AstroDin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:36 am
It's really hard to dig up stuff on players attending Air Force Prep… From what I can tell Maples was listed on the Air Force Prep roster for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018… I assume he will be transferring in as a Sophomore. It looks like Maples didn't play last season. I bet Clay recruited Maples.
Maples was a key performer on the 2016 Prep team… I can't find any stats but Maples has several pinned highlights on Hudl plus I found a few archived discussions about Maples on a few AFA forums.
Maples IMO appears to be a huge late pick-up - he's a legit fullback - my guess is he's 6-0 225 to 230. He's very hard to tackle but more impressive a very physical blocker.
Curious to see if we'll see a press release on Maples?
Air Force Prep is a 1 year program. Either you go to USAFA or elsewhere following 1 year there. It is a “prep” program & does not count against NCAA eligibility.
If you want to find any AF Prep stats, find their schedule & then look to find their opponents’ game box scores. They sometimes publish both Teams stats, sometimes only their own, and sometimes none. Most likely to find stats when they play the JUCO’s.
I think his Twitter tells the story ...
Enrolled @ AF Prep in 2016
Went ‘up the hill’ to USAFA in 2017 & was not very happy. (Hint: most aren’t). Was on Team. May have been injured early in season. Possibly burned a year of eligibility though. Most USAFA FR do because they play JV games, which count against eligibility.
Went back to USAFA for 2nd semester, but not happy (most aren’t...may have mentioned that already)
Made a decision to make a change (most do)
Stumpy’s rules won’t let me post more than 3 links...so, I’ll paste the text of a Tweet instead...2/1/18...”You gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them.... #bigchoices”
Probably came home to NC; posted his highlights; and now he’s gonna be a Paladin! ...2/9/18...”Check out Carson Maples #6… #hudl”
His College/Football Life just got better...much better!