Little noticed at Harlem, one good move made this NIC-10 player a Pac-12 football recruit

Jordan Vyborny kept a low profile his junior year at Harlem. Thirteen catches for 166 yards. No all-conference honors. Not even honorable mention. “Edgy Tim” O’Halloran, the state’s most famous recruiting analyst, didn’t notice him when he came out to see Harlem play Boylan.

“I was nothing. I had no attention,” Vyborny says.

And yet Vyborny has a good chance to become the NIC-10’s biggest football recruit since Dean Lowry won two state titles at Boylan before becoming a defensive tackle for Northwestern, the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings.

“It’s insane,” Vyborny says. “It really came as a surprise.”

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Here is how and why Jordan Vyborny has become an overnight NCAA Division I football recruit:

He has the tools

Vyborny is a 6-foot-5, 235-pound tight end who has been electronically timed at 4.68 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Actually, he may be 6-6. He is only 16 and still growing, but hasn’t measured himself lately.

“When you have great size, that trumps it all,” said Ken DuBose, Vyborny’s offensive coordinator last year at Harlem. “He’s going to be a big-time D-I guy. He’s got a frame on him and he’s got really good hands. He can catch the ball.

“Us not having a great quarterback, people never got a chance to see what his skills were. But I think he will be an NFL kid if he can commit more to the physicality and blocking side. He’s a good route runner. His football IQ has to improve. Those guys at the next level are not only athletic freaks, but they have a high football IQ. Dean Lowry is a student of the game. Somebody is going to take a chance on Jordan.”

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He has the athletic…

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Author : Rockford Register Star

Publish date : 2024-03-08 14:17:36

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