08-19-2019, 05:50 AM
Some thoughts on Williamson and Hattis...
My belief was Williamson would be moved to Safety this year, based on the reps he got at CB last year, and his High School vids. This weekend I read a Rivals story indicating how well Williamson is performing at Safety during these August practices. Williamson is too physical of a player for CB IMO. His desire to hit and be a ball hawk is better suited for Safety.
Hattis being moved to Guard is probably as much based on an assumption/hope that he isn't needed at Tackle, because of how well Walter Rouse looks as a Frosh, as Hattis being a permanent Guard. He can play Tackle if need be.
There is now some evidence for why Shaw feels good about the OL. If you consider Rouse and Bragg as superior to your average True Frosh OL, it actually looks like there might actually be enough OL depth to get through a season provided low (not no) injury attrition.
You might have a Top 8 OL of Little, Sarrel, Dalman, Hamilton, Powell, Hattis, Rouse, Bragg. Most college programs try to identify their 7 best OL and play them the majority of time. If Stanford has 8 guys they feel comfortable with, that's actually decent depth, if not overall numbers of available bodies.
My belief was Williamson would be moved to Safety this year, based on the reps he got at CB last year, and his High School vids. This weekend I read a Rivals story indicating how well Williamson is performing at Safety during these August practices. Williamson is too physical of a player for CB IMO. His desire to hit and be a ball hawk is better suited for Safety.
Hattis being moved to Guard is probably as much based on an assumption/hope that he isn't needed at Tackle, because of how well Walter Rouse looks as a Frosh, as Hattis being a permanent Guard. He can play Tackle if need be.
There is now some evidence for why Shaw feels good about the OL. If you consider Rouse and Bragg as superior to your average True Frosh OL, it actually looks like there might actually be enough OL depth to get through a season provided low (not no) injury attrition.
You might have a Top 8 OL of Little, Sarrel, Dalman, Hamilton, Powell, Hattis, Rouse, Bragg. Most college programs try to identify their 7 best OL and play them the majority of time. If Stanford has 8 guys they feel comfortable with, that's actually decent depth, if not overall numbers of available bodies.