Denard Robinson: Redshirt?

I would assume that part of denard's commitment was based on the fact that he will be able to compete for and recieve playing time....I doubt we snagged him telling him we might redshirt him....

If not at QB, he will be on the field elsewhere...He is too valuable not to

theres zero chance denard gets redshirted. zero. the dude is a total gamer, and will play a ton at qb, figure as high as a full split. this is a guy you want with the ball with the game on the line.

and gardner is arriving in a year and since we need alot of help at qb, we can use up denard's eligibility now

My prediction is this, Tate gets the nod on day one to start. He struggles some but does wel enough to win a few games. Meanwhile DRob sits on the side lines and develops. About 6 games or so into the season (maybe against Del State) we see DRob take the field for the first time. He runs a wildcat or something like that and stays in for a few more plays. He will probably throw one time before coming off the field. At that point we will see what he cna do on the field. 6 games should give him enough time to learn enough about the offense that he does not go out and lose the games for us and then the real competition between the 2 will be on. I do not see any gain in redshirting him. I think one of these 2 guys will secure the spot of starter for next year and DG will redshirt.

Redshirt seems unlikely to me if for no other reason than we have Forcier(s) and Sheridan at QB. This time next year we have Forcier, Sheridan, and Gardner.

By the time Forcier is gone, Gardner will be ready to start.

2 years from now I hope our talent and depth are far superior to what they are now. Use what we have now if it provides value.

I dont think they are going to RS him. My guess is he becomes a Wildcat QB and have some trick plays. I do not think his long term future is as QB, after DG comes here and he RS for a year, then D-Rob will move to a Percy Harvin-esque role, IMHO.

Denard is just too good of an athlete to keep off of the field. Ultimately, I think he'll become a WR/Slot/RB hybrid that brings a HB pass into play. A wildcat with him in there is also an interesting prospect. This assumes that Tate is the man and can be the QB for the next 4 years (unless Gardner has something to say about this). Denard just isn't quite polished enough to beat out Tate in my opinion.

I see the QB depth chart looking like this: 1. T. Forcier (note: not J. Forcier just to be extra clear), 2. Sheridan OR Denard (with Denard getting the #2 by himself later in the season). Next season, I could see (possibly) redshirting Gardner, but the same argument, that he is simply too good of an athlete to keep off of the field, stands for him too.

"4- We have one year of Jason Forcier to utilize. While there is no future for Jason, and I don't claim he will challenge to start, there is every reason to believe that he can be at minimum, competent in a backup role if needed."

The issue with this is that J. Forcier is behind Denard, by at least 2 days now (at a minimum), not to mention that he is not even in camp yet. Don't forget, this is a new offense to him, as well. I doubt that he will be able to catch up and/or pass Denard on the depth chart, especially given the speed that Denard brings to the spread option run (RR's favorite play).

I think Denard will get reps in the first game. The lightest part of our schedule is the first 4 games. If Denard has to come in because Tate gets hurt in the later part of the year, we don't want it to be his first game experience. Therefore, I think his redshirt will be burnt in the first game. I hope Sheridan is better than last year, but he will never be the threat to run that Denard is, and Denard already has more velocity on his throws, based on practice video.

Sheridan will be "competent" after having being God awful last year? He clearly has mimimal talent, particularly running the ball, and even last year his forte' was supposed to be his understanding of the offense. Another year of knowing the system will not make up for his lack of ability. He's simply too slow and has too weak of an arm to ever be truly effective. I am a true believer in the argument that Sheridan on the field at any point this year means we're in big trouble.

With D-Rob, at a minimum, the defense has to respect that he can break a run to the house on any given play. For that reason alone, I think he gets at least 5-7 snaps on runs from week 1. This number will increase throughout the season.

There is no chance that he redshirts. We need the depth.

Does Denard return kicks? He is blazing fast and I'm guessing at least a little bit shifty. He might even be able to hold onto the ball.

Simply to athletic to keep off the field and as RR has said he is a QB. I have said this in other posts as well if he wanted to be Percy Harvin he had that opprotunity at FLORDIA! I love that he came up and is Blue but he came to compete at QB give him that chance and we are going to see some magic. Tate will be the starter but what does the D think when D-Rob comes trotting out and he is lined up with Minor and C. Brown in the backfield. LB's pick your gaps and prey because if the QB read is correct it is going to be hard to stop! Any one of those three one on one with a LB or a safety I like our chances.