What to Expect of out Class of 2020 5 star LB Gabriel Means and the NAvarro Panthers in 2018

Class of 2020 Top 100 LInebacker and 6th ranked PRospect in Nation

5 Star LB Gabriel Means A future Baylor Bear? 

A New Football Coach With The Same Means to a Title

Gabriel Means was just up at Baylor and once again ran a 4.6 40-yard dash at a Division One FBS-Power Five camp and was also grouped as a Top 10 linebacker with seniors and JuCo prospects. He will suit up again for the Navarro Panthers for his junior season, who went 11-2 last season and made it to the Texas State Quarter-Finals. Means was a big part of the Panthers' success last season and has been working extremely hard this off-season at big time college camps like Baylor (2x), UT Austin, UTPB, HBU, TLU, and Texas State. Gabe can be seen below at Baylor running a very quick 40-yard dash once again and shows great hip flexion in his zone coverage drops.  With a new football coach at Navarro High School in Rod Blount, skeptics are lingering as the coach moves from 3A Mathis where he was 33-18 in four seasons to the much tougher 4A division. Luckily he inherits a solid nucleus built on a solid running attack and a ferocious defense. With stand-out class of 2019 linemen on the offensive side of the football like Wyatt Tate, the "Slot-T" offense that has been used at Navarro for years should be highly effective. With a more experienced and developed Means flying around on the defensive side of the football, the Navarro Panthers look to once again achieve a bid to the Texas state playoffs. Except this time, with a new football coach who is looking to leave his own legacy behind at Navarro High School. Coach Blount is a proven winner and it should be another successful season at Navarro. 

Gabriel Means Stats for 2017

• 57 total tackles 
• 6 tackles for loss
• 2 QB hurries and 2 forced fumbles
• 1 fumble recovery and 1 reception for 9 yards 
• will also be playing offense in 2017 at the fullback position. 

Scout Trout ALl-American Report #1 - A Means To A End

​Gabriel Means was just at the Baylor Camp and was extremely impressive overall in his combine numbers, while also being able to show his ability in the pass coverage. As a Class of 2020 LB out of Navarro High School in the great football state of Texas. Means shows that he the ability to produce tackle after tackle in his film above and also the extremely high motor he possesses while taking nearly perfect angles of pursuit to track down ball carriers. Gabriel shows very good overall football instincts and as you can see on the second play of his highlights, can read and react extremely quickly to tackle the ball carrier in the backfield. In the next play the ball is thrown out to the flat and read quickly by the outside defenders. Means however, is in perfect position after he shows off his spectacular upper body strength when he completely unearths the oncoming blocker around the 50-yard line. His highly aggressive motor can be seen on the next play, as he uses his relentless drive and athletics to make a touchdown saving tackle at the one yard line! Means is shown taking on two blockers on the next play, as he obviously was able to demand attention in the state of Texas this year, as a feared middle linebacker. On this play, he is able to detach very well with extended arms and scrape down the line of scrimmage to make yet another brilliant stop for Navarro. Keeping outside contain is a key component to playing out of the "edge" of a defense and Means is able to demonstrate great leverage to be able to maintain outside contain on the next play. Gabriel is than able to use great athletics to bend back to help assist with yet another stop for Navarro. With more of the same tenacious play and intensity shown on the next few plays, Means is able to shoot the gap once again and cause mass chaos in the backfield, as he causes and recovers the errant pitch. When Blitzing on the next play, Gabriel uses great technique once again and makes the QB throw an errant pass that is intercepted by Navarro. Means is one of those defensive players that is making a impact on almost every play, as he makes his presence felt with his superior play. When not making a tackle, fumble recover or sack, Means will be found making a means to an end for the Navarro Panthers football squad.