Clint Brewster: Wheatley Jr. Update
According to Clint Brewster, Tyrone Wheatley Jr. is now 6'7" 286 pounds. With his athleticism he could develop into a first round left tackle.
Unable to embed the tweet at the time but passing along the info for discussion. Where do you think Wheatley Jr. ultimately ends up position wise?
Why not? If he is fast, tall, and strong, that's EXACTLY what you want in a tight end.
He can block on one play, outrun a LB on the next, and outmuscle a CB on the third.
I did not. Yeah....he is kinda slow.
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Unless he has a black hole where his heart should be, he does not weigh that much.
nah. we would all be dead if that was the case.
Or behind the walls of Matthew McConaughey's farmhouse...
I'd like to be behind anything of Matthew McConaughey's. All right all right all right!!!!
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Is it good height or bad height?
I beg to differ. What if a giant came and grabbed you and tried to pull you in half but just dislocated very bone in your spine elongating you by a few inches, but you couldnt walk or anything, but you tried to play football. How about then good sir!??!?
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He gained muscle and lost fat in his height
He is a grower not a shower
Michael Onewenu is 365, so yes, TJ can be 286
But, didn't someone say he really wasn't 365, or is that the joke you're making? I'm confused... why are these two related anyway?
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Not only that, but he said in an interview prior to the 5-star Challenge that he was around 360 lbs. So I don't know where Sam Webb got his info (saying he was 315-320 lbs.), but he was way off.
Thanks for the update.
He moves pretty damn well for a man that size. Put him on the interior with Terrence Davis and this could be one scary ass line. They'll make a 286 lb TWJ look like Roy Roundtree
I think a 280lb TE would be pretty awesome if he can still move well enough.
With Wheatley's build, it will be easier to melt off a few pounds between now and September than it would be for him to come in under weight and then add 20 lbs.
True, but couldn't that change if he's going to redshirt anyways? I'd think if he really was jumping to OL he would definitely get a redshirt. I kinda see him getting one regardless, but who knows.
Why do you see a redshirt, just curious? Numbers are light at TE, and Harbaugh loves them. They moved a totally-unprepared-for-it Winovich over in spring, and looked at Poggi. They need TE's, and if Wheatley is serviceable he has a good chance to contribute.
They can play him at TE this year, move him to OT next year.
Just speculation more than anything. I agree if there's a position he probably won't redshirt at it'd be TE/H-back since there is a lack of depth there.
It could change, but I don't see him redshirting. I think they'll probably get him some game experience so he can be ready to help replace A.J. Williams next year. All you've got is Williams (not a receiving threat), Khalid Hill (coming off a torn ACL), Jake Butt (he's pretty good), Ian Bunting (very thin), and some position-switchers (Winovich, Poggi).
Do you think Bunting will play this year? I know Harbaugh likes his multiple tight end sets, and Butt and Bunting are our best bets for catching tight ends. Bunting is about the same size as Butt too.
Bunting is very light. At least in the spring, he was thin. Of course, he's 6'7", so it takes some time for all that weight to proportion itself out. I do think he will play, especially since our wide receivers are nothing special. But I don't expect him to be a major target.
If he is still a TE dont see reason you'd burn a RS with Butt, Hill, Bunting, and AJ Williams. Unless we are going 4 TE sets. Which could happen.B
But bigger picture if he looks like that now, and he is just turning 18 or whatnot I dont see him being a 270 lber for long with muscle mass gains/college food/weight training etc. Looks like he is headed to be a lineman down the road.
but taller, bigger, and faster!
Can't believe no one said that yet.
Whatever weight he is, he looks good in the photos on twitter. He just towers over his dad.
Jim Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines might not ever lose a football game.
This thread title gave me a heart attack. Why is there an update on Tryone Wheatley Jr? Did he not make grades? Did he get injured? Did he get blasted into outer space? Or, wait. He's just super huge. Phew. what a relief.
He's Antonio Gates with Jake Long's blocking ability! He's Tony Gonzalez with a mean streak! He's JJ Watt with Randy Moss's hands!
Mr. Jackson - you are not truly in exile. I believe you are just over in Saline.
Not Saline, Bolivia. So don't exaggerate - that's not like you.
At 6'10" & 275 lbs, with plenty of athleticism, dude is just an absolute freak of nature that'd be unstoppable in the red zone. Defenses would have to play Hack-a-Howard like they do in the NBA.
Must be eating a lot of manwichs because that is a big man.
I see it. It all makes sense now.
Michigan needs a blocking TE and AJ Williams has struggled for a few years now. I expect TWJ to play as a freshman and help free up Jake Butt to move around and keep defenses on their toes.
Butt/Hill/Bunting can function as the pass-catching TE and Williams/Wheatley will block.
Especially with the lack of big threats at WR, it makes sense to play more 2-TE sets.
F**K IT! PUT HIM AT RB AND LETS END THE WORLD!
He and my son went to school together K-7 in NE A2 and played with and competed against each other in basketball. He was already 6'3" /180ish in 7th grade and towered over his dad (who was about 6' even).
His mother told me there were a number of men on her side of the family who were in the 6'7" range so I am not surprised TJ ended up that tall. He had very good wheels for a kid his size back then and a helluva motor. I see him either at TE or SDE when all is said and done. He had good hands as a BB player but I've never seen him play football.
BTW, his mom was a D1 NCAA volleyball player -- the rest of us mere mortals don't stand a chance against genetically refined individuals like TJ. At one time he played travel BB with Andre Goode's son, Garrison. Andre played BB at Northwestern in the early 80's and then went on to a pro career in Italy. Garrison was also an athletic marvel with both height and speed but they moved to Milwaukee before high school. I think he will play D1 BB somewhere.