what did he do in high school that was so great? His senior year he had 27 solo tackles and 2 picks. That's the type of production I would expect out of someone that isn't going to play D1 football.
Coming from a few kids that I know who played on that team with him, he just mailed it in all year long, expected to start without giving practice/conditioning any effort whatsoever. Now, that could mean his production for his senior year was due to him just wanting to avoid injury, but it also calls into question how serious he is about football.