4, 220, Carson) and Steven Vaughan (6-3, 221, Redondo) will also be big targets in the passing game. ![]() De’shawn Beck is a versatile playmaker at wide receiver as well. Ryan Hyman could be the most explosive player on offense and Dominique Harris is a steady, reliable starter who returns from last season. Peabody said Harbor is as stacked at wide receiver as it has been in his tenure. Joron Adams is a terrific athlete at running back who will look to follow in the footsteps of John White and Theron West to continue Harbor’s recent tradition of dynamic runners. Bernard) is waiting in the wings and could steal the starting job down the road as he progresses and continues to learn the offense. Brandon Edwards will likely start tonight’s opener against Cerritos, but Max Baiz could also see playing time. Peabody thought he found it with Kenny Potter (San Pedro), but Potter is grayshirting after getting injured playing volleyball in the offseason. Offense: Harbor’s offense looks loaded on paper, provided of course, it can find consistency at quarterback. Key losses: RB Theron West (Washington State), OL Niu Sale (Washington State), DE Austin Flynn (Arkansas), LB Elijah Sala (Idaho), LB Matt Willis (Idaho), CB Olawalu Falemi (Texas Tech), RB Wesley Nichols (Morgan State), LB Daniel Bird (Southern Utah), WR Joel Brown (Eastern Kentucky), WR Jacob Avery (Mississippi Valley State) Lost to Allan Hancock 56-11 in the Western State Bowl) Now’s his chance to show College at a glanceĢ011 finish: 7-4 (4-2, second place in Central Division, West Conference. Once he got out here and he got the exposure at this level, that great things are going to happen.” “He was a guy I saw as one of our next big-time recruits. “I saw on the offensive side of the ball the things they asked him to do – catching, running, the whole package he had was most impressive. “I watched Joe play his senior year,” Peabody said. Walker was not only the team’s top tackler, he was a fullback who could break loose for a 44-yard TD run, as he did against rival Peninsula. It still puzzles Peabody why Walker was not impressive enough to get more looks from his high school days, when the Sea Kings went 10-2 and won a playoff game. He’s a little bit under the radar except for the guys who were out here to see him running around.” “Joe came in here about 210, 215, he’s now about 230 and can really run around. “Talk about a guy who really took advantage of his grayshirt,” Peabody said. If Walker’s freshman season goes as he plans, he will have enough classes under his belt to transfer to a Division I program and have four years to expend his three seasons of eligibility. ![]() I gradually worked into it, but once I started lifting weights again I knew I was back.”īlessed with the gift of gab and connections at the Division I level, Peabody has talked up his linebacker to scouts and unbeknownst to Walker, Arkansas and Oregon have an eye on him. I just had physical therapy every day, lots of shoulder strengthening stuff. “After the surgery, it took about six months. “I was here every day, so it made it even harder just watching, standing on the sideline” Walker said, “It wasn’t fun but it makes me want it more now, The shoulder might have been one pain, but missing football was clearly another. He spent his grayshirt year wisely, charting plays for Peabody, taking care of business in the classroom and strengthening his shoulder.Įverything but pads and a helmet. He became a part-time student knowing he could build up his classwork while not yet starting his eligibility clock. He familiarized himself with the place, the players, but the surgery to repair his labrum prevented him from playing. ![]() Coach Peabody gave me a chance, so I came here.”ĭuring the second half of his senior year in high school, Walker would head to Harbor for after-school workouts. “I don’t know why,” Walker said with a laugh. You’d think they might have also noticed someone like Walker. His anonymity was established in high school, when Washington State came to the PV campus and plucked David Davis away.
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