Add this guy to the three WRs in this class...wow.
He's a slightly slower Daniels replacement who will actually catch anything you throw in his general direction. Which IMO is an improvement.
Can he block as well as Daniels?
Eastside Catholic lines him up out wide or in the slot 90% of the time so it's hard to assess how good at that part of the game he is, but he does maul the DBs that cover him when EC runs the ball. He's 6'3, 240 and an absolute freak in the weight room, and given how well we've coached up our current TE's at blocking I have 0 doubt that he'll turn into just as good of a blocker as Daniels is.
By his 2nd year he'll likely be in the TE rotation full time, blocking just as well as the rest of them. I also think he'll be one of the few in this class to play as a true frosh too, just given that he can immediately be a fucking force on special teams given his athletic ability and body type.
He's just a 6-2, 240, 4.7, big and physical guy who has great hands.
He's a player that is pretty different than a lot of the guys we've had recently. He's a great combination between a pass catcher (he's naturally gifted catching) and a blocker (hasn't done much, but he's super physical). He is sort of an 'SEC' or 'Ohio State' body type in that he has it all.
I suspect he will play next year and with the way we train these guys, I suspect he will be physical as a motherfucker at the point of attack.
Add this guy to the three WRs in this class...wow.
He's a slightly slower Daniels replacement who will actually catch anything you throw in his general direction. Which IMO is an improvement.
Can he block as well as Daniels?
Eastside Catholic lines him up out wide or in the slot 90% of the time so it's hard to assess how good at that part of the game he is, but he does maul the DBs that cover him when EC runs the ball. He's 6'3, 240 and an absolute freak in the weight room, and given how well we've coached up our current TE's at blocking I have 0 doubt that he'll turn into just as good of a blocker as Daniels is.
By his 2nd year he'll likely be in the TE rotation full time, blocking just as well as the rest of them. I also think he'll be one of the few in this class to play as a true frosh too, just given that he can immediately be a fucking force on special teams given his athletic ability and body type.
Add this guy to the three WRs in this class...wow.
He's a slightly slower Daniels replacement who will actually catch anything you throw in his general direction. Which IMO is an improvement.
Can he block as well as Daniels?
Eastside Catholic lines him up out wide or in the slot 90% of the time so it's hard to assess how good at that part of the game he is, but he does maul the DBs that cover him when EC runs the ball. He's 6'3, 240 and an absolute freak in the weight room, and given how well we've coached up our current TE's at blocking I have 0 doubt that he'll turn into just as good of a blocker as Daniels is.
By his 2nd year he'll likely be in the TE rotation full time, blocking just as well as the rest of them. I also think he'll be one of the few in this class to play as a true frosh too, just given that he can immediately be a fucking force on special teams given his athletic ability and body type.
I think Bryant would be better used on the defensive side of the ball, especially considering how little we use the tight end in the pass game. Cade Otton looks to be about the athlete that Drew Sample is and he is doing just fine. Bryant is a special athletic talent and it seems like it would be a waste to put him on the offensive side of the ball and get targeted 2 twice a game. If we are going to throw to him then I'm fine with him as TE... just don't want to see him wasted.
I think Bryant would be better used on the defensive side of the ball, especially considering how little we use the tight end in the pass game. Cade Otton looks to be about the athlete that Drew Sample is and he is doing just fine. Bryant is a special athletic talent and it seems like it would be a waste to put him on the offensive side of the ball and get targeted 2 twice a game. If we are going to throw to him then I'm fine with him as TE... just don't want to see him wasted.
One concern I don't have is that Petersen will squander special talent by under-utilizing it.
If the Huskies have a TE worthy of being featured in the passing game, I would expect the offense to feature him.
I think Bryant would be better used on the defensive side of the ball, especially considering how little we use the tight end in the pass game. Cade Otton looks to be about the athlete that Drew Sample is and he is doing just fine. Bryant is a special athletic talent and it seems like it would be a waste to put him on the offensive side of the ball and get targeted 2 twice a game. If we are going to throw to him then I'm fine with him as TE... just don't want to see him wasted.
One concern I don't have is that Petersen will squander special talent by under-utilizing it.
If the Huskies have a TE worthy of being featured in the passing game, I would expect the offense to feature him.
Exactky. See Perkins, Josh... not a good blocker but good receiving TE. So what did we do with him? Made him our 2nd leading receiver in 2015 (which isn't saying much given how abysmal the receivers were last year but still). The offense will always have an overall style, but schemes get tweaked based on the talent available. And Bryant is definitely a unique talent that can open up a lot of new looks for the offense.
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Who the fuck was Eastside Catholic playing?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ryhrCX12SuA&feature=youtu.be
Add this guy to the three WRs in this class...wow.
By his 2nd year he'll likely be in the TE rotation full time, blocking just as well as the rest of them. I also think he'll be one of the few in this class to play as a true frosh too, just given that he can immediately be a fucking force on special teams given his athletic ability and body type.
He's just a 6-2, 240, 4.7, big and physical guy who has great hands.
He's a player that is pretty different than a lot of the guys we've had recently. He's a great combination between a pass catcher (he's naturally gifted catching) and a blocker (hasn't done much, but he's super physical). He is sort of an 'SEC' or 'Ohio State' body type in that he has it all.
I suspect he will play next year and with the way we train these guys, I suspect he will be physical as a motherfucker at the point of attack.
RS-JR Sample
RS-SR Ajamu
RS-Soph Neal
Grayshirt Jacob Kizer
There is a chance though that they redshirt Kizer and play Bryant if Bryant forces them to him on the field.
If the Huskies have a TE worthy of being featured in the passing game, I would expect the offense to feature him.