{"id":12008,"date":"2016-09-13T04:30:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T09:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=12008"},"modified":"2016-09-12T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:00:35","slug":"nsr-alums-take-center-stage-in-sec-football-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/nsr-alums-take-center-stage-in-sec-football-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"NSR Alums Take Center Stage in SEC Football Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no fluke that four former National Scouting Report prospects will be playing in one of the biggest college football games of the young season Saturday afternoon, said Robert Cagle, National Director of Scouting for NSR.<\/p>\n

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Alabama senior tight end O.J. Howard was named Offensive MVP of the College Football Playoff National Championship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No. 1 Alabama, featuring former NSR prospects O.J. Howard (senior tight end), Bradley Bozeman (redshirt junior center) and Matt Womack (redshirt freshman offensive tackle), will be trying to avenge back-to-back losses to No. 19 Ole Miss, featuring NSR alum John Youngblood (senior defensive end), when the teams square off in a Southeastern Conference showdown at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)<\/p>\n

Coincidence? Hardly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese four young men at all amazing athletes,\u201d said Cagle, who, along with his wife, Susan, enrolled all of them with NSR. \u201cI saw that when I scouted them during their high school careers. Their families wanted their children to have the biggest and best college opportunities. NSR does that for athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all about relationships, Cagle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have relationships with college coaches,\u201d said Cagle, NSR Area Director in South Alabama. \u201cWe can get prospects in front of college coaches at the level that fits their talent. If a kid, no matter the sport, wants the best opportunity to play in college, they need to be evaluated by a real <\/em>college scout. An NSR scout is that real <\/em>scout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry Perrin, National Football Director for NSR, agrees.<\/p>\n

“NSR can assist athletes at any level,” he said. “When we are working with a blue chip-caliber athlete, we are giving that athlete and their family the benefit of our extensive network of relationships that we have developed and nurtured for 36 years. Our formula is still the same: great athlete, great grades, highest character, and undeniable desire.”<\/p>\n

Many prospects, parents and high school coaches confuse NSR with college recruiting services, Cagle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNSR is not a recruiting service,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are a scouting and recruiting organization. NSR scouts work only with athletes whom they feel can play at the college level — no exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ole Miss senior defensive end John Youngblood received the 2016 Chucky Mullins Courage Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alabama\u2019s Howard, Bozeman and Womack and Ole Miss\u2019 Youngblood are four prime examples. Thanks, in part, to NSR\u2019s 18-phase exposure program and numerous national contacts, all were heavily recruited by several major colleges. They have continued to excel in the powerful SEC.<\/p>\n

Howard, a three-time, first-team All-State performer at Autauga Academy in Pratville, Ala., was named Offensive MVP of last year\u2019s College Football Playoff National Championship after making five catches for 208 yards and two touchdowns in Alabama\u2019s 45-40 victory over Clemson.<\/p>\n

Many expected Howard to leave Alabama after his junior season and enter the 2016 NFL Draft. However, after Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban promised to make him more of a focal point of the offense, he decided to return.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of a decision where I thought I have so much left on the table in college,\u201d said Howard, who hopes to become Alabama\u2019s first All-America tight end since Ozzie Newsome in 1977. \u201cHow can I mature on and off the field? It really wasn\u2019t a hard decision at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bozeman, a former first-team All-State selection at Handley High School in Roanoke, Ala., came off the bench at offensive tackle in every game last season. He was promoted to starting center this season.<\/p>\n

A former standout at Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia, Miss., Womack redshirted last season. He\u2019s expected to see some action at offensive tackle this season.<\/p>\n

Youngblood, an All-Northeast Alabama performer at Hewitt-Trussville High School, has appeared in every game the past two seasons for Ole Miss. Hard work has paid big dividends for Youngblood, who is expected to play a more prominent role this season.<\/p>\n

Despite playing in the shadow of other defensive linemen, Youngblood has earned lots of respect from his coaches. He recently received the team\u2019s Chucky Mullins Courage Award, presented annually to the Ole Miss player who best exemplifies the courage and character of the former Rebels\u2019 defensive back, who was paralyzed in a 1989 game and died two years later.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in the position I am in right now has made me practice harder, watch film more, prepare harder and become a leader,\u201d Youngblood said. \u201cI have always kind of stayed in the background until now, but I learned from the seniors before me and now it’s my turn to lead and sacrifice and do all the things the seniors before me did.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no fluke that four former National Scouting Report prospects will be playing in one of the biggest college football games of the young season Saturday afternoon, said Robert Cagle, National Director of Scouting for NSR. No. 1 Alabama, featuring former NSR prospects O.J. Howard (senior tight end), Bradley Bozeman (redshirt junior center) and Matt … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":12066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[452,453,440,31,854,835,57,831,855,441,222,439,853,367],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12008"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12069,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12008\/revisions\/12069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}