[OutsiderFan]

Udofia likely would have had a better football career were it not for his leg injury, but at least he was a solid starter for a couple years.
Aside from the pick-6 in the loss at Boston College in 2002 (game I attended - first dose of Buddyball - ugh), Craven had a very ordinary playing career.
I remember Marcus McCutcheon being a nice recruiting win, but don't remember him having any noticeable impact as a football player at Stanford.
Jamal-Rashad Patterson didn't produce much if anything until his RS Senior season, despite being a highly touted recruit himself.

So 3/4 previous Watkins winners at Stanford had surprisingly nondescript football careers.

A good reason to believe Mr. Okereke might turn out to have a more dynamic impact as a football player than those who's Watkins Award steps he is walking in, is that Stanford's program and coaching situation is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was when the other Watkins winners were first brought to the farm.

[OutsiderFan]

Udofia likely would have had a better football career were it not for his leg injury, but at least he was a solid starter for a couple years.
Aside from the pick-6 in the loss at Boston College in 2002 (game I attended - first dose of Buddyball - ugh), Craven had a very ordinary playing career.
I remember Marcus McCutcheon being a nice recruiting win, but don't remember him having any noticeable impact as a football player at Stanford.
Jamal-Rashad Patterson didn't produce much if anything until his RS Senior season, despite being a highly touted recruit himself.

So 3/4 previous Watkins winners at Stanford had surprisingly nondescript football careers.

A good reason to believe Mr. Okereke might turn out to have a more dynamic impact as a football player than those who's Watkins Award steps he is walking in, is that Stanford's program and coaching situation is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was when the other Watkins winners were first brought to the farm.