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2018 UConn Commit #24 - Dante Black (Snellville Georgia)

UConn would never nor should they not accept a Stephen Gilmore as he is a special talent with a number of offers from BCS schools
 
He has about 25 lbs on Todman. 5'11" 205 is a great size for an incoming back.

Give him a Shermanator at FB and let him run like Donald Brown.
 
SubbaBub said:
He has about 25 lbs on Todman. 5'11" 205 is a great size for an incoming back.

Give him a Shermanator at FB and let him run like Donald Brown.
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Are we going back to a full back offense? I sure hope we don't go back to packing things in and 3 yards and a cloud of dust.
 
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noeynox said:
Are we going back to a full back offense? I sure hope we don't go back to packing things in and 3 yards and a cloud of dust.
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He looks to me like a versatile player who can catch the ball or run. I think you'll see Edsall focus on that. It's part of what I think he means by being "multiple". It's what the Patriots do. You need to be able to almost run any play out of any formation, regardless of personnel. It makes you so much harder to defend. So if we have a fullback. I fully expect to see him block on one play, and go in motion and become a slot receiver on the next. There's nothing wrong with that. It's predictability that you need to eliminate. I really think Edsall had his eyes opened on this at some point. Maybe with the Lions.
 
HuskyHawk said:
He looks to me like a versatile player who can catch the ball or run. I think you'll see Edsall focus on that. It's part of what I think he means by being "multiple". It's what the Patriots do. You need to be able to almost run any play out of any formation, regardless of personnel. It makes you so much harder to defend. So if we have a fullback. I fully expect to see him block on one play, and go in motion and become a slot receiver on the next. There's nothing wrong with that. It's predictability that you need to eliminate. I really think Edsall had his eyes opened on this at some point. Maybe with the Lions.
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You're describing an H-back which is used in many offenses. The full back is a dying breed.
 
JMick said:
You're describing an H-back which is used in many offenses. The full back is a dying breed.
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There is no real differences except in utility. The Patriots employ Develin as I described, and he is considered a Fullback.

Edit: what I'm trying to say is that labels are becoming irrelevant. Split your TE or RB out wide. Put a WR in the backfield. Use a FB as a traditional fullback, or more like a TE.
 
HuskyHawk said:
He looks to me like a versatile player who can catch the ball or run. I think you'll see Edsall focus on that. It's part of what I think he means by being "multiple". It's what the Patriots do. You need to be able to almost run any play out of any formation, regardless of personnel. It makes you so much harder to defend. So if we have a fullback. I fully expect to see him block on one play, and go in motion and become a slot receiver on the next. There's nothing wrong with that. It's predictability that you need to eliminate. I really think Edsall had his eyes opened on this at some point. Maybe with the Lions.
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I get what you’re saying, but there won’t a true “FB” position label on the roster (although guys may line up as such). As @JMick said, you’ll see TE/H-back. And per HCRE....

“I want to have four quarterbacks, which we do,” Edsall said. “I want to have five running backs, which we’ll probably only have four this year, so we’ll be down one there. Receivers, we want eleven on scholarship and we are going to have eleven. The tight ends/H-backs, I’d like to have five, but we are only going to have four because I can’t get the extra number. Offensive line, we will have sixteen, including signing two more freshmen.”
 
kris1 said:
I get what you’re saying, but there won’t a true “FB” position label on the roster (although guys may line up as such). As @JMick said, you’ll see TE/H-back. And per HCRE....

“I want to have four quarterbacks, which we do,” Edsall said. “I want to have five running backs, which we’ll probably only have four this year, so we’ll be down one there. Receivers, we want eleven on scholarship and we are going to have eleven. The tight ends/H-backs, I’d like to have five, but we are only going to have four because I can’t get the extra number. Offensive line, we will have sixteen, including signing two more freshmen.”
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Exactly. At the college level specifically there is a big difference between a FB and an H-back. You won't see a 5'11" 245lb load of a human at H-back like you do fullback. You're going to see a 6'2"-6'5" 230-240lb guy
 
kris1 said:
I get what you’re saying, but there won’t a true “FB” position label on the roster (although guys may line up as such). As @JMick said, you’ll see TE/H-back. And per HCRE....

“I want to have four quarterbacks, which we do,” Edsall said. “I want to have five running backs, which we’ll probably only have four this year, so we’ll be down one there. Receivers, we want eleven on scholarship and we are going to have eleven. The tight ends/H-backs, I’d like to have five, but we are only going to have four because I can’t get the extra number. Offensive line, we will have sixteen, including signing two more freshmen.”
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Btw, I guess Edsal is counting Tyler Davis again as a TE in order to get to four with Holman, Rose and Fitton unless we have a position change.

On the subject of TE I would offer Stephen Lambert out of NH a pwo if we don’t have a bead on a transfer.
 
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JMick said:
Exactly. At the college level specifically there is a big difference between a FB and an H-back. You won't see a 5'11" 245lb load of a human at H-back like you do fullback. You're going to see a 6'2"-6'5" 230-240lb guy
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Same in the pros really. It's just semantics. James Develin is 6'3" and 250. He's listed at FB, but could easily be listed as an H Back. It doesn't matter. My only point was that I have no objection, in short yardage, to lining up a guy like that as a FB lead blocker. Or confusing the D by then sending him in motion (and probably pulling an LB with him).

I think we agree that Edsall is looking for a flexible roster with lots of interchangeable parts and multiple formations. That's good.
 
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