He was worth the risk. Boerkircher is young and has experience now and Fidone is immensely talented. Without Boerkircher Rhule would have needed to take a lower level TE to ensure we had someone there.
this you?
Starting players like Boerkircher is a big part of why we don't even go to bowl games anymore. He isn't some walk-on who rose above a bunch of quality scholarship players. He's a walk-on who is playing significant minutes because of terrible recruiting and roster management.