The House of Blue

I think that is what you see him trying to do with several of the DE/TE recruits. Let them try out offense, and if that doesn't work move them to Defensive End, or the other way around. Some of our starters did this, started out on offense and are immediate contributors on defense. Dupree, Caffey, Forrest, and Tiller I think is in the same mold.

Yes I fully agree it's a great idea, however it's nice to get those kids who have been LB's there whole life that have that Avery Williamson or WKU MLB Andrew Jackson mind set... Yea I know what he said last year (Daa spose to be SEC) when we played WKU but there are alot of people who are already calling him the next great MLB, some have even compared him to Ray Lewis since he's a legit 260#er with great speed and instincts... His Highlight video is amazing... The job he done against us and LSU with 280# Dt's in front of him was unheard of. I really wish we could sign a MLB like Jackson or another like Avery. ILB, WR and OT are the three positions I think we are lacking in talent since kids like Woods, Jabari, Eatmon haven't done well thus far... I hope they can this year, we need all three to be on point in every game. GO CATS!!!

More than a tad bit. LOL.

Players that have switched positions and started for UK in past 5-6 years?
-Chandler Burden -- DE to OT
-Keenan Burton -- QB to WR
-Randall Cobb -- QB to WR
-Zipp Duncan -- TE to OT
-David Jones -- WR to CB
-Matt Lentz -- QB to S
-Eric Scott -- TE to C
-Taiedo Smith -- WR to S
-Jacob Tamme -- WR to TE

If you ain't claiming a spot at OT this year...you ain't playing down the road. If guys like Watson, Miller, West, Swindle, etc..establish themselves, it doesn't look good. Plan and simple, he didn't look good at all this spring.

Yep they've got to be creative and innovative to compete in the SEC. Converting TE's to LB's and RB's to C or Safeties seems to be a way to really get our athleticism and speed up on the defensive side of the ball.

I am suprised that there isnt more position switches than there is because most high school coaches have to play their players at positions that probally arent their best position for the next level for the good of the team. I have noticed two positions in particular that players seem to be put out of position in high school and they are QB and TE. The coaches put their best athlete at QB and their most athletic big man at TE. Both of these positions produce a lot of good candidates for switching to other positions at the college level. The problem is these kids are behind in the skills that they need at their new positions in college because of playing out of position in high school and must catch up before they can help their team at the college level.

We do have some good true WR's but I'm not sure what happened last year can be blamed on putting high school QB's at WR. Considering Cobb was the best WR we've ever had and he played QB in high school. We've had several others in that mold as well. Still hoping King can have a big year.

I didnt say that athletic high school QBs couldnt become good WR, DBs and safetys. I do however believe it takes most of them a couple of years to grow into their new positions. A redshirt year is almost a given. Even Cobb didnt play a lot of WR his Freshman year, He was used mostly as a Wildcat QB.

Forrest looked very good to me in the SG.

Just kiddin man.