Allan Adams OT
6’5” 300lbs
6’5” 300lbs
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Glen Elarbee is going to make UCF offensive line U.
If you have a great offensive line and a great QB, it’s hard not to win a lot of games.
If you have a great offensive line and a great QB, it’s hard not to win a lot of games.
Even a great OL and a great RB can take you places.
Yes, Ellerbe is doing a great job of bringing in linemen with impressive size and height upon their arrival on campus.
The days of the Kevin Smith type of running back are in the past. It didn’t get us by Mississippi State in 2007. We had Kyle Israel.
We couldn’t get past USF from 2005-2008.
Blake Bortles and our great offensive line of 2013 showed us what we can be with that combo and a stable of good RBs and WRs.
Wasn’t Jah Reid only a 2-Star? He had a lot of length and was coached up to be a star. He was not a talented player initially
Many times (at UCF's level), very good to great OL are made, not found (i.e. already great).
Yes,most "already great" (on a HS level OL, doesn't guarantee "great" success at the college level) are usually gobbled up at the P5 level but I think OL is one of those positions where many "become" great over a 5 year period so you just hope you can turn many of them into starters after 2-3 years.
Exactly and you can’t teach length/height and those recruits all have it.
Those are some big boys! If their footwork matches their size then you've got some devastating tackles for the future. Match guys like this with a qb who can move laterally and throw on the run and you have a recipe for success against even the best defenses
That's really the key. You can have the greatest running backs but without an effective O-Line....fagettaboutit
This is true. We usually don't get first pick or 4* of 5* star recruits. SO WE BUILD THEM!!!!
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His Arkansas offensive lines weren’t good? Felix Jones was on that team as well. Based on what they did in the NFL, the same rules held true. They played well only when they had a good offensive line
Mediocre backs have been great behind great offensive lines moreso than the other way around
Look at Demarco Murray.
An exception was Barry Sanders. That dude didn’t need a line.
We had good size during the GOL era, but not quite the height and weight combination
However, when the line was good the team was good. Problem was we never had a good line and QB together except for 2013 and 2010 when Godfrey was playing well
They 2014 and 2015 lines were not good and Holman was erratic to boot
The 2007 line was very good, but the QB play with Israel was terrible. That year was Kevin Smith vs the world. Any QB play at all and we would have beaten Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl
Thats funny. I was actually going to say DeMarco says hi.
Neither of them had much for offensive lines.
As far as Barry goes, he shouldn't be used as a measure for anyone. That just isnt fair.
Octavius Brothers From Rockledge committed. Solid. I will take cocoa/Rockledge players all day long! those 2 schools are a little off the radar football factories.
Lots of free info on all of the flurry of commitments over the past few days by the publisher of this very site:
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Happy about Brothers. Hopefully one or two of his teammates join us too
When I read this I thought that there were two commits, from a set of brothers. Thought to myself, what are the odds..
Pretty high given our track record... I thought it was another set of twins
I would like to see a little more length at LB.
With Gilyard and the latest new recruits, not a lot of height
With Gilyard and the latest new recruits, not a lot of height
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6 foot 2 is. However, we have seen it in the past that some of the shorter linebackers max out at about 220-225 lbs. It becomes a problem when 300lb+ guards try to run it down our throats
Guys like Demetrius Brim had good size. Guys like Mark Rucker were worn down and pushed around
Jonathan Davis was the man and he was 5'9".
OOC games and Bowl games
Teams like Pitt, Georgia Tech, Stanford, etc.
Prototypical linebackers even in college now are 6’ 2” and above. They can better defend the pass and can carry more weight. We have failed with undersized linebackers. Maybe one, but you need some size back there.
IDK. I rather have a guy 6’3-6’4 230-240lbs over a guy 5’11-6’1 220-225lbs. If all other things are equal. Speed, skill, toughness, etc.
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