FreddieMercuryHayes

August 19th, 2016 at 1:51 PM ^

Woo wee. He moves great, but there's no reason to be that big. He'll need to trim a bit to get consistent playing time when that much weight wears on you over a season. And honestly, I think we need him at DT going forward...



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BILG

August 19th, 2016 at 1:52 PM ^

I would love to have an immovable force in the middle of the D-line to eat up 2 blockers.  Stuff the run game with Onwenu, Glasgow and Mone and guys like Gary and Taco can destroy QBs.  Will be insane.

That being said...how's he looking when playing o-line?

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rainingmaize

August 19th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^

If he really is 375, then I would be a little bit concerned. Even if one is able to move well at that size, does not mean that the weight isn't putting extreme pressure on lower body muscles and ligaments. 

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reshp1

August 19th, 2016 at 2:09 PM ^

That's my concern as well. As a teenager playing against people half your size and at a HS workload, that's probably fine. But ramp up wear and tear with competition level and workload, and it's bond to take a toll sooner or later. I always worry about guys like that later in their lives too. 

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reshp1

August 19th, 2016 at 1:58 PM ^

I believe it. In the video he posted of his first tackle, you can see a 300lb Dawson get rocked back in the collision with Onwenu and then the poor RB absolutely get flung backwards like a rag doll. 

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getsome

August 19th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^

yeah im sure the staff, tolbert and crew already identified an ideal target weight for onwenu and a plan to eventually get there.  they typically have a good grasp on the differences bw athletes (even the subtle ones) and try to account for everything when designing routines.

hes a very promising prospect and no doubt a big boy.  we always used to be amazed by the bigger dudes during camp and some of the 10-15 lbs fluctuations in water weight bw practice weigh ins (though its similar to proportional losses of like 3-4 lbs or whatever by us 200 lb guys, theres just something about those bigger #s on the chart)

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The Oracle

August 19th, 2016 at 2:35 PM ^

Usually football players who weigh that much, even if they can move pretty well, have a big gut and obvious unnecessary weight. Owenu, in all the pics I've seen, doesn't. He must be a pretty amazingly constructed human being. Maybe his bones are made of lead.

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GoBlue519

August 19th, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^

I'm becoming more optimistic about the depth on the OLine.  With good reports coming out on Onwenu, Bredeson, Dawson and Bushell-Beatty maybe an injury here or there won't mean catastrophe.  To a lesser extent I've also read a few positives about Runyan and Ulizio but let's hope the starters play well and remain healthy and we don't see these guys until next fall.

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