Quiet after the first week of practice

Merci

Those two are 300 pound frosh and (IMHO) it’s quite a get for us to land strong (as well as heavy) frosh. Santiago was one I didn’t think we’d get and Metzger, BTW, threw almost 59 feet in the shot put a couple of months ago.

FWIW, most of the freshman weights are inflated and might show future goal weights before they arrived on campus. Boobie is probably ~285 and Metzger ~290. Colin Reynolds has to be a typo becasue he’s ~250 not 290. 

If we accurately update all weights from first day of camp weigh ins, I would expect many of the freshman to come down but several current players to be higher. One example is JR DE Brian Vaganek who’s still listed at 234 lbs from last fall but is now pushing ~250. 

From the weight room, I also heard that RB Jordan Fuller and DB Joe Rivers claimed strongest overall at their respective positions. I hear that some of the players refer to Fuller as being like a Marvel comics character. As was noted previously, several sophomores and juniors have added some size this off-season. Hopefully it translates onto the field.

You are right hc2020. I was on campus a few months ago and went into the weight room and spoke with both Jake Dobbs and Jordan Fuller. They both are huge young men. Somebody is going to get a headache this fall hitting either one of them.

I really hope so. Would like to see a backfield with both Peter Oliver and young Fuller. 

I will add my jaw dropped when I heard what Liam Anderson’s pre-season 40 time was weighing in at 233 lbs (both hand timed by Grautski and laser) 

It’s called a tease SOV! Taking guesses…or I can go speculate about future conferences in 5 years (put me down for a revamped Yankee football conference with the core PL and New England CAA.)
And I’m sure the PA fans/alums would be fine with the Yankee label as some of the most bad-ass hardcore abolitionists came from PA including one of my personal heroes Congressman Thaddeus Stevens (wonderfully portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”)

Okay, well the fastest time for an LB at the 2022 combine was 4.42 seconds. 

There were 11 guys who ran it better than 4.60. 

I'll guess Anderson clocked it at 4.51

You've got a perfect storm a-brewin' up on College Hill...
-> A great head coach
-> Young, energetic staff
-> Dedicated to football strength coach who is really, really good at what he does
-> Off the chart recruiting
-> A full COVID, redshirt class
->AD, President, and Admissions behind the football program
-> Alumni base (with money) getting behind the program

It's going to be a great and fun next couple of years. Enjoy it.

Nice research SOV. The LB that ran the 4.42 was also an Anderson from the FCS. Troy Anderson from Montana State at 6’3.5 / 243 lbs. All around freak athlete similar to Liam. Our Anderson played QB and Safety in HS and could have played D1 baseball should he have so desired. Troy Anderson played QB and RB at MT state before moving to OLB then to ILB. He was projected to be a 3rd or 4th round pick but his combine performance landed him in round 2 as the 58th overall pick to the Falcons. Not saying Liam is destined for that but watch for the Anderson comparisons if he has another season of comparable production to what he had last year. 
While an inch shorter and 10 lbs lighter, Liam ran two laser timed 40’s at 4.49 and 4.51. Grautski hand timed him at 4.46. Remember, at most collegiate pro days, scouts still use hand timers (many still prefer them to the laser). The combine is one of the few venues that only uses a laser for all speed and agility drills. For reference, Benton Whitley ran two 40’s at the HC pro day and the scouts had his fastest at 4.68 and his slowest at 4.73 which was considered a very good showing for his long ~260 lb frame.
It’s very likely that we have 4 or 5 Saders performing at the HC pro day next Spring (all else being equal with another high quality season and without injuries)…Anderson, Dobbs, Olsofka and Smith (potentially Ayir as well if he chooses not to use his Covid redshirt)