Yostbound and Down

February 5th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^

He's on his mission trip for the next 2 years, so we won't have to face off against him.

But yeah that guys seems scary as hell. Wonder if he played rugby, he would be a one man wrecking crew as a prop. 

DonAZ

February 5th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^

The article says they'll work him at nose tackle first.  He'll be raw at first, and they more or less admit that:

"We normally require a two-gap player that can be big enough to handle both A gaps,” said coach Bronco Mendenhall. “He might be a three-gap player. Maybe we’ll just have him lay sideways off the snap and block the whole thing out"

This is this generation's "Refrigerator Perry".

LSAClassOf2000

February 5th, 2015 at 5:49 PM ^

He's probably 5 inches or so taller and about 70 pounds heavier than Perry, at least if I am remembering his dimensions correctly at his peak. I would dare say that we can upgrade to "Walk-In Freezer" here, although to walk into this dude on the line is probably inviting something very bad to happen. 

xtramelanin

February 5th, 2015 at 5:43 PM ^

i ever played with.  like this tongan fellow, not brought up as a football player but a good athlete and i'd say more lean than the byu kid.  we had a very good O-line averaging 300+ lbs (not including me as the puny 250 lb TE), and it was just a strange experience to see our line actually look small next to someone.  i mean, you look at a guy who is, say, 6' 5" and maybe 315-325 and they just look tiny next to a guy like that. 

curious how it ends up.  you can't teach size, but by the same token, without some serious commitment and practice this kid won't end up doing much. 

gwkrlghl

February 5th, 2015 at 5:52 PM ^

He's far too large for that right? Don't you want a shorter heavy guy in the middle and then your 6'7" 250 guys on the edge? Seems like this guy should be a tackle. He won't be able to get leverage on anyone other than just be leaning on them....which may work

ESD

February 5th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^

He only looks fat in the face, kind of like a baby. I am more interested in how he moves his feet and agility. I understand he has never played football but is he a sportman in any context. If so, it might translate.

wolverinebutt

February 5th, 2015 at 6:43 PM ^

Having never played football I guess you rate this as high risk - high reward.  

Remember Will Campbell played football for years and still had poor techique until his last year at M.  

Zone Left

February 5th, 2015 at 11:44 PM ^

I played a guy listed at 400 pounds in high school. We didn't even bother blocking him. It was basically like the other team intentionally played with 10 guys.