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New Rivals story says Burkett isn't practicing, still recovering from knee injury in Spring, and that if he doesn't return in a couple weeks, he won't start the season.

So I have questions. Do any of y'all know what the injury is and when specifically it happened?  What are your thoughts on the other Center possibilities should Burkett not return?  

The same article mentioned Foster Sarell being set at Tackle.  Apparently they don't want him at Guard unless an emergency.  And from the sounds of it, he may push Hall out of the starting RT spot.  At the same time, they are working Hamilton and Wilson at LG, but Fanaika seems to be the preferred option when he returns from something keeping him out. Kind of odd to see Hamilton's weight reported at 287, and Wilson is only listed at 273, both light for a Guard, especially considering Herbig is what, 340?  Fanaika is 315?  

There is an open practice on Sunday. Hopefully someone here will attend and give observations.

Yep, seeing both Burkett and Fanaika out, and both apparently the coaches' preference for their spots, brings a new set of concerns about the OL. That's 40% of our regular line in question.

One mitigating bit is that Chaffin was already the short yardage center, so he at least has experience working with Costello. Presumably he is behind Burkett particularly in pass blocking. I don't know much about the other guys apparently competing for the job (Dalman and Powell). 

The weights are at least slightly interesting. Both Hamilton and Wilson were listed as significantly heavier on last year's official roster: Wilson at 285#, Hamilton at 301#. Presumably that is actually a good development if they got rid of fat, but there is no way to know without seeing/talking to them. 

The other item that might make this development not hurt quite as much as it could is that center and LG are probably the least set along the line. Herbig, Little, and Hall all have a good track record and trajectory from last year, and seem very set in their positions. There was already a battle for the LG position and as I noted above Burkett split time more than any other OL last year (at least outside of health reasons). 

The Rivals article you cite is not behind their paywall, so seems we might as well link it here. 
https://stanford.rivals.com/news/takeawa...labilities 
The basic info is available elsewhere as well.

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New Rivals story says Burkett isn't practicing, still recovering from knee injury in Spring, and that if he doesn't return in a couple weeks, he won't start the season.

So I have questions. Do any of y'all know what the injury is and when specifically it happened?  What are your thoughts on the other Center possibilities should Burkett not return?  

The same article mentioned Foster Sarell being set at Tackle.  Apparently they don't want him at Guard unless an emergency.  And from the sounds of it, he may push Hall out of the starting RT spot.  At the same time, they are working Hamilton and Wilson at LG, but Fanaika seems to be the preferred option when he returns from something keeping him out. Kind of odd to see Hamilton's weight reported at 287, and Wilson is only listed at 273, both light for a Guard, especially considering Herbig is what, 340?  Fanaika is 315?  

There is an open practice on Sunday. Hopefully someone here will attend and give observations.

Yep, seeing both Burkett and Fanaika out, and both apparently the coaches' preference for their spots, brings a new set of concerns about the OL. That's 40% of our regular line in question.

One mitigating bit is that Chaffin was already the short yardage center, so he at least has experience working with Costello. Presumably he is behind Burkett particularly in pass blocking. I don't know much about the other guys apparently competing for the job (Dalman and Powell). 

The weights are at least slightly interesting. Both Hamilton and Wilson were listed as significantly heavier on last year's official roster: Wilson at 285#, Hamilton at 301#. Presumably that is actually a good development if they got rid of fat, but there is no way to know without seeing/talking to them. 

The other item that might make this development not hurt quite as much as it could is that center and LG are probably the least set along the line. Herbig, Little, and Hall all have a good track record and trajectory from last year, and seem very set in their positions. There was already a battle for the LG position and as I noted above Burkett split time more than any other OL last year (at least outside of health reasons). 

The Rivals article you cite is not behind their paywall, so seems we might as well link it here. 
https://stanford.rivals.com/news/takeawa...labilities 
The basic info is available elsewhere as well.