Mark Nabou looks for new collegiate destination after dumping UW dawgs
SEATTLE — Mark Nabou was a Washington Husky. Just over three weeks later, he wasn’t.
On the first of June, the highly coveted interior offensive lineman from Seattle’s O’Dea High School formally pledged his college football career to the University of Washington. However, before the month had ended Nabou announced that he was decommiting from the U-Dub in what was reportedly a mutual agreement between the two parties.
Be this as it may, the 6-foot-4, 300-pound all-state tackle now will choose among a host of other schools eager to secure his services. Included among these hopefuls are Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M and TCU, all of whom Nabou has visited either officially or in an unofficial capacity. All four of these programs jumped at offering him a scholarship. While at least a couple of recruiting analysis services feel that the Aggies may be the leader in the clubhouse at this point (College Station is Nabou’s only official visit among this courting quartet), Nabou has yet to publicly declare an official choice.
Rated a solid three-star prospect, there are those who believe that Nabou’s status may bump up to a four if he improves his pass protection prowess to a level more in line with his excellence at run blocking. The No. 12 ranked football player in Washington, 247Sports touts Nabou as the 19th best inside o-lineman in the Class of 2022.
Observers comment that, since his sophomore year at O’Dea, there were glaring growing pains as Nabou worked to catch up athletically and agility-wise to his extraordinary size. The consensus now seems to be that Nabou has made huge strides in making this happen to the point that perhaps his skill set may now be more suitable to playing guard rather than tackle at the collegiate level.
For his part, Nabou talks like a young man who knows where he’s at, and, more importantly, what he has to offer moving forward, as he shared recently with Dawgman of 247Sports, “I feel like I am a smart player, I use my head, my body, my strength, my feet. I still have a lot to improve on, but I think that’s what I do best.”
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