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Interesting note on oline trends

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AG2 said:
I was wondering the same. Looks like he came in as a TE, but played QB in high school. Also states that he's 6'6" 315 lbs now
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I think Wisconsin had a couple of oline guys that were tight end at one point.
 
pacusmc said:
I think Wisconsin had a couple of oline guys that were tight end at one point.
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RT David Edwards was a HS QB/TE. The C was a was signed to be a DL, but moved to C right away and started as a rFR. RG was 250ish in HS, little brother plays TE for them, youngest brother is committed in 21 as an OT.

I’m from Wisconsin and still live here. Very familiar with a lot of their roster.
 
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Tayt21 said:
RT David Edwards was a HS QB/TE. The C was a was signed to be a DL, but moved to C right away and started as a rFR. RG was 250ish in HS, little brother plays TE for them, youngest brother is committed in 21 as an OT.

I’m from Wisconsin and still live here. Very familiar with a lot of their roster.
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Over the years, we converted TEs to OTs (Mark Cooper, Eric Winston, Carlos Etheredge) and a lot of DLs to OLs. No big deal. Like this is something new.
 
The math is being ignored here. The pool of kids who are < 300 lbs. is much bigger than the pool of kids who are > 300 lbs. no one is running a list of all the kids who didn’t pan out.

In all instances, it’s about evaluations and probabilities. I’m not a fan of oversized HS OL, but thinking that list above means anything about Zion Nelson is silly. Hello Stephen Plain and Andrew Tallman.
 
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SPAMM said:
A note on evolution,genetics and nutrition. Graduated from a 3500 student three grade high school in Eastern PA steel country in 1965. We had two players on the squad over 200. Heaviest was a pretty good OL who weighed 235.
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Evolution doesnt explain what you are describing. Not over 50 years. Nutrition may.
 
Ethnicsands said:
The math is being ignored here. The pool of kids who are < 300 lbs. is much bigger than the pool of kids who are > 300 lbs. no one is running a list of all the kids who didn’t pan out.

In all instances, it’s about evaluations and probabilities. I’m not a fan of oversized HS OL, but thinking that list above means anything about Zion Nelson is silly. Hello Stephen Plain and Andrew Tallman.
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TheMatador said:
Over the years, we converted TEs to OTs (Mark Cooper, Eric Winston, Carlos Etheredge) and a lot of DLs to OLs. No big deal. Like this is something new.
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Haha I do find it funny that people feel it’s a trend, I think it’s just more publicized now.

Wisconsin had an OG play NT this season as well after injuries and he actually fared pretty well.

I was reading yesterday that the Cincinnati Bengals are moving OT Jake Fisher, former high pick out of Oregon, to TE as a blocking TE due to injuries and difficulty holding the necessary weight to play OT. On the flip-side, last year I read that former Ravens TE Crockett Gilmore was moving from TE to OT but I never read that he was picked up.
 
If I was a D1 HC I would try to take 6-8 kids a year that played on both sides of the line, convince them that they will be given reps on offense and defense until we find their best position and let the depth chart somewhat determine which side of the ball they play on. The hard part would be convincing them to redshirt and develop for a year.

Essentially it would be very similar to a HS approach but I think you would always have good depth, guys would always play earlier bc they would play where you lack more depth, and you would likely have less injuries bc they would be more physically ready to play
 
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