'14 UT TE Dalton Schultz (Stanford Verbal)

[Redbar]

Good luck Dalton.

 

[NDohio]

Afraid of competition

Good luck in wherever you choose. Seems like a good kid.

 

[#1rish]

If Luatua wasn't a take, would we still be in the race?

 

[dublinirish]

hope he goes to Utah, do not want ND to be facing this kid in years to come

 

[zelezo vlk]

This hurt, but we already saw the staff reloading at TE with Weishar and get a great prospect with Luatua. I just hope he gets distracted about all those happy thoughts he was thinking about ND when he plays against the Irish in a few years.

 

[IrishLax]

If Luatua wasn't a take, would we still be in the race?

Yes. It is what it is, just have to hope Luatua is ready to work when he gets on campus and has his head screwed on straight. He has potential to play as true frosh as a blocking TE with Niklas leaving early.

 

[Emcee77]

Yes. It is what it is, just have to hope Luatua is ready to work when he gets on campus and has his head screwed on straight. He has potential to play as true frosh as a blocking TE with Niklas leaving early.

Yeah, I'm hopeful that the silver lining in Niklas leaving is that it lights a fire under Luatua by giving him a clear path to playing time and a concrete reason to work hard from the get-go. If the genuine possibility of immediate playing time doesn't motivate him, then I just don't what you can say for him.

 

[Irish#1]

Yeah, I'm hopeful that the silver lining in Niklas leaving is that it lights a fire under Luatua by giving him a clear path to playing time and a concrete reason to work hard from the get-go. If the genuine possibility of immediate playing time doesn't motivate him, then I just don't what you can say for him.

I just hope he's not the type that figures he doesn't have to work hard since the depth chart is open for him.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I don't think it's that open for him. He still has Koyack, Smyth, Heuerman (idk how to spell that monster of a last name), and Weishar to beat out, right? That's plenty of competition to go around.

 

[Cackalacky]

I just hope he's not the type that figures he doesn't have to work hard since the depth chart is open for him.

IDK if I would say the depth chart is open. Untested people ahead of him yes...
Koyack
Huerman
Smythe
Luatua
Weishar

 

[IrishLax]

I don't think it's that open for him. He still has Koyack, Smyth, Heuerman (idk how to spell that monster of a last name), and Weishar to beat out, right? That's plenty of competition to go around.

Who of those guys are primarily blocking adept TEs? Definitely not Weishar, and Heurman is very undersized. So you have Koyack -- who is meh at blocking -- and Smythe who we know nothing about.

There is no reason that he couldn't play Day 1 as a blocking TE if he grinds in the weight room and works hard at his technique. Will he do that? Bigger question. But someone is going to have to step as a second TE for when it's time to grind some yards.

 

[Cackalacky]

Who of those guys are primarily blocking adept TEs? Definitely not Weishar, and Heurman is very undersized. So you have Koyack -- who is meh at blocking -- and Smythe who we know nothing about.

There is no reason that he couldn't play Day 1 as a blocking TE if he grinds in the weight room and works hard at his technique. Will he do that? Bigger question. But someone is going to have to step as a second TE for when it's time to grind some yards.

Lax (or anyone) correct me if I am wrong please but isn't the staff really high on Smythe as a split out TE? I don't recall Koyack being used anything other than inline most of the time (a couple of times he was split out but not much). A lot of this will be how BK chooses to use the TEs.

Regardless we will definitely need him suited up and ready to go.

 

[Ironman8]

Committed to Stanford. Will be seeing you around, Dalton.

 

[Ironman8]

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-krY1Nw6wRI?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[KPENN]

Shocking.

 

[Irish#1]

Committed to Stanford. Will be seeing you around, Dalton.

What a surprise!

 

[GreenSox04]

ugh

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

Did you hear the music?

Do not want

 

[rtrn2glory]

he will do very well there unfortunately....for us

 

[Ironman8]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>RT <a href="https://twitter.com/Cassidy_Rob">@Cassidy_Rob</a> Schultz says he has been silently committed to Stanford since December.</p>— Andy Drukarev (@StanfordRivals) <a href="https://twitter.com/StanfordRivals/statuses/423997390861766656">January 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>