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karlhungis wrote:I have only seen it mention on message boards. Pretty similar to what we are saying. Nothing official that I have seen.Biggus Duckus wrote:Has this broke on rivals or DT or anything yet?
glazeduck wrote:I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.
KB had some nice returns this year but also had more than his fair share of unacceptable fumbles. Yes he's just a freshman and will get better, but I'm not so sure he can't help more as JUST a rotation player while allowing a guy like Ethan Grant to start out as solely a kick returner.Boom wrote:I would be surprised if they pulled Barner away from kick/punt returns.
Towards the end of the season Barner didn't get many conventional carries in the backfield. He mostly lined up in the slot and took the ball on a reverse or he lined up as a split back with LMJ and was the pitch option.
If we have depth at RB I wouldn't at all be surprised if they move him back to defense and allowed him to be our kick return specialist. I believe he had one of the highest kick return average in the country last season.
I get your point, and I'd say that under certain circumstances I would agree with you. If you've got one or two guys that are by far and away your best kick returners, then yeah, regardless of position, they return your kicks.justducky0 wrote:just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..
Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.justducky0 wrote:glazeduck wrote:I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.
just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..
Jstew returned kicks his whole career here. I think they took him off kick return once JJ got injured just to lighten the massive workload that they put on him. I clearly remember him returning kicks in the wazzu game that JJ got injured in.Boom wrote:Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.justducky0 wrote:glazeduck wrote:I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.
just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..
I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.
That must be what I remember thendthomas=ddixon wrote:Jstew returned kicks his whole career here. I think they took him off kick return once JJ got injured just to lighten the massive workloadBoom wrote:Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.justducky0 wrote:glazeduck wrote:I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.
just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..
I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.
that they put on him. I clearly remember him returning kicks in the wazzu game that JJ got injured in.
So far the only confirmation is from TriDuck chatting with Dontae Williams on Facebook. I wouldn't be surprised to see some solid confirmation sometime this week.DmoneyDuck wrote:Do we have any official linkage that Huff is indeed a Duck?
