For all we know, Eason still hasn't thrown a pick yet while Haeny is nearing a dozen. Let's wrap this shit up because it's not even close and a waste of time.
It always was going to be like this, keep haener/Eason competing just to make sure neither slack off, but haener never stood a chance barring injury, and if it DOES happen (Eason has a history), haener has at least gotten first team reps
Unfortunately Eason isn't a retard so he doesn't have that browning durability
Game participation for defensive freshmen in 2018 is interesting, because it lets us see how the coaches plan to use players in their 4 games and how we might use it for some of the freshmen destined for redshirts in 2019. For example, the LBs mainly played against North Dakota and OSU whereas the DBs played against Stanford and Utah. The game with the most true freshman playing last year was Wazzu with 6.
LB Sirmon played against North Dakota, OSU, Wazzu, and tOSU. Really didn't see important playing time until the end of the season, but got some experience at the beginning of the year against ND. LB Tafisi was similar to Sirmon, and was in the North Dakota, OSU, and Wazzu games. Not surprising to see him in similar games to Sirmon. LB Ulofoshio played against OSU, Wazzu, and tOSU. Probably the highlight of all the true freshman last year with 2 forced fumble against OSU. LB ZTF played in only 2 games, North Dakota and tOSU. Interesting to see 3 LBs play in the Rose Bowl, though they were probably only on special teams.
DB Gordon appeared against Oregon, Stanford, Wazzu, and Utah. All quality opponents and important games. DB Irvin was on the field against Cal, Stanford, Wazzu, and Utah. Irvin was the second of the true freshman to play in 2018. DB Hampton came on toward the end of last year, playing against Stanford, OSU, Wazzu, and Utah. Interesting to see all the true freshman DB play against Stanford, Wazzu, and Utah, especially when Utah was as close as it was.
DL Taimani was only in against OSU. Was the only true frosh to play last year.
If I had to guess, true freshman that aren't on the field against EWU or Cal (and probably going to play the whole season) will likely play in 3-4 games toward end of the year and even against some quality opponents like Utah, Wazzu, the Pac-12 CCG, and bowl game.
Good post. ZTF at the very least got defensive snaps in the first half of Rose Bowl. I remember having a mini-breakdown about him playing amidst a major breakdown about the game.
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Unfortunately Eason isn't a retard so he doesn't have that browning durability