Hunter Andrews

[chinngiskhaan]

I read an article recently (not sure how legitimate the source) about Hunter, and how he will be a great weapon for us this year. He’s supposedly 6 ft 3, 240 lbs, and was clocked at 4.45 in the 40. While I doubt that he can genuinely run a sub 4.5 40, He is blazing fast for his size if he can get anywhere near that. I am excited to see what he can do for us, and I hope we use him and the other tight ends as much as possible. I still think that should be our bread and butter, even with Ludwig gone.

[Central Coast Ute]

Agreed. They say that Becks offenses don’t use tight ends much. Hopefully he can make use of the talent he has. The stats you just provided are amazing. Hopefully he has the skills to match it.

[pedro]

Beck stated earlier this week that with the TE’s on hand, the offense will adjust to utilize them.

[Yergensen]

TE is not the position for him in this offense. Our RB room in its current state is no better than it was last year. Why isn’t Andrews not still part of that mix? We haven’t seen Andrews at RB since he fumbled against SUU. We need talent at that position.

[RiseasUtes]

I disagree. Adding Parker changes that RB room a lot, but also adding Dampier and the threat of a passing game will open the run game up. Bernard was injured a lot and didn’t have any help from a passing threat so teams could load the box against us last season.

[Yergensen]

Parker is the one established talent in the room, just like MB was last year. Beyond Parker we have two RBs who were backups on MW teams and unproven freshmen.

So, how is this year’s RB room any different? And no, MB wasn’t “injured a lot” last season. Where are you getting that from? MB went for 1,000 yds (more than Parker btw) against stacked boxes which were stacked because we couldn’t throw the ball.

[RiseasUtes]

I loved Bernard, but he got up hobbled on a regular basis. Not injured to the point he was missing games, but there was noticeable limping etc.

Parker had few carries and averaged more per carry and had the same amount of TDs.

Like I said in my first post, having a passing game is going to be the best help to the run game. If we can pass the ball the run game is going to open up and Parker will be the main recipient of that. Parker was also just a freshman last season.

[chinngiskhaan]

Call it a TE, a RB, a utility player… whatever you want. From the article, they were referring to him as a tight end, but suggested he would be doing different things including running the ball, similar to Kuithe.

[Yergensen]

Would you rather the talent you just described getting 10-15 touches a game (RB) or 3-5 (utility or TE)?

And isn’t NJ our utility player? How many utility players make sense?

[chinngiskhaan]

why are you even arguing about this? IDGAF what position he plays. I have no inside knowledge, no expertise. I am just parroting what I read in an article.

If you want my opinion on your second point, look at comments to Proud’s recent post that address essentially exactly that. I don’t care enough to repeat them here.

[Rick Walker]

Knowing Whitt, he’s a LB

[2008 National Champ]

They’ve already tried him as an LB. He’s now on his 3rd room before his RS Freshman season which makes it seem like his athletic ability is getting him chances that his football skill level isn’t cashing in.

Based on the stats in the OP, I’d say his next spot will be D-End where they try to replicate Connor O’Toole.

[UteButters]

Hunter Andrews has found his home. And TE’s are going to be used in this offense. Running backs are also solid.

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