Quote:He isn't a blazer, speed wise, but he isn't slow. Probably a legit 4.8 guy. He had a nice long catch against Baylor to help us upset them in 2015.
Thanks for the input.
I read where he was recently timed at 4.69 meaning you can him a legit 4.7 guy.
Quote:I am a HS football coach in Texas who loves the Longhorns and Caleb Blueitt because of what he did, the way he did it and because I have two friends that know him well and absolutely love the guy.
I fully believe you guys got a steal in Blueitt and are going to be really glad he is on your team. I'm not saying he will go to the Pro Bowl, but unless yall are really good at tight end, this one should stick and be a very valuable member of your team.
Blueitt had just about everything at Texas go goofy and it kept him from ever really getting a full opportunity to show what he could do. He had three head coaches, played two positions and had four offensive coordinators.
He came in as a defensive end but, due to need, moved to tight end. Then he was returned to defense. Then he moved to offense. Nobody seems to have ever heard him complain "make up your mind!"
His junior year, our only real QB that was capable of completing anything more difficult than a swing pass had his career ended in the first game of the season. His senior year, he played under an offensive coordinator who would flat out tell you he wasn't throwing to the tight end. All he wanted the tight end to do was block as either an in line guy or as an h-back. On the few occasions Blu got to run a pass route, it was pretty much just to try to make the defense cover the middle - so we could throw outside.
Don't know just how good his hands are because we threw to him so rarely, but I watched every game and don't recall him ever dropping a pass and he made a few big catches. As a blocker, he did an outstanding job. He is supposedly a super nice guy off the field, but he blocks with an attitude. He isn't a blazer, speed wise, but he isn't slow. Probably a legit 4.8 guy. He had a nice long catch against Baylor to help us upset them in 2015.
He also has been a real leader from every account I have read/heard. He isn't afraid to play bad cop to get teammates on task and serious about their jobs.
The young man deserves far more success than he has been given so far. I hope yall end up loving him as much as we do and adopt him into your team and community!
Thanks for your take on him. Probably a lot more info. than most had. Hope he does well.
Quote:I am a HS football coach in Texas who loves the Longhorns and Caleb Blueitt because of what he did, the way he did it and because I have two friends that know him well and absolutely love the guy.
I fully believe you guys got a steal in Blueitt and are going to be really glad he is on your team. I'm not saying he will go to the Pro Bowl, but unless yall are really good at tight end, this one should stick and be a very valuable member of your team.
Blueitt had just about everything at Texas go goofy and it kept him from ever really getting a full opportunity to show what he could do. He had three head coaches, played two positions and had four offensive coordinators.
He came in as a defensive end but, due to need, moved to tight end. Then he was returned to defense. Then he moved to offense. Nobody seems to have ever heard him complain "make up your mind!"
His junior year, our only real QB that was capable of completing anything more difficult than a swing pass had his career ended in the first game of the season. His senior year, he played under an offensive coordinator who would flat out tell you he wasn't throwing to the tight end. All he wanted the tight end to do was block as either an in line guy or as an h-back. On the few occasions Blu got to run a pass route, it was pretty much just to try to make the defense cover the middle - so we could throw outside.
Don't know just how good his hands are because we threw to him so rarely, but I watched every game and don't recall him ever dropping a pass and he made a few big catches. As a blocker, he did an outstanding job. He is supposedly a super nice guy off the field, but he blocks with an attitude. He isn't a blazer, speed wise, but he isn't slow. Probably a legit 4.8 guy. He had a nice long catch against Baylor to help us upset them in 2015.
He also has been a real leader from every account I have read/heard. He isn't afraid to play bad cop to get teammates on task and serious about their jobs.
The young man deserves far more success than he has been given so far. I hope yall end up loving him as much as we do and adopt him into your team and community!
Well he chose the right team then. Cause we have outside of Lewis. A 100% competition for other two spots. So if he can show he can ball. He could stick. One of our main needs was TE and we drafted none.
Actually, making this team as a TE will be fairly difficult. The Jaguars have Marcedes Lewis, the FA from Oakland, Ben Koyack, and Sterling. Beating out any one of those four will be fairly difficult. They have all been professional athletes for at least two years. So two years in the weight room and two years learning routes and techniques ... .
I am surprised that they have not signed a camp arm.
The TE might be a PS candidate.
Quote:The TE might be a PS candidate.
He could practice both TE and DE. ...a true two-way player.
I noticed Keenan McCardell is a FB friend of Amba Etta-Tawo. That's a good sign.
Amba is 6'1", 208 and ran a sub-4.5. .... raw, but might be a good flanker after developing on the PS
Quote:Read this and you have to root for UCLA speedster... WR Kenneth Walker.
http://dailybruin.com/2016/09/09/after-o...-nfl-shot/
Why would they begin an announcement in he middle of the event? That was messed up, he threw the kid off like that. Imagine if that announcer had just shut up and let the kids run, Kenny prolly woulda never hit that hurdle and maybe woulda continued his love for track. Would he be a Jaguar today?
This kid Dimick had 14.5 sacks and led the nation in QB pressures. How come he wasn't drafted?
Quote:This kid Dimick had 14.5 sacks and led the nation in QB pressures. How come he wasn't drafted?
From what I read, he doesn't have any real traits. Not very athletic. Not very strong. He was simply a try hard and it worked.
Huh. The Jags have a long history of athletic DEs who never got to the QB. Maybe Dimick's way will work.
Quote:You can count on most if not all being signed. Every once in a long while you'll see a name listed that gets a call somewhere else and is gone, but that's fairly rare. If it happens you cross him off the list. For now, this is my list in progress...
OL Avery Gennesy, Texas A&M
CB Jeremy Cutrer, Middle Tenn State
RB I'Tavius Mathers, Middle Tenn State
CB Ezra Robinson, Tenn State
G Parker Collins, App State
WR Amba Etta-Tawo, Syracuse
WR Keelan Cole, Kentucky Wesleyan
WR Kenneth Walker, UCLA
DE Hunter Dimick, Utah
LB Justin Horton, Jacksonville U
LB PJ Davis, Georgia Tech
LB Carroll Phillips, Illinois
S Charlie Miller, Dartmouth
FB Kyle MacMeekin, UCF
Just as along as we get them all in, this looks like a above average group this year.
They definitely excite me more than the 3-6 rounds.
Quote:This kid Dimick had 14.5 sacks and led the nation in QB pressures. How come he wasn't drafted?
Wow.
It looks like he's always been productive. Even in high school he led the state of Utah in sacks.
I don't see these numbers as being all that horrible...
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6'3", 268 lbs, ... 4.75 40, 1.64 10, 28" vert, 9' 1" broad, 4.13 short shuttle, 7.15 3-cone, 38 reps
I'Tavious Mathers is a smaller somewhat shifty RB with some impressive video on FB. Unfortunately for Mathers, at his size he looks to challenge Corey Grant for a spot as the team's scat back, and you know that's not gonna happen.
Let's take a look at the LBs...
LB Justin Horton, Jacksonville U
, is 6-2, 235 and bills himself as a DE or 3-4 OLB capable of edge rushing. I see him as a prime candidate for the backup SLB role behind Poz. Interestingly, his career going back to high school has had him playing RB, FB, G, OT, TE, DT and DE, and now he'll be playing OLB. He's also come back from an ACL injury although he's well past that.
<strong>LB Carroll Phillips, Illinois, at 6-3, 242 is a rather highly graded edge rusher apparently also in the mix for that Ott... err... SLB role behind Poz. His skill-set includes great lateral quickness with run stuffing abilities making him a nice fit for the SLB role.
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LB PJ Davis, Georgia Tech, is 5-11, 231, and is a tackling machine as a classic WILL backer. Of note, he had a fumble recovery for a TD in his bowl game at Everbank. The Falcons asked him to come in and try out as a FB, but he opted to sign outright with the Jaguars as a LB.
Quote:Wow.
It looks like he's always been productive. Even in high school he led the state of Utah in sacks.
I don't see these numbers as being all that horrible...
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Pretty pedestrian numbers. Definitely not a deal breaker. I think I read somewhere that he has t-Rex arms though. That would be about the biggest knock on him if that were the case
Quote:From what I read, he doesn't have any real traits. Not very athletic. Not very strong. He was simply a try hard and it worked.
I just read an article that stated that at the Utah Pro Day, Dimick did more benchpress 225 reps than anyone at the Combine this year, which suggests he is plenty strong.
He supposedly has less that 30" arm length, which means that he is close to the OT and thus is projected to be nullified as a DE in the NFL.
Still he holds the school record for sacks at Utah.
He must have done something right in the PAC 12 to garner all those sacks (14.5 in 2016).
Quote:I just read an article that stated that at the Utah Pro Day, Dimick did more benchpress 225 reps than anyone at the Combine this year, which suggests he is plenty strong.
He supposedly has less that 30" arm length, which means that he is close to the OT and thus is projected to be nullified as a DE in the NFL.
Still he holds the school record for sacks at Utah.
He must have done something right in the PAC 12 to garner all those sacks (14.5 in 2016).
Short arms = easier to bench.