starting long snapper Camaron Cheeseman opting out, leaving
According to his twitter post.
The 5th year senior is moving on, opting out and going to train in hopes of playing at the next level.
Michigan is left with just two LS on the roster. Sophomore William Wagner and true freshman Greg Tarr.
Greg Tarr was ranked the #6 LS in the country by something called Rubio Snapping.
He was named a Polynesian Bowl All-American while playing at Romeo High School (586!).
September 23rd, 2020 at 4:56 PM ^
Oh snap.
September 23rd, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
didn't take long to snap that joke off
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
Cheese, man, can’t catch a break.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:13 PM ^
Of all the decisions not to play, this has got to be the strangest. Unless he has some underlying condition that makes him vulnerable to Covid. I'm not sure what long snapper does in training to prepare for the next level, because that's not a position teams usually draft. Good luck Cam Chesse.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:45 PM ^
I get his worries. In some people, Covid causes circulation problems in the feet that result in your toes turning blue. If that happens to him, he will be Cam “Blue” Cheeseman and will end up on a wedge salad next to some bacon.
September 23rd, 2020 at 7:26 PM ^
You're correct. They don't get drafted. But you're not thinking ahead.
Now that he's done with playing college football, he is IMMEDIATELY available to get picked up by an NFL team that might need him NOW. He doesn't have to wait until next NFL season since ... he isn't going to be drafted anyway.
September 23rd, 2020 at 7:38 PM ^
he'll get paid a lot of cheddar in the pros. i bet the scouts melt when they watch his video and can't wait to grill him when he takes his wunderlick test.
September 24th, 2020 at 11:42 AM ^
Is that true? I don’t think it is. If you go back for your senior year and then decide not to play, you don’t become immediately eligible for the NFL. You’d have to wait for the draft - even if you don’t think you’d be drafted - and then you can sign as a FA. I don’t think that rules changes just because he’s a long snapper who likely wouldn’t be drafted. He’ll, the Lions could take him as a first round pick next year.
September 23rd, 2020 at 10:48 PM ^
What could a long snapper do in training that is better for next level preparation than doing actual long snapping at the top level of college football?....
September 24th, 2020 at 7:41 AM ^
Do it and not have a lot of large people land on you?
September 23rd, 2020 at 9:34 PM ^
Cheesy, man.
September 23rd, 2020 at 9:46 PM ^
Cheeseman was going to eventually move through the system.
I am sure this decision was weighing him down for some time. Hope everything comes out OK.
I am sure he is bound for success.
I am guessing there will be a lot of paperwork involved to complete the process.
September 23rd, 2020 at 10:02 PM ^
This is not gouda.
September 24th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
At least he did not string us along, but still not sure I camembert it.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^
And thus, the Butt-Cheeseman era comes to a close.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:05 PM ^
That's it. Cancel the season
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:06 PM ^
He's making a big mistake. He had a chance to go in the first round if he came back.
September 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 PM ^
The Lions still may take him as long as they keep the current management/coach in place.
September 23rd, 2020 at 11:45 PM ^
No tight ends they have on their radar?
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
Thank you, Mr. Cheeseman. No jokes—you must get too many of them—just thanks.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:13 PM ^
I heard the Packers are positioning themselves to take him.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:24 PM ^
And fry him into curds? Don't do it Camaron!
September 23rd, 2020 at 6:00 PM ^
Or turn him into ridiculously ugly, foam-cheese hats.
September 23rd, 2020 at 6:49 PM ^
Of course, he's poutine his time.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:18 PM ^
Well he didn’t have to have a QB take a snap fermunda center.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:28 PM ^
I will always remember the roughing the snapper penalty Wisconsin committed on him early the second half of the 2018 game. That led to a TD which basically opened the flood gates.
September 24th, 2020 at 7:26 AM ^
It’s the only highlight a LS has ever had that I can think of. He really sold the penalty, too.
September 24th, 2020 at 7:41 AM ^
Glanda in the '12 Sugar Bowl. Saved a fake FG for a first down inside the 10, only to Hoke our way to an actual FG 2 plays later.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:36 PM ^
Does a snap have to go through the center's legs to be considered legal? What is the true criteria for a center-QB/holder/punter exchange?!
September 24th, 2020 at 9:36 AM ^
Rule 2-23-1-g: "The snap need not be between the snapper’s legs; but to be legal, it must be a quick and continuous backward motion."
The full criteria for a legal center exchange is: "Legally snapping the ball (a snap) is handing or passing it backward from its position on the ground with a quick and continuous motion of the hand or hands, the ball actually leaving the hand or hands in this motion." Note that the first motion of a snap must be backward, not up or forward.
September 23rd, 2020 at 5:37 PM ^
NOOOOOOOO!!! By far, my favorite name to see emblazoned across the back of a UM jersey.
Good luck, young man. I hope you get a chance at the next level.
September 23rd, 2020 at 6:10 PM ^
If ever there was a man who should have played for Wisconsin, it was the Cheeseman.
Weirdly, UW has a player named "Jake Wolverine", so there is that.
And yes, I might have made that up, but this is a message board, dammit, and I'm not going to let truthiness get in the way of a good story.
September 23rd, 2020 at 6:27 PM ^
In WWI, the English commander in France was named French. True story.
September 23rd, 2020 at 7:27 PM ^
hopefully he curd still get his degree.
September 23rd, 2020 at 7:30 PM ^
Very Cheesy of him
September 23rd, 2020 at 7:54 PM ^
I know Gregory Tarr from AAU basketball. He tried out for my team but didn't make it. I'm rooting for him to win the job.
September 23rd, 2020 at 7:59 PM ^
Maybe he was cheesed off about something... sometimes the bleus really get to you. Apparently he thinks he’s gouda enough to land a spot on an NFL roster.
September 23rd, 2020 at 9:30 PM ^
This is weird.
September 23rd, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
Sucks for us for sure but the guy coming in to replace him sounds legit and may have pushed him to make that decision to try the NFL but sure will miss him and that epic name
September 23rd, 2020 at 11:26 PM ^
I think he saw the writing on the wall. Our freshman snapper was beating the Tarr out of him in practice.
September 24th, 2020 at 1:54 AM ^
Well, there goes our national title.
September 24th, 2020 at 4:11 AM ^
Word on the street is he heard the Covids is not lactose intolerant.
September 24th, 2020 at 8:32 AM ^
As many have noted the pros and cons of this decision are not always clear to people outside of the situation.
It maybe that he has academic work or personal matters he needs to deal with and this is a graceful way of bowing out without closing the door on football later on.
Since it is not a position anyone drafts for and every year there are stories of someone who simply shows up at a camp and gets on a NFL roster, there might not be any more incentive - it isn't as if a long snapper needs a "lot of tape" to convince people to give him a try out.
September 24th, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
You know who drafted a long snapper in the 6th round in 2016?
LOINS
September 24th, 2020 at 8:37 AM ^
He should have been a baseball pitcher. One who threw really hard, high and tight.
September 24th, 2020 at 10:24 AM ^
Rubio Snapping
This sounds like a species of turtle that's found in the American Southeast.