The recruitment of Columbus (Ohio) Westland High senior running back Kentrell Rinehart has had some interesting twists and turns. He didn't like his Minnesota officially visit apparently, and then Syracuse dropped him this week, so no visit this weekend unless he finds a school willing. Then he's been trying to get some of the top schools to look at him, camping at hometown Ohio State and he got Missouri to jump in. His next official visit for sure is Iowa on June 19-21, and then straight to NC State. Funny if it comes down to Iowa and NC State, deja vu with Kendrick Raphael, who is a different kind of running back.
My guess is schools have had a hard time "meshing" with his personality, but he's always liked NC State and they have never gone away. As a player, he's got good size and good speed, so his video is basically a lot of one cuts and he just takes off untouched for long runs. His team doesn't throw the ball and he's probably never had to do blitz pickup much, but he has that north-south gift of running, and rarely dances with the ball or go east-west. I'll be curious when he gets to college how well he is at shedding tacklers because that isn't part of his HUDL video. His talent is better than his offer list.
My guess is schools have had a hard time "meshing" with his personality, but he's always liked NC State and they have never gone away. As a player, he's got good size and good speed, so his video is basically a lot of one cuts and he just takes off untouched for long runs. His team doesn't throw the ball and he's probably never had to do blitz pickup much, but he has that north-south gift of running, and rarely dances with the ball or go east-west. I'll be curious when he gets to college how well he is at shedding tacklers because that isn't part of his HUDL video. His talent is better than his offer list.
