Hurst Returning for 5th Year
Per Sam Webb.
Maurice Hurst: "I've decided I'm going to come back for my 5th year." pic.twitter.com/LCMdbLLx1e
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 21, 2016
December 21st, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
DL should be fine. A little thin but the reality is not many teams are able to go 9 deep like we were this past year. We just need a few freshmen or sophomores who can provide a few plays to give our first string a blow.
December 21st, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker!
December 21st, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^
"Mo" Hurst next year. Excellent!
December 21st, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
I want to get Solomon because he is elite, a big need for the team, and to stick it to Georgia.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
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December 21st, 2016 at 1:02 PM ^
might enter the draft? Interesting...
December 21st, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
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December 21st, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
My feedback to him is you are not getting drafted this year and probably not next year either. But...you will have a shot to make it as a free agent. So I guess maybe he take's that shot this year vs next would be the thinking.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:05 PM ^
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December 21st, 2016 at 1:05 PM ^
Love seeing the belly rub.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:08 PM ^
He's our new "Sackman" ! Now come on down "Solomon".
December 21st, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
awesome again. Hopefully the younger kids can step up to fill in and give the starters some rest.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
Current thoughts on this development:
December 21st, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^
I love how the guy on the bottom right goes for the high 5 then into the hug. I've watched this more times than I care to admit.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
Thrilled to have Mo come back. I think he will have a monster season next year which he can leverage into a high draft pick and lots of $$$ for him.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^
Thank christ
December 21st, 2016 at 1:30 PM ^
Why are we annointing next year's Dline to be the best in the conference already? All but Hurst played spot duty, especially the second half of the season. Winnovich was alright, but only on passing downs, what happens when he has to hold up to 60 minutes of run blocking? Mone seems talented but I only saw 2 or 3 plays where he did something this year, i know he was injured but still...Gary has all the tools, I'm sure he will put it together next year. And Hurst, not a single negative to say about him, I think he is proven and will have a great year. Lets not even think about what ONE single injury would do to this unit...not as deep as last year and guys will not be rotating and staying freshThe 3 other guys played their role well this year but their role and responsibilities will change a lot next year. Lets just wait and see how it all plays out.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:52 PM ^
Because Hurst was one of our best DL last year, Gary was a freshman and was very good despite not generating many TFLs and sacks. He didn't play much and was held constantly with no calls. Mone generally got better as he got more healthy and had a pretty good Ohio State game. Winovich also got better at maintaining gap integrity and is already good on passing downs. Injuries can change any position from good to bad. I'm confident that we can get some of the sophomores and freshmen to fill in on the 2nd string. It's a lot more scary to think about freshmen and sophomores starting on our OL than just providing a few blows for guys like Hurst and Gary to be off the field for a play or two.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
Solid solid players right there....Chase eat some meat
December 21st, 2016 at 1:34 PM ^
Or doesn't exist.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
How many college football teams boast about their backup D-Line? This year was an anomaly regarding how deep our D-Line was and even then in a lot of the more competitive games, we shortened the rotation and the backups weren't interchanging a lot because we didn't need too.
Starters will be fine and then you only need 1-2 more good contributors to emerge for us to be fine in that regard. We should be able to get that from C Kemp, R Jones, R Johnson, L Marshall, M Dwumfour or freshman (especially if it is Soloman/Tufele).
December 21st, 2016 at 2:20 PM ^
It's about what the drop off is if something happens. What happens if the 1 or 2 contributors need to start?
Look at what happend to the offensive line this year, one catasrophic injury to Newsome and everything went to shit.
December 21st, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^
Injuries could hurt us but is there a team out there besides Ohio State or Alabama where an injury at a key spot wouldn't hurt your team.
December 21st, 2016 at 2:44 PM ^
Fair enough. But I guess my point is most college football teams (even good ones) wouldn't fare that well down 2 D-Line starters. That degree of depth isn't typically present on rosters in my opinion outside of a few teams.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
Mo Hurst!
December 21st, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
Solid solid players right there....Chase eat some meat
December 21st, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
2017 just got better knowing Mo will be on the team.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:38 PM ^
That is big for next year. He, Gary, Mone and Winovich(?) should provide a very good to great starting unit. But we're going to need some guys behind them to develop quickly, because production after those guys is relatively thin.
Next year is probably a now or never kind of year for Marshall.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:38 PM ^
Wormley was full of verified voracity
December 21st, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^
Now if Jabrill would like to stay that would be great...
December 21st, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^
Ryan Glasgow: "Rashan and Big Mike (Onwenu) went against each other in a 1-on-1, run-play deal, it was epic for lack of a better word."
December 21st, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
people complaining the backups are inexperiences - they may be, but they are freaking talented too
only NT depth is a concern
the rest?
DT - Hurst, Hudson, Paea
SDE - Gary, S. Johnson, Jeter, DIB
WDE - Winovich, Kemp, R. Johnson, CMH, Vilain
tbh, Winovich might struggle to hang onto the starting job
December 21st, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^
Love hearing this.. on a relateds note has there been any rumors on which way Peppers is leaning? What is the deadline for these guys to announce for the draft?
December 21st, 2016 at 2:30 PM ^
I wouldn't expect to hear anything from/about Peppers until after the bowl game. Probably second week of January, is my thought...
December 21st, 2016 at 2:28 PM ^
Sweet!!! Commitmas continues!!! This has been a great pre-Christmas week, and it should only get better!
(Looking at you, Jordan Anthony...)
December 21st, 2016 at 2:37 PM ^
Thanks for your role in keeping a big man home. A playa just can't get that food in the Jax.
December 21st, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
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December 21st, 2016 at 11:32 PM ^
Only 17 years old and he is already 6'5" 280 pounds and athletic. He is a consensus 4* and # 13 SDE in the nation and played for state chmpionships in Ohio against great competition. I think he can contribute early and will be very good in the years to come. Paea is an early enrollee and will get Mattisonized for a few extra months before next season.