Zach Gentry also playing WR

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244lb receiver..........

HARBAUGH

Zach Gentry is playing receiver and TE, per Jay Harbaugh. Coming along.

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Wolfman

September 28th, 2016 at 7:13 PM ^

Must admit that one of the greatest things about watching UM football is knowing you will see new offensive wrinkles weekly  He and his offensive staff have been great at maximizing the talent at their disposal. And considering it's only Year Two in the Harbaugh era, Urb's words ring true, "The future is looking bright."

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71Goat

September 28th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^

I suspect he is working at WR this week because all of Wisconsin's DBs are 5'9" or 5'10" and that most of the 5'10" guys are lying. Although he should be in red zone packages every week with his size.

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I dumped the Dope

September 28th, 2016 at 9:31 PM ^

and I feel certain Harbaugh would not have recruited him if he wasn't.  Pushing him outside of QB is definitely going to launch him on a strength & conditioning path he probably wasn't on before, so a little time to catch up would be understandable.

That said, I miss the old days when we had Flankers and Split Ends.

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Ali G Bomaye

September 29th, 2016 at 9:00 AM ^

He's already 6'7", 244 lbs. I'd bet that he can catch up strength-wise in a hurry, particularly since he's been a full-time TE since at least this spring, if not before.

High school quarterbacks can make great receivers, maybe because they understand what the QB is looking for. We have a pretty good example in our past...

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