Player Spotlight: Kendrick Linebacker Javier Turner




 

Brand new to Twitter and the recruiting scene is Javier Turner from Kendrick High School in Columbus. The athletic linebacker is the new recipient of Recruit Georgia’s exciting new Play of the Day.

During the play, Turner cuts through the A gap, and dismantles the running back for a 4 yard loss. The rising senior plays with a mentality of a big hitter and is constantly seeking to deliver punishment to the offense.

We spoke with the headhunter following his victory about his plans this offseason.

“I haven’t planned on going to any junior days but I am planning to go to the VTO combine this upcoming Saturday, & hopefully the Nike camp in March and college camps during the summer.”

Watch Turner on film and you can see a lot of potential at linebacker. He seeks out contact and has an outstanding motor getting after the ball carrier.

The rising senior spoke about how he plays the game and his strengths. “I feel my biggest strength is tackling I love to tackle and I look pretty solid doing it.”

The Kendrick defensive star spoke about what he needs to improve on. “I need to improve on my agility, as my Recruit Georgia profile says, my speed & plan on increasing in size also before next season.”

He continued about his passion to play middle linebacker, “My favorite position is MLB I love the middle because I’m in all the action & like I said I love contact.”

Turner needs some work, increasing his power clean and shuttle, for one thing, but his physical aggressiveness is hard to match at the high school level. He has a body frame perfect to pack on a lot more weight, and become a traditional 4-3 MIKE linebacker.

His final remarks leaves us to believe that he will put in the work this offseason to eventually become a coveted recruit by FBS schools.

“I try to model myself after bits and pieces of the greats and one day hope to either be talked about with them, or be the greatest to play the game at my position.”

So far, Turner has been contacted by one schools and his Recruit Georgia profile is HERE.




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