Scouting Report: Carson Lydon

Carson Lydon is the focus of today’s scouting report. Here’s a quick hint: he’s got a chance to be really, really good.

Carson Lydon
Carson Lydon

Carson Lydon
Height: 6-1
Weight: 231
247: 3-stars, #83 OLB, #155 player in FL
Rivals: 3-stars, unranked
ESPN: 3-stars, #39 OLB, #107 player in FL.

I used a lot of different things when I evaluate Virginia Tech recruits. I use their highlight tapes, sometimes a few inside sources, how I view them fitting into the Tech system, etc. I also read through the ESPN (Scouts, INC) scouting report for each guy.

With true freshman linebacker Carson Lydon, I think I’ve found a first. His ESPN scouting report does not include one single negative comment. Most scouting reports indicate when a guy doesn’t change direction very well, when he doesn’t use his hands, if he might not have great fluidity, etc. There are no such indications in Lydon’s scouting report. If I could sum up the ESPN scouting report in one sentence, it would be “Carson Lydon is awesome, and he’s going to be really good.” (For what it’s worth, I don’t think the same people who do ESPN’s rankings do their scouting reports.)

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