'13 FL TE Mike Heuerman (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

[Irishnuke]

@NDHendy12: At the berry gettin mine n I see a couple EEs at a table. @J_Walls is hard at work!📝.@Mheuerman9 is watching YouTube vids of himself...

 

[KPENN]

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[Ironman8]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>When you get home at midnight & your 7 yr old is still up and bouncing off the walls- remember, you chose Mike Heuerman to watch your kids</p>— Coach Tony Alford (@CoachTonyAlford) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachTonyAlford/status/315816684659298304">March 24, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Ironman8]

That is hysterical

 

[IrishLion]

This is one of those moments where my coworkers look at me with strange looks as I laugh at the computer.

 

[BeauBenken]

Tony maybe putting a bit too much faith in young Mike! haha

 

[Irish Insanity]

Did he get paid to babysit, or is that a violation?

 

[PANDFAN]

Did he get paid to babysit, or is that a violation?

just moved him up the depth chart for several hours of babysitting...not a bad play Mike

 

[Fbolt]

smart move!

 

[Irishnuke]

Not transferring, calm down. Anybody know what's up with this though?

@Mheuerman9: S/o to @J_Walls for comin through with some late night Steak 'n Shake for me while I'm still in the hospital &#55357;&#56394;

 

[koonja]

I'd guess it's a sickness rather than an injury since we haven't heard anything about it.

 

[PANDFAN]

Not transferring, calm down. Anybody know what's up with this though?

@Mheuerman9: S/o to @J_Walls for comin through with some late night Steak 'n Shake for me while I'm still in the hospital ��

this must have been deleted because i don't see this anywhere on his twitter or james's

 

[OCIrish]

this must have been deleted because i don't see this anywhere on his twitter or james's

Yeah, I saw it this morning as well and wondered what was going on.......hopefully he's Ok!!!

 

[Ironman8]

Word from II is that it may have been a procedure to correct a sports hernia. Probably won't know more until BK meets with the media next week.

 

[GBdomer]

I hope Mike ends up and filling out like his brother Jeff. He's a good looking TE. No homo

 

[Irish Insanity]

I hope Mike ends up and filling out like his brother Jeff. He's a good looking TE. No homo

4 catches for 98 yds and a TD already in the first quarter.

 

[Ironman8]

4 catches for 98 yds and a TD already in the first quarter.

It's been great recognition by Miller. Purdue is taking away the running game and outside receivers, thus leaving the TEs WIDE OPEN. He is taking advantage.

Plus, Purdue's offense has been an abomination.

 

[Luckylucci]

I hope Mike ends up and filling out like his brother Jeff. He's a good looking TE. No homo

Mike seems like a hardworker so I think he'll end up getting pretty jacked up. However he's a little on the short side 6'3-6'4 and probably 2-3' shorter than his brother.

 

[RuntheBall]

Heuerman U. Now enrolling.

 

[Ironman8]

Heuerman U. Now enrolling.

Kid is going to have a LONG way to go, coming off a sports hernia surgery after already being a bit undersized coming in.

 

[Rhode Irish]

He always projected as a "move" TE, though, right? It isn't like he has to put on 80 pounds.

 

[Ironman8]

He always projected as a "move" TE, though, right? It isn't like he has to put on 80 pounds.

Well, he is now 1 of only 3 TEs on the entire roster. Kind of hard to go to 2 TE sets when you only have one TE that has seen experience, and the other 2 are redshirt freshman and one is coming off a major injury and undersized.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Heuerman U. Now enrolling.

More like the Koyack/Smythe '14 ticket.

 

[pkt77242]

I think Smythe will be the 2nd TE this year.

 

[TheTurningPoint]

From all accounts Heuerman some good practices in Bowl prep. He can def be used split out wide with his blocking and receiving ability.

 

[GoldenToTheGrave]

He always projected as a "move" TE, though, right? It isn't like he has to put on 80 pounds.

He's really only marginally bigger than Michael Floyd was when he went to the combine.

 

[SoIll]

he struggled.. Smythe was ahead of him

 

[Rhode Irish]

He's really only marginally bigger than Michael Floyd was when he went to the combine.

Right, that is what I'm saying. To play that "move" TE position, he can play it at close to his current size. If he was an in-line TE he'd have a lot of bulking up to do. IM8's point (and it is a good one) is that with only three TEs likely to play, we won't see nearly as many 2 TE sets. Maybe Luatua comes on early. I know he wants to play in-line.

 

[dublinirish]

you guys reckon Koyack can handle the in-line blocking?

 

[CanadalovesND]

you guys reckon Koyack can handle the in-line blocking?

Well, he is not Niklas, but he has improved much in that area of play. However, I don't think he'll be called on to fill such a prominent blocking role. Koyack has always been considered more of a natural pass catcher than Niklas, so I can ultimately see us using Koyack similar to Kyle Rudolph, not flanked out wide like Eifert, but in the slot and in-line quite a lot.