Portal TE from LSU is N!! Eligible to play this year
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I'm pretty sure they had them but I tried not to get caught looking.
I'm pretty sure they had them but I tried not to get caught looking.
My argument would be that if it were this easy everyone would be doing this. Why did Rhule even go through having Gilbert apply for a waiver last year if we could have just done this? What would stop Alabama from taking the Mississippi State qb if the Bama starter got hurt 2 weeks before the opener? Offering them $3 million to walk-on.
This seems way too simple for something that involves the NCAA but a blocking TE with SEC experience would be a godsend, so hopefully all this is true.
I have been told by my relatives that each player does have a stool to sit on (as seen on the left) and access to hot showers, soap and flush toilets. It is not as bleak as it looks in that image.
Looks more like the blocking type TE to me. Fidone and a guy like Carter Nelson are elite athletes. I don't see that in this kid. But a guy who can and more importantly WILL flat out block at TE is worth his weight in gold.
Maybe him and the big kid from Texas who's name slips my mind can be those type guys. Ruhle and Sat definitely wanna run it and a couple road graders at those positions will truly help that.
Everyone isn't gonna be 6'5+ 230+ and go 4.5 in the 40. Those are freakish NFL level traits. I don't see that in this kid. At least on film I don't.
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OK, gotta ask, do we REALLY know if he can block or not? Comments from coaches, data, etc? All I have read, which obviously isn't everything on the kid, is he played as a freshman, started one game, had 3 catches and 1 TD. And that he was from the St. Louis area and a 4* recruit. Other than those tidbits of facts, nothing meaningful unless I missed it. After all, he is a freshman and started one game, how much total playing time get he get in order to make all of these blocks?
He can prove it to Rhule. What we think doesn't matter at this point. There's no risk to us by taking him this fall. IF he played at all for LSU as a true freshman, he's probably better than most of our TEs.
Well, you didn't answer my question that was based on several comments. I was trying to clarify if they were factual or opinion. There is always risk. Did he get into any trouble at LSU? Do we even know that? That is my point.
Who cares? He was dropped in NU's lap.
Not a penny or a minute of recruiting time was spent for him to land here. If he can contribute, great, if not, he wouldn't be the first guy that showed up here that never makes a meaningful contribution.
Hell, for all we know he could be converted into a serviceable offensive lineman in two years.
Obviously, we would never take a kid that got into trouble before he got here.....
Your standards are ridiculous.
I'm basing my thoughts off of what I seen from his HS film. Nothing more or nothing less. You can see the level of athleticism and at least a willingness to block based off of those things. Just as you could see the level of athleticism I mentioned with Fidone and Nelson on HS film.
How that translates remain to be seen. So if that's what you are questioning that's fair. But to say he's a step down athletically from those guys I think is pretty spot on. I also believe him to be more of the traditional in line TE type based on what little I've seen and he has the demeanor and body type to be good at it.
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It was stated that he was a good blocker in a twit by HuskerWave posted on page 1
Amsterdam, now there is a place to lose your innocence at the ripe young age of 19. Not that I've been there
, just heard stories from a friend of a friend you know.
Why can’t Ron B get the Tight ends for a week to work on blocking? After that Fidone can be our next NFL tight end pick in the draft. Who’s the last one to get drafted for us, Stoll?
Don't care, pumped to have the kid, but this is pretty wild, and kind of hard to believe.
Not that it matters, but I think Carter Nelson is a much better athlete than Fidne ever was, including before he got injured. Nelson is smooth in and out of his routes, whereas Fidone has always been kinda herky jerky.
Barring injuries, I expect Nelson to far exceed Fidone. JMO
conference play? he should be ready to bash his head into some UTEP guys on Saturday
I wouldn't expect this guy to be in the 3rd play against CU or anything. He missed all of fall camp. But a few games in he should be up to speed.
Agree. Heck, they could play him a half dozen snaps on Saturday that are all nothing but blocks, then next Sat against the Buffs, show the same set first play and throw him the ball.
Nothing says welcome to the team faster than making an on-the-field contribution. I'm sure that wouldn't fire up the crowd.
we will need help protecting DR against CU
Between getting a veteran db coach right before fall camp and a 4 star TE falling in our lap unannounced, things are really looking up in Lincoln.
Agree, but I hope DR hitting Fidone in stride is a big part of the game plan to counter edge guys trying to tee of on DR.
this kid won't take snaps from Fidone
2+ TE sets will help the OL on the perimeter tremendously
I expect to see a lot of them this year
What fabulous news. Bout damn time the stars align for this program!!!
It all starts next Saturday by beating the piss out of the Buffs in Lincoln. I see that as the same as when NU beat the Canes in Lincoln after years of them rubbing our noses in it.
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