Stanford Football: 3 signees who’ll have instant impacts in 2020

Even with Walker Little returning for his senior season and lots of youth in the program, Myles Hinton has the bloodlines and skill to fight for the spot opposite the All-Pac-12 performer this season.

Hinton is the son of Northwestern lineman and 13-year NFL veteran Chris Hinton. His brother, Chris Jr., is a defensive lineman for Michigan and his mother was a standout basketball player at Northwestern.

In addition to his bloodlines, Hinton was a standout track and field athlete in high school as well. It does not matter what the staff thinks of the linemen already on campus, when Hinton gets the opportunity to show his stuff, he’s going to impress the entire Stanford offensive staff.

Hinton is nimble and athletic for a young man that is 6-6 and 308 pounds. He is a nasty, angry blocker. He flattens defenders when asked to run block and leads defenders away from the quarterback when pass blocking. He is coordinated as he understands how to simultaneously use his hands and feet in concert when pass blocking.

As a run blocker, he initiates contact and goes after whoever is in front of him. He does an outstanding job of staying low when run blocking as well.

Every lineman in Palo Alto better be weary, Hinton is coming for someone’s spot.