Football Verbal.....Austin Labus

BG has another football verbal.  This one is Austin Labus from Portage, MI.  Portage is over by Kalamazoo.  He is 6'6" and 270 pounds...a frame you have to believe we can put some additional weight onto and make him a real contributor.  As always, lineman are hard to track down...I found one site that said he was "highly recruited."  (Rivals only lists an offer from WMU, but you can't really tell much from that).

He plays line both ways in HS, but Rivals says he is an OT, which is what you would expect with that size.  This website listed him as the 16th best junior player starting last season, and this one listed him as the 10th best 2014 prospect in the state.

The D-Zone says he was the 3rd highest ranked OL prospect in West Michigan.  Finally, M-Live put him on their Kalmazoo Dream Team....here is their write up.

The 6-6, 285-pound junior two-way lineman had a strong season for the Huskies, but his best may be yet to come. Labus played left tackle on offense (Northern had a left-handed quarterback), and on defense manned the tackle and noseguard positions. He finished with 37 tackles, including one sack and 9.5 for lost yardage. "He's a legit Division I prospect. He walks in and looks the part," Northern coach Pete Schermerhorn said about Labus, whose versatility gives the Huskies options.

Finally, if you think you might like an OT with enough athleticism to score 16 goals for the lacrosse team, this would be your guy.

Welcome to the Falcons, Austin.