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ukalumni00

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SanAntonioCat said:
That's what was said about Matt Elam. There is no reason for Mr. Young to leave early unless he was so exceptional a player by his junior year.
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I felt Elam should have been RS not because he would not be at UK for 4 years but because he was so out of shape. Young is a completely different situation.
 
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Mojocat_rivals48469

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Grumpyolddawg said:
Yeah, I am not quite understanding that thinking, no one, not even Bama redshirts 5*, unless they are injured. One thing that will assure, it's not likely you sign another one anytime soon. But the truth is many 5* OL come in and start as true frosh and do very well. UF has had a few, Bama's last 2 LT both came in as 5* OT prospects, started their first game and played 3 years before bolting for the NFL, Tunsil at OM did the same. No offense, but UK doesn't have the OL depth chart of Bama or OM, how are people thinking he RSs? He is either good enough to play early or the recruiting services missed on his evaluation.
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Yep, the idea of redshirting a highly rated kid is a relic of prior generations - when all frosh redshirted....
 
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BlueRaider22

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Places like Bama can RS.....since they have 3rd or 4th string 5* players. It is not likely that UK would reach a point where we can RS a good number of upper tier recruits.
 
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SaguaroCat said:
Don't need wheels to avoid sacks. Just pocket awareness to step up or to the side to give yourself another second. We might not make as much from busted plays, but I think we have less sacks. I predict barker handles pressure better. Though that's only based on what I hear about his personality through the media.

Plus I think we'll see running backs help on rushing ends more. And new offense utilizes running backs and cj Conrad better as safety valves.

They're not all silver bullets, but combined I think the offense is better set up to make the offensive line look good.
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You're right. QB just needs quickness not speed!
 
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vhcat70

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Given how well the O apparently looked today, those starting OT's must have their jobs as locked down as advertised.
 
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jauk11

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SanAntonioCat said:
That's what was said about Matt Elam. There is no reason for Mr. Young to leave early unless he was so exceptional a player by his junior year.
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So there is a chance he is gone before his senior year?

Redshirting him has NO advantage unless you think he will be here five years------very unlikely IMO. Most OL need a RS to grow and develop, one of the reasons he is a five star is that he needs very little of those two things. Plus he will probably learn more playing in actual games this year against top competition than he would on the scout team. He doesn't have to be the best OT at the start of the year for him to be the best at the end of the year. I don't see any way he won't at least add depth to the OL by the end of the year, play him as early and often as you can without it costing you a game.

I hope to see the RS question settled in the first game, whether he is the better at the start of the game than our BIG GUY with a couple more years of experience or not.
 
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Brock28

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Landon isn't going to redshirt and will most likely be named starter at some point this year.
 
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