[Spiny_Norman]

LA Times article on RB commit AJ McBean.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschoo...ompetition

In case you are not able to read it, a few quotes.

Hidden from any spotlight and comfortable conducting his training and workouts anonymously while motivated by his own dreams and aspirations, AJ McBean has embraced the mindset every top athlete understands: Progress comes when no one else is watching.

“I’ve been working pretty much myself,” said the 5-foot-11, 210-pound running back who transferred from Mira Costa to Gardena Serra. “I’m self-made. I’ve been training on my own just grinding ... getting bigger, faster, stronger. I’ve seen the progress.”

All it takes to understand how he’s been turning himself into a freight train is seeing his time in the 100 meters on the track team in the spring. He started out running it in 10.61 seconds, his best opening mark in three years. Then came a 10.55.

Despite ankle injuries the last two seasons, McBean has shown how well he can run with a football when healthy. As a senior, he wants to take his skills to another level, using his size and improved speed to become an all-around back, whether running, blocking or catching passes. He committed to Stanford in June. There really is a fearless gene circulating through his blood.

“No sympathy,” he says of a defender looking into his eyes and discovering his power, size and strength. “My mindset going into any game is run through their face. If they’re coming at me, I have no remorse going through them. If I need to go to the outside and beat them with speed, I can do that and it shows with my track time.”

[Spiny_Norman]

LA Times article on RB commit AJ McBean.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschoo...ompetition

In case you are not able to read it, a few quotes.

Hidden from any spotlight and comfortable conducting his training and workouts anonymously while motivated by his own dreams and aspirations, AJ McBean has embraced the mindset every top athlete understands: Progress comes when no one else is watching.

“I’ve been working pretty much myself,” said the 5-foot-11, 210-pound running back who transferred from Mira Costa to Gardena Serra. “I’m self-made. I’ve been training on my own just grinding ... getting bigger, faster, stronger. I’ve seen the progress.”

All it takes to understand how he’s been turning himself into a freight train is seeing his time in the 100 meters on the track team in the spring. He started out running it in 10.61 seconds, his best opening mark in three years. Then came a 10.55.

Despite ankle injuries the last two seasons, McBean has shown how well he can run with a football when healthy. As a senior, he wants to take his skills to another level, using his size and improved speed to become an all-around back, whether running, blocking or catching passes. He committed to Stanford in June. There really is a fearless gene circulating through his blood.

“No sympathy,” he says of a defender looking into his eyes and discovering his power, size and strength. “My mindset going into any game is run through their face. If they’re coming at me, I have no remorse going through them. If I need to go to the outside and beat them with speed, I can do that and it shows with my track time.”