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"Elija Lofton, TE, recruit (2024): No true freshman played more snaps on offense for Miami last season than Lofton, a 6-3, 238-pound four-star recruit from Las Vegas. He’s bench-pressing 385 pounds, and he hit 21 miles per hour in spring camp. He caught nine passes for 150 yards and a touchdown and could carve out a Tyler Warren-type role in Miami’s offense as a do-it-all threat. Lofton said he has no idea where offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson is going to line him up on the field."
“He’s gonna line up a lot of different places,” Dawson said. “I think he has the unique skill set to do all those things. He is one of the most unique players I’ve had. This kid has a lot of football ahead of him.”

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I hope we use motion even more than last season. I know we used it a lot. I want to see even more, and optioning off it. Lofton is the perfect guy for that. Make defenses scramble to figure out what role Lofton is going to play post snap.
 
I love the Tyler Warren comparison.

One thing we didn't run a single time last year was Wildcat. Penn State did that a bunch with Warren, I wonder if we see some of that with Lofton this year.

You can basically come out in 11, and the defense is going to match up with their nickel package most likely, and you can split Beck out wide, spread the field with the 3 receivers, and snap the ball directly to Lofton with Fletcher as a lead blocker into what will almost certainly be a light box. Our 5 linemen plus Fletcher against a 6 man box with Lofton carrying the ball sounds like a problem for the defense.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I love the Tyler Warren comparison.

One thing we didn't run a single time last year was Wildcat. Penn State did that a bunch with Warren, I wonder if we see some of that with Lofton this year.

You can basically come out in 11, and the defense is going to match up with their nickel package most likely, and you can split Beck out wide, spread the field with the 3 receivers, and snap the ball directly to Lofton with Fletcher as a lead blocker into what will almost certainly be a light box. Our 5 linemen plus Fletcher against a 6 man box with Lofton carrying the ball sounds like a problem for the defense.
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You’re breaking my heart
 
JHallCanes said:
You’re breaking my heart
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Ha, I'm normally not a fan of gimmicky bull**** but I do think there's something about putting the ball into the hands of your best players in as many different spots as possible. I think a good OC can get creative with stuff like this in short yardage/goal-line. But then again, Beck being both a game manager and also leading the more efficient offense than the 2024 version, I'm not sure how many opportunities we'll have for stuff like this in between scoring 60 a game.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Ha, I'm normally not a fan of gimmicky bull**** but I do think there's something about putting the ball into the hands of your best players in as many different spots as possible. I think a good OC can get creative with stuff like this in short yardage/goal-line. But then again, Beck being both a game manager and also leading the more efficient offense than the 2024 version, I'm not sure how many opportunities we'll have for stuff like this in between scoring 60 a game.
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Pure sarcasm of course. We lost a bajillion yards of production this offseason so I’m all for getting creative to manufacture points
 
Ironmanfootball said:
Lofton is Warren's little sister. Warren's nearly 6-6 260, a former HS QB and was a 3 sport athlete. Lofton ran a 12 second 100m and quit track. He's a Kyle Juszczyk and that's fine, but he ain't Warren
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Tyler, chill bro. You're awesome. But you also caught 15 passes your first 3 years of college football combined. You weren't exactly Jesse Owens from jump. You run 4.7, try to relax (still an awesome football player though).
 
Ironmanfootball said:
Lofton is Warren's little sister. Warren's nearly 6-6 260, a former HS QB and was a 3 sport athlete. Lofton ran a 12 second 100m and quit track. He's a Kyle Juszczyk and that's fine, but he ain't Warren
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Tyler, chill bro. You're awesome. But you also caught 15 passes your first 3 years of college football combined. You weren't exactly Jesse Owens from jump. You run 4.7, try to relax (still an awesome football player though).
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Mrs. Lofton. Your son is the second coming of a good white fullback from 2003, but he's not 6-6, even if he's standing on Mirabal's back.
 
Ironmanfootball said:
Mrs. Lofton. Your son is the second coming of a good white fullback from 2003, but he's not 6-6, even if he's standing on Mirabal's back.
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Tyler's side chick, nobody said anything about the size of your man. He's awesome, and giant. The literal post said, Lofton "could carve out a Tyler Warren-type role", and since we know you went to all the games in Happy Valley last year with your "#44 is #1 in my heart" halter top on, you understand TyTy ran the football 26 times last season, and scored a few touchdowns on the ground. That's the entire premise for the discussion. Not that anyone is going to be as good or big and strong and tough as your man.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Tyler's side chick, nobody said anything about the size of your man. He's awesome, and giant. The literal post said, Lofton "could carve out a Tyler Warren-type role", and since we know you went to all the games in Happy Valley last year with your "#44 is #1 in my heart" halter top on, you understand TyTy ran the football 26 times last season, and scored a few touchdowns on the ground. That's the entire premise for the discussion. Not that anyone is going to be as good or big and strong and tough as your man.
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Elija’s fleshlight. Warren’s role was predicated on his ability to also throw having played QB. They aren’t comparable players. So put down your (**** no one even knows Lofton’s jersey number) official ***** and hope he’s a serviceable TE before anything else.
 
Ironmanfootball said:
Elija’s fleshlight. Warren’s role was predicated on his ability to also throw having played QB. They aren’t comparable players. So put down your (**** no one even knows Lofton’s jersey number) official ***** and hope he’s a serviceable TE before anything else.
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Tyler’s grandma’s buttplug, you boy is special. A very, very special boy. And that’s why he completed 3 passes (on 6 attempts) in his entire college career. Because of that specialness. So, yes, I agree, Mrs. *****master, that threat of Tyler being Tom Brady opened up myriad lanes of opportunity for the Penn State offense. Without that 50% completion rate, you simply could not have snapped the ball to him and allowed him to use his running ability.
 
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