Posted by bambi2godzilla on 12/26/2007, 8:19 pm
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Don't know what position he will end up at but he sounds like a guy who makes plays. Arizona State might be tough to beat out but UCLA doesn't even have a coach.
Spectacular was norm for Hatchett
RON GUILD, Sports Editor
LA WAVE
27.DEC.07
For most players, it was a career game. For Centennial High School’s Robert Hatchett, it was a game typical of his career.
In a wild 42-41 double-overtime loss to Nordhof in the second-round of the Southern Section Northwest Division playoffs, Hatchett accumulated 328 all-purpose yards while scoring four touchdowns — two on runs from scrimmage, one on a pass reception in overtime and the other on a 99-yard kickoff return. For good measure, he had a 30-yard interception return.
“It was alarming the frequency with which he had those types of games,” Centennial coach Aaron Craver said. “He did that just about every week.”
Hatchett, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound senior, was primarily a wide receiver, but he also lined up in the backfield and even played one game at quarterback when starter Chris Smith was injured.
In helping the Apaches go 6-6 and qualify for the program’s first playoff berth in 35 years, he put up amazing numbers. Included were 64 receptions for 1,585 yards and 17 touchdowns, 970 yards and eight TDs rushing, three kickoff returns and one punt return for scores and four interceptions, two of which were returned for TDs. In addition to the 31 TDs he scored, he also passed for two.
Runnerup by one vote to Smith for Pioneer League offensive player of the year honors, Hatchett’s senior year was just a followup to a sophomore season in which he caught 40 passes for 1,300 yards and a junior campaign in which he caught 47 for 1,100.
Craver’s goal this year was to find even more ways to get him involved.
“We wanted to get him more touches by getting him involved in the running game and at wingback,” Craver said.
Recruiters are starting to notice.
UCLA, Arizona State, Nevada, Idaho, Idaho State and San Jose State are among the schools interested. He has yet to take any recruiting trips.
“A lot of people hadn’t heard about him the last two years because we hadn’t been winning,” the coach said. “Then towards the end of last year they started to notice him.”
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