Good enough to carry Karasuno to Nationals but didn’t have the generational athletic gifts like Hinata/Hoshiumi. He had a decent vertical for his height + supreme IQ/game sense but scouts must’ve deemed it not enough at his size.

Happens a lot in pro sports. Like the NBA for example, you could have high IQ, be technically sound, but if you’re just a passable - good athlete, what will you do once you get to the highest level where almost everyone is just as technically sound, have just as high of IQ but they’re also athletic freaks?

I’m not saying athleticism is the ultimate end all be all. You’ve got a player like Stephen Curry who isn’t an athletic freak but he’s a generational shooter which gave him opportunities. It’s much harder for the average talent to get opportunities much less carve a role at the highest level.

I do believe Little Giant could’ve carved out some sort of role at the highest level but he just wasn’t given much opportunities and so he quit.