The gbu-24 is a low level laser guided bomb, that is equipped with what is known as a "Hard-Target Smart Fuse". What this allows is for the bomb to penetrate and detonate at specified depths to ensure maximum lethality. Today, I will be drawing the comparison between this weapon and the upcoming freshman RB in Athens, Washaun Ealey.
Ealey is no burner. He runs a 4.55 40 yd dash. What Ealey is, is a TD machine. The target for this gbu-24, is the endzone. The structure that needs to be flattened to reach this target, opposing defenses.
Ealey attended Emmanuel County Institute, located in southeast Georgia. It is a class A school, which raises some questions about the competition he has faced. I normally would go along with such questions, but knowing the type of fanatics there are in Georgia (especially south Georgia) about high school football, this really isn't a concern of mine in this case. What Ealey has done at ECI the past 2 years is pretty much shatter every Georgia statistic for a RB. Many of them held by the great Herschel Walker.
Ealey's junior stats are absolutely ridiculous. 2982 yds, averaging 198.8 per game, and 58 td's. Ealey's record breaking performance not only won him the AJC Player of the Year award (first time awarded to a Junior), but it also won his team the Class A State Championship. HIs senior stats are ridiculous, but not quite as ridiculous. 2825 yds, averaging 188.3 per game, and 41 td's.
What is special about Ealey is his running style. It is very similar to Knowshon, but I would say that the traits involved would be reciprocated. Knowshon is a little bit more shifty than he is physical, Ealey is a little more physical than he is shifty. He is the type of back that will crawl over you to get a couple of extra yards. Neither of the two have elite speed, but Ealey's coach put it the best when asked about his RB's speed. He said "Washaun is as fast as the guy that is chasing him". Sometimes that all you need.
Hopefully in the upcoming season, this will be on display. This bomb leveling opposing defenses. He will have some work to do though. With the likes of Caleb King, Richard Samuel, Carlton Thomas, and Dontavious Jackson already on campus; it is going to be tough to get some carries. It is my opinion though, that Ealey will be the catalyst for the UGA offense in 2010 much of the same way Knowshon was when he first came up.
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