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You gotta watch Shenault beat DiCaprio Bootle (great name) twice in straight up foot races, and once you see that happen you've also got to have the wherewithal to know that DiCaprio was a lightning speed prospect coming out of SoFla who had run 4.34 even in high school. So essentially, Nebraska tried to have their 4.3 speed corner use what should've been a speed advantage in speed situations against the opposing team's 220 lbs tank/wildcat monster...and found out that there was actually speed disadvantage in favor of the 220 lbs Ford El Dorado. It was like asking Bootle to go cover American Pharoah.
I think once people realize what a superior total athlete Shenault is, that's when things will slide into place for him coming to be regarded as the top WR in the class.
@6min mark the win against Bootle.
@8min mark win again against Bootle.
He got the chance with his speed.
Dicaprio Bootle, Nebraska's most decorated defender in this year's postseason Big Ten accolades, was not on the Huskers' radar when he showed up at a satellite camp in South Florida in June of 2015 as a high school recruit.
Then he ran. He ran 40 yards and some Husker staffer looked at the stop watch and blurted out the numbers: "4.34." You are no longer a secret after that. Perhaps it was the advantage of handheld timing, but the point had been made.
As Bootle recalled during an interview last year, "After the 40 time, I remember turning around, and everybody was just staring at me."
Key parts for 2019: Bootle shows himself as an example to follow
The cornerback Bootle has gone from an under-the-radar recruit to an important part of Erik Chinander's building process.
247sports.com
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