Woods to UCLA

[highlandute7]

Woods

Too bad we never got to see what he could do here.

[Yergensen]

He is a missing piece for us. Say what you want about NM and UNLV backups that joined us, the staff isn’t done recruiting RB. We need at least two RB1’s and we have one.

Surprise move from Woods. Was it strictly a money move for him? Playing opportunity was here for him.

Moving on…

[Zigziggler]

Running back options are limited in the transfer portal currently. However we don’t know what the future holds for players wanting to enter after camp. However currently Cam Cook from TCU, looks the part. We recruited him back in 2021. Wondering if Atuaia is reaching back out?

https://247sports.com/player/cam-cook-46125448/college-301322/

[Yergensen]

Spring camp will reshuffle the deck and flush out more talent. I think it’s smarter to wait for supply and talent replenishment than to commit to current limited supply.

We should probably also count on our 2 incoming freshmen to deliver. They’re more talented than what is in the portal currently and underclassmen have been delivering in CFB for years, especially at RB.

[jshame17]

We’ve been hearing that for years and the freshman haven’t stepped up.

We will see if Atuaia is any different than Q, but until he shows he can develop freshman in year 1, it’s wait and see.

[2008 National Champ]

I think the problem hasn’t been the players not stepping up but the people in charge of letting them play. In my opinion, WR and RB are the two positions that are the most transferable from HS to college in terms of being ready to play immediately. And these were also the two positions where we continually heard that kids weren’t ready because they didn’t understand the playbook.

Again it’s just my opinion, but this is the same reason there needed to be a complete makeover of the offensive staff. Because what we saw was highly regarded recruits come in and be stuck at the bottom of the depth chart. So there had to be a disconnect between the abilities the coaches were recruiting that somehow disappeared when those same coaches got the kids on campus.

There couldn’t be a more glaring example of this than the 2023 class of RB’s. You go out and get yourself three 4*’s in one class and none of them can beat out a former walk-on? And all three have washed out and moved on in less than two years? Freshman RB’s make immediate impacts across the country but suddenly Utah has become a place where it takes 3-4 years to develop.,,

[Yergensen]

Ty was all world as a FR. Zack was impactful as well. We played the wrong Freshmen in Wilmore and Brumfield, should have been Bernard.

We have had ready FR RBs, need to become more reliant on them. Not saying you do it with bigger learning curve positions (QB), but RB is not one of those positions.

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