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Yurosek was signed as a UDFA by the Vikings. I wonder if he would have been drafted had he remained at Stanford?

Doubt it. He probably would have got hurt again. He also would have attracted quite a bit of coverage,  as he did in his first year with TT as the coach. Yurosek took a lot of hits partly because he was also used as a runner in an attempt to fix our lack of a running game.

IMO Yurosek's error was not that he left, but rather where he went. He needed to go someplace where he was a "fit" and probably would play. Georgia was not that. In 2024 Georgia ran the ball 56% of the time. The ability to block for the run was critical. That isn't Yurosek's strength. That alone undoubtedly kept him off the field. Georgia threw to the tight end 18% of the time. That isn't terrible. Oregon threw it to the tight end 23% of the time. Michigan threw to the tight end 42% of the time. Of course, Michigan also ran the ball 72% of the time. For Yurosek, there may not have been lots of good choices. There HAD to be better ones than Georgia.

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Yurosek was signed as a UDFA by the Vikings. I wonder if he would have been drafted had he remained at Stanford?

Doubt it. He probably would have got hurt again. He also would have attracted quite a bit of coverage,  as he did in his first year with TT as the coach. Yurosek took a lot of hits partly because he was also used as a runner in an attempt to fix our lack of a running game.

IMO Yurosek's error was not that he left, but rather where he went. He needed to go someplace where he was a "fit" and probably would play. Georgia was not that. In 2024 Georgia ran the ball 56% of the time. The ability to block for the run was critical. That isn't Yurosek's strength. That alone undoubtedly kept him off the field. Georgia threw to the tight end 18% of the time. That isn't terrible. Oregon threw it to the tight end 23% of the time. Michigan threw to the tight end 42% of the time. Of course, Michigan also ran the ball 72% of the time. For Yurosek, there may not have been lots of good choices. There HAD to be better ones than Georgia.