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kr7263

If not at QB as Coach Easton suggests, I would use him as the boundary side slot so he is always a threat to hit wide on jet, rocket or as the pitch man on option. If they overload the field side, you should get good numbers/match-ups to the boundary side and be able to throw it to him and/or beat them up with your good FB into the boundary setting up counter to your best athlete back to the field.

What defense do you run?

IF HE IS THE ATHLETE YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, YOU HAVE THE WHOLE SUMMER TO GET HIM READY. WHAT OFFENSE DO YOU RUN? CAN HE THROW? HE HAS ESTABLISHED HIS RUNNING ABILITY. NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN TAKING A RAW KID AND PLAYING HIM AT QB, BUT WITH 3 MONTHS OF SUMMER WORK EACH DAY COUPLED WITH THE FACT YOU THINK HE CAN BEAT THE OTHER KID OUT, I WOULD GO FOR IT!!!

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

I agree with Coach Easton that the QB in the triple needs to be smart and able to make the reads above anything else. I would say if he's a great athlete and he's a hitter on defense then his build won't be a problem. Put him in that slot position and get him the ball however you like from there if you don't think you can turn him into a QB in time for the season. However, if you have an eye for putting him there after your returner graduates, start prepping him now, get him some reps and then use him as a situational guy or in packages for one series per half or something like that. If it looks like he's picking it up over the summer faster than you thought he would, make plans for the switch.

This will be my 2nd year at this school. I had no input his frosh year and I didn't know much about him last year. Great ideas - he will definitly play some QB this summer! I don't know if he will start as a jr on the varsity defense - time will tell. I've been around long enough (19yrs coaching) to never count on a jr prospect until I've seen him in a live varsity scrimmage.