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The problem is Burns didn't play his last two years in HS due to injury and he's on the sidelines again after 2 practices.
He clearly can't be counted on to stay healthy. He's an immense talent, but he should be dealt with as a luxury - if he's healthy, great, but don't bank on that. We need another player on the RB depth chart.
Thing is i'm not relying on Burns. I'm relying on Walton and even Homer. Everyone always worries about injuries. Well, if its to a starter i get it, but you can't be so focused on injuries or potential injuries you throw scholarships away because of it. we have 3or 4 spots available this year, and if we use them, they better go to someone who is going to make a difference. Otherwise we are essentially taking from the amount of EE's in the 2018 class we can count as 2017...which is important because we might sign over 25, and only have 10 seniors this yr; so every scholarship counts.
And how often do teams get down to their 3rd rb anyways? not very often. Sure it can happen, and we should have a plan in place incase it does happen. But if we do find ourselves in that situation i think it makes perfect sense to have Deejay Dallas playing RB. I think he can be a good RB. What i don't think makes too much sense is starting him at WR instead of RB or Safety (or corner) given the circumstances. Starting him at WR basically means he wont ever play DB for us. Because once the 2018 recruits get on campus they are already going to be further along than he is at db (since they played the position in hs), and are elite recruits. So either he needs a head start to be a contributor as a db, or he stays on offense.
You're missing the point, we're playing a lot of scrubs this year and we don't need walton and homer getting carriers in the 3rd quarter vs BCU, AK State, Toledu, Or Syracuse. If one of our top2 guys goes down in garbage time because we can't throw a proper RB back there we're in trouble. Your whole theory predicates on Homer and Walton being healthy all year. If one of those guys goes down panic will ensue. All of sudden we could be down to a sophmore RB with very little experience and a freshman QB.
You do realize gray isn't even practicing yet and is coming off major knee surgery right? We legitimately don't even have a #3 RB right now.
DJ Dallas spent most of his hs career running the ball from the qb position. We'll be fine if he gets moved there.
FIFY. You do realize the RB has other responsibilities like pass protection right?
Pass protection can be picked up. He's not a dullard.
DJ is plenty big enough (5'10 200lb) already. Athletic QBs in HS end up playing a shi* ton of other positions.
Richt already hinted that Dallas could be moved there.