4 star RB N!! Jamarion Parker
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Will be gone after his FR year. IF he stays committed. Dudes enjoy the pub of committing.
We really needed a top shelf guy. I think our RB coach sucks.
Hopefully this kid pans out, but he only relied on his speed to the edge in HS, and the game speeds up at the next level leaving me to wonder what else he can do?
Hopefully this kid pans out, but he only relied on his speed to the edge in HS, and the game speeds up at the next level leaving me to wonder what else he can do?
He is a stronger tougher MO Washington. He did OK getting to the edge. Glad Parker is tougher mentally.
Not with NIL. Scholarship numbers don't matter anymore. Get them an NIL deal equal to a scholarship.
No arguments from me. I think our RB room is a case of people mistaking "bodies" for depth. I'm not sure we have a RB currently that would be in the top half of the BIG. Just a whole lot of unknown and a lot to prove. Also have to realize we had the threat of QB run game last year which schematically opened up some lanes for our RBs. This year that probably won't be the case. Our OL and our RBs are gonna have to be much better this year.
If I had to pick one position that I'm least confident in going into the season it would be RB.
EJ has actually grown on me and I think he's solid. Rahmir is probably just "ok" for me. Like I said if healthy I like Ervin as "ok".
Maybe it's just me but I think we need to be much better than just "ok" at the RB position.
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Now that I don't know. I think the kid is definitely more talented but physically he's probably not ready to go yet. But he has another year of HS. He's already as big as Rahmir and EJ so. Guess we shall see. Just wanna see us recruiting/signing dudes at the RB slot.
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Wow, not sure I'd go there. I agree with the stronger tougher part but the comparison not so much. Man Mo made some cuts that looked abnormal. Not sure I see THAT from him. But I agree he has nice shiftiness and wiggle. I love the pickup. I think he's legit.
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I think that side has much to prove based on just last year and that includes the coaches. The OL/RB and run game is a big area of concern.
Dowdell looked like the next coming of Roger Craig in the spring scrimmage. High knees tackle breaking big back who was tough to tackle. IF he can show in the B1G what he showed in the spring game he’ll be just fine.
If he's 75% the talent at NU that Craig was (minus all his fumbles) I'll be happy. As far as speed, he's nowhere near as fast as Craig was in college Dowdell has decent speed, far from the kind of back that's gonna go 94 or 95 yards against FSU like Roger did.
lol, he's much smaller than MO.. not even close to being a comparison other than MO couldn't run inside either.
This. EJ is the only one that has shown that he has the ability to be good.
Looked like a plodder to me who had a big run vs what appeared to be lower level defenders. Look who is chasing him on that TD run.
Idk maybe I missed it. Or maybe my expectations where just too high for him. But I didn't see anything that made me say "we have a guy".
He generally got what the play was blocked to get. Nothing special imo
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Word on the street is that they aren’t super impressed with him. He’s not that franchise RB that the are still looking for.
Yeah i mean he was okay. Besides that long run not sure if I thought he was breaking all these tackles.
A running back who couldn't make it at a big program isn't going to turn into a franchise running back here. They need to either recruit a franchise running back out of high school or get a high achiever from a smaller school. Our running back recruiting has been pretty pathetic over the past 10 years or so.
And I said this so many times before I sound like a broken record, but a lot of people spent so much time lamenting Rhule's retention of Coach Raiola they never stopped to look at how potent he has been on the recruiting side of things. Meanwhile, Barthel can't land a B10 back. I doubt things will change even if Parker doesn't pan out and the backs drop balls. EJ has been with Rhule a long time and I doubt Rhule would look in a different direction unless the room unraveled.
Im struggling to remember any RB that was here the past 10 years. I remember the Missouri guy who retired with the bad knees, amanti cross, and Anthony grant.
Ozigbo was probably the best RB we’ve had in the past 10 years. But he was really good only his senior year.
Yep. Had heard a lot of the same. I know an Oregon booster as well that said he was just mehhhh.
I think his point being Palmer wasn't a starter at LSU, yet transfered to NU and basically played like franchise player. Of course he was a WR.
Palmer was probably a unique situation. I think he followed Mickey Joseph here.
I am not sure you need a single RB to be one of the best in the Big Ten in order to have a good to great running game. Yes it helps but on average about 55 teams per year, over the past 15 years, had a 1000 yard back. Offenses are changing quickly. Last year the individual leader in yards per game was the Missouri kid, that transferred from DII, or whatever, and he averaged 125 ypg. The year before it was 155 ypg and 2021 it was 145 ypg. College football is a pass first operation now days.
Meh speed. Still a guy DBs will struggle to tackle. He trucked a couple of guys in that scrimmage who are going to play on D for us.
Great Oline can make any back look good. With our recent blocking we need a Barry Sanders back there
I never get excited about these types of transfers. To me it’s a red flag when all that gets brought up is how many stars a kid had back after their junior year of HS. That stuff is so inaccurate.
Exactly... Were some watching a different spring game? Other than the big run, I saw a back who embraced contact and lowered his shoulders to punish defenders. Size and speed with power and caught a ball or two. What else more do you need other than have the big guy work toward perfecting his pass blocking?
Tre Bryant. Could've been a real good one had his knees not fail him.
I think Terrell Newby was pretty solid too. I agree though, Ozigbo was still probably the best.
