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Who’s the most underutilized player in Miami football history?

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Had a conversation with a friend of mine about this the other day.

I’ll give mine - Devin Hester

Had he been utilized as a RB/WR also as a Return specialist here he could’ve been a Heisman candidate and all time NCAA all purpose yardage guy here. Coker and his staff s*** the bed with him. Dudes still gonna end up in the NFL hall of fame despite switching positions multiple times in college and the pros.
 
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The popular pick will be Hester but that's wrong IMO. If anything by the end of his career at UM he was over-utilized. I was there for the infamous "Hester packages" on offense. Every time he came in the game it was a toss, screen or reverse and most of the time the play never went anywhere because everyone in the stadium knew the ball was going to him.
He was never a decoy on O. Never picked up the game at CB. And it showed in the NFL. Hall of fame returner, middling WR.

Did the coaching staff mishandle him by not settling him into a position from the get-go? Maybe. But he wasn't underutilized.

And let it be known that Hester is one of my all time favorite players at UM. That opening return vs UF in 03 is forever etched in my memory.
 
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ghost2 said:
The popular pick will be Hester but that's wrong IMO. If anything by the end of his career at UM he was over-utilized. I was there for the infamous "Hester packages" on offense. Every time he came in the game it was a toss, screen or reverse and most of the time the play never went anywhere because everyone in the stadium knew the ball was going to him.
He was never a decoy on O. Never picked up the game at CB. And it showed in the NFL. Hall of fame returner, middling WR.

Did the coaching staff mishandle him by not settling him into a position from the get-go? Maybe. But he wasn't underutilized.

And let it be known that Hester is one of my all time favorite players at UM. That opening return vs UF in 03 is forever etched in my memory.
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Yep this is accurate. You always knew he was getting the ball on a reverse or something every time he set foot on the offense.
 
In recent memory, first name I thought of was Jimmy Graham. 17 caches and FIVE touchdowns. Njoku averaged 16+ yards a catch too. Should have been more creative with him.

Always thought we could have done more with Travis Benjamin as well.
 
Canesfan_134 said:
Had a conversation with a friend of mine about this the other day.

I’ll give mine - Devin Hester

Had he been utilized as a RB/WR also as a Return specialist here he could’ve been a Heisman candidate and all time NCAA all purpose yardage guy here. Coker and his staff s*** the bed with him. Dudes still gonna end up in the NFL hall of fame despite switching positions multiple times in college and the pros.
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Easy.

LeSean "Shady" McCoy.

End thread.


EDIT: Lesean signed an LOI. He just had to go to prep school with Graig.

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I’ll get **** for this because you’re not allowed to say anything bad about anyone who is revered here, but Hester underutilized himself with his inability to think. He literally couldn’t learn a position. The only thing we could do with him was put him as a returner with only 1 thing to worry about. And it was the same way in the pros, in case anyone wants to disagree with me. Devin is an all-timer, obviously, and I believe with all my heart he deserves to be in Canton. But trying to be nice here, he is not the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with and really didn’t apply himself intellectually here at all.
 
simplycanes said:
Hester.

No, the NFL (if you can call the Bears that) didn't figure out anything different either, but put the UM version of that dude in a modern college offense and watch the show.
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I thought a big knock on Hester as WR is "he can't catch"? Another knock as DB was "he can't cover close"?

Obviously he is without equal as a PR/KR.
 
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