This was posted on HokieSports.com Camp Confidential: 30/30/30 Blog earlier this week.
How difficult is the Excalibur Award to obtain? The actual grading scale was created from test data collected from college and pro teams. To receive the highly competitive and esteemed Excalibur Award, the player must average in the top eight percent of the chart (superior level) for all tested criteria.
The trio became the first Tech football players to earn the award since former standouts Marcus Davis and Joey Phillips received the honor in 2012. They became the first offensive linemen to earn the honor since Brandon Frye won it back in 2006.
Conte, a 6-foot-6, 295-pound redshirt sophomore from Richmond, led all Tech players in the bench press (440 pounds), front squat (460) and push jerk (385). Teller, a 6-6, 301-pound redshirt freshman from Bealeton, Virginia, finished second behind Conte in the front squat (450) and push jerk (375), and he actually tied Conte in the bench press, but Conte is considered the leader because he weighs less than Teller (weight is the tiebreaker). Gibson, a 6-6, 297-pound redshirt senior from Sierra Vista, Arizona, led all Tech players in the power clean (385) and finished fourth in the bench press (430) and fifth in the push jerk (340).
Gibson's 385-pound power clean broke the position record for an offensive tackle. Conte held the previous record of 375 pounds, which he set last year.
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With two degrees and an Excalibur award, Laurence Gibson is not only smart but strong as well.
I know some put little stock in the lifting numbers but I love seeing these stats from o-linemen. You need that power to run the football.
Fantastic work! Congratulations!
I wonder how UVA players are doing...
Thank you. This made me laugh more than it should have.
Am I the only one to immediately think of this when you first heard of the Excalibur Award:
I haven't watched SP in so long, I didn't make the connection. Of course, now I can't stop cracking up. Thank you, ChoppinWood, thank you.
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them some bad dudes
That's one movie I don't wanna miss. Wonder if they'd wrAstle me, all at once? Ought to be a fair fight, for a nano-second.
I wouldn't want to cross them.wow.
That, ladies and gents, is a whole gotta humanity.
Anyone else get a little bit of a giggle looking at Teller?
I mean, I know he's a beast -- but he can't help himself. He looks like a good kid trying to look bad.
That'll be his secret weapon maybe. Pre-game intros, everyone will be like, "That Wyatt is such a nice guy. I saw him helping a tyke tie his shoes."
Then at game time, evil Wyatt comes out.
All hail da big uglies, pound the pig!
Top chefs... ready to make pancakes.
OK, I'll try to make this my last gif of the day. But this news just has me so happy, I just can't contain myself. Upvotes for everyone, tears of joy for me.
