RB Coach Matt Merritt: Jordan Lyle has added 8 pounds of muscle

[DMoney]

Miami had one of the most efficient running games in the country last year, and the team is hoping for a repeat in 2025. RB coach Matt Merritt met with reporters to discuss the progress of his group:

On the first day in full pads: It's a step in the right direction. There’s still a lot of growth to be done. Just consistency in our pass pro and our leverage and even how we finish runs, being a little bit more decisive.

For our group, once you put shoulder pads on, it's like it's full...

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[BALLHAWKU]

Long as they don’t get slow. Walden how big is he ? How fast is he ? I had to google him . We need another big rb in the portal

 

[canecountry3]

Good stuff from Merritt.

 

[Hegemon]

Lyle adding 8 pounds is unfair to opponents.

I dig it.

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Long as they don’t get slow. Walden how big is he ? How fast is he ? I had to google him . We need another big rb in the portal

We have one. His name is Elija Lofton.

 

[Trav]

CWH at 200? That's almost ridiculous. Interested to see what that looks like in the spring game.

 

[flips]

CWH at 200? That's almost ridiculous. Interested to see what that looks like in the spring game.

He got permission from Lyle to add weight

 

[JHallCanes]

CWH at 200? That's almost ridiculous. Interested to see what that looks like in the spring game.

Kid was probably 155 last year

200 is on a Virginia tech scale until I see otherwise

 

[Colombie]

I am expecting him to make a big leap in year two.
Like worst case scenario Travis Homer leap from Frosh to Soph year comp. Ceiling is much higher than that though.

 

[Cane30]

No doubt, Hellcat coming in at 172 last Spring to now, is a lot more impressive. This is why I have been most interested in his off season at RB.

 

[bshaw28]

Mark Fletcher is going to be the guy this year.

Weird stuff is going on with the RB weights this offseason.

But if CWH has gone to 200 & Lyle to 205, they've both moved out of being "small" RB's to a nice size for a college RB. Hopefully they carry it well.

 

[DMoney]

Mark Fletcher is going to be the guy this year.

Weird stuff is going on with the RB weights this offseason.

But if CWH has gone to 200 & Lyle to 205, they've both moved out of being "small" RB's to a nice size for a college RB. Hopefully they carry it well.

I haven't seen CWH up close (he looks bigger from afar), but Lyle is definitely a good-sized back. He's one of those guys who is more physically impressive in person. NFL-type dimensions.

 

[bshaw28]

I haven't seen CWH up close (he looks bigger from afar), but Lyle is definitely a good-sized back. He's one of those guys who is more physically impressive in person. NFL-type dimensions.

Do they look a legit 6-0? That's part of the story.

Regardless of how they look, 6-0 200-205 is good for college, but it's really skinny by NFL standards.

If they're more like 5-10 200-205 - then that's more in the Travis Homer/Mark Walton range of size.

IMO we just need them big enough to break arm tackles, not move piles. They'll need to win with speed & elusiveness vs physicality.

 

[We'retheBoss]

"We play in a tight box, you’ve gotta be able to maneuver in there."

 

[DMoney]

Do they look a legit 6-0? That's part of the story.

Regardless of how they look, 6-0 200-205 is good for college, but it's really skinny by NFL standards.

If they're more like 5-10 200-205 - then that's more in the Travis Homer/Mark Walton range of size.

IMO we just need them big enough to break arm tackles, not move piles. They'll need to win with speed & elusiveness vs physicality.

Lyle is bigger than Homer and Walton from my personal interaction. Homer is the opposite of Lyle in that he looks smaller in person than on screen.

CWH has a pretty smallish frame but has put on weight.

 

[JamesQuall]

Mark Fletcher is going to be the guy this year.

Weird stuff is going on with the RB weights this offseason.

But if CWH has gone to 200 & Lyle to 205, they've both moved out of being "small" RB's to a nice size for a college RB. Hopefully they carry it well.

I hope Fletcher will be really good for us. I just have my reservations of him ever being good and being more just average.

What do you think of him?