This You Gotta See
Video, Youth Sports July 13th. 2007, 3:28pmFor obvious reasons, we do our best to avoid youth sports on here. But the Commission unearthed a video of a kid they’re calling ‘The White Reggie Bush,’ so we had to take a peek. What you are about to see may startle you. This kid is supposedly eight years old, but already has tremendous vision, cutback ability, and blazing speed. Perhaps he’s one of those early-maturing kids (though his height says otherwise). But this clip had us laughing. As they say whenever we cross somebody up, ‘that’s straight bangin’!’
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July 13th, 2007 at 3:39 PM
At the risk of sounding like an old timer: my favorite part is him handing the ball back to the ref, ala sweetness, and celebrate with teammates, Instead of the “rub in the face of your opponent”.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:40 PM
If this kid is half as good at basketball as he is at football, he should be expecting a call from Tim Floyd soon.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:41 PM
wow. thats all i can say- wow.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Talk about a post right in my wheelhouse. A few things…
I coach that age group for football, 8-9 year olds. I will tell you, those type of runs happen way more often than one would believe. A talented kid with speed has a big advantage. A coach doesn’t have to teach that. Kids don’t just “know” how to tackle though. Especially at that age. I will tell you that is one of the most difficult things to get them to do consistently, especially in the open field.
I know the highlights were for #5, but I’ll take a team of # 20s all day. Did anyone else see him blocking? He’s the reason for most of the plays from scrimmage. The rest of the team too though, they block really well. I’ve got to hand it to those coaches.
The one play where the QB does a 7 step or so drop and fires the ball, that’s even more rare to complete that pass. Good arm.
The last thing, he may be calendar age 8, but I bet he’s football age 9, meaning it’s likely not his first year ever playing. It could also be visa versa depending on when the cut off date is.
I’m sure he’ll continue to be good, but what usually happens is the rest of the kids start catching up size and ability wise.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Tim Floyd just offered him a scholarship.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:48 PM
there is no way that dude is 8.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:48 PM
The best part is after he scored a TD he starts patting his hip, giving the sign that he wants to do the spinning hip bump with his teammate. THAT killed me. Young Cody is the total package:)
July 13th, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Reggie Bush is the white Cody.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:54 PM
That’s gotta be a guy like Kid Rock used to have rap with him-the little guy who passed away a few years ago.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Being an 18 year old who is small and white and played all of his football career in harlem, i was refered to as the white reggie for my elusive and ankle breaking running style, i considered this post to be humorous but watching this kids foot coordination and vision, i was in shock. he understood the proper gap to take on blocks and the right times to speed up and slow down. amazing.
reading the pee wee coaches post. i understand his logic but this kids hand eye and food coodination is off the charts for some varsity runningbacks in highschool. im not saying he’ll keep it but he’s definitely a step above. those long plays may happen but they wont happen the way this kid makes it happen. im proud to be his nick-name sake
July 13th, 2007 at 4:03 PM
My neck got whiplash from all the jump cuts and speed changes.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:10 PM
The kid looks good, but this video is made by the pee-wee football set to rap music element – genius.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:21 PM
This’ll all be irrelevant once he discovers girls.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:24 PM
The Mad Catcher
You are right, the kid was talented and did things most kids his age don’t do. Foremost in my mind being vision. Which he obviously just has, that doesn’t get taught that well at that young age. That helped him the most on the kick returns. The plays from scrimmage were designed though.
Again, I’m not trying to take anything away from him, but they ran the same play over and over again. That’s smart on the coaches part because it allows the players to learn where their opponents will be and where the lanes are. I’m willing to bet that if we watched a whole film of one of their games they run that play well over 50% of the time with moderate success; and all it takes is one time to get a good block and it’s sprung.
Definitely a talented kid, my main point was that it really isn’t that unusal. Most touchdowns at that age are scored on long runs, not sustained drives.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Kudos on being a pee-wee coach and much thanks for your expert pee-wee perspective.
Long touchdowns like that I bet aren’t unusualy, espcially when the RB finds a gap. I’m sure it’s often that touchdown runs cover 60 yards.
But saying that you come by individual efforts like that day in and and day out would be ridiculous. The way he cut–not so so much his speed–was unbelievable. Someone else mentioned that a lot of varsity high school RB couldn’t demonstrate quickness like that, and I agree completely.
Say what you want, but you are very much taking away from the kid. As for the “kids just don’t know how to tackle bit”–it’s really irrelevant. He moved unlike any one 13 and under I’ve ever seen.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:43 PM
So What? The kis grows up and could be a total stud, but will be only 6′0” and wont fit the “nfl prototype” for a runningback. 7th rounder, future in the CFL ensuing.
I just think the nfl spurts its load waaaay too much for size and strength even when lack of football know-how is obvious. Kid with obvious ability doesnt mean much unless he fits the build so to speak.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:44 PM
somewhere, kim kardashian is looking for this kids cell number
July 13th, 2007 at 4:45 PM
White running back? He’ll never be heard from again. Colleges will have him playing WR or TE if he wants to get a schol. Sad but true.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:48 PM
He’s better than Bush….he can take a hit….and he knows how to use his blocks.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:48 PM
“This’ll all be irrelevant once he discovers girls”…or his posse shoots up Chuck E. Cheese after making it rain playland balls.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:49 PM
You people are idoits , If you ever watched or coached a youth football game you would know , At such a young age football has NO meaning they don’t hit , they take the wrong angles .I coach for a org .that has a Tyke team (8year olds )along with 5 other team going to the age of 22 .This happens about 50 times a season . The kid is good at playing flag football , which isn’t football. White reggie bush Please.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:57 PM
20 is good too. And the coach draws up some pretty complex plays for 8 year olds.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Dynn, do you advise the kids you coach to respond to questions with “You people are idiots.” Just wondering:)
July 13th, 2007 at 5:03 PM
I don’t think pointing out that other kids the same age do the same things every weekend around the country takes anything away. This kid is lucky enough to have someone who knows how to make a really cool highlight film for him. I’m sure anybody who played when they were a kid would have loved something like that.
On thing about children and sports is that anybody who registers is part of the team, that coupled with them developing at different rates means there can be a huge range of ability on the same field.
That said, that was obviously a superb team. They blocked well and executed their assignments well, on the plays we see. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t other kids out there like that.
Finally, it’s not irrelevant that the kids haven’t yet learned how to tackle well. The ball carrier has natural ability (he switches to his outside arm for cryin’ out loud), tackling is not a natural ability. Many kids are aggressive and like to hit, but that doesn’t make them good tacklers, many times it makes them likely to over pursue or leave their feet and try to arm tackle.
July 13th, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Almost as impressive was the field these kids play on!
July 13th, 2007 at 5:43 PM
First of all, a shout-out to “youthsports” for his comments providing perspective on the pee-wee football front. Clearly, young Cody is ahead of the curve relative to other players. . . but to call him the “white Reggie Bush” is a little over the top. Let’s check back in 8-10 years, and see what’s up. I could easily see Cody excelling out on a soccer pitch by then. Fun to watch, though.
I was actually more impressed by how well-coached the squad was overall. Having dabbled in youth sports coaching myself, (basketball, in my case) I appreciate how miraculous a feat that can be.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:03 PM
MeloGold,
Thanks, and you’re not kidding about that being a miraculous feat. I was really, really impressed by what that coaching staff had achieved. I know that was only a few plays, but there were some open field blocks that would have gotten a huge cheer at a varsity game, let alone a junior game. Just a really good job by them.
I’m sure in basketball you’ve come across kids who were just head and shoulders above their age group, but then everything leveled out in a few years.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:12 PM
Shouldn’t youthsports be using his time to draw up plays instead of commenting on a single blog post over and over?
July 13th, 2007 at 6:12 PM
Man I wish I could play Pee-Wee football now, I’d kick some ass.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:13 PM
back in the day a friend of mine was doing the same thing. then he stopped growing and everyone else started to. never made it past varsity bench warmer. his parents should talk to bond’s docs and get the kid some hgh just to be safe.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Has Drew Rosenhaus seen this kid yet?
Or even worse, maybe the 4 letter got a hold of this and will no doubt have him on the “Whos Now” segment tonight with Clayton and Salisbury “breakin it down”
July 13th, 2007 at 6:26 PM
Actually old timer…he handed the ball back to the ref because HE HAS TO in Pop Warner (youth football)! Because you can best believe, just like his game is patterned after players in the NFL, his attitude probably is too!
Nothin’ to get all giddy about here!
July 13th, 2007 at 6:40 PM
It’s the type of offense his team is running, the Double Wing. That’s why he has so many long runs. I’m sure if you look at #20 stats, he has a bunch rushing yards too. Look up “Double Wing offsense” and you’ll see what I mean. That’s not to say the kid is good, because you still need talent to make some of the plays he did.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:46 PM
So is USC paying for his parents to live in a house far above their income level?
July 13th, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Andrew, I’m sorry for violating the maximum number of times one can comment on a blog post. I didn’t realize you were the combudsman here.
Really though, without being a smart ass, I can take my lumps when I’ve got ‘em coming. So you’re welcome to whale away. No hurt feelings on my part.
Incidentaly, there’s not a whole lot of scheme involved at that level, I’ve got like 6 plays and they don’t change from year to year. No need to draw any up.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:53 PM
Man, no way that is an 8 year old football game…look at the kids on the sidelines compared to the adults. They are all too big…8 year olds dont kickoff in pee wee, or if they did, it wouldnt travel 50 yards..same with the passing. The kid has some great skills…but Ive coached 7-8-9 year old football for four years now in Cincinnati and never have seen that kind of skill in blocking, kicking off, passing, cutbacks, etc…the only bad part was the awful tackling.
July 13th, 2007 at 7:04 PM
Please tell me his parents did not attach that song to the kid’s football achievements – come on now!!! That just ain’t right!!!
July 13th, 2007 at 7:27 PM
#20 is the Lorenzo Neal of youth football. Did you see how many great blocks he had?
July 13th, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Wow.. it looks like he’s playing against kids out there!
July 13th, 2007 at 8:25 PM
On one of the plays, the kid didn’t read the blocking very well. I would say he is going to be a bust.
July 13th, 2007 at 8:30 PM
I was more impressed with the execution than anything else. Wow.
July 13th, 2007 at 8:41 PM
johnny, you said if the kid isnt 6′0 he wont be looked at? check most nfl running backs, there are numerous rbs under 6′0. anyway, i need to agree that this doesnt look llike an 8 year old league
July 13th, 2007 at 9:17 PM
youthsports is spot on. I’ve also coached youth football, and every league has one or two kids like this who have great athletic skill and speed, and can make runs similar to this kid’s work.
youthsports, let the bashing continue. The kids on the board are just like your own, they won’t listen, but have to learn from experience. When they start having their own kids, let’s hope they can remember what you have been trying to tell them on this thread.
July 13th, 2007 at 9:17 PM
youthsports is spot on. I’ve also coached youth football, and every league has one or two kids like this who have great athletic skill and speed, and can make runs similar to this kid’s work.
youthsports, let the bashing continue. The kids on the board are just like your own, they won’t listen, but have to learn from experience. When they start having their own kids, let’s hope they can remember what you have been trying to tell them on this thread.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:55 PM
I remember playing basketball when I was 9 against a kid who was 5′10”. He destroyed me and my team; grabbed every rebound, blocked every shot, and scored any time he wanted.
I also remember playing against him again when I was 17, and he was still 5′10”. He sucked.
I agree with youthsports and the rest. There are tons of kids around the country with early growth spurts dominating these games because of they’re so much bigger and faster than everyone else at that age. Wait till the other kids catch up, then we’ll see.
Not everyone has cool highlight videos though. I wish I had that.
July 14th, 2007 at 12:21 AM
Holy cutback batman!
July 14th, 2007 at 3:24 AM
Okay, I coach senior high varsity football. I am only an assistant and I’ve only been playing and/or coaching football for oh, 16 years, consistently, but let me say having coached this age group…yes theres often a couple of talented and fast kids that outshine everyone. But, if you can honestly say that this kid isn’t something extremely special, well you must be coaching youth football in Chile. That kid has amazing field vision, he is avoiding would be upfield tacklers with ease, they don’t tackle him because they typically don’t get close enough to wrap him up. Barring injury or stunted growth that kid will be playing in the NFL. Thats God given, you can’t coach that.
July 14th, 2007 at 6:50 AM
Let the record show he is a very exciting and entertaining 8 year old running back.
July 14th, 2007 at 4:04 PM
How gullible can we be? Yes that kid was impressive and no that is not unusual in youth football. There are always kids who are hands down physically and athletically superior to anybody else on the field. As a result they dominate.
However this kid is not 8 years old. His mannerisms and coordination are far superior to those of any 8 year old. I don’t know of any 8 year old leagues that kick off the ball and if they did find me an 8 year old who kicks the ball as efficiently as those kids do in the video. Also look at ALL of the kids on the field, most of them are the size of an average middle school child.
Ultimately the kid is a very good football player, but I do not believe he is 8 years old.
July 14th, 2007 at 5:12 PM
As I return from my honeymoon to this clip, I’m overjoyed at the uncensored version of “Make It Rain” accompanying this video of a lil’ white running back juking people outta their boots.
July 14th, 2007 at 7:28 PM
wow, people take peewee football seriously…
July 14th, 2007 at 8:58 PM
“So What? The kis grows up and could be a total stud, but will be only 6′0†and wont fit the “nfl prototype†for a runningback. 7th rounder, future in the CFL ensuing.” -Johnny
Johnny are you a fing idiot? Did you know the best player in the NFL is less than 6′0. if this kid grew up to be 6′0″ he would be a prototypical NFL RB. Frank Gore led the NFC in rushing at 5′9″. Nuff said.
July 14th, 2007 at 9:00 PM
I’m calling bullshit on this. I don’t know how, I don’t know if its CGI, or if that is a midget, or what, but that ain’t real.
July 14th, 2007 at 9:33 PM
That’s actually David Beckham under that helmet.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:40 PM
I agree with what “youthsports” said. You can see that type of stuff on any youth football field every Saturday in the fall. Those clips are from numerous games, not all in one game. I’ve seen kids in 10-and-under leagues with even better moves.
July 15th, 2007 at 2:17 AM
8-year-olds, dude.
July 15th, 2007 at 4:43 AM
who was the last successful white runningback? this kid won’t be good when he grows up
July 15th, 2007 at 6:55 AM
I have a hard time believing those were 8 year olds also. I guess I haven’t watched much Pee-Wee football in my life, but if that’s 8 year olds then Pee Wee football has gone bigtime over the years.
As was mentioned, the blocking, the plays, the execution was as amazing as #5’s running skills. That was some really good coaching.
But I will also say that kid had some pretty sweet moves. I’ve never seen a kid that small with such good moves. If he’s 11 or 12 then he’s really got great moves, and a good feel for running with the ball.
If he’s actually 8 (which I don’t believe) then that’s just crazy!
The high school I went to always had pretty good running backs, but I don’t think they had guys who could cutback like that.
I know I know…kids will get bigger, catch up to this little kid, but he still has a lot more skill and quickness then the average player whatever his age is.
Hopefully for the kid he doesn’t get burned out and keeps enjoying football. Maybe he’ll even play in college and a higher level if lucky. But there’s too many factors to even predict if he’ll ever have those chances.
July 15th, 2007 at 7:34 AM
he won be in the nfl tho
July 15th, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Well fellows, like the previous coach had posted, it’s a rare fine when you find a young man with such quickness and vision, Fifteen years of coaching has brought me MANY runners like Cody, actually faster and stronger runners in my coach tenure, and I agree with coach, it is so hard to teach young boys 8-9 to square up your shouldres and roll your hips into a good form tackle.
Most kids that age tend to grab and arm tackle as well as overreacting to a slashing type runner, instead of focusing on his chest, and driving your helmut and shoulder pads through his chest and wrap, roll the hips and pop him…
I started as a defensive coordinator at the 10-11 year old level in NJ, and it was a challage to get them thinking about technics rather than how to celebrate and be like Emmitt Smith or Michael Irvin.. But, yes his talent is tremendous, but I would be hard pressed to think this kid would be the next Reggie Bush, he’s small and will take a pounding over his Junior football career carrying the ball as many times as it seems he does, young bodies react to pain as easily as adult bodies, I just hope they don’t burn this kid out.
The others will learn to scheme a runner such as this kid, and he’ll find a harder time to bust those long runs he has in the past.
Cody is a unique talent though, my coaching hat is off to him!
July 15th, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Okay, everyone. First, let me thank you all for your comments be they positive or otherwise.
I am the head coach of the team (Los Alamitos Griffins), and of Cody Paul, and I was sent this link by one of my coaching frineds and felt the need to write in and set the record straight (very briefly).
Cody is NOT 8 years old, he is 13 years old. The film fottage you’re watching is from our season last year (when he was 12years). They are of our first Regional game agaiinst Valencia Park (San Diego, CA); and our 2 Pop Warner Superbowl games vs Holliston Panthers (Red and white) and the San Marin Colts (Green and Yellow). We won all three of those games to go 15-0 and become the 2006 Pop Warner National Champions D-2 PEE WEE level (Warner Bracket).
The coaching he received and the players surrounding him were just as great. The prior 2 years, Cody played for another team, along with #20 that first year, and they amassed only 2 touchdowns in those years. The offensive line in front of him were outsized all year, and yet they were able to open up holes that a Mac-truck could go thru untouched. They were, and are, ALL awesome.
In closing please, know that Cody was a part of a GREAT team that did amazing things (last year was our second trip to Florida (back to Back) to coompete for the national Championship). All the players and their families made the coaching experience beyond phenominal. I am pleased, to know and have worked with them all. I do sincerely hope that this serves to clear up any misconceptions about Cody and the rest of 2006 Los Alamitos PEE WEE GRIFFINS!
SIncerely,
Christopher Austin
July 15th, 2007 at 5:53 PM
PS- sorry about ALL the typos—-ROFL!
July 15th, 2007 at 6:21 PM
See, this is the kind of post that made this site great… more of this and less jealous bashing of the four letter and you’re good to go.
July 15th, 2007 at 7:08 PM
Wow! Tim Tebow and Reggie Bush had a kid?
July 15th, 2007 at 10:13 PM
They’re speeding the tapes up like they used to do on The Little Rascals.
July 15th, 2007 at 10:28 PM
To Christopher Austin:
Thanks for writing in. I just want to say that what I saw in that video wasn’t so much #5’s running ability (although he is obviously well coached) but the superb manner in which the o-line, receivers and especially #20 blocked their men. I was chatting with a few other football fanatics and we all commented on the outstanding blocking schemes and gaping holes for #5 to run through.
Again, thanks for writing in…
Casey S
July 16th, 2007 at 6:21 AM
Ehh……kids pretty good, but wait till he plays in high school nd players really start hittin him….den ya can see if he can take a hit
July 16th, 2007 at 12:50 PM
So if he is the “white Reggie Bush” does that mean USC already bought his parents a house?
July 16th, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Congrats coach, you’ve got a great team there and you and your staff did a great job with them.
July 16th, 2007 at 5:02 PM
OK, so now that we know he’s older than 8, does that impress anyone who predicted his comeuppance when he played against the older boys?
July 16th, 2007 at 7:13 PM
13. Thats about the time he starts high school. Even the other coaches were talkin about “my 8 yr olds” or “i coach 9-10 yr old kids and see this all the time.” This kid is probably gonna be in high school after this summer so those kids were almost of high school age. When you become a freshman do you automatically start hitting harder and tackling better? Nobody is saying this kid is a lock for the NFL or anything. Lazy work ethic, a serious injury, starts smokin and drinkin too much, who knows what can happen. But you can’t deny that kid is pretty bad ass. If people see this all the time, why aren’t more clips like this? There are A LOT of parents out there that are living their dreams through their kid and would put up a highlight reel like this in a heart beat.
Too many haters.
July 16th, 2007 at 7:53 PM
The kid does have natural ability, that’s for sure. But I agree with Ted Striker (ha! good handle pal) that once he discovers girls it’ll be all over. I was a pretty damn good baseball player when I was 9-12 and then I discovered girls and all of a sudden chasing ass was more important than chasing fly balls.
July 16th, 2007 at 8:35 PM
I haven’t seen such a display of dominating physical prowess since a young scat-back named Rudy “Sweet Feet” Huxtable blazed her way through Pop Warner for one dynamic season. But I’d take Cody over her any day of the week. The reason: he acts like he’s been there before. That Huxtable kid’s penchant for showboating showed a lack of class…
July 16th, 2007 at 9:03 PM
To Casey S,
Thank you so very much for noticing the blocking. That means the most to me as Head coach (though I work w/ the backs (# 5 & # 20 included). To me, the Line is so important that I told my assistant coaches that I’d rather work those players, if no-one’s willing to step up and own the responsibility.
My line coaches work very hard with the players to impart basic fundamentals and rules to the O-Line players (and the others). They stress the very easy rules we employ in order to eliminate over thinking by the players. Its also a BIG DEAL to us to have the ball carriers thank their linemen and teammates for EVERY 1st down and TD. They’re ones moving heaven and earth for the backs anyway.
Since blocking and tackling make up a very large part of the game, we stress and work hard to ensure, that EVERY player becomes as profiecient as possible at BOTH!
Last year’s team were half returners from the previous year and half new players. The new players learned very fast and did very well for us. Cody was a nice addition too, and learned a great deal very fast to secure a starting position and enhance our team’s capabilities. Because of the blocking/ tackling and overall TEAM effort, we won our 2 National Championship Superbowl games last season 33 to 0; and 46 to 16 respectively.
All that to say, THANK YOU CASEY (and the others of you) for noticing the tremendous efforts of the “easily overlooked, work-horses”: those doing the blocking for the ball carrier. Have a good one!
Christopher Austin
July 16th, 2007 at 9:09 PM
FYI- the video was made by his ~15yr old brother.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:44 PM
I know everyone here is a coach, played or has a son playing and it really amazes me that there are so many critics.
I think now knowing he is 13 and that was a pop warner championship game it would suggest to me that the kids that looked awfully bad making tackles are probably the best 12 and 13 year olds in their leagues. That was terrific running and blocking. Cody was making cuts 5 yards before a tackler and hitting the holes and exploding. Pretty obvious the coaches put Cody in a position that helped the team. I loved the wing right reverse plays, thanks for the ideas coach!!
July 17th, 2007 at 12:12 AM
wow
July 17th, 2007 at 3:25 AM
I heard he is only sitting on the USC offer until WVU offers. He likes the spread they run up there.
July 17th, 2007 at 6:35 PM
Ummm.. This is a 2 time National Champ team… As mentioned above, they were playing the NEXT best team or 12-13yr olds, yet Cody still EMBARRASSED most of his blockers with ridiculous moves!! The video focusses on Cody, but what we saw was a display of great teamwork, coaching, and individual skills (on all levels_blocking running..). To make judgements on whether this kid will go pro is very pre-mature.. Yes there are many factors that can come in the way (Like girls), but EVERY NFL player today went through that stage.. I personally played better when girls were around.. Either way, that’s not the point.. It was great coaching, teamwork, and skills we should all be impressed at.. We’re all focusing on COdy, how about his brother with that great highlight video.. I think he’s the man.. If you’re out there kid.. Leave you name and number, surely you will have many of these knuckle heads hiring you to make a similar video for their underskilled kids.. You’ll probably have a better career in television than any of those kids on the field..
July 17th, 2007 at 6:46 PM
I know Cody, he’s a 25 yr old midget… No really, I’m kidding… Yes I’m all for the blocking, but did you see how most of these kids were left bent over backwards or on the floor trying to catch Cody.. The kid has great skills in that video. What will happen to him in time to come is up in the air, but as for that video.. That was great..
July 17th, 2007 at 7:58 PM
I bet his parents are proud of him. That’s a lot of dads dreams to have a standout athlete for a son. I just hope this kid keeps it up and improves even more
July 17th, 2007 at 9:06 PM
Here is a 10 year old playing against 11,12, and 13 year olds in Southern California Junior All American. He plays with the older kids due to his big size…he was 5′4 140 at age 10 in the clips. First play is a TD run where he breaks several tackles ala Mike Alstott. Then the next 4 plays are PANCAKE blocks he puts on lead blocking. The second play on the clip watch him carfully. He Pancakes 2 players on the same play. The Player to Watch is the FULLBACK, #44 Codi McGuire. Enjoy~
http://ccfl.leaguepulse.com/files/Codi44.wmv
July 17th, 2007 at 9:50 PM
TAKE A VIDEO CAMERA TO ANY POP WARNER FOOTBALL IN “THE HOOD” IN YOUR RESPECTIVE CITIES AND YOU WILL HAVE HOURS AND HOURS OF “THE NEXT REGGIE BUSH” GUARANTEED.
LITTLE 8 YEAR OLDS WITH VISION AND OLDER BROTHERS WITH WEAPONS.
July 18th, 2007 at 12:52 AM
^^ LOL
Great Video, excellent team
Learned alot of information just reading the comments from the coaches that posted on here
July 18th, 2007 at 5:59 AM
I hate anytime people see a video of a kid ripping it up and juking people out of there shoes, the always say “well he was helped by really good blocking and really poor tackling”
while there is most definetly good blocking, its not possible that this kid could just have sick skills is it. like he was breaking peoples ankles out there with his cutbacks and jukes. theres not many runningbacks in my midget league that have cuts like that (canadian league 16-18 year olds)
sick skills
July 18th, 2007 at 2:11 PM
I am the mother of 2 boys… AND WOW!!!! I am soooo impressed the little boy is definitely going to the NFL!!!!!
July 18th, 2007 at 9:02 PM
You people are funny — Analyzing his speed, technique, quickness. He’s eight years old and obviously a polished football player for his age, playing on a polished team against others who are probably not so. Anyone who grew up playing competitive sports should know how stories like this USUALLY turn out. When he’s 18, everyone else will have caught up. His ability may or may not increase relative to others kids. There’s no way to tell from this video.
He’s impressive, but it’s not unusual for there to be kids that stand out like that at his age. I’d wait about 10 years before I started calling NFL scouts. Odds are this is the last place you ever hear of this kid.
July 19th, 2007 at 5:04 AM
If you guys actually read he was 12 in that video and like the coach posted, this team played in national championships so obviously playing against top level players at his age…With that said you can’t really take much away from him or say the only reason he’s doing what he’s doing because of bad tackling.
July 19th, 2007 at 5:13 AM
Gun jumper, if you would read the posts before you wrote in, you would know that he is 13 yrs old and this is video c lips from his Pop Warner Superbowl games with other kids that are the best players in there leagues.. This kid is a great young talent, so we should not fill is young mind with so much hype that he can’t live up to it. I think we should all remember that this kid more than likely reads these posts and needs good sound advise from anyone of us that can give it to him. I will tell him that football will always be a team sport and he will not make it on God given talent alone. Hard work for the rest of his playing days will keep him on top of his game if he continues to play ball. Good job Cody, as well as your team and coaches. Congrats on winning the championship……………….
July 19th, 2007 at 11:19 AM
That kid is awesome my high school team runs that same offense and we have the #1 runningback in Indiana so i think that offense makes runningbacks look real good
July 19th, 2007 at 3:28 PM
The Cody video was way better, The one of the Jr. All American kid was ok.. but he was big and could break tackles. He had good blocking as well. So he just ran with little to no opposition. The Cody video he was breaking taclkes as well but juking people out of there minds as well. Im not haiting im just saing the cody video is better…
July 19th, 2007 at 10:25 PM
[quote]The Cody video was way better, The one of the Jr. All American kid was ok.. but he was big and could break tackles. He had good blocking as well. So he just ran with little to no opposition. The Cody video he was breaking taclkes as well but juking people out of there minds as well. Im not haiting im just saing the cody video is better…[/Quote] No Doubt, the 12 year old cody runner is a special back, but the 10 year old Codi is a crushing blocker. Keep in mind the 12 year old is playing againt other 12 year olds too, whereas the 10 year old is playing against kids 11,12, and 13. The 10 year old thats 140 pounds (back then) is a totally different body type and most kids that size dont move as well as he does at that age.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:07 AM
Come on Mike. That Codi (#44) is playing very well and I hate to say anything at all even close to negative about kids of that age, but he just grew faster and earlier than most kids. He’s got size on his side for now, but what happens when he cant grow anymore? Not to say he won’t still be great but the vision and football ability of Cody (#5) is far superior. Nice video though the kid is seriously a load for any of those guys to handle.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:12 AM
LOOK!….Everyone of you can say what you want….but here is the bottom line….ask any NFL scout to watch these clips(Cody #5) and he will tell you that it is extremely, extremely rare to find a senior college back with instincts, patience and pure football ability as this kid at 8 years of age(if this is really possible!) The hell with Reggie Bush…this kid looks like the second coming of Barry Sanders….the greatest pound for pound running back in the history of football. There is no disputing Cody #5 is the man!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:18 AM
A final note…I 100% agree with Old Pro comments above and 13 years sound much more realistic! I hope he does not end up sponsoring pit bull fighting!
July 20th, 2007 at 3:43 AM
The comments are amazing, look at this film. I agree that the tackling skills of kids are not that great, with that being said. This kid has skills that you do not find in college are professional players. Such as the knowledge to switch the ball from the inside arm to the sideline arm. the cut back, bounces, the stuttersteps allowing his blockers time to get in place. He shows the ability to make defenders miss. great presence for the feild, smart enough to run out of bounds. The inside runs placing two hands on the ball, how many of us sat in front of the T.V. on Sunday’s screaming for our favorite running back to put to hands on the damn ball. He had the presence of mind to place his hand on the ground to maintain his balance. This kid was well coached, his comprehension of the game, the feild, his teammates is at a level way beyond the level that he is playing at. Someone commented about their age group and the ability to tackle. I have seen moves like that from all the great running backs. Barry Sanders made defenders look like these younger kids look. Tiger Woods was driving golf balls at the age of 5 or 6 he had a gift. The young kid has a gift, let’s just pray he recognizes that it is a gift, and does not misuse it. Best of luck Cody
July 20th, 2007 at 4:13 AM
My friend in my 11-13 year old leagues looks just like him in the game. he is playing for LSU his name is ace foyl he was a beast just like that they couldn’t touch him and he couldn’t even be tackled it was crazy. but no matter how much i got better i was Qb and we one metro he was always better. now he is third string LB on LSU footballs team and he might get to play as a senior if he is lucky… my other friend who was in eighth grade with was starting on his varsity football team at RB and last year was his senior year at trinity episcopal and he had 1800 yards rushing 800 yards passing and 187 tackles at LB and he had 32 TD’s. and stevan ridley is LSU 2007 recruit from 1A and he isn’t even close to being one of the best players. im not saying he isn’t good cause damn just watch the kid but sometimes other kids just mature better and become better players but all those kids that are like him are all gonna get better just like he will… but wow this kid is amazing i wish i had some of the skill he has back in my day…
July 20th, 2007 at 5:05 AM
He is not the white reggie bush.. reggie bush is the black cody
July 21st, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Thank you for making this available to view.
Fun to watch.
July 21st, 2007 at 3:34 PM
That hook & ladder play was sick
July 21st, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Double wing rules ..this kid has an awesome coach and some mad teammates that are disiplined as can be .Never seen it ran so well at this level .. MAD PROPS FROM HTOWN
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:00 AM
im in grade 10 and i play highschool ball, but in canada hahaha….these kids are already better and can actually set up a clean play..i dunno if thats all of the US ball but thats amazing, in canada the earliest you can start playing football is grade 8, thats why we dont breed the best football players…i wish i cudda started playin when i was 6 or w/e
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 PM
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Come on Mike. That Codi (#44) is playing very well and I hate to say anything at all even close to negative about kids of that age, but he just grew faster and earlier than most kids. He’s got size on his side for now, but what happens when he cant grow anymore? Not to say he won’t still be great but the vision and football ability of Cody (#5) is far superior. Nice video though the kid is seriously a load for any of those guys to handle.
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Sam,
Are you saying the only thing that stands out to you in the younger Codi video is that he’s “just big” for his age? C’mon Sam! What about his “want to” attitude in his blocking or his aggresive play as a runer and blocker? What about the power and speed he demonstrates for a kid his size? Lastly, what about the fact that he’s playing against kids 1-3 years older than he is and still dominating? Codi is currently about a head bigger than 99% of his classmates at school. He’s also about 50-70 pounds heavier. Why do you project that he may suddenly “stop” growing and that his classmates will catch up to him in size? This kid plays full steam at 10 against kids older than he is and wins on contact play after play. That’s what I call a football player.
July 24th, 2007 at 1:07 PM
Mike, I hope your not serious. Do you honestly believe, he will never stop growing???? What’s wrong with you…. I never said that everyone will catch up to him. But I can tell you two things for sure, no one grows forever and he will not always be that much bigger than everyone else. They may not catch up to him, but they will grow also. So yeah I’m saying hes just big and can plow into kids much much smaller than he is. Glad to hear he has a great attitude and the drive to succeed. The skys the limit for that guy, but don’t come on this page posting about how your kid is better than that kid, its just ridiculous, and oh by the way, he’s not. God given ability beats God given size any day.
July 24th, 2007 at 6:04 PM
Sam, I did ever say he was better than the other Cody. It’s apples and oranges in terms of positions and age. If Codi keeps growin g and other kids keep Growing, Codi will still always be much bigger. Isn’t that why we in fact have people that are 5 feet tall and others that are 7 feet tall? he odds at this point are highly in favor of the young Codi being big as opposed to leveling out. BTW – I also agree that God given ability always beats size too. Fortunately for Codi, he has both. Thats why he dominates the games he plays in year after year, despite playing agaisnt kids 2-3 years older than he is. Again, I never once said the younger Codi is better than the 12 year old featured in the original video. I simply shared another video of outstanding FB play in another kid. Totally different style, position and ages.
July 24th, 2007 at 6:10 PM
sorry about all the mis-spellings Sam…hit submit before looking it over
July 24th, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Pipe down Pedeofiles, kids run fast sometimes. Go ahead and wait for the 2021 draft idiots. Then they wonder why people who spend way too much time watching sports are retarded. Memo to the moron dubbing himself the harlem reggie bush. You’re Not and you’re a joke, go ahead and bask in the non glory in harlem and to the sad reality that you suck and will never be anything.
July 25th, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Severeal comments – I saw this several days ago and had the same reactions as the high school coach above. I have 3 boys who played pop warner football and you always do have some kid who is ahead of the curve speedwise or powerwise. That is not the case here, vision, proper ball handling and sophistication of his moves are not just ahead of the curve, but in the elite range.
In addition Pee Wee age group, which this is, I verified it on the Pop Warner web site, http://www.popwarner.com, Pee Wee ages are 9-11. So he is not 8, but probably 11, but do not let that get in the way of recognizing a unique talent. Typically when a kid dominates at this age group, it is due to sheer size, hand off up the middle no one can takle him, or speed, pitch outside and he beats everyone to the edge. He has more than that and this is obvious. Enjoy the talent folks!
July 26th, 2007 at 6:08 PM
Not hating but that kid is not 8. If he is 8 he is running through a bunch of 10-11 year olds. just looking at the kicks and the passes, they are beyond 8 years old. Impressive, but like others have said, at this age there is typically one athlete per team that is already more gifted than others. He appears to have physical and mental gifts beyond his age group even if he is 10 or 11. As one that was gifted in basketball at that age, folks catch up and the spectacular becomes average. Really the game is so easy now that when you get to high school and its guys bigger faster and stronger, sometimes you do not know how to compete.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:44 PM
What is the name of this song that is on the video?
July 26th, 2007 at 11:16 PM
Hi guys:
Just letting you know, this is NOT all that USUAL. My son plays pop warner and I don’t see this but about 1 time per year. Now, that being said, this “WHITE REGGIE” is NOT the most impressive youth I’ve ever seen.
There is a kid in Diamond Bar who is so good that you don’t have to even make a highlight film like this, simply watch a football game and EVERY play is a TD. When he was 9 (he’s about 13 now), we won EVERY game close to 56-0, then coach would finally take him out–IN THE SECOND HALF. He simply scored a TD EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL.
Oh, and BTW, he was middle linebacker, too, and NOBODY could even get a first down while he was in. Sick, pure sick.
PS. His Dad’s an SC fan!!!
July 27th, 2007 at 9:31 PM
What is the name of this song that is on the video?
Mat,
The name of the song is “Make it Rain” by Lil’ Wayne (i think)!
July 28th, 2007 at 6:34 AM
dude is actually 13 not 8 but boy got skills for his age
July 29th, 2007 at 6:18 PM
thanks for the song name rusty
July 30th, 2007 at 1:25 AM
Some of the posts on here are so lame. Some of you need to recognize.
The guy was 12 btw when he did that. He is now 13, as a coach said.
I read this stuff about blocks and all and it IS very much a team effort, but still–those blocks didn’t allow that young gun to make cuts like that and juke like this and outrun all those defenders. YES-I said outrun. He was rarely caught from behind. The guy happened to be the main RB and a major contributor to the team that won the Pop Warner championship. Do some math already. The guy is awesome.
This guy has mad quicks, I don’t care what some of you blind people say. I’ve never seen ANYONE that age do what he did. He looks better than some high schoolers and has moves better than I’ve seen watching college football. You know who I seen in college do stuff like that? Reggie Bush. And I’m not calling Cody that either. He is who he is and Reggie is Reggie. Then Micheal Vick. Dude at Florida st. Can’t think of his name right now. Someone like Ted Ginn. That type of quicks. It’s not just speed either. There’s a lot of talented guys out there who are not collegiate 100-meter runners.
This guy is rare. Keep your eye on his high school career. If he focuses and keeps on going, the stars are waiting for him.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:53 AM
Whoa!!
Where im from, we watch the little league teams and see runs like this all the time. But this is what REALLY impressed me (aside from the obvious cuts and speed):
(1) On the hook and ladder play, he was running TOWARD the ball when he caught it, AND he caught the ball with hs HANDS, NOT his body.
(2) On the one pass he caught downfield, he jumped at the ball’s highest point – something all receivers are taught to do.
(3) on one particular running play, he guides his blocker through the hole by putting a hand on his back
(4) This dude even switches the ball to the OUTSIDE arm, so he can use his stiffarm
The kid is the Thruth, plain and simple – most kids become so dominant at times they get burnt out in time. I hope this kid keeps a hunger for football – As a matter of fact, there is another white kid, named Sam Macguffie, in Texas. (look him up on YOUTUBE) He is now a Senior in high school and he is a BEAST. This kid reminds me of him.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:58 AM
The blocking is off the charts. #20 is a beast too!
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:02 PM
Clearly Victor Conte already has gotten his hands on this kid. His head is way bigger than it was when he was five and a half.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:10 PM
To everyone with something negative to say about this kid, allow me to retort. Stop hating!! You are all just jealous because you never had a quarter of the ability this kid does. No matter what age he is in this video, what he does is amazing, and all you people can say is that it is because of bad tackling? Or it’s the type of offense that makes him look good? UNBELIEVABLE!! Its a damn shame when you are graced with such a remarkable display of athleticism that the only comments you morons can make are negative. Sad. Very sad.
October 7th, 2007 at 2:12 AM
Who said he is? Cody Paul is 12 or 13. He is a great athlete, but is really small for his age. If he is playing football with 8-9 year olds he should be unbelievable.