49ers’ Javon Hargrave hit the jackpot in free agency but promises he’s far from satisfied.
There was a time when Javon Hargrave envisioned himself dominating the paint like Charles Barkley instead of sacking quarterbacks like Charles Haley.
Hargrave, 30, is the 49ers’ prize free agent, a defensive tackle whose speed and athleticism have never computed with his build whether it was as a youth, in high school, college or the NFL.Javon Hargrave played basketball at North Rowan High School in Spencer, North Carolina, graduating in 2011. Photo: John C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
“This league is not based on what you did last year,” Hargrave said. “It’s more like ‘what have you done for me lately?’ I challenged myself to make the most out of my career. That’s my big goal – to see if I can get better every year and really make the most of it.” “That’s when I started hearing the whispers,” Hargrave said. “It dawned on me – I’ve got a chance to do this thing.”
David Blanchard, the defensive line coach at South Carolina State, watched a winded Hargrave fail to make it through his first conditioning drill. Hargrave has no fond memories of the experience but understands the impact was profound in that he’s remained in shape ever since. North Rowan was being dominated by Monroe, the defending state champ whose star player was Jamison Crowder, now an NFL wide receiver. Crowder had his way in the first half and then Mitchell laid into Hargrave.
Behind closed doors, Hargrave would occasionally display an edge, like the time he failed to make the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team despite a solid sophomore year. “His first year, he was kind of wildly moving around and he was so athletic at that weight, he could outmaneuver people, but it wasn’t until his second year you started to see his true in-gap power and ability to just wreck the interior of an entire offensive line.
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