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2020 UConn Commit #14 - Robby Rochester (Southlake Texas)

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DoctorWho85 said:
He'll probably put on 35 or 40 lbs of muscle total (pretty standard for linemen to do when going from high school to college) which puts him in the 280 to 285 range.
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dude I love the optimism but people aren’t coming into our program and making those types of transformations.
 
He plays in one of the best divisions in Texas and is the kind of recruit Edsall has done well with in the past. Look at Zac Hurd for one similar comp.
Welcome to Storrs Robby
 
SirHypeAlot said:
dude I love the optimism but people aren’t coming into our program and making those types of transformations.
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He has the frame to put on the weight and remember he is 17 and has not grown into his adult body
 
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SirHypeAlot said:
Zach Hurd came in weighing 293...
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Yeah thats not right. I saw an interview with the late Jerry Martin where he talked about him coming into the program at 235lbs. I saw him in the CT/RI all star game at the rent at the most he was 250lbs. The most impressive linemen that day was UMass bound Vladimir Duchase.
 
uconnbill said:
He has the frame to put on the weight and remember he is 17 and has not grown into his adult body
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I like that age number better than height/weight.
 
Pudge said:
simply not true
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Ok.
Escalate

we shall get the MaxPrep of Waterford HS
 
Welcome! Plays for a great program against good competition. He’ll grow.Maybe he also has a chip and something to prove because he’s been told he’s not fat enough. Need players with a chip.
 
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kibblesnbits said:
When he signed they listed him as 6-7 265.
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Even that was generous.

I'm telling you guys i saw him up close at the CT/RI game at the rent. Lutrus was in that one.

Duchase who was going to UMass was not only bigger, but quite frankly better than Hurd. At that time he was built more like a TE than someone who would eventually play at like 315lbs.

Duchase was CT kid miss for sure but we had good lines then so we hardly missed him. When we are bad and we see kids like Tyler Matakevitch or Nico Ragaini who supposedly want to come here and go star somewhere else, it stings.
 
He played at Waterford High School. Dominated. But. Cmon Man. He was very raw. I noticed him at a game the fall before signing: Edsall watched his entire senior season. Saw something.

the OLine position is just different. You are counting on 17-20 to be key development ages.
 
Unless things have changed the players end up getting a recommended lifting program to file after they sign, not to mention there in the weight room from the time they first show up on campus in the summer to the time where they take the "official" measurements at the start of camp. Hurd having put on significant weight from the time of his recruitment to the first measurement wouldn't be a shocker.

Given the facilities available to him at Southlake Carrol it wouldn't be a stretch to think a similar transformation is possible for Rochester, provided he has the right-level of motivation. 6-5, 245 is skinny, but this really does feel more like the original UConn recruiting playbook. Undersized, athletic players with the right work ethic to fill out their frame. Of course it's also a whole new world in terms of player retention, so who knows if it'll work quite as well.
 
ScottVib said:
Unless things have changed the players end up getting a recommended lifting program to file after they sign, not to mention there in the weight room from the time they first show up on campus in the summer to the time where they take the "official" measurements at the start of camp. Hurd having put on significant weight from the time of his recruitment to the first measurement wouldn't be a shocker.

Given the facilities available to him at Southlake Carrol it wouldn't be a stretch to think a similar transformation is possible for Rochester, provided he has the right-level of motivation. 6-5, 245 is skinny, but this really does feel more like the original UConn recruiting playbook. Undersized, athletic players with the right work ethic to fill out their frame. Of course it's also a whole new world in terms of player retention, so who knows if it'll work quite as well.
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"I remember [offensive lineman Zach] Hurd. He came out of [Waterford] high school at 236 pounds and he left at like 310. There are those guys we just catch at the right time."
 
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kibblesnbits said:
When he signed they listed him as 6-7 265.
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Looking back at this class- Butler, Jacques and McKhan never made it to UConn. I don't remember Derek Rich or Mike Cox either. Nixon was wildly talented but had academic problems. Bedard was serviceable and Hicks had some moments. But man - Witten, Wilson, Vaughn, Robinson JR, Polito, Olivier, McClain, Lutrus, Kanuch, Jeffers, Hurd, Davis, Cullen and Bedard were so good as a group. Witten came in at 6'5"and 215. Wilson 6'1" 210lbs. Kids were developed and gave us some of the best years of this program.
 
hardcorehusky said:
Looking back at this class- Butler, Jacques and McKhan never made it to UConn. I don't remember Derek Rich or Mike Cox either. Nixon was wildly talented but had academic problems. Bedard was serviceable and Hicks had some moments. But man - Witten, Wilson, Vaughn, Robinson JR, Polito, Olivier, McClain, Lutrus, Kanuch, Jeffers, Hurd, Davis, Cullen and Bedard were so good as a group. Witten came in at 6'5"and 215. Wilson 6'1" 210lbs. Kids were developed and gave us some of the best years of this program.
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Cox was a serviceable defensive end. Rich i believed transferred to Georgia to be a walk on at his dream school.
 
noeynox said:
Cox was a serviceable defensive end. Rich i believed transferred to Georgia to be a walk on at his dream school.
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The key was that all redshirted. Kids like Travis Jones should just be starting to see the field as redshirt frosh. Instead half his career is done as he gets ready for his junior year.
 
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According to former Strength and Conditioning Coach, Jerry Martin, the player who turned around his body the most was:

"I remember [offensive lineman Zach] Hurd. He came out of [Waterford] high school at 236 pounds and he left at like 310. There are those guys we just catch at the right time."
 
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