Richt adds Track star to roster for Fullback Depth

[Coach Macho]

I'll be shocked if this guy ever plays a meaningful down !! The closest he has come to playing football is he has "some rugby" experience. For all we know that means he played rugby with his grade school buddies in the schoolyard.

So he is 6'0, 270 and maybe he even runs a 4.5. Don't care !! If he has never played football before ,I cant trust him on the field at the college level.

There have been numerous rugby and shot-putter/discus thrower types who have excelled in college football, and some have made it to the NFL.
Margus Hunt was a discus/shot-putter at SMU, switched to football late and now is on an NFL roster.
Fullback is all about toughness and smarts, and he already has the size and athleticism for that position.

Margus Hunt is a DE where your job boils down to "kill the guy with the ball". A lot more instincts and thinking involved in playing FB.

If the guy is a quick study and an exceptional athlete then maybe some short yardage situations.

What?! LOL

DE is not "kill the guy with the ball".

What instincts are involved in playing Fullback?

You have a guy to block + You go block him = No instincts involved

I would say a fullback has to use his instincts when he is lead blocking. Yea, you have your basic iso's that leaves the fb one on one with the lb. But on toss, sweeps, g series, off tackles, the fb has to use his vision and find a hole just like the rb has to.

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Don't blow it up to be something harder than what it is. It's one of the easiest positions on the field, if not THE easiest. My dumb a$$ started both ways in high school, Fullback and Linebacker.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

Playing fullback requires more then some of you guys think. Pass pro requires identifying and picking up the lb you are responsible for. You have to basically know the entire blocking scheme so you know who the mdm (most deadliest man) is, which would be who you pick up. If the qb has to tell you everytime, you will not be seeing the field much. And lead blocking requires the fullback to use his vision and find a hole just like the running back.

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Who the Fullback blocks on Pass-Pro is determined by the protection that the QB calls pre-snap. If the QB slides his protection to the left than the Fullback blocks the free rusher coming off of the right.
We get 10th graders to do this type of stuff without fault. It's not rocket science.

That may be a tribute to your off-the-charts coaching as opposed to how ease of learning the position.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

There have been numerous rugby and shot-putter/discus thrower types who have excelled in college football, and some have made it to the NFL.
Margus Hunt was a discus/shot-putter at SMU, switched to football late and now is on an NFL roster.
Fullback is all about toughness and smarts, and he already has the size and athleticism for that position.

Margus Hunt is a DE where your job boils down to "kill the guy with the ball". A lot more instincts and thinking involved in playing FB.

If the guy is a quick study and an exceptional athlete then maybe some short yardage situations.

What?! LOL

DE is not "kill the guy with the ball".

What instincts are involved in playing Fullback?

You have a guy to block + You go block him = No instincts involved

I would say a fullback has to use his instincts when he is lead blocking. Yea, you have your basic iso's that leaves the fb one on one with the lb. But on toss, sweeps, g series, off tackles, the fb has to use his vision and find a hole just like the rb has to.

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Don't blow it up to be something harder than what it is. It's one of the easiest positions on the field, if not THE easiest. My dumb a$$ started both ways in high school, Fullback and Linebacker.

I wouldn't expect anything less.

 

[Coach Macho]

Playing fullback requires more then some of you guys think. Pass pro requires identifying and picking up the lb you are responsible for. You have to basically know the entire blocking scheme so you know who the mdm (most deadliest man) is, which would be who you pick up. If the qb has to tell you everytime, you will not be seeing the field much. And lead blocking requires the fullback to use his vision and find a hole just like the running back.

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Who the Fullback blocks on Pass-Pro is determined by the protection that the QB calls pre-snap. If the QB slides his protection to the left than the Fullback blocks the free rusher coming off of the right.
We get 10th graders to do this type of stuff without fault. It's not rocket science.

That may be a tribute to your off-the-charts coaching as opposed to how ease of learning the position.

Touche'.

 

[plantcity3]

Playing fullback requires more then some of you guys think. Pass pro requires identifying and picking up the lb you are responsible for. You have to basically know the entire blocking scheme so you know who the mdm (most deadliest man) is, which would be who you pick up. If the qb has to tell you everytime, you will not be seeing the field much. And lead blocking requires the fullback to use his vision and find a hole just like the running back.

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Who the Fullback blocks on Pass-Pro is determined by the protection that the QB calls pre-snap. If the QB slides his protection to the left than the Fullback blocks the free rusher coming off of the right.
We get 10th graders to do this type of stuff without fault. It's not rocket science.

But what if the defense sends 2 or more on the blitz. If the fb is coached to block inside out, then that last free man is the qb's man.

I'm not trying to make it seem like you have to be a honor student to play fb. IJS, fb isn't just "see player, block player"

There have been numerous rugby and shot-putter/discus thrower types who have excelled in college football, and some have made it to the NFL.
Margus Hunt was a discus/shot-putter at SMU, switched to football late and now is on an NFL roster.
Fullback is all about toughness and smarts, and he already has the size and athleticism for that position.

Margus Hunt is a DE where your job boils down to "kill the guy with the ball". A lot more instincts and thinking involved in playing FB.

If the guy is a quick study and an exceptional athlete then maybe some short yardage situations.

What?! LOL

DE is not "kill the guy with the ball".

What instincts are involved in playing Fullback?

You have a guy to block + You go block him = No instincts involved

I would say a fullback has to use his instincts when he is lead blocking. Yea, you have your basic iso's that leaves the fb one on one with the lb. But on toss, sweeps, g series, off tackles, the fb has to use his vision and find a hole just like the rb has to.

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Don't blow it up to be something harder than what it is. It's one of the easiest positions on the field, if not THE easiest. My dumb a$$ started both ways in high school, Fullback and Linebacker.

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