'19 NC LB Osita Ekwonu (Notre Dame Signee)

zelezo vlk · Sep 1, 2020

Ummmm

irishandy · Sep 1, 2020

Did he play RB in high school?

Luckylucci · Sep 1, 2020

irishandy said:
Did he play RB in high school?

Yes and he was a pretty good one at that.

NDIrish88 · Sep 1, 2020

Luckylucci said:
Yes and he was a pretty good one at that.

Is there an injury we don't know about? Him cracking the 2 deep may have been tough perhaps?

Denny · Sep 1, 2020

Luckylucci said:
Yes and he was a pretty good one at that.

Some senior year HS highlights at RB...

https://247sports.com/Video/Senior-Year-8975938/

fightingirish26 · Sep 1, 2020

Denny said:
Some senior year HS highlights at RB...

https://247sports.com/Video/Senior-Year-8975938/

Not bad! Built like a Bama RB. Are the days of C'Bo as our short yardage back over?

dublinirish · Sep 1, 2020

Move him to fullback

Free Manera · Sep 1, 2020

fightingirish26 said:
Not bad! Built like a Bama RB. Are the days of C'Bo as our short yardage back over?

He looks like a beast in the highlights. What was his competition like? The kids don't look small but he is running through people.

Sherm Sticky · Sep 1, 2020

Interesting....like Myles Jack or that kid from Michigan who kicked ND’s ass last year, can’t remember his name.

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SouthSideChiDomer · Sep 1, 2020

Honestly, watching his tape again, I can see it. It seems like one of the things that made him a good linebacker was his ability to work through traffic and that manifests itself on the offensive side of the ball by being able to find the right hole to hit. With so many of his runs, it seems like he effortlessly squeezes through the line even when he is taking sharp cuts to do it. It doesn't look like he has the top end speed, but hopefully a year at linebacker has prepared him to be a physical runner.

SoIll · Sep 1, 2020

TimPrister
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We just recorded our Irish Illustrated Insider and spoke of Brian Kelly's comments about moving LB-Osita Ekwonu to RB.

Right after we finished recording, we were told that it's not a total move to RB, but rather, situational reps. He remains a Mike LB as well.

https://247sports.com/college/notre...a-ekwonus-move-to-rb-clarification-150942761/

IrishLion · Sep 1, 2020

MYLES JACK

Luckylucci · Sep 1, 2020

Makes me think it's a Covid precautionary situation. Get guys reps at RB in the event that we have a covid run on RB's, there's others that have taken reps.

PANDFAN · Sep 1, 2020

SoIll said:
TimPrister
STAFF

We just recorded our Irish Illustrated Insider and spoke of Brian Kelly's comments about moving LB-Osita Ekwonu to RB.

Right after we finished recording, we were told that it's not a total move to RB, but rather, situational reps. He remains a Mike LB as well.

https://247sports.com/college/notre...a-ekwonus-move-to-rb-clarification-150942761/

IrishLion said:
MYLES JACK

Luckylucci said:
Makes me think it's a Covid precautionary situation. Get guys reps at RB in the event that we have a covid run on RB's, there's others that have taken reps.

excellent point lucky and i like what you are thinking Lion.....with the talk about how lsu had an entire position group out with cov19....this is some good fwd thinking on the staff's part

dublinirish · Sep 1, 2020

Luckylucci said:
Makes me think it's a Covid precautionary situation. Get guys reps at RB in the event that we have a covid run on RB's, there's others that have taken reps.

Kevin Austin's year as a Practice Squad Cornerback may come in useful so?

ThePiombino · Sep 1, 2020

Luckylucci said:
Makes me think it's a Covid precautionary situation. Get guys reps at RB in the event that we have a covid run on RB's, there's others that have taken reps.

So basically put him on the RB depth chart, but keep him far away from the room...juuuuust in case.

Sherm Sticky · Sep 1, 2020

Luckylucci said:
Makes me think it's a Covid precautionary situation. Get guys reps at RB in the event that we have a covid run on RB's, there's others that have taken reps.

Lucky I think you hit the nail on the hear here.

PANDFAN said:
excellent point lucky and i like what you are thinking Lion.....with the talk about how lsu had an entire position group out with cov19....this is some good fwd thinking on the staff's part

Lion? I was the first to mention Myles Jack dang...

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IrishLax · Sep 1, 2020

When I asked on this, I was told it was because 1) we have so much quality depth at LB relative to RB 2) it's because he can be more than "just a body" there and has potential as a "power back" for situational reps regardless of injury/COVID 3) it has more to do with his ability to help at RB than him him not doing well at LB.

So I'm interested to see what happens, but I consider it a little bit of an indictment of guys not named Kyren Willams or Chris Tyree. It may or may not be COVID-precautionary... I think that's a good theory... and I would bet they are cross-training a handful of guys in case a position group gets "hit." But for most other guys, it's on the same side of the ball that they currently play.

T-Boone · Sep 1, 2020

The other interesting ones would be at Hamilton at WR and Lenzy at CB.

Crazy Balki · Sep 2, 2020

T-Boone said:
The other interesting ones would be at Hamilton at WR and Lenzy at CB.

Why waste Hamilton's immense talent at receiver, when we DESPERATELY need to discuss the backup longsnapper situation.

If Peitsch gets infected, this season is completely f*cked.

T-Boone · Sep 2, 2020

Crazy Balki said:
Why waste Hamilton's immense talent at receiver, when we DESPERATELY need to discuss the backup longsnapper situation.

If Peitsch gets infected, this season is completely f*cked.

Armstrong?
Spears?

Irish#1 · Sep 2, 2020

IrishLax said:
When I asked on this, I was told it was because 1) we have so much quality depth at LB relative to RB 2) it's because he can be more than "just a body" there and has potential as a "power back" for situational reps regardless of injury/COVID 3) it has more to do with his ability to help at RB than him him not doing well at LB.

So I'm interested to see what happens, but I consider it a little bit of an indictment of guys not named Kyren Willams or Chris Tyree. It may or may not be COVID-precautionary... I think that's a good theory... and I would bet they are cross-training a handful of guys in case a position group gets "hit." But for most other guys, it's on the same side of the ball that they currently play.

That's the first thing I thought of when I read the switch. Tommy may have some goal line plays where he wants to go under center and have a FB to run ISO?

NewEnglandGuy · Sep 2, 2020

Crazy Balki said:
Why waste Hamilton's immense talent at receiver, when we DESPERATELY need to discuss the backup longsnapper situation.

If Peitsch gets infected, this season is completely f*cked.

I get the sarcasm....but Peitsch might be 2nd team. Listed at 205, Kelly has historically red shirted the scholly snappers while the previous starter took his grad year. Shannon didn't take his 5th year and all players retain eligibility for this year so anything is possible however the beat writers said recently Michael Vinson, 226 and a junior, has been getting a lot of reps.

zelezo vlk · Sep 2, 2020

Forgot that there's a true freshman LS, that's good. And with this being a free year eligibility-wise, there's no worry of burning a redshirt if Peitsch needs to go in.

dublinirish · Sep 2, 2020

NewEnglandGuy said:
I get the sarcasm....but Peitsch might be 2nd team. Listed at 205, Kelly has historically red shirted the scholly snappers while the previous starter took his grad year. Shannon didn't take his 5th year and all players retain eligibility for this year so anything is possible however the beat writers said recently Michael Vinson, 226 and a junior, has been getting a lot of reps.

apparently with his back issues (that influenced his decision to retire) Shannon barely practiced last season but played every game. Vinson was in effect the 1st string practice LS so he's gotten a huge amount of reps for a guy that hasn't played.

BobbyMac · Nov 19, 2020

Just wanted to add this free story to the timeline for future reference. Ekwonu's brother Ickey, has 72 pancake blocks in the 20 games he's started at LT.

Feels nice to have "missed" and know that it didn't hurt the team. That's the definition of Quinning.

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article247259474.html

Sherm Sticky · Apr 30, 2021

Sherm Sticky said:
I think this kid is going to end up playing the drop DE spot and terrorize QB's.

Luckylucci said:
Considering he's listed as 6'1 from the ESP presser, I would highly doubt this ends up being the case. But I do think he has a chance to be really good.

I came here to post that I didn't realize he got dropped down to #373 overall at 247. No respect for a guy that had Bama, OSU, PSU, UM, Auburn, and Tenn. offers before choosing ND.

Luckylucci said:
Haha, yes what a perfect response. So, Ekwonu is going to be a 6'1 268 lb DE like Dwight Freeney. Sounds good, I'll bet you real life dollars this doesn't happen. How much would you like to wager?

Sherm Sticky said:
Yes sure. Bet you a dollar for something 4 years down the road that neither of us will remember....

Hmmm...Per Brian Kelly mentioned that Osita has moved to Vyper DE. Where is my dollar Lucky? And this is why they call me the prophet.

Trait Expectations · Apr 30, 2021

Sherm Sticky said:
Hmmm...Per Brian Kelly mentioned that Osita has moved to Vyper DE. Where is my dollar Lucky? And this is why they call me the prophet.

Sherm deep divin on prop bets.

fightingirish26 · Apr 30, 2021

Sherm Sticky said:
Hmmm...Per Brian Kelly mentioned that Osita has moved to Vyper DE. Where is my dollar Lucky? And this is why they call me the prophet.

Does he have to... you know.... actually terrorize QBs first?

PANDFAN · Apr 30, 2021

Sherm Sticky said:
Hmmm...Per Brian Kelly mentioned that Osita has moved to Vyper DE. Where is my dollar Lucky? And this is why they call me the prophet.

i would hold your horses on him.....see if he is in fact back in the fall

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