I'd like to see what the new staff could do with him.
I guess I don't recall him dropping a lot of passes and yeah he probably shouldn't be fielding punts. From this past season I remember him getting thrown balls out in the flat when there were already two defenders ready to flatten him or running the ball up the gut. When he had some space he usually did something. It's all in how you use him and his ability to take it to the house is unique. He's not a huge loss but I'd still like to have him back. A smart staff could do some good things with him. His speed and elusiveness is hard to find.
“When healthy” is the key. I’m not sure how many other programs will want to spend a scholarship and NIL on a player who hasn’t played a full season for two years
I think he'd be worth the NIL money even if he were only available as a "pitch count" backup who only ended up playing 30% of the available snaps for us because even in that limited time he's a 20+ yard pickup threat every time he's a legit target...
His problems go back to last year when he was ridden like a rented mule. The past season he came back too soon and never was right. I would love to have him back with others like dmac to share the load I think he would be great.
Maybe we should at least cut down on the between the tackle runs.
How many of those BYU walkons were previously on full scholarship, and then demoted to walk on status?
I feel like we did after we switched offensive coordinators. But he still wasn’t able to get integrated into the office successfully.
Height is definitely not the issue. You missed one of the best to ever do it. Barry Sanders is 5’8. With that said I don’t see Jaylin with the same skill set as any of those guys. Would love to be wrong though.
Do you know how much weight he would have to put on in order to be even remotely close to the people you mentioned? Those dudes were bowling balls with speed
I think it will be more about the NIL money. I don’t think he gets it from IU this year… I just don’t see it. I’d rather had given NIL to keep some linemen
Yeah he dropped a few, but who on this team didn't? Seems like more often than not he was used as a decoy; he wasn't thrown to that often.
Yes, it is a case of if coaches want them back and the players want to come back. We don't know what the coaches want and we must trust coaches to get the players that can win in 2024.
The one guy I hope he would welcome back is Carpenter at Center/Guard...
I assume you're talking about his shiftiness with cuts. We've seen him to that before and I guess I'm optimistic that coaching can help him work that into how he runs. He also had a lot of rushes early in the season while Bell was OC, 49 with Bell vs 18 with Carey. The OL improved over the course of Carey running the offense and Lucas could have benefited from that.
Listed height and weight on their college pages:
Holy hell that’s what they list Lucas at? I stood next to him at the mall in August and he’s not a bit over 5’7” 150lbs IMO.
Lucas is not a Big Ten quality Running Back... He can't break tackles and he was a worse pass blocker then he was an inside runner (which is saying something because he looked like he wasn't strong enough to break an egg when he was attempting to run inside)...
There are a lot of big uglies in the portal we just have to open those pursestrings. At this point they are all money grabbers. Its the atmosphere that NIL produces.
It's officially a pro league now (always has been but those who chose to follow the rules couldn't play)... We just need to find the $$$$$ to compete.
Yeah measurables on site definitely are fudged from on the field or in the mall. New S&C coach might have a plan which is part of what I'd like to see.
I'll hold off on thinking he's not B1G caliber yet. Penn State has offered him as have several other P4 schools.
I wasn't referring to Lucas, but more along the lines that he mentioned-long snappers and kickers. Washington's kicker did not get a scholarship until game 11 after beating Oregon State. There are quality players out there that would consider a bottom tier P5 over lesser conferences if tuition & housing were covered. However? It does take away from the NIL pool which ours is not at the top to start.
He's a top FBS level Kick Returner period and teams that have the luxury of already being 3 deep in future starters at nearly every position can afford to spend a scholarship on just a Kick Off Returner. We don't have that type of depth yet and need every scholarship available to go to key positions on both sides of the ball who are going to play more than 5 or 6 snaps a game (if we're not doing well)...
