Larry_Scott is the Assistant to the LWS Recruiting Director, and he provides in-depth recruiting analysis for this site, specializing in Southeastern Pop Warner.

After the unprecedented success experienced by the new Vol staff in their high school camps, Lane and the Wild Boyz turn their attention to the much tougher to analyze 7-12 age group at the Vol Youth Football Camp, coming up on June 15-16.  While the Youth Camp may not have the “flash” of the big boys’, coaches during these two days have an excellent opportunity to get a prospective feel for the classes of 2018 – 2024.  So here are the most intriguing prospects who have given a commitment (via their parents) to come in and learn from the best!

(5) Munchie Gavertstaminer, OL

STATS:  #81, Age 11, 5’6″ 213 lbs.

SCHOOL:  6th Grade, Rockywood Elementary, Oak Ridge, TN

SKILL SET:  Pros – tremendous “roadgrader” with excellent hands and explosiveness off the ball; last season averaged 11 pancakes blocks a game (even more impressive considering that contact blocking was illegal in the league); great football mind with an ability to memorize and execute 8 different plays in any one game.  Cons – frequently weighs over 100 pounds more than his competition; tires easily; asthma (tapes inhaler to his helmet); refuses to share orange slices post-game, indicative of future selfishness.  Also has a litany of medical issues including 3 bouts of chicken pox and chronic acid reflux.

INTANGIBLES:  Parents – German immigrants who are both chemical engineers, so expect high-level focus on and off the field.  Father is 6’6″ and mother 6’4″, so height will not be an issue.  Both, however, are morbidly obese (like 400+) so expect weight management problems.  Personal – Munchie likes sausage, professional wrestling, Ryan’s Steakhouse, Pigeon Forge and swimming with his shirt on.  He has shown interest in Tennessee, Ohio State and the New England Culinary Institute.

QUOTE:  “I love the sport when it’s not hot outside.  Also, I don’t like pull ups in gym class or Chili’s chicken tenders because they are too bready.”

(4) T.J. Bowman, QB

STATS:  #7, Age 12, 5’1″, 112 lbs.

SCHOOL:  6th Grade, McCallie, Chattanooga.

SKILL SET:  Average in nearly all physical tools, but possesses an undying conviction that he belongs on the field and can lead his “fellow young men” to victory; children his age seem to respond to the messianic rhetoric but I’m unsure of this approach and its effectiveness at the next level; throws a decent 2 yard out and deep 15 yard post; firm handshake; performed ok (below average IMO) in the East Tennessee Pop Warner All-Star Camp this year but garnered MVP honors primarily due to an impassioned post-game speech in which he asserted that he was clearly the best leader on the field and that his team responded positively when he was subbed in during the 3rd quarter.

INTANGIBLES:  Parents – Father is a Baptist preacher and claims to have been quite an athlete in high school.  Father has an inexorable presence in T.J.’s life.  Mother has yet to speak to anyone at any of T.J.’s games.  Personal – T.J. loves the Lord.  T.J. hates Obama, gay marriage, Japanese cars, how girls dress these days, the liberal media, and idle hands.  Expect no off-the-field or grade issues with T.J.; his on-the-field behavior, however, may become a problem (he allegedly told his coach to “quit being such a filthy Jew with the playcalling”, and I personally heard him call an opponent’s mother a “painted whore of Babylon”).  Tennessee is his school of choice, but only if the head coach is a “God-fearing man” and not “some West-coast homosexual trying to recruit me to play more than football.”

QUOTE: “The Lord giveth and taketh away, and He just gave you the best 12 year old QB in the country.”

(3) WILLIAM “ICE” WILSON, RB/DB

STATS:  #1, Age 10, 4’8″, 72 lbs.

SCHOOL:  4th grade, Presbyterian Day School, Memphis.

SKILL SET:  Pros – excellent scat-back; fluid hips; great vision and cut back ability; good hands; runs clean routes; ball-hawking skills on defense; plays bigger than his weight; some have called him better than Peter Warrick at age 10.  Cons – size, size, size; also plays with extremely poor sportsmanship and frequently has penalties assessed against him for taunting and celebrating.

INTANGIBLES:  Parents – Father is a dentist and mother is a lawyer.  They refuse to call him “Ice”, which is a self-given nickname.  They are very supportive of William’s talent but become clearly frustrated when he “acts like an idiot”.  His mother has forcibly removed him from more than one game after especially expressive TD celebrations.  Personal – [language warning - this is straight from William's mouth] “Ice” loves “ice, bitches and hoes, dat paper, breakin em off some, shatterin ankles, yo momma, gangsta parties, the stinky, and 22′s on the Impala”.  He hates on “fake niggaz” and multiplication tables.  Contrary to his manufactured image, he causes no problems off-the-field and maintains excellent grades, even though he attends the most difficult elementary school in Memphis.  In fact, one classmate has called him a “closet dork”.  He claims to be interested in any school “wit them girls who make dat pussy pop”.

QUOTE: “If I got a problem, a problem got a problem ’til it’s gone.”

(2) DeWayne Bellew, LB/DE

STATS:  #42, Age 12, 5’3″, 150 lbs.

SCHOOL:  Various.  Currently in 3rd grade at Christ is Risen Grade School, Harriman, TN.

SKILL SET:  Pros – monstrous hitter; roams the field and tackles well; outrageous strength for his size; laterally agile and straight line fast; unblockable at both the line of scrimmage and at the second level; punishing special teams player.  Cons – tackles everyone, including his own players; most penalized player I have ever seen at the Pop Warner level; severe limitations with scheme (his teammates frequently hold his hand until the snap and then assist by pointing to the ballcarrier); takes plays off (literally – like he forgets he is playing a football game); is known to assault refs.

INTANGIBLES:  Parents – Wayne and Norma Bellew attend DeWayne’s games when not juggling his 5 year old sister’s beauty pageant schedule.  Personal – DeWayne likes Spongebob, waterparks, loud fireworks, and America’s Funniest Home Videos.  DeWayne hates vegetables and words.  He has significant grade problems, as demonstrated by the fact that he is attending his 5th school by the age of 12.  This last semester, he received 5 unsatisfactories and only 3 gold stars over the course of the entire year.  He is currently enrolled at Christ is Risen in Harriman, a school specializing in the education of the illiterate and functionally retarded.  Auburn has offered.

QUOTE:  “Football is fun.  I like baths.”

(1)  DeLaVauntavious Harris, ATH

STATS:  #27, Age 9, 6’2″ 257 lbs.

SCHOOL:  None

SKILL SET:  I won’t bore you with Harris’ abilities, because it’s old news by now.  He is THE beast, the ultimate stud, the perfect specimen, the Specibeastud if you will.  From his perfect abs to his sinewy lats to his shuttle time, Harris has single-handedly given me the motivation to continue to intensely watch young men play this game for hours a day, 7 days a week.  I have experienced no greater joy in my life than covering, watching, studying, delving into all that is DeLaVauntavious Harris.  In short, he is the greatest under 15 prospect in history.   He was the first 7 year old to be offered by a D-1 school (Miami), and I applaud da U for their talent evaluation and recruiting savvy.

INTANGIBLES:  Parents – Harris’ mother LaQuantisha is his rock.  His father is unknown to him, although we can assume that he was an impressive athlete; LaQuantisha told me in an exclusive interview that she “only got with them ballas”.  Personal – Prospective schools need not worry about DeLaVauntavious Harris.  Aside from a few small incidents, Harris has been a model 9 year old.  For purposes of journalistic integrity, however, I should report these insignificant happenings.  Last year, Harris stabbed his teacher in the neck with a shiv crafted from his ruler, but we all know that this incident was overblown by the media.  Two years ago, he stole his neighbors bike, and when confronted about the theft, Harris “allegedly” tied the 14 year old to a bus stop, using the bike chain.  Three years ago, he was arrested for soliciting sex from an 11 member Asian family.  Aside from these small blemishes, Harris is a great kid with an excellent work ethic.  He currently is not enrolled in school, as the terms of his most recent prison sentence do not allow for elementary school participation.  Miami, FSU, Cincinnati and Ole Miss have offered.

QUOTE:  “I’ll bleed ya, real quiet, leave ya here – got that?”