We Should Move Javian Mallory to LB

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We are stacked, stacked at RB. Mallory is another power back. He will get zero carries this year behind Fletcher, Marty, Pringle, Lyle and Wheatley Humphrey. Instead of being RB6 I want him to compete for LB. Already 6 foot 1, over 210, good enough speed for LB, physical. He is a certainty to redshirt as a Back. He can get burn at LB.
Great idea. What about long snapper?
 
Can he play Guard??.. Basketball, not FB,.. I think the men’s BB could use him, or the women also.
 
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Fair enough. Just in the new landscape of CFB, having a guy we are paying redshirt seems like a waste. I have seen a lot of people mock the idea. Nobody has given any explanation for why it is such a laughable suggestion.
Did he play linebacker in high school, and if so, at a high level?

DJ Williams i believe was a two way player - like he was the top defensive player in the country plus he played running back.
 
Fair enough. Just in the new landscape of CFB, having a guy we are paying redshirt seems like a waste. I have seen a lot of people mock the idea. Nobody has given any explanation for why it is such a laughable suggestion.
Nothing against running backs and I know it's more complex than this, but the core of what they do is see hole, run at hole and stop bad man from hitting QB. A linebacker has to read the offense and can have assignments based on the play. They can be blitzing, spying the QB, backing up the D line or stopping a receiver. It takes a different kind of football IQ than a change from WR to CB, which is more like 2 sides of the same coin.
 
Did he play linebacker in high school, and if so, at a high level?

DJ Williams i believe was a two way player - like he was the top defensive player in the country plus he played running back.
I cant see anything about other positions in HS. I just think it makes more sense to get return for our money rather than waste it on the bench while he redshirts. I dont see him playing at RB unless 3 guys go down.
 
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We are stacked, stacked at RB. Mallory is another power back. He will get zero carries this year behind Fletcher, Marty, Pringle, Lyle and Wheatley Humphrey. Instead of being RB6 I want him to compete for LB. Already 6 foot 1, over 210, good enough speed for LB, physical. He is a certainty to redshirt as a Back. He can get burn at LB.
He is a true RB, he’ll be in mix for sure next year
 
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