Seth Harrell - An accident waiting to happen

Some of Seth Harrell's hits sound like car accidents minus the glass.

On a few occasions, it seems like when he makes impact, the energy and breath exits the ball carrier and reverberates through the stadium.

And when a spectator hears the thud and feels the impact, all he can do is tighten every muscle in his body and say, "Ooooooooooh!"

Jackson's Seth Harrell lives for these moments.

"It's one of the best moments on the field," Harrell said. "It gives you a bunch of adrenaline and gets you pumped up."

Harrell is a tough man's linebacker. He loves big hits. He knows one speed.

But Harrell is more than meets the eye. For every big hit, there's an hour of studying film. He's also a thinking man's linebacker.

"I like to watch a lot of film," he said. "Their formations give an indication of what they're going to do."

Like a few of his teammates, Harrell said he watches about 30 minutes of film every night except Monday and Thursday. On those nights, he studies for about an hour.

On Friday night, he passes with flying colors.

Harrell has 64 tackles through five games, an extraordinary amount, especially considering in four of those games he sat much of the second half when the Indians were blowing out their opponents. Anything more than 100 tackles for a season is outstanding.

Jackson coach Carl Gross has even called Harrell the "Mario Whitney of our defense."

Everybody knows Whitney -- who set a state record with 463 rushing yards last Friday night -- will get the ball. Everybody knows Harrell will make the tackle. And yet teams have yet to figure out a way to contain either one.

"If you add two inches and 20 pounds to Seth, he's another Nathan Norman," Gross said, referring to the former Jackson great who played fullback at the University of Arkansas. "And I can't think of a better compliment than that."

Harrell has great instincts on the field. He is a good athlete -- he also wrestles and plays baseball -- but his speed (4.8 seconds in the 40-yard dash) and his 6-foot-1, 200-pound frame aren't his strong suits.

His No. 1 asset is his intuition.

"It's like he feels it," Gross said. "It's like a sixth sense. He knows where the ball is going and he gets there in a bad mood."

Harrell said he's starting to get some interest from some colleges, but nothing major at this point.

His main focus right now is making more tackles and winning more games.