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Miami TE Elija Lofton Drops 10 Pounds Ahead of Junior Season

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During the offseason, you will see many players try to rebuild their body and get into the weight room to add muscle. We have seen many Miami Hurricanes players bulk up including Bryce Fitzgerald, OJ Frederique, Malachi Toney, Armando Blount, among many other players on the team. On the other hand, Hurricanes starting tight end Elija Lofton has been doing the opposite.

On yesterday's CanesInSight podcast, DMoney stated that Lofton has shed 10 pounds off his body and now weights 243 as he...

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dycane said:
I can lose 10 pounds in 48 hours. He could get on keto and lose that in water weight immediately.
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I think the hope is he likewise gained some muscle. I am no rugby trainer so take this with a grain of salt but to me it looked like he got hurt, picked up bad eating habits, gained bad weight which led to more injuries and thus had a lackluster year. For what we are asking him to do I think the 240 range at 6'3 ish to start the season is likely best (knowing people usually lose some weight during the season). But a good 240, not what we saw last year and then hopefully with good weight we dont have all the injuries.
 
Cookie917 said:
I think the hope is he likewise gained some muscle. I am no rugby trainer so take this with a grain of salt but to me it looked like he got hurt, picked up bad eating habits, gained bad weight which led to more injuries and thus had a lackluster year. For what we are asking him to do I think the 240 range at 6'3 ish to start the season is likely best (knowing people usually lose some weight during the season). But a good 240, not what we saw last year and then hopefully with good weight we dont have all the injuries.
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I really miss that rugby trainer
 
Easy peasy these days

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You know I'm one to critique allot of people's takes on the players they speak on and plenty just amuse me. @DMoney some of your takes I'll just say I disagree with but I keep it to myself cause why not. Elijah on the other hand people REALLY have no clue how good he is. I don't know if your take is based off things you've seen or what you've heard. Elijah has been dealing with allot of nagging injuries & honestly his skill set hasn't been showcased yet. I think getting a lil learner will do miracles for him because he had been carrying more weight then necessary. My only concern is with the loss of weight will he still get the snaps cause we all know the main role in this scheme for the tight end is blocking and diversion. Really hope Dawson finally is able to utilize him properly and mensah looks to him often enough.
 
Cookie917 said:
I think the hope is he likewise gained some muscle. I am no rugby trainer so take this with a grain of salt but to me it looked like he got hurt, picked up bad eating habits, gained bad weight which led to more injuries and thus had a lackluster year. For what we are asking him to do I think the 240 range at 6'3 ish to start the season is likely best (knowing people usually lose some weight during the season). But a good 240, not what we saw last year and then hopefully with good weight we dont have all the injuries.
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From all reports, his listed height is exaggerated by at least a couple inches. That said, if he's 6'1 240, that's fine for what we ask him to do. He has good hands and he's big/strong enough to block. Key with him is health. He obviously wasn't 100% last year.

With all the WR weapons Mensah will have, it will be a challenge to get him many targets. Mali, Barkate, Moore, Vaughn, Jacobs, et al. Lofton or whatever TE we play is going to have to be really good to steal targets from those guys.
 
Combo said:
From all reports, his listed height is exaggerated by at least a couple inches. That said, if he's 6'1 240, that's fine for what we ask him to do. He has good hands and he's big/strong enough to block. Key with him is health. He obviously wasn't 100% last year.

With all the WR weapons Mensah will have, it will be a challenge to get him many targets. Mali, Barkate, Moore, Vaughn, Jacobs, et al. Lofton or whatever TE we play is going to have to be really good to steal targets from those guys.
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yeah that is why I put "ish" at the end because I agree, even at 6'1 240 is prob the max, if he was 6'1 250 thats just overweight.

He oddly gives me deejay dallas vibes. jack of all trades, fluid runner, and looks slightly overweight but deceptively fast at that size. I also agree with all the WR weapons he may not have a 700 yard season but if he is enough of a threat to account for I think that will do wonders. I see him having a few plays where he is just wide open due to the other weapons as you mentioned.
 
Cookie917 said:
I think the hope is he likewise gained some muscle. I am no rugby trainer so take this with a grain of salt but to me it looked like he got hurt, picked up bad eating habits, gained bad weight which led to more injuries and thus had a lackluster year. For what we are asking him to do I think the 240 range at 6'3 ish to start the season is likely best (knowing people usually lose some weight during the season). But a good 240, not what we saw last year and then hopefully with good weight we dont have all the injuries.
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It is not really possible to lose weight and gain muscle at the same time unless you're a genetic freak, a beginner, obese, or taking steroids.

What you hope is that despite losing 10 pounds (which isn't a ton of weight for someone his size) that he minimized muscle loss and retained or possibly even gained strength despite dropping weight (gaining strength is not necessarily the same thing as gaining muscle). I am not the Rugby Trainer either so someone can correct me if I am wrong.

For the record, I think Lofton is going to have a bounce back season.
 
the criticism of Dawson is that his TEs only block, as remarkably and repeatedly demonstrated last year by Alex Baumann both at the beginning of the year with his very successful wham blocks and at the end of the year in punt formation, but IIRC Arroyo had 38 catches his final year after producing NADA the prior two years because of injuries. I think Lofton could get near that ceiling this year.
 
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