{"id":4204,"date":"2021-02-10T11:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:32:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:32:46","slug":"underrated-stud-keith-rockwell-glimer-hs-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/underrated-stud-keith-rockwell-glimer-hs-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Underrated Stud: Keith Rockwell – Glimer HS, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Chad Wilson – GridironStuds<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @gridironstuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not too long ago,\u00a0 Timex watches had an ad campaign with the slogan “Timex watch…. It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”\u00a0 I don’t quite remember why your watching surviving a beating was a big selling point back then but the slogan reminds me of today’s Underrated Stud,\u00a0 Keith Rockwell out of Gilmer High School in Gilmer, Texas.<\/p>\n

Rockwell is a 2023 prospect that is well put together.\u00a0 As my intro would suggest,\u00a0 he’s not one to shy away from contact.\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0 if you are standing around on the football field when he comes through,\u00a0 he’s going to invite you to some contact.\u00a0 At 5’10” 200 lbs. as a sophomore,\u00a0 Rockwell is built for the padded action.\u00a0 Routinely on his highlight video you will see him run through defenders either with a pad, a helmet or the stiffest of stiff arms.\u00a0 His well developed thighs make a low tackle less palatable for oncoming defenders who either slip off or bounce off when they arrive.\u00a0 He lists a squat of 450 which is impressive for a sophomore with two more years left in a high school weight room.\u00a0 If he stays at it,\u00a0 he could walk out with his diploma and a 600 lb. squat.<\/p>\n

What I also like about a back this size and with this power is that he also has a soft pair of hands.\u00a0 He’s not just a slug that pounds into the line of scrimmage over and over.\u00a0 He can leak out of the backfield,\u00a0 snag a pass and rumble through the secondary.\u00a0 With football becoming more and more of a passing game,\u00a0 a back like this being able to work his way into the aerial attack makes him that much more valuable.\u00a0 I am certainly eager to see how he progresses over the next two seasons for Gilmer.<\/p>\n