We have Big Cat, Mullen and Ferrell
Flo has Mullen #1 (senior), Parker #4 (junior)...wow! They are a year apart..maybe with creative grey and or redshirts this will work. One thing for certain, guys will have great training partners to push each other if everyone stays.
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do that? Physically is not the question but, whether as a scholarship athlete he has to count against football if he walks on.
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If he starts showing promise on the football field, then revisit if that's what he wants
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he would be on football scholarship only if he plays in a game.....which my thought would be why would you go out for football if you weren't expecting to play in a game?
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4th stringers on the FB team are on scholarship. FB redshirts don't play.
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that playing in a game trips it. May be on GameDay roster but, like you said why go out if intention is not to play in a game. Also, if the requirement is not triggered by play but, some other roster designation, then the coaches have to make the decision on taking a counter you do not expect to play.
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"Playing more as a standup linebacker at times, St.Joseph senior Jimmy Mullen was a factor early in the game with a sack and multiple tipped passes at the line of scrimmage. Those batted balls seemed to ruin the Griffins' offensive timing."
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that. Post was talking more about the thought process involved around a scholarship athlete that plays two sports.
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since FB is a full scholarship sport and has 85 available.
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would have to I'd he has any intentions toward football.
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Evan at 247 just posted that it was confirmed that was the scenario playing out.
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I am not familiar with Parker's frame etc. Is he a guy who could get to 97? If so, that is another option to avoid the log jam and maximize our team. If anyone is familiar with him....as a big 285 or a tweener 220 type? I think Mullen is pretty big and if playing football, he won't be doing much cutting, one would think. Thanks in advance.
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I thought TJ would go 84 after Bolen, he's shorter and super powerful. Sasso taller to go 97. All I can say is I'm liking these 'problems' of several stud options. Walz and Haught might actually get tired rolling with all these guys.
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But definitely stacked with options 84-HW. And the 25-33 seem stacked too. Back to the bookends. Need to fill some depth in the middle. Got BA for a couple and Henson, but could use a few more in the middies in the next classes.
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Mekhi has the option for 2 more years, but might not use them. Hipolito could he a good one, and Brady still has a chance. Ulrey too if 157 isn't a permanent move. But the options are a bit lacking compared to the wealth of talent at other weights.
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That seems like a big cut to me, but seems like the plan. Regardless, our coaches are building a ton of depth at a bunch of different weights
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He's been purposely beefing up to be a proper heavy, and that's where his future lies. He's walking around at 240 or so. I don't think he'd be the wrestler he could be at 97.
Plus...I'm pretty skeptical about how this football/wreslting thing will work out for Mullen. If his love truly is football, then by default wrestling is going to be an afterthought. I mean, he won't even join the team until the second semster (assuming we get back to playing football in December in January in the future...lol).
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he has been growing into his heavyweight body last couple of years. If none of these 3 guys decide to move away from VT, then the weight looks like this:
22-23 Season: Catka as a R-Fr Starts
23-24 Season: Catka as a R-So (3 year starter, 4th year in program) Starts and Mullen redshirts
24-25 Season: Catka (R-Jr and 5th-yr in program) or Mullen (R-Fr) Starts and Ferrell grayshirts
25-26 Season: Mullen (R-So) as starter and Ferrell Redshirts
26-27 Season: Mullen (R-Jr) or Ferrell (R-Fr) Starts
27-28 Season: Mullen (R-Sr) or Ferrell (R-So) Starts
28-29 Season: Ferrell (R-Jr) Starts
29-30 Season: Ferrell (R-Sr) Starts
** Edited by hokietony at 10/23/2022, 11:46:47 AM
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** Edited by hokietony at 10/23/2022, 11:53:51 AM
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Sasso is coming in at 197? can he get to 184? What about Stewart? he 184 or 197? Lots of options. Mullen is obviously a world class wrestler at heavyweight so the football angle will be also interesting to follow. The last guy I remember actually playing a football snap at VT then wrestling a match for VT in the same academic year was Cory Bird...someone might remember one more recently. Bird also a Jersey guy. Lots of fun options rolling into Blacksburg!!!
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Doug Easlick was the starting heavyweight during his freshman year before he decided to focus only on football.
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actually wrestle any matches? I think he came for both football and wrestling originally.
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Didn't say who he wrestled, but I think he only wrestled one year. He was listed on the online roster for 2010-2011 but was not listed in the media guide.
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But don't remember if that was before or after bird and if it happened.
I remember John Rivers going bball to football and Jeff King and Bryan Randall going the other way BUT basketball was really bad then.
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ahead of Owen.
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** Edited by VTDante at 10/22/2022, 8:49:35 PM
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