From OKC paper...
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HOLLIS -- Jace Webb is the biggest football recruit to come out of Hollis since Darrell Royal. Figuratively and literally.
At 6-foot-3 and 305 pounds, college football coaches are salivating over Webb’s size and athletic ability for a big lineman.
“Big, athletic, physical,” Hollis coach Reade Box said of Webb. “He’s a starter on the basketball team. Made state in the shot and discus. He is a big, agile kid and has got some skills on him. He is an all-around good athlete, not just a big lineman.”
Webb is No. 20 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 list of the top high school football recruits in the state.
He already has scholarship offers from Army, Wyoming, North Texas, Louisville, Arkansas, Ohio and Tulsa. Big 12 schools Oklahoma and Texas Tech also are showing strong interest.
“They (recruiters) obviously like his size, but they like how fast he is off the ball and how physical he is is,” Box said. “You don’t see big guys who can run like him.”
Or guys who work as hard. Webb is spending this summer hauling hay and working cattle on his parents' farm and other farms near Hollis.
“He builds fence and hauls hay,” Box said. “He is always out on the farm working with his dad. When you are looking for him, you know where he is at. He is on the farm.”
On some days, Webb will haul hay and still lift weights. He doesn’t skip the summer weight lifting even though he has been in the hay field.
“Those days are pretty brutal,” Webb said. “It’s not very fun.”
But Webb always does his job, both on the farm and in the weight room, where he benches 260 pounds and squats 550 pounds.
“He makes the summer workouts,” Box said. “He comes from a great family. Both of his parents are educators. You don’t have to worry about him showing up for a meeting and being at practice. He’s a responsible kid that is going to work hard and do things right.”
Webb plays both sides of the ball and helped Hollis win a state championship two years ago as a sophomore, but college football coaches want him on the offensive line.
Webb said he doesn't have a clue about where he might go to college.
"They are all great schools," he said of the colleges that have offered him. "It's just which one has the best opportunity for me. They are all a blessing. I am just going to wait until later on and figure out what needs to happen."
It seems like everyone in Hollis is excited about all the attention Webb is getting, Box said.
“Coach Box always told me I had a chance to go play somewhere big if I wanted to,” Webb said. “It would be kind of fun to do something big. Hollis is such a small town. It would be great for the community.”
Box said the old-timers in Hollis still talk about Darrell Royal. Who knows? Fifty years from now, they still may be talking about Jace Webb.
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HOLLIS -- Jace Webb is the biggest football recruit to come out of Hollis since Darrell Royal. Figuratively and literally.
At 6-foot-3 and 305 pounds, college football coaches are salivating over Webb’s size and athletic ability for a big lineman.
“Big, athletic, physical,” Hollis coach Reade Box said of Webb. “He’s a starter on the basketball team. Made state in the shot and discus. He is a big, agile kid and has got some skills on him. He is an all-around good athlete, not just a big lineman.”
Webb is No. 20 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 list of the top high school football recruits in the state.
He already has scholarship offers from Army, Wyoming, North Texas, Louisville, Arkansas, Ohio and Tulsa. Big 12 schools Oklahoma and Texas Tech also are showing strong interest.
“They (recruiters) obviously like his size, but they like how fast he is off the ball and how physical he is is,” Box said. “You don’t see big guys who can run like him.”
Or guys who work as hard. Webb is spending this summer hauling hay and working cattle on his parents' farm and other farms near Hollis.
“He builds fence and hauls hay,” Box said. “He is always out on the farm working with his dad. When you are looking for him, you know where he is at. He is on the farm.”
On some days, Webb will haul hay and still lift weights. He doesn’t skip the summer weight lifting even though he has been in the hay field.
“Those days are pretty brutal,” Webb said. “It’s not very fun.”
But Webb always does his job, both on the farm and in the weight room, where he benches 260 pounds and squats 550 pounds.
“He makes the summer workouts,” Box said. “He comes from a great family. Both of his parents are educators. You don’t have to worry about him showing up for a meeting and being at practice. He’s a responsible kid that is going to work hard and do things right.”
Webb plays both sides of the ball and helped Hollis win a state championship two years ago as a sophomore, but college football coaches want him on the offensive line.
Webb said he doesn't have a clue about where he might go to college.
"They are all great schools," he said of the colleges that have offered him. "It's just which one has the best opportunity for me. They are all a blessing. I am just going to wait until later on and figure out what needs to happen."
It seems like everyone in Hollis is excited about all the attention Webb is getting, Box said.
“Coach Box always told me I had a chance to go play somewhere big if I wanted to,” Webb said. “It would be kind of fun to do something big. Hollis is such a small town. It would be great for the community.”
Box said the old-timers in Hollis still talk about Darrell Royal. Who knows? Fifty years from now, they still may be talking about Jace Webb.
