I remember when we tried to do that in the Joker days because we couldn’t get any OTs, not saying it can’t happen but it didn’t out very well.
Illinois TE Hunter Boyer commits to UK!
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Oh No!! I am “part of the problem,” because I want UK to win next year. Not sure whose problem, but I accept the role!!!
Hunter must love to block God can you believe a tight end would come to this school welcome to the train wreck hunter
You know the definition of insanity, don't you ? A Stoops ran football program insanity on steroids . My god some of the mindboggling decisions ,asinine decisions ,that comes from that football program well you can't make it up DISGRACE
Under brooks its exactly what they did and it worked. Worked for several other positions too under brooks. Two more off top of my head was woodyard and tamme. Its a viable strategy at several positions.
Joker just sucked.
My wife's cousin has a son who played at Baylor from 2011-2015. He was a backup DT for his first 4 years who was in the rotation and started 3 games. His senior year, they moved him to "TE" where at 6'3 295, he was basically an extra OL. He was really effective in short yardage/goal line situations as a lead blocker out of the backfield and in max pass protection, with the exception of one memorable occasion where he slipped out and caught a 9 yard TD pass against WVU. I'm guessing this is how Boyer will be used as well.
Good to know that we have an extra lineman for Dowdell. Stoops better be more aggressive on 4th and short next season.
I’d go out on a limb and say we traded up regarding what is needed incoming vs outgoing tight end
I agree largely, though it seems it worked out for Brooks in an instance or two, though names escape me.
6-6 270 is HUGE for a TE. I'm sure DBs would love to see him coming full steam. LOL
Was getting ready to type the same thing. Would be hard to gain 10-15 let alone 25-30. He has the frame though.
It worked some because our coaching was good enough to coach around it to a degree. They developed enough skill guys too to be able to work around it. In this day and age I’m not sure anyone stays long enough to see the results of putting weight on them either.
We had excellent coaching no doubt but we also struggled in recruiting. That meant we had to take different level of risks then than now.
Would he be willing to RS and gain weight if that is the plan? I mean... dude probably isn't playing nfl at TE but maybe you could sell him on making the league as a OT....?
It speaks volumes that we are considering this though. We "thought" we had recruited OL well the last 4 years... LOL.
Doesn’t matter anyway he’s going to be an extra lineman with all the running that’s in store next year!
I'd say he will probably just ride the pine like most of the players on the roster. Coaches don't know what to do with players when they get here. They either rotate them not enough or too damn much.
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