Normal caveats that I'm not a scout, I was sitting ground-level in the endzone, etc. My observations are just what I saw, not a thorough evaluation.
The bad: It was not what I expected. Salinas barely got the ball to him, despite the fact that Clayton Valley wasn't doing anything special to stop him. They seemingly ran two plays the whole night: inside zone to the RB or QB keeper, and WR screen. Maddeningly, they barely looked Hunter's way. 7 must have caught 8-10, and by my count, Hunter only had 2 catches. Maybe I missed a touch or two. Hunter didn't look like he ran crisp routes or gave much effort when the play wasn't going towards him, which was basically every play. Despite being significantly bigger than the corner one him, he put minimal effort into blocking.
The good: Hunter was clearly the class of the game with the ball in his hands. He turned a well-covered screen into a 15 yard gain. He returned a kickoff the the opponent's 40 and didn't look like he was running hard. But the unbelievable play was a horribly thrown pass to the flat that should have been picked. Hunter snatched it out of the air with no momentum going forward, took two steps, and was absolutely gone down the sideline for ~70 yards. His acceleration is off the charts, at least compared to the players in this game. Clayton Valley is a pretty good team, the hardest matchup Salinas will have according to max preps, and there was no one who was close to his athletic match.
These are just my very amateur impressions while watching the game with some colleagues who aren't big fans, so take them with a grain of salt. Overall, I saw a very talented athlete who could have put in more effort down-to-down.
The bad: It was not what I expected. Salinas barely got the ball to him, despite the fact that Clayton Valley wasn't doing anything special to stop him. They seemingly ran two plays the whole night: inside zone to the RB or QB keeper, and WR screen. Maddeningly, they barely looked Hunter's way. 7 must have caught 8-10, and by my count, Hunter only had 2 catches. Maybe I missed a touch or two. Hunter didn't look like he ran crisp routes or gave much effort when the play wasn't going towards him, which was basically every play. Despite being significantly bigger than the corner one him, he put minimal effort into blocking.
The good: Hunter was clearly the class of the game with the ball in his hands. He turned a well-covered screen into a 15 yard gain. He returned a kickoff the the opponent's 40 and didn't look like he was running hard. But the unbelievable play was a horribly thrown pass to the flat that should have been picked. Hunter snatched it out of the air with no momentum going forward, took two steps, and was absolutely gone down the sideline for ~70 yards. His acceleration is off the charts, at least compared to the players in this game. Clayton Valley is a pretty good team, the hardest matchup Salinas will have according to max preps, and there was no one who was close to his athletic match.
These are just my very amateur impressions while watching the game with some colleagues who aren't big fans, so take them with a grain of salt. Overall, I saw a very talented athlete who could have put in more effort down-to-down.
