New TE position
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Austin Allen
Cameron Jurgens
Kurt Rafdal
Matt Snyder
Jack Stoll
Katerian LeGrone
Justin McGriff
?Swinson
?any of the walkons get a scholarsip
Jurgens looks to be a DE, LeGrone and McGriff are wide receivers.
Yes some of these guys are hybrid wrs/te creates multiple mismatches.
Last time I looked Messiah Swinson didn't have us in his top tier of offers. I don't think there's much of a chance we land him.
You don't have to be the fastest guy on the field to be a good possession wide receiver. For that, good size, good foot work, the ability to get in and out of your cuts quickly - crisp patterns, and strong but soft hands are important, and be an excellent blocker. Not every WR on the field has to be able to outrun the DBs to fit into a good scheme.
According to Frost and Clouse on RSS both have good speed and are listed as wide receivers.
redzone guys. There's some good Rivals camp video of at least one of the new commits going up and just reaching over the DB for a catch. Frost is going to dramatically improve our redzone efficiency IMO.
Cam was recruited by this staff as an athlete. Swinson has also been talked about on the defensive side. Iowa has recruited TE in the past and turned them into NFL linemen. You never know what these guys will look like by junior year.
ahh. As of yesterday I think it was the Rivals offer list had us as medium and a couple of other teams as high. They must have not updated their list at that point.
Jurgens said he will start out on offense. He is listed as a TE on the official release by the athletic department seen here: http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211690411
There's also David Engelhaupt, who was not mentioned.
So Engelhaupt, Stoll, Allen, Rafdal, Snyder, Jurgens, then a couple of hybrids in McGriff and LeGrone, and possibly Swinson. Seems like a lot for that position, especially when we have greater needs at other positions.
McGriff and LeGrone are going to start at least as WRs but you aren't going to likely see Frost offer any fullbacks for his offense in the future. He uses TEs in the backfield when he wants a blocker back there.
IF he would grow out of the TE position, he could be a tremendously athletic OT for us.
So I wonder what will happen with Ben Miles? I don't see where he would fit in this offense.
Ive seen him up close- he doesnt have the height and frame to be an OLineman or OT IMO. The kid is a real athlete.
He has excellent athleticism, explosiveness, body control etc Would make a good ILB IMO if he can stay healthy. In the BIG you need size and speed at ILB.
Yeah, I definitely can see Frost emphasizing blocking by WRs downfield. A few big Anquan Boldin types don't hurt if they can get seperation and have soft hands.
can he play LB and special teams, maybe we have a short yardage back that can pound the LOS.
His older brother made a better decision and was more successful.
If we insinuate Swinson at DE he will go to Mizzu. Dumb move by Frost and Co if so. This kid is special, let him play TE all day long...