Todd4State
05-08-2013, 01:17 AM
QB- Redshirt. Unless you have Peyton Manning.
RB- Play. Sure, most freshmen tailbacks have problems with blocking, but more often than not, they can be adequate as freshmen unless they are raw.
WR- Prefer to redshirt, could play. I guess it depends on how well they run their routes. I would imagine most of the time they redshirt.
Slot WR- Play. Just get them the ball in space.
TE/H-back- Redshirt. Bulk them up and teach them to block.
FB- Redshirt, More often than not, this is a walk-on.
OL- Redshirt. Have to be developed. We've talked about how difficult it is to evaluate them- I wonder if it may not be more productive to just get JUCO's unless there are obvious talent like a Devon Desper or Jake Thomas.
DL- Prefer to redshirt, could play. We've had a lot of luck through the years finding D-linemen that can play as freshmen. Cox, Boyd, Quay, Nick James, and now probably Chris Jones.
LB- Prefer to redshirt, could play. I would think you would want to redshirt a MLB. I could some OLB's playing as freshmen. Especialli if it's a weakside LB and you want them to primarily rush the passer.
CB- Play. I'm going to say that this seems to be either an instinct position or it's an either you can cover or you can't position. I'm not exactly sure which one, but it may be sort of like o-line where it may be beneficial to go with mainly JUCO's and phenoms.
S- Redshirt. Probably anyway. I'm guessing a lot of these guys have to be bulked up.
Nickle- Redshirt. I'm guessing they would have to be bulked up too.
ST- K, P, LS- Play. If they can kick it through the uprights, I wouldn't worry about burning too many redshirts.
KR/PR- Play. If a guy has speed and can handle it, I say let him do it.
The above is speaking in general terms.
RB- Play. Sure, most freshmen tailbacks have problems with blocking, but more often than not, they can be adequate as freshmen unless they are raw.
WR- Prefer to redshirt, could play. I guess it depends on how well they run their routes. I would imagine most of the time they redshirt.
Slot WR- Play. Just get them the ball in space.
TE/H-back- Redshirt. Bulk them up and teach them to block.
FB- Redshirt, More often than not, this is a walk-on.
OL- Redshirt. Have to be developed. We've talked about how difficult it is to evaluate them- I wonder if it may not be more productive to just get JUCO's unless there are obvious talent like a Devon Desper or Jake Thomas.
DL- Prefer to redshirt, could play. We've had a lot of luck through the years finding D-linemen that can play as freshmen. Cox, Boyd, Quay, Nick James, and now probably Chris Jones.
LB- Prefer to redshirt, could play. I would think you would want to redshirt a MLB. I could some OLB's playing as freshmen. Especialli if it's a weakside LB and you want them to primarily rush the passer.
CB- Play. I'm going to say that this seems to be either an instinct position or it's an either you can cover or you can't position. I'm not exactly sure which one, but it may be sort of like o-line where it may be beneficial to go with mainly JUCO's and phenoms.
S- Redshirt. Probably anyway. I'm guessing a lot of these guys have to be bulked up.
Nickle- Redshirt. I'm guessing they would have to be bulked up too.
ST- K, P, LS- Play. If they can kick it through the uprights, I wouldn't worry about burning too many redshirts.
KR/PR- Play. If a guy has speed and can handle it, I say let him do it.
The above is speaking in general terms.