We’ve spent a lot of time this summer talking about Equanimeous St Brown, Torii Hunter, CJ Sanders, and Corey Holmes. Freshmen Chase Claypool, Kevin Stepherson, and Javon McKinley have caught everyone’s attention at times as well. Wednesday, however, it was massive sophomore Miles Boykin raising eyebrows with a ridiculous one-handed catch.
Poor Julian Love. The freshman corner has blanket coverage on Boykin in the clip above, but Boykin still reached around him and made a ridiculous one-handed catch. Boykin isn’t going to run by a lot of corners at his size, but he is very capable of doing exactly what he did to Love to almost any corner unfortunate enough to have to cover him one on one.
As Notre Dame continues to work on its red-zone offense, it’s hard to imagine a scenario in which Boykin is not one of Notre Dame’s prominent weapons inside the 20 yard line. There simply aren’t many (maybe any) corners on the college level that can do much in a one on one situation with a player like Boykin – especially if Boykin is going to come down with catches like that.
It’s one thing to be big but how many times does a big wide receiver struggle to use their body to shield defenders and make plays? It took Maurice Stovall four years to really learn how to use his massive frame to his advantage. Of course three of those years were under the offensive coaching of Tyrone Willingham and Bill Diedrick but that’s another story.
Oh, and this wasn’t the first time Boykin made a nice play in practice by taking advantage of his size. This time his victim was Ashton White.
Practice #11 ✔️
Miles Boykin (@MBoykin814) makin' PLAYS‼️#IrishCamphttps://t.co/7EQdf43IJ1
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) August 15, 2016
Frank Vitovitch has been Co-Owner and Editor in Chief of UHND.com since joining forces with Kyle Flavin in 1999. Since that time, he has written over 2,000 articles covering Notre Dame football, recruiting, and basketball. He also works with all staff and external writers on all articles published on UHND.com. Frank's love for Notre Dame football started at a young age watching Rocket Ismail give opposing coaches ulcers in the late 1980's. By day Frank works in marketing and holds a degree in Digital Media from Drexel University. Frank's work has been cited by online/print editions of NBC Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated and has been quoted on air by ESPN's Collin Cowherd. He's conducted interviews with Notre Dame legends Rocket Ismail, Randy Kinder, Lee Becton, Reggie Brooks, Michael Stonebreaker, and Ned Bolcar among others over his 20+ years of covering Notre Dame football. He's also been published in the print edition of USA Today Sports Weekly and the USA Today College Football Preview multiple times. Other Published Works/Citations for Frank Three Reasons Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama - USA Today Notre Dame Suspends WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes Indefinitely - Bleacher Report Notre Dame / Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Preview - Eleven Warriors Brace Yourself: The Fighting Irish are Relevant Again - Sports on Earth Interviews with the Enemy: A Q&A with Frank Vitovitch of UHND - Yahoo! Sports Five Good Minutes: Notre Dame Football Preview With UHND.com - BC Interruption Vicious Electronic Questioning with UHND - MGO Blog
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