Industrial's Ricky Redus
Not just another brick in the wall, a moving part
by Paul Harrison
(Posted 8/1/2010)
Ricky Redus may not be a name Industrial fans are as familiar with as some. Playing, fullback and defensive tackle, the 220 lb. senior is one of the first helmets hitting the pile, and among the last out of it after the whistle. Spending most of his time on-field in one scrum or another, one may be hard pressed to pick his number out of a lineup. Now combine playing less visible positions with the scouting snub that smaller schools receive; one wonders what a player needs to do to play after graduation, and ideally, turn their performance into a scholarship.
“I’m hoping to end up playing football somewhere next year, definitely,” Redus said. “I’m very proactive during the summer. I go to a bunch of the football camps at different universities and these recruiting camps.”
Ricky, the son of Dan and Karan Cockrell, traveled to Southern Arkansas University early in the summer and the National Underclassmen Ultimate 100 camp with top players in his grade from the all over the area in Duncanville in July. He attended the Brad Wright Football Camp at Texas State over the weekend of July 24. The camps provide recruits with combine numbers in addition to position skills work. Good combine numbers are bait for recruiters that can be sent out even when an athlete is not necessarily being scouted...
